The Twenty-third Republic - school attendance not great - half term to be renamed circuit break?

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

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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, especially if you have not used the hand gel. Close the door quietly on your way out and put your mask on

Good tweet with screenshots:

twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1309563654745083906?s=19

Ah sorry, I see it's already been linked.

I've slapped it everywhere I possibly can on SM.

Callmeangelina that’s exactly it

And we don't even merit a mention on the news.
So there's a tacit acceptance that it doesn't even matter how many thousands of schools close, partially or completely. We are accepted collateral damage.

All I can see is, it was flip pin' cold today with that "September" wind blowing in the windows! 🥶

@CallmeAngelina spot on, I remember a while back when there were small numbers of cases in factories the papers were all over it, but for schools- silence.

It's weird really, isn't it.

I've just googled local papers (never do that, too many adverts on websites) - three schools close to where I live have partial closures. They are not on the ToryFibs map thingy.

Partner has had 3 tequilas, a bottle of wine and is now onto something else neat in a glass with ice. An evening of having the TV paused so he can talk at me about whatever I'm wanting to watch on the telly. Boooooring.

Thanks for posting. I just can't bring myself to care about anyone else knowing how easily society has accepted what's happening to us.

@ohthegoats

I've just googled local papers (never do that, too many adverts on websites) - three schools close to where I live have partial closures. They are not on the ToryFibs map thingy.

Partner has had 3 tequilas, a bottle of wine and is now onto something else neat in a glass with ice. An evening of having the TV paused so he can talk at me about whatever I'm wanting to watch on the telly. Boooooring.

Um.... That's quite a lot. Does he often drink that much??

I'm currently on a house party drinkies with DH's mates. None are allowed back into their offices. Wear masks for shopping etc.
Not eating out as it seems unsafe.
While to me, eating out feels a lot safer than my working life in secondary.....

And yes we've had cases in schools - no teachers self isolating as obviously they kept at 2m all the time
It seems like another world....

@WhyNotMe40

I'm currently on a house party drinkies with DH's mates. None are allowed back into their offices. Wear masks for shopping etc. Not eating out as it seems unsafe. While to me, eating out feels a lot safer than my working life in secondary.....

My DH is the same. In fact he is overly cautious and only goes out for food shopping or exercise. I've reached the point of I might as well eat out cant be more dangerous than work!

Does he often drink that much?

No. He did through lockdown - cancer scare going on as well as all the covid shit - but has packed in weekday drinking since he had all the all clear at beginning of July. He definitely has an unhealthy relationship with booze overall, but at the moment he's 'OK'. Clearly just fancied getting pissed tonight.

eating out feels a lot safer than my working life

Mine too, and I'm only primary. We were talking about downloading the app or not, and partner pointed out that he doesn't go anywhere, so no point. Pretty sure track and trace aren't going to be down his allotment.

Sorry for prying.

To be honest, I feel.like getting pissed tonight as well.. and I'm well on the way, so I have no right to comment!

I feel dangerously self destructive actually...

@WhyNotMe40

Sorry for prying.

To be honest, I feel.like getting pissed tonight as well.. and I'm well on the way, so I have no right to comment!

I feel dangerously self destructive actually...

Was it you asking about Zoom teaching WhyNotMe40? We did Zoom teaching during lockdown (primary) and will be doing it again if we need to. Are you secondary? We just made sure the chat function was off and they didn't have access to the whiteboard unless we wanted them too. You can screen share ppts etc. We also had the waiting room ready to kick anyone out who was annoying us. And the mute button is the best for the gobshites

Thanks - yes it was me! Thanks that's really helpful!

@WhyNotMe40

Thanks - yes it was me! Thanks that's really helpful!

Glad to help- let me know if you have any more questions.

@Keepdistance

Did i say i saw on fb reception teachers group and they were all discussing what songs they now sing handwashing. .

🤦🏻‍♀️

Signing has gone back up to 3 m at my place

The Phe report is shocking.

What's also getting me is that primary outbreaks look slightly more than secondary.

Sitting ducks. No masks. Pile of shit.

And then gaslighting bbc reports about how kids are taking up all the tests but only 1% were positive etc.

Implying parents are panicking.

No, tests must be done to protect staff!!

I have not caught up but I had a laugh at the outraged poster on another thread saying she would never send her child to a school where the children were called 'kids'.

@HedyPrism she wouldn't like me then. I call them sprogs, rugrats and mini humans. Which is a bit ridiculous as some of them are over 6 foot. In my head I call them many other things too 😇

U4T are going to use NEU's own advice and recommendations about minimum classroom temperatures in order to fight the issue of windows being open through winter.