The Nineteenth Republic - DfE guidance issued August Bank Holiday Weekend!

[StaffAssociationRepresentative]

You are most welcome to this school staff support thread to get us through stressful times. It is meant for school staff only – a sort of room of requirement. Baiters, haters, goaders 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 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

Do not give ‘The Every twat for Themselves mob’ the staffroom password as a number of them are operating in an alternative reality.

No DfE muppets allowed

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 goad us then that is not allowed in the staffroom. Close the door quietly on your way out

[quote mumsneedwine]@noblegiraffe you've made me all nostalgic about Club Penguin 😊[/quote]
it was the first thing that popped into head but I never actually used it!

openplankitchen was the really loopy one who saw racism in every post. That's different from askmehowiknow, surely?

Good luck everyone who is back tomorrow, I've got 2 inset days then the hordes on Thursday. Just lining up the bags of stuff now. Coffee in flask, sandwiches, hand gel, spray, wipes, tissues, contemplating taking a change of clothes to leave in teacher cupboard...
, , and for you all

askme was

Lost track of the kitchen but posting style was vvvv similar.

Good luck for tomorrow everyone.

Alarm set for 5 In order to get a run in before the mania begins although as I’m feeling now I probably won’t get much sleep 😣

Bag is packed and trolley in the car. No masks or visors for me as we have magic walls.

I hope tomorrow goes well for everyone!

So feel for you all. I'm not in til Thirs either as don't do INSET.

I had thought assemblies were outlawed by t'guidance, but was rereading yesterday and it only says not recommended if it mixes bubbles, so fine at most secondaries. Whether it's sensible is entirely another matter!

I’ve just looked at the plans for the first few days and there is an interminable amount of form time. I’m barely teaching till Tuesday. I’d much rather be teaching.

We have two INSET days but as I'm part-time I'm not in with the kids until Monday.

I feel like going and saying last goodbyes to my parents and in-laws until Christmas, just in case

Interesting to see how a leads to a stairway. I'm always impressed people manage to spot these things! (I used to read threads but never post. Now these people are too much!!)

Got clothes I can wear - check
Got shoes near door - check
Found lanyard - check
Found makeup - check
Read INSET stuff - check and giggle
Charged laptop - check
Packed pencil case - check
Packed mask - check
Packed hand gel - check
Found flask - check
Looked at timetable - check and giggle giggle
Large glass of Malbec - check check
Avoid school sex porn thread - check
Alarm set - check

I am as ready as I can be

@noblegiraffe

I’ve just looked at the plans for the first few days and there is an interminable amount of form time. I’m barely teaching till Tuesday. I’d much rather be teaching.

I've planned for the same amount of form time as last year (have to send requests to the techs in advance for stuff I want to demo), but I don't actually know how much there will actually be until they tell us tomorrow.

@CallmeAngelina

openplankitchen was the really loopy one who saw racism in every post. That's different from askmehowiknow, surely?

Openplan stopped posting completely, then askme started posting a day or 2 later and openplan never returned. That plus being a teacher bashing healthcare/NHS worker convinced me.

I could be completely wrong of course, but it entertained me for 5 minutes trying to work it out

I'll have to take a Ntyol. Sleep won't be coming my way otherwise. I don't feel rested at all.

Blimey, noble, I just took a look at the masks thread in secondary and you got a right pasting. I reported one insult, at least, and it's gone.

Wasn't it openplan who derailed an entire thread insisting that I had dissed her and referred to her as "it."

@CallmeAngelina

Blimey, noble, I just took a look at the masks thread in secondary and you got a right pasting. I reported one insult, at least, and it's gone.

Yes, Trust was a bit snippy at me describing the antivaxxers who sent that temp check = gun to the head letter as batshit crazy

I wonder why she might have taken that personally

Don't make the mistake I made after having the usual crap night's sleep before the start of term and think it'll be fine, I'll just drink a really strong coffee during INSET, because... well, mask. Get a couple on before it starts!

Good luck everyone!

I think I've remembered most things; Brain fried trying to remember all stuff for the kids. Eldest not back till 8th (like Carrie!) but a holiday club and Dh in charge is more unnerving than school tomorrow! (Inset.)

I've been thinking today that one thing I'm concerned about is that I'll be so confused by what I can and can't do that it'll interfere with teaching. Dh "helpfully" suggested I was basically baby sitting and not to worry....

(Ps I started taking taurine during lockdown and have genuinely found it bloody amazing for anxiety and sleep. Good for peri menopause apparently because it's calming and sleep supportive, with magnesium and b6.)

@StaffAssociationRepresentative

Got clothes I can wear - check Got shoes near door - check Found lanyard - check Found makeup - check Read INSET stuff - check and giggle Charged laptop - check Packed pencil case - check Packed mask - check Packed hand gel - check Found flask - check Looked at timetable - check and giggle giggle Large glass of Malbec - check check Avoid school sex porn thread - check Alarm set - check

I am as ready as I can be

I am now off to use this list to prepare me for tomorrow before an early night. No wonder you're the staff rep!

@noble It wasn't her. It was someone else I didn't recognise Whysomuchmess) accusing you of doing anything for more time off work. MNHQ agreed that it "wasn't in the spirit."

The genegenie one is proper corona denier.

Unpleasant to everyone tbf.

She certainly has a "tone," that's for sure. Along with Flax.

Whysomuchmess appears to be a recent namechanger. Could be any of them tbh, I think U4T and Tory HQ both have a dartboard with my name on it.

I am now buying Taurine! I get fuck all sleep most nights through a combo of perimenopause, anxiety, snoring husband and restless legs.

Thank you for your checklists, I've now packed my planner and written out a class list so I can scribble notes if needs be. Coffee cup is ready to be filled, new bag already bursting.

I feel very jittery indeed. Like a part of my life is over 😥