The Twenty-ninth Republic - lockdown light continues & good news for Welsh students

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If you come with a stick to goad us then that is not allowed in the staffroom and you will receive a detention

I hate turkey. Controversial

We know you like egypt though Honey

@TheHoneyBadger

I hate turkey. Controversial

Not at all controversial in my family. We had steak last year 😆

A family member cooked beef for Christmas and boydanvers proceeded to rank the whole experience like done Come dine With Me/Four In a Bed hypbrid reality show.. that went down well

some not done!

Mum is cooking a different fancy dinner each week for the next month as a trial run and sharing them in the family group chat!

We don't like turkey either. We have chicken breasts with cheese and bacon. We can't possibly ever go to family or have family here for Christmas dinner because they all want the full traditional dinner and we want our own version. This year we've got dd2 as a vegetarian, I'm low carb because of the diabetes, and dd1 is a fussy bugger (technical term, but actually she's waiting for an asd assessment so may have an excuse for her fussiness). I'll cook what we normally have but we'll all just eat the bits we can/will eat. Only dh will have the full plate we would normally all eat.

Sorry I didn't reply about the Christmas geometry earlier. Yes it was with Clarissa Grandi, it was great. My artistic ability is about the same as your average slug, so I wasn't prepared to show my efforts to Twitter, but I'll show you. Dd2 helped with the colouring in. I've got the recording of the session now, and I'm happy enough with the construction part to teach it to any classes I want to. I don't think it'll be too intimidating for even non-artistic kids, especially if I show them my efforts, they can probably all do better than mine, lol.

not liking turkey is not controversial. I don’t hate it, but it’s possibly my least favourite roast.

I don't like turkey - my mum's family are turkey farmers. Ha.

We eat veggie food on Christmas day usually. Last year was with my parents though, who are much more meat eating. We also had a slightly weird one with two Indonesian film/TV stars in attendance, so lots of my dad asking about Eid, and them stuffing their faces with 'Briddish' food.

I've just slammed down half a bottle of Chablis. I rarely drink, so am now hammered. And I've still got to plan English and science for tomorrow.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/covid-19-hull-nhs-boss-calls-for-tighter-lockdown-and-school-closures-12133363

I just emailed my MP and linked the 'Teacher concerned' thread. He won't read it, but a minion on his team might.

If NHS Trust leaders can see people are not sticking to lockdown rules because the behavioural messages are all wrong, why can't the government see this?

Boom tish august!

I have Chablis envy. I'm drinking cheap red with a tiny splash of my black currant gin and trying to convince myself it's the red equivalent of a kir royale.

Quick question - when you narrate a ppt does it then record it like a video? Or play the sound fit each slide as they scroll through it themselves?

I am sat drinking gin (on a school night) and I don't feel like ive worked hard enough this weekend. I've planned maths for Tues and Weds, but not planned science (forces) yet because I'm still a bit unsure and want to ask tomorrow. The young single child free ones on the course spend most of the weekend working. I'm old, knackered, have 3 kids and a house to look after. Thank God my husband is useful. But no wonder I'm behind!

There's something you have to do to Ppts though, in order for the recording to work, but I'm afraid I can't remember what it is!
Dh learnt the hard way and had to re-do his.

I'm drinking cheap red with a tiny splash of my black currant gin and trying to convince myself it's the red equivalent of a kir royale.

Oooh, I was given a bottle of that from M&S last year, it was lovely. Must drop strong hints to that particular aunt again

Someone in DS class has tested positive so the whole class has to isolate for 2 weeks Thankfully, DH can be home with DS so I can still go into school and don't have to teach live from home.

The child who tested positive is completely asymptomatic but her family are taking part in the ONS study so that's how it was found. Quite scary really -they would never have known had it not been for the study. Her father has also tested positive and is also asymptomatic.

@namechangedyetagain

What year group for forces? I've got a PPT I've done recently for year 3 that you can have - really basic, fits all the stuff on dual coding, retrieval practice and so on.

@MrsHerculePoirot if they press slide show and play from the beginning, it should just play like a video.

It plays with each slide

Hmm, when I do it there's a wee arrow to click on and then the audio plays

[quote PumpkinPie2016]@MrsHerculePoirot if they press slide show and play from the beginning, it should just play like a video.[/quote]
Thanks! So they can also see the slides and notes like normal too?

@CallmeAngelina I will test before I do it for real!!!

@RuleWithAWoodenFoot it's for y5, but your plan and slides sound fabulous! Wonder if it could be adapted?😉

Bloody Nora. I avoid going to mum's much at all at the moment but she and dsis, who lives there too , have no car and I was dropping off some groceries. Just as I stepped in the kitchen mum called through to check I've had my flu jab as she had a touch of a 'gastric flu...inc the sweats and she didn't want to come through if I hadn't.
She seemed put out for me to tell her to stay put and that even just the temp, even if it comes and goes means she needs a covid test. She kept her distance and I departed quickly. Sis has ordered a postal test for her.