The Thirty-First Republic - oh the joy of on-line parents evenings

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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

Consequentially?

Morning everyone

Another week here we come! Feeling tired today honestly, I could sleep for a week. Realised I need to start getting organised for Christmas too and I don't have the energy.

@PumpkinPie2016 feeling the same x 5 weeks without DS is feeling never ending. DH has some health issues too and investigations about that this week.

You guys are keeping me going! X

Aww @monkeytennis97 I really can't imagine how hard it must be for you I hope you get to see DS soon!

Hope everyone has a good week - can't believe we have another 3 to go...

I'm not sure making lit open book would be that good for us. Some students in my school would definitely benefit, but they'd probably be the able, well-motivated ones who would do well anyway. The rest (majority) would see it as a reason not to revise and then spend the exam time flicking aimlessly/frantically through the book looking for vaguely remembered quotes that are from the film anyway. And Noble's point does stand - if they don't know the themes/characters/how to analyse language and structure, then having the book there won't help. They're allowed slightly misremembered quotes/paraphrases and specific examples anyway. Grr, I'm sick of all this bloody tinkering.

I do so little work yesterday and now feel like I'm going to pay for it today, though lessons are planned, just not very exciting.

I liked the quote about Platoon - I'm going to play it out in my head today...

Morning... here we go again....

Can’t help with the grammar sorry - it all confuses me when my kids have homework like that...

And if they allow books in the exams, schools might need some notice/money to purchase unannotated copies?!

Yeah, don't ask secondary English bods re the ks2 grammar. Most of it is made up and never referred to ever again.

I have never heard of this made up adverb! Adverbs are time, manner, place and are confusing enough as it is!

dangling, surely they can't suddenly insist on plain copies, too?? Theses are the sorts of issues they won't have thought about...

Yay. Monday. Two weeks left of placement 1, which has been interesting to say the least. Don't feel I have the energy and still have an essay to write before next week, a moderation visit with tutor and an evidence file to prepare.

Im not sure I can do this.

Hope everyone has a good week and stays safe.

Barber playing in the background- quite soothing. Might see if it calms down my little ragamuffins this morning.

Marking grammar assessments week. We learn that adverbs often end with 'ly'

Q. Add an adverb to the sentence.

He waved at his friend .

Child's answer- Kelly

Brilliant!

Kelly! Love it!

We were on subordinating and co-ordinating conjunctions last week. So confusing. But I had fun in my head making up inappropriate ones -
"Johnson refused to accept statistics about school transmission ALTHOUGH they were backed up by scientists".
"Brexit is pointless AND expensive".

Well, some schools I know don't even let bottom sets look at the book itself. They just teach a few quotes by rote, so they're not going to know what to do with a copy of the book, are they?

God, don't tell Gove!! That is exactly what he was trying to stop.

We get kids to buy their own copies and so they are covered in notes.

I was getting my lower lot to recognise sentences that needed a question mark. Without exception, all 6 of them wrote yes to the question, 'Do you like pizza'. They were just mean to add the ?

God bless teaching in Wales. Yes, we have to teach Welsh as a second language, but we don't have to teach all that spag! We obv teach the usage of them but don't have to bother with all the confusing terminology.

Morning all well that’s me tested positive. As I’ve been in isolation due to school for over a week this has categorically come from school.
Hope this week is kind to everyone.

Oh, hope you are OK starry.

Oh no starry, hope its a mild dose.

Another member of staff positive here plus two students over the weekend. What fall in infections?

I hope you're ok starry.

Well, the drop in infections is probably caused by my area, where no one gets tested , even if they sound like they have whooping cough, with a dose of the medieval sweating sickness, have the trots and couldn't smell a skunk at a pig farm.

I literally had a boy coughing all over my room on Friday while a boy sat along from him pressed his book to his head because he was too hot...

@starrynight19

Morning all well that’s me tested positive. As I’ve been in isolation due to school for over a week this has categorically come from school. Hope this week is kind to everyone.

Oh starrynight no! Sending a solidarity fist bump (we don’t need to socially distance now right!?) We can isolate together