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Whether you're a permanent teacher, supply teacher or student teacher, you'll find others in the same situation on our Staffroom forum.

The Twenty-Eight Republic - Lockdown Light

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StaffAssociationRepresentative · 02/11/2020 20:36

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 booze is stashed - Thirsty Tuesdays, Fizz Fridays now in operation.

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 and you will receive a detention

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SquashedFlyBiscuits · 04/11/2020 20:46

Oh dear @monkeytennis97 I can't imagine what that must feel like.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery @starrynight19

We have children isolating in every year group now and staff starting to be out too. Trying to sort the home learning is a pain. Everything is just a bit shitter.

Danglingmod · 04/11/2020 20:47

It is appalling that family members of CEV people still have to go in.

That includes me. I don't mind a lot (well I do, but...) but my extremely vulnerable family member is an adult. I social distance at all times at home (separate bedrooms etc). How does my friend undergoing chemo socially distance from her seven year old who's in school at the moment?

TheHoneyBadger · 04/11/2020 20:54

She's exactly the sort of person I was thinking of. What kind of psychpath would tell her she had to send her child to school. Chemo is hell on the immune system and incredibly wearying and vile enough without playing Russian roulette with Covid in schools

TheHoneyBadger · 04/11/2020 20:58

We've had learning walks with brief observations and my books are getting checked regularly along with checking AMA marks have been recorded, homework set etc on the system.

Somehow all positive feedback so far. Possibly thanks to my part time pay full time work situation. The expanding foam business.

Piggywaspushed · 04/11/2020 21:17

When a teacher tweets slagging off, say, the union and letting all of Twitter know how dedicated they are and how much they want to be in schools (while pretending they are OK that not all feel the same) what do we call this?

We need a term . It's like a special EduTwitter Virtue Signalling.

MsAwesomeDragon · 04/11/2020 21:20

We haven't had any book scrutinies, learning walks or observations yet. The observations are supposed to be starting this week, but they're "light touch" ones this year, just for 20 minutes to make sure we haven't completely lost the ability to teach.

flumposie · 04/11/2020 21:22

Thinking of you @monkeytennis97 and @starrynight19. I'm so relieved masks are now expected in my school. About bloody time.

TheHoneyBadger · 04/11/2020 21:23

It's the teaching equivalent of a handmaiden

Piggywaspushed · 04/11/2020 21:24

What does that mean exactly honey?

Hercwasonaroll · 04/11/2020 21:34

The eduTwitterati are out tonight.

Anyone enjoy the kick off on there over half term about screenshotting and people accusing each other of all sorts. It's worse than the playground sometimes.

MrsHamlet · 04/11/2020 21:48

Message from ohthegoats - she's either been blocked or banned!

Piggywaspushed · 04/11/2020 21:50

I saw that on Twitter, yes. Twits - erati

What did goats do? I haven't seen anything deserving?? Even ange has been good!

MrsHerculePoirot · 04/11/2020 21:50

@MrsHamlet

Message from ohthegoats - she's either been blocked or banned!
What?!? Why? Hope it’s just a glitch. See you soon @ohthegoats!
MrsHerculePoirot · 04/11/2020 21:50

@CallmeAngelina hope you get a good nights sleep after today.

MrsHamlet · 04/11/2020 21:52

She thinks it might be because she was rude to a poster about only the good teachers wanting to be in school - but she no longer has that email address.
She said we've to keep fighting the good fight.
I miss her already.

starrynight19 · 04/11/2020 21:58

ohthegoats surely not that is not deserved if it’s that post Sad

Augustbreeze · 04/11/2020 22:00

She got banned ages months ago didn't she, when she had to change her name, it must have been back in May/June, I remember all the discussion about it and LAs I hadn't a clue what was going on but realised I did know who she was?

(Am I allowed to reference a previous ban.... you'll know what's happened if I shortly disappear too!!!)

noblegiraffe · 04/11/2020 22:01

Good to see the goady fuckers posting fake crap don’t even get their posts deleted Hmm

MrsHamlet · 04/11/2020 22:01

@Augustbreeze quick - message one of us your real details so we can track you if you vanish!
I've missed the offending post.

Piggywaspushed · 04/11/2020 22:08

Yeah, fake crap not allowed on Twitter.

StaffAssociationRepresentative · 04/11/2020 22:11

oh no! We need @ohthegoats!

@Augustbreeze - could be a plan to make us disappear one by one .....

It would make MN a boring place though

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Augustbreeze · 04/11/2020 22:19

Of is it like wink murder? I LOVE that game?

😉

WhyNotMe40 · 04/11/2020 22:19

@MrsHamlet

Message from ohthegoats - she's either been blocked or banned!
Wtf?!
Augustbreeze · 04/11/2020 22:19

*Oo

CallmeAngelina · 04/11/2020 23:11

@Piggywaspushed

I saw that on Twitter, yes. Twits - erati

What did goats do? I haven't seen anything deserving?? Even ange has been good!

Oi!! What do you mean, "even Ange?" (although, yes, I have been a model poster recently. Hardly used the F word once, even when sorely riled).

I could still read the thread when I was "taking time out," but it was frustrating not to be able to post.
If you're reading this, goats, let's hope it's a temporary thing. We all really need the support of this thread, if nothing else.
Perhaps we need to revisit the FB/Discord thing?