The Twelfth Republic - push and glide to the summer break

[StaffAssociationRepresentative]

You are most welcome to this school staff support thread to get us through stressful times. It is meant for school staff. Baiters and bashers can jog on somewhere else.

If you are NOT staff and just have a general education query please start your own thread.

You can play here only if you are a member of one the following groups-

-ABBA - anti bashers and baiting association
-SWAB - school workers against bashers
-SWOT - school workers opposing teacherbashers
-STARS - schoolworkers together against ranting + slurs

Other requirements for staff room entry include the ability to find the staff room, the ability to find a clean mug in the staff room, knowledge of the photocopier codes, and the ability to sniff out where the toffee vodka is hidden.

If you are fed up with cakes and biscuits there is now a cheeseboard on offer

If you come with a stick to beat us with then please do so elsewhere and not in the staffroom

[Mistressiggi]

That's shocking. How can they ban staff from wearing anything incidentally? That would be an interesting test case.
I've had a look on the UFT Facebook page. If anyone says anything mildly dissenting they get jumped on - one poster suggested masks in school and was slammed down, others saying they'd be reluctant for dc to take a vaccine when it comes.

[NeurotrashWarrior]

My place haven't differentiated between people and cv at all. Even those who cross bubbles eg ppa. They mentioned further guidance for the ECV potentially coming in aug.

[motherrunner]

@RigaBalsam How will
Different start and end times work in regards to following the timetable during the day? Will all periods follow the usual timings but pupils come in (& presume go straight to a holding room) before their day begins?

[motherrunner]

Still no word from my school we Sept or my children’s school. It’ll be fun trying to organise childcare.

[motherrunner]

*re Sept

[RigaBalsam]

[quote motherrunner]@RigaBalsam How will
Different start and end times work in regards to following the timetable during the day? Will all periods follow the usual timings but pupils come in (& presume go straight to a holding room) before their day begins?[/quote]
I guess so. So p1 and p5 maybe slightly longer or shorter. Longer probably!

[ohthegoats]

We're year gp bubbles in primary. Staggered start and end of day. My phase finishes earlier, so shorter lunch and break. Shorter staff mtgs, teams if you want. More English and maths input, but PE slots that fuck that up. History, geog and science through reading unless specific skill. I've had to be really prescriptive about what we're all teaching to ensure coverage. Not much fun really, but it will get us through term 1.

[motherrunner]

@RigaBalsam That’ll be fun to have Yr ll last period Friday!

[motherrunner]

@ohthegoats Let’s hope things can be a little more flexible into Spring. My son will be going into Yr 2. He’s only coped this year with one to one TA support and regular sensory breaks. His report said he was mastery in 2 areas, last year he wasn’t even meeting expected targets. I worry what his curriculum will look like.

[RigaBalsam]

@RigaBalsam That’ll be fun to have Yr ll last period Friday!

Yes while running across school to get there on time.

[MouseBack]

We've also got staggered start and finish times as well as break and lunch. It will be a total logistical nightmare! Our school seems to have a lot of lateness, presumably if a handful of year 9s rock up late and end up bundling in with the year 7s at their start time then that's those bubbles rendered useless before the day's even begun!

[Beawillalwaysbetopdog]

Just had our sep guidance too. No morning break so straight through form > p1>p2--> 3.

Lunchtime still an hour but split in two with us supervising in our classrooms for half an hour.

Corridors as normal so effectively one massive school sized bubble.

[ChloeDecker]

@motherrunner

Still no word from my school we Sept or my children’s school. It’ll be fun trying to organise childcare.

Wraparound care is such an issue isn’t it?! I’ve had an email that the company that does breakfast club and after school club at my child’s primary is not able to run at least in the first half term. Queue panic stations from me and DH!

[Mistressiggi]

Bea you're working a full day with only 30 mins off? When do you go to the loo? How can that length of break be ok?

[motherrunner]

@Beawillalwaysbetopdog is your lesson time being shortened? That can not be legal to just have a 30 minute break for a typical full school day?!

[Keepdistance]

There were a lot of q for JH on the webchat.
A lot of worried ECV people. She hardly answered anything.

Surely say a 50+yo man could argue they are at as much risk as a CV person to wear a face shield.

I think gov are downplaying danger across the board to get the economy moving.

The world of meters chart is concerning showing the predicted oct/nov peak unless using masks.
If that is a reasonable prediction it makes no sense to disrupt kids by sending them full time. Especially the poor yr r.

[motherrunner]

@ChloeDecker I’m trying not to panic yet until I know what’s happening but considering term finishes next Friday I’m starting to get antsy!

I have received my own timetable but no ideas about staggering starts/breaks etc. My school already had a staggered lunch due to high numbers for an old building and we have pupils who travel to us via train.

[Danglingmod]

30 mins for lunch and a duty at break time is quite commonplace, though? You're only legally entitled to 20 mins break per 6 hours worked...

[motherrunner]

20 minutes! Oh my. It takes me nearly that long to battle the crowds to get to the loo!

[Beawillalwaysbetopdog]

yep, it's perfectly legal :(

Guess my first drink of the day will be at lunchtime?

Yes dangling, it is, but our break duties are usually given on a day we have a free and we normally only do two duties of 15 minutes in a week, now its 5 x 30, so at least 2 days with only 30 mins non-contact for a ft non-tlr.

[motherrunner]

Oh @Beawillalwaysbetopdog That sounds so tiring! And if we have any chance of battling this virus we need to be rested.

[ohthegoats]

Correction - latest update is we're not allowed year group bubbles. Has to be bubbles of 30. We've got 17 classes in our school - how does that work staggering things? Haha. Ridiculous.

Also, I've got a mixed age class, so maths is completely different. I've also got children with English ability of reception through to year 4. How am I going to have them making accelerated progress in phonics, at the same time as keeping everyone else up/catching some of them up. At least 2 of my children are runners too.

I don't have a TA.

[ohthegoats]

Oh, and I guess that means I'm on break duty every day too. Fucking great. That 31st October deadline is looking more attractive.

[ChloeDecker]

I don’t blame you for feeling antsy motherrunner! It’s going to be a rough year next year that’s for sure! I may well have to be one of those cheeky fuckers Mumsnet hates and ask some fellow school mums or dads to help-eek!

[Piggywaspushed]

I didn't know JH had a webchat!