The Eighteenth Republic - More U Turns On The Horizon? - INSET Days and travel problems

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@Piggywaspushed

The whole announcement yesterday puts middle schools in yet another pickle.

I'm not surprised. The Gov don't seem to realise that infant and middle schools exist.

Setting cover is week 6,I think, of the NQT induction this year. So no getting sick til after that please

In my department we always check NQT cover (and one particular long standing colleague...)
Don't worry

Did anyone else wake up going "oh shit oh shit" today, or just me?

Saving that for next week, Why. No point in peaking early.

Good point

I'm going to try to be less on here today. I was a shit parent yesterday letting the kids lounge around with TV and screen time all day (weather was crap though). Going to take them out to a park for a picnic and scootering today.

It rained all day here yesterday. It'll be glorious next week!

@noblegiraffe

Saving that for next week, Why. No point in peaking early.

Lol 😂

Too true. Let’s get through inset days first

I don't want to do inset. Someone wrote me a note?

Write. FFS.

I've spent the last 2 weeks making booklets for ks4 ready for cover/partial lockdown/so I don't have to lug 30 exercise books round school.

This year is going to be awful. With my problems at school (long story involving HoD as well as this ridiculous timetable thing) I'm going in tomorrow and Friday and am going to try and get stuff ironed out. If not, I'll be leaving my notice on the heads desk at half term.

I love getting Art cover - shut up and draw this.

@Frlrlrubert, I had a drama cover once. I couldn't cope with them getting up and walking/dancing/moving freely all around the room. Very different from my maths lessons!

At least the European named poster has been kicked out (again) MN for goady teacher bashing posts in Aibu. I can now go about the rest of my day ...

Setting cover is week 6,I think, of the NQT induction this year. So no getting sick til after that please

What week do they teach you how to deal with panic attacks ?

PE cover would be my personal nightmare. I loath sports and don’t know the rules for anything. Drama would be 2nd worse. Maths would be bad, as a science teacher I should be good at it but there’s loads I’ve completely forgotten.

At least if I cover history, people will fully expect me to be shit at it.

I once had a DT cover with "that" Y9 group where the instructions started "Hand out needle files".
We did something from the textbook instead.

we need to send the message out that our schools are safe with the measures that they've been taking and will be taking

Translation: we need to be able to lie more easily. Arseholes.

I notice the Mail have now popped up with teachers who are complaining about potential bullying and behaviour issues with mask-wearing. Couldn't face clicking on it and reading it in full, but I daresay it will those bastard Unions riling us up and making us continue moaning about everything.

@When, my worst ever cover was 3 1/2 weeks in as an nqt, really tough school. They took y8 off to Butlins so totally ignored the fact that nqts shouldn’t cover lesson until after Christmas. It was chaos. I had kids arguing with me, with each other walking out of the classroom and all sorts. What ever happens it can’t be as bad as that lesson.

I listened to an UfT rep on a radio programme yesterday. She said the SG's decision to have pupils over 12 wearing masks in corridors would lead to having 5 year olds sitting in masks for a full school day. Barmy.

@WhenSheWasBad my experience of PR covers has always been good. It's been things like "give a football to PITA in science child they will sort out teams etc, oh give them a whistle too" literally just took register and they played football. Or there's more than one group on at a time so again just took register and other pe teacher joined them to her group.

What week do they teach you how to deal with panic attacks ?

Ah, that was week 15 for me 'getting diagnosed with labyrinthitis before realising what was going on and getting anti-anxiety meds from the GP'.

You won't be expected to cover practical PE, just like a PE teacher wouldn't cover practical science. You'd do something classroom based instead.

@motherrunner

Read this?

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Face coverings in schools a 'slippery slope' - Tory MP
Requiring pupils to wear face coverings in schools is a "slippery slope", says Conservative MP Huw Merriman.

The MP for Bexhill and Battle told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that he disagreed with the move because "we need to send the message out that our schools are safe with the measures that they've been taking and will be taking".

"Anything that sends a message out that it's not safe in the corridor means that it can't be safe in the classroom and we're on a slippery slope," he said.

Well that's their whole policy on everything so far isn't it? Just deny there's a problem until it's too late, and ignore what everyone else in the world is doing

It's the fingers in the ears, la la la, solution.

I just read a twitter thread that had been invaded by U4T. Blimey we get the watered down version on here.

Totally batshit.