The Sixth Republic - Will we or won’t we? That is the question! #solidarity

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To be fair, we don't currently know anymore than the phrase "blended learning", but we likely will know more quicker than our English colleagues. As for today though, nothing other than I'm in school in a week's time and am losing a week's holiday!

I'm trying to go through the logistics in our school in my head. Our students mostly come by bus up to an hour and a half away so I think it will be a week on a week off. Also, how to do science practicals in my tiny lab! Only designed for the legal 20 student maximum! We have the added bonus of being a 3-18 through school! So very tiny ones on site too.

Piggy we need to have that link ready on our clipboards ready to share when people ask what teachers are doing all day

Why was this advice not released 9 weeks ago?

DfE have just released guidance for parents of Secondary aged children at home. An interesting read
www.gov.uk/guidance/help-secondary-school-children-continue-their-education-during-coronavirus-covid-19

That doesn't really help schools though does it!

Well I noticed that it did quite clearly state that schools were still responsible for a child's education not the parents. And that schools are still pastorally responsible.
Which does mean that those schools who (if they exist) who are providing very little or nothing, will have to step up.

I did approve of the may for online lessons thougn

I wonder when the next guidance will be published. This document could have been sent out much sooner

One bit worried me in that guidance - something about if you are finding it hard to motivate your child get the school to talk to them.
Which sounds perfectly reasonable unless it means we teachers will be personally responsible for phoning round all the students who do not complete our work. Which I can't say I would be happy with.

I think it's pretty reasonable full stop and doesn't ask any more in any area of schools than we're almost all already doing?

@fuckweasel - have you seen cleapss about practicals under Covid restrictions? I’ll be taping metre sticks together!

science.cleapss.org.uk/Resource/GL343-Guide-to-doing-practical-work-in-a-partially-reopened-school-Science.pdf

This wishy washy thing has appeared

www.gov.uk/guidance/adapting-teaching-practice-for-remote-education

But it's good wishy washy.

oh, just noticed that's been there since 5 May...

Sansa thanks but I disagree. I’m “good enough” and sometimes better for year 7, passable for year 8. Our school starts gcse in year 9 which is a real step up and I’m made to teach them (was told I wouldn’t be when I agreed to job). It’s not fair on them or me really. They need and deserve a specialist.

Off to read parent guidance

Look at this awful post in the ‘Headteachers’ section of the TES

... “ Make it clear that you're expecting all staff in on 1.6.20 and they will be doing whatever you've decided.“

community.tes.com/threads/collective-letter-from-staff-regarding-opening.803161/

Wow.

I find the views that some headteachers have of their staff so disturbing.

As it says in the Dyson article 'presenteeism at its most lethal'

Gosh how us and them. Time to get a gp appointment piggy.

Sounds like my ex head. But there's no way she'd have a user name.like.'soooooooooexcited'.

Sci fi evidence for school reopening out tomorrow apparently...

Jeeeze that tes post!

'further information will be provided shortly' on year 10 in that new document. Ffs they've been saying that for nearly two weeks!

Don't know if people have seen the Chartered College response

www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-exclusive-why-open-schools-june-teachers-ask-pm

Letter in full:

chartered.college/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CCT-Letter-to-PM.pdf?utm_campaign=1415164_5.%20Week%202%20May%202020%20All%20members%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Chartered%20College%20of%20Teaching&dm_t=0,0,0,0,0&dm_i=449V,UBY4,19I26I,3OY95,1

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I wonder how that HT will respond when/if they come back with section 44 of the employments rights law.