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

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

I'm horrified at the way some of you are being treated.

A few years ago morale was bad and the way staff were treated was terrible, many ended up on the sick and many left. Slt had to really think carefully. New slt members helped a lot. But it's taking a loving time to change the culture of distrust.

I do now feel on the whole slt are much better. I think the number of union and OC health referrals for anxiety and depression became embarrassing for them.

for all. You don't bloody deserve to be treated like this.

@marplemead especially tonight. I know many are being treated horrifically too.

Spoke to a neighbour today who was very surprised by the closure of a bubble at the nursery.

She was entirely under the impression that young children couldn't get it. (I found it hard to quell my retort.)

She's clever; works at a university. So if she thinks nursery children can't get it, who the fuck else thinks that??

She said, "but they get coughs all the time!" ..... uhuh. It's shit hon.

Also spoke to a nurse friend will whole family of gps and research drs. She said that she read a paper that said kids often get a snotty nose with it and the message to only test with the 3 symptoms ludicrous. (He dad helped set up the labs for nightingale so I trust her!)

I mean, I know it's not funny, but this made me laugh a bit in surprise earlier.

Some are already done and over, but there are 3 around me currently not on that map.

What do you do when it's your manager that's incompetent?

I'm honestly at a loss. We've been told to share our resources which is fine, but that person manager has written and contributed literally nothing at KS3 or 4 to our resources. Nothing. Not even a work sheet. I am loathe to keep supporting this.

I don't know what has come over me at school. I am actually really zen and am being unusually nice to the kids!

But I have my own little territory at the moment and don't need to see nay annoying teachers on any sort of regular basis. I did pull a face at one behind her back today and then remembered CCTV...

@GuyFawkesDay

What do you do when it's your manager that's incompetent?

I'm honestly at a loss. We've been told to share our resources which is fine, but that person manager has written and contributed literally nothing at KS3 or 4 to our resources. Nothing. Not even a work sheet. I am loathe to keep supporting this.

Do you work with me? My hod couldn't find his arse with both hands, a map and a mirror.

I'm feeling quite stabby today after wading through atomic and mass numbers with year 9. Struggling to explain simple concepts gives me a headache (you take the small number away from the big number to get the neutrons, I'm not sure how much simpler I can make it).

My most able pupil told me that 2-1 is -1.

My brain hurts and my four year old will not stop taking.

I have apparently mastered the death stare. Y9 class today, being a bit chatty, looked in the direction of a common culprit - he immediately started saying it wasn't him, when I pointed out I hadn't actually said a word to him, he told me 'no, but you gave me the death stare' feels like a major achievement :)

In less good news, we've had another case :( getting major March deja vu...

@MrsHamlet does yours constantly go on about how great they are too (criticism by default?)

That Brtus map is not accurate or up-to-date.
My own school was not added for at least a week, and the year group concerned has been back in school for a fortnight, but we're still listed.
Not sure if they intend for it to be current, or historic.

Oh yes. No one could be as great/busy/important/efficient as him except everyone else in the entire world

[quote GuyFawkesDay]@MrsHamlet does yours constantly go on about how great they are too (criticism by default?)[/quote]
My subject lead is also very fond of bigging themselves up. Couldn’t have explained ur curriculum not so long ago, had no idea of why ks3 looked the way it did. All changed now and not or the better I’ve learnt to grey rock and search for jobs GuyFawkes.

@Halifaxgirl

My head has decided all ups teachers will coach 1-1 after school for 20 hours in the spring .

Yes. I've been banging on about new framework, curriculum planning etc for 2yrs. Nothing.

Now going on about it after leaving it to everyone else and criticising what's been done.

I'm out of there as fast as I can be.

That Brtus map is not accurate or up-to-date.

I know - it loses its power if it's not up to date.

@Frlrlrubert

I'm feeling quite stabby today after wading through atomic and mass numbers with year 9. Struggling to explain simple concepts gives me a headache (you take the small number away from the big number to get the neutrons, I'm not sure how much simpler I can make it).

My most able pupil told me that 2-1 is -1.

My brain hurts and my four year old will not stop taking.

I know it sounds awful but I’m so glad to hear it’s not just me.I’ve had the exact same issue with my year 9s.

I’m not kidding I’ve explained it and modelled it about 3 times now. It’s just about clicking with them, at least the vocal and confident ones. It’s a mixed ability class and some are worryingly quiet and probably clueless.

I literally can’t think of a way to make it any simpler for them.

@WhyNotMe40 thank you! Your reply prompted me to seek union advice and you're right. Self-isolation should not be recorded as sickness absence or trigger any action. I've replied with this info, asked for my record to be corrected and for the meeting to be cancelled. I wasn't even polite about it.

[quote marplemead]@WhyNotMe40 thank you! Your reply prompted me to seek union advice and you're right. Self-isolation should not be recorded as sickness absence or trigger any action. I've replied with this info, asked for my record to be corrected and for the meeting to be cancelled. I wasn't even polite about it.[/quote]
Brilliant! So glad to have helped.

@Frlrlrubert I said the exact same thing in a rant to colleagues yesterday. There is literally no way to make it easier . Previously I've done it with sweets. - you have 16 sweets, of which 10 are strawberry, the rest are mint. How many are mint.... They can do it. Then as soon as you talk atomic numbers etc. Boom. Mission impossible.....

@marlplemead well done!

I discovered today that we can claim tax relief from our unions subs - up to the last five years worth! Also if you are a PE teacher and have ‘uniform’ at work you can claim about £20 a year for washing it at home...

My go to analogy is a fruit bowl. Apples and oranges.

Me: You have twelve pieces of fruit. Six are apples. How many are oranges?'

Them: (all together) Six!

Me: You have sixteen subatomic particles, eight are protons. How many are neutrons?

Them; ......... (tumbleweed) ........ sixteen?

Gah!

I feel your pain

@WhyNotMe40

I feel your pain

Thanks. I might actually. Need to be careful though, had some yesterday after my awful bottom set 11s last thing almost made me cry (they've decided they hate me and it's actually quite unpleasant, but I only teach them 3 a fortnight so just resigned to doing what I can for them and not stressing if they fuck it up for themselves by being twats, but it's still hard) don't want to start too much of a habit.

If I have 6 drinks and 4 are how many are ?

Much sympathy to everyone trying to teach year nine how to subtract

10, 10 are (my drink of choice)