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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-

-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 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

Haha. Sorry for that slip of the tongue.

Oh, now I've made it worse...

So after an ok lesson on Friday, today was a bit of a car crash and my teacher had to step in to explain things a different way. Not that their books showed that they understood it either way. Dreading having to teach again tomorrow. And I'm being observed on science which I'm really not confident about. Still need to finish my plan for that. Might just try and get something down tonight and then amend it in the morning. I think ive lost my nerve now

I've just realised how irresponsible that sounds!
I had a routine test.
I'm not isolating because I don't have symptoms. I have no reason to assume I've been in contact with a confirmed case.
It was negative - but it took ages.

@namechangedyetagain happens to the best and most experienced of us. You'll be fine, honestly.

It’s one I learnt on here, Piggy. Tbh I’ve only been able to spell it reliably since developing a geek level knowledge of phonics. I find it easier than trying to remember the damn mnemonic.

We were taught

Dash in a real rush, hurry, or else...accident!

I can guarantee everyone on here has been there namechanged. It’ll be fine. Total car crashes are expected.

I used to do that one appu but the kids only remember the anus one!

Hang on, why was @TheHoneyBadger deleted for reminding us it's her birthday?
Is there some new MN guideline I've missed?

Is it because she called us fuckers, or some such?

I assumed she’d asked for it to be deleted & HQ put the wrong message. It had gone by the time I posted happy birthday.

That’s a new low for 2020 if you can’t even remind people it’s your birthday 😳

I need to stop away from a covid is a conspiracy thread. Could someone confiscate my phone please?

Hand it over and those against healthy schools policy snacks I spy. I'll look after those for you...

OMG that thread smile. I swear to God, Twitter would tag or remove half the things that are allowed to stand on MN.

5 more minutes. Someone just posted about luminous vaccines tattooing people.

And those are one of my 5 a day. Haribo has beetroot in it Squashed

So after an ok lesson on Friday, today was a bit of a car crash and my teacher had to step in to explain things a different way. Not that their books showed that they understood it either way.

That was my first observation from my PGCE supervisor, namechanged, I had to teach area of a trapezium to Y7 and the lesson went completely tits up. I cried in front of my pupils!

It'll be fine next time, try to put it out of your head. The kids will have forgotten all about it already .

name I have been teaching for 17 years ( that's a LONG time!) And I had a car crash lesson a couple of weeks ago. You need to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and try again (and it's the hardest thing in the world to do!!) for you. The first disaster lesson is awful you'll get used to it

Have people seen the "Would you really not let your DC out for 14 days?" (or somesuch title) thread. Hmmm. Quite balanced though least time I looked.

@SmileEachDay if they are Tangfastics you need to hand them over immediately (cos I've just polished off the last penguin biscuit)

MN have confiscated the thread Squashed but I’ll share my Tangfastics

@namechangedyetagain I think you get the first badge to sew on your teacher uniform once you've taught a car crash. We've all been there. Congratulations!

Just part of the learning process @namechangedyetagain dust yourself off and give it another go tomorrow.
2 years in and I'm starting to get over the tyranny of 'did they get it'.
Happy Birthday honey.
Does anyone have a spare member of staff in school to look into this?

www.theguardian.com/education/2020/nov/17/police-warn-no-deal-brexit-would-have-major-operational-impact

It’s probably been posted already and I’ve missed it-had a pig of a day, but has everyone seen that schoolsweek article?

schoolsweek.co.uk/daily-check-ins-and-four-hours-work-a-day-dfe-to-set-out-remote-learning-expectations/

It seems to be suggesting schools should set 3-4 hours work per day for isolating pupils and contact them daily as well, and as there are concerns that remote learning isn’t good enough in some schools, that Ofsted will start inspecting home learning as well.

I think that would just about finish me off.

Can I have some of your cake, @honey?! Or gin.

In my NQT year, I planned a great intro lesson to Animal Farm for one class and an equally great intro to Of mice and men for another.
It wasn't until I'd taught them both that I realised I'd taught them to the wrong groups 😂