The Thirtieth Republic ( 30! who would have thought) - Is it too soon to book a staff Xmas party?

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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-

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-SWAB - school workers against bashers
-SWOT - school workers opposing teacherbashers
-STARS - schoolworkers together against ranting + slurs

Do not give the staffroom password just in case it attracts the wrong sort

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

plastig that’s such bollocks. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

@CallmeAngelina

I was on break duty today and had forgotten my whistle. Managed to get 120 kids to stop and stand still by raising my hand and beaming out my best teacher's glare.

I love the knock-on effect of the raised hand. You see them nudging each other Miss wants us to line up!

I mean, that's dangerous. What kind of fascist have you got running your school? I would be inclined to discuss your burps and farts just to make a point.

🤣🤣 I managed to get my (tricksy) year 9s quiet today by the same method. 🤣

I love it when you clap your hands to get attention and the year 7s copy you because that's what they've been taught!
(Refuse to raise my voice to get attention)

We are supposed to call out any colleague saying anything in anyway negative / this was delivered as “ well-being “.

We are supposed to call out any colleague saying anything in anyway negative / this was delivered as “ well-being

What
The
Ever
Living
Fuck?

We’re no longer allowed to sit less than 2m away from each other for more than 15 minutes with masks on during breaks.

Sitting next to the same person at that distance for the rest of the day is fine. It’s just break times that make it risky

Involved many tea-towel type slogans ,suspect it was expensive as we keep being reminded of how it “supports “us.This was delivered over several hours at the start of lockdown .

Hahaha glad I'm not the only one working under such a bunch of tossers.

@Halifaxgirl

We are supposed to call out any colleague saying anything in anyway negative / this was delivered as “ well-being “.

In my last school, the head's pa would report anyone crying in the loo to the head. Several of us, who he was bullying, were told in no uncertain terms that we were not to show emotion in school because it undermined morale. Him being a massive bullying arsehole felt more undermining to me... but what do I know?! Disgusting.

We are supposed to call out any colleague saying anything in anyway negative / this was delivered as “ well-being

What fresh hell is this?

It's a cheap trick, but I do get a bit of satisfaction from getting them to fall silent just by raising my eyebrows and looking bored.

In the classroom, that is. Not on the playground. Raised hand is required there.

@SaltyAF

I'm doing the marking to MrsH. It's a actually a nice little bit of normality any I'll scraps together a sorry percentage of the money I've lost this year.

@DrMadelineMaxwell, did you mean yes you're in Wales, or yes it's correct that no work needs to be set while awaiting a test?

Sorry. Yes I'm Wales. We as a school have not differentiated against isolating due to symptoms or if told to isolate. If they are ill they aren't required to do any work but some still have. And if they are off for any covid reason but well then there will be work put up for them to do.

I was 6 down yesterday due to some ill, done awaiting (negative) results and 2 isolating due to having been told to by t&t.

It's a great sadness to me that I can't raise my eyebrows, I just look like a startled owl instead of the bitchy Professor McGonagall woman-in-control look.

I once had a child wail "don't look at me like that miss"
"Like what?"
"With your eyes"
I'm not sure whose eyes I should use.

Woo hoo! Friday!
18 staff and 1 year group out.
Told off visiting music teaching for not keeping 2m. Think I scared the poor boy! He returned at the end of the day looking very sheepish and grovelled.
One of my really tricky poppets has had a perfect week. I feel like a miracle has occurred!
We also ended the week with some gluing and sticking and a bit of bonus extra play!
Now what to bake this weekend....

Sorry for everyone feeling low today. That was me yesterday but today I seem to be happily detached from everything. Infections rates are really high here now but I seem to be in the 'whatevs' zone today.

@Halifaxgirl

We are supposed to call out any colleague saying anything in anyway negative / this was delivered as “ well-being “.

Anyone who says such fuckers as this is almost certainly a gaslighting controlling bastard. Or is the type to post "inspirational" FB memes with a background of footprints in the sand. Both just as bad

One of my year 9s keeps complaining (dramatically and loudly) that I'm staring at her. No, just watching, as I'm pretty sure she is the main instigator of the annoying whistling/coughing/humming that happens whenever I'm not looking.
I'll catch her one day I'm sure . This is the class that has prompted my using the visualiser as I cannot turn my back for a second to write on the board.
Yes I'm shit at behaviour management.

@MrsHamlet

I once had a child wail "don't look at me like that miss" "Like what?" "With your eyes" I'm not sure whose eyes I should use.

I have a kid on year 11 who's a real moper and hates it when I read aloud. I'm too expressive apparently, like the annoying Jekyll and Hyde guy on CoursePro

@RafaIsTheKingOfClay

We’re no longer allowed to sit less than 2m away from each other for more than 15 minutes with masks on during breaks.

Sitting next to the same person at that distance for the rest of the day is fine. It’s just break times that make it risky

Bloody hell, this makes me seem intelligent and ready to run for P.M.

Only had 2 lessons today, but still feeling knackered?!

The two pupils for whom I was willing to give up most of my lunch hour, predictably, didn't turn up. Luckily I got through loads of work with another pupil, who turned up with pages of self-marked revision and actually knew which questions she needed help with, so it wasn't wasted time, at least.

Sent an email home to both sets of parents, explaining that non-attending pupils had achieved dire marks on two previous homeworks, not turned up when requested and pointing them in the direction of other resources if they actually wanted to do something about it. So predictable, but determined not to check emails till Monday in case of backlash.

So sorry to hear of bubbles closing and general shitty situations. I hope that things improve for all of us soon.

Regarding weird dreams, I dreamed that my friend tried to kill me last night... .

@MrsHamlet

I once had a child wail "don't look at me like that miss" "Like what?" "With your eyes" I'm not sure whose eyes I should use.

One of my magic talents is to be able to smile at the same time as telling students off - freaks them out apparently!

Ooh "skills" as they probably used to say in the last century!

Happy Friday all! I’m on the gin (2nd large one already). When our one remaining group of students come back next week, we might only have individual isolators off.
My daughter can return next week which is good.
I feel like I am going to struggle to get through the next 4 weeks. Every week seems about half a term long at the moment.

Anybody else's school used their covid tests for staff? Ours did and asymptomatic teachers tested positive! One member of staff received a result saying that he was negative, but checked the codes (matching numbers on test - didn't quite understand...) and realised that she'd been sent the wrong result. He's still waiting for the right one...

Happy Friday all and (take your pick) to @MrsHamlet

Can't believe I'm so tired at 9pm on a Friday. Never going to manage in this profession! Have had wine though but about ready for bed.

Have tomorrow to get more planning done, sort my evidence files and mark the maths unit.

How do you come up with development needs when you need to learn everything? Teacher says i need to find my teaching style but im not sure I know what that is. I'm not cbeebies presenter, but nor am I timid. I'm more rabbit in the headlights at the minute