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

[StaffAssociationRepresentative]

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

I think that happens quite often on here.

In a previous incarnation, I think I offended a few people on a thread (can't even remember the topic) and then I noticed loads of new posters or name changers to a username very similar to mine at the time. I actually left for a while.

Bloody marvellous posting whereisGavin

Must have missed that when I was having a strop and hiding in the Staffroom. Maybe I'll go vintage and pick a grange hill teacher name (can't actually remember any apart from Mr Bronson)

Mrs ("Ma") McCluskey

aka Bridget the Midget.

Mr Baxter was longstanding one.

Mr Hopwood. Phwoarr.

Mr Robson.

Wtf, Dangling

MN can be very weird sometimes.

Oo have we lit old passions where?! I heard a whole interview with a Grange Hill actress (maybe Trish, not sure) the other morning. Can't remember why it was on but it was very interesting!

What have I missed re name changing?

I change my name every time I get a bollocking - I think I'm supposed to write back and grovel or something, but that's not happening. Just do a new name.

@SaltyAF

What have I missed re name changing?

It's a bit like wink murder salty.... with everyone in blindfolds ......

2 of our positive teacher came back today for a part day, good to see them. I may have missed some because we aren’t always officially told, bug we have had at least six teachers diagnosed this term, (something i am sure the deniers will see as false) out of around a hundred ( and of course lots of use haven’t had tests for eg extreme tiredness)

twitter.com/ajjolley/status/1334198861041201158

Can someone just send me a test PM please?

Thanks piggy! Thought something was weird with my email notifications but that worked ok.

@noblegiraffe I thought you wanted (eg) Keir Starmer sent to you via Royal Mail for a moment....

@whereisGavin is that thread (/some of the comments in it) a clue to your identity??

If Keir Starmer were sent to me by Royal Mail, I'd give him a kick up the arse for his stupid 'I want schools open, no ifs no buts' statement and complete inaction on our behalf, and then post him back to Westminster.

August Lucky it was a "test"...imagine receiving Boris wrapped in bubble wrap

Send help. Mum got her jigsaw advent calendar today. It's a box with doors. She's opened the bloody box rather than opening the bloody doors. I could weep!

OMG MrsH. So instead of being a jigsaw advent calendar it's now just a jigsaw?

It's more a heap of assorted bags that don't make sense from what I can work out! I don't know why but I'm a bit gutted about it!!

I retweeted that exams Tweet. I'm so glad someone did it.

Gav's a twit.

Oh no Mrs H! I'm sure she appreciated the gesture, if the bits are in bags then they might be able to be ordered?

That's a bit rubbish MrsH. I hope she manages too figure it out.

I have failed as a parent this year and completely forgot to buy advent calendars for my dds. I bought 6 for the food bank because they were asking for them, but didn't buy any for my own family I have now been to 5 different shops yesterday and today looking for some, but nowhere has any left. Dd2 has expressed her extreme disappointment in me, and let me know what a failure I am. To be fair, I've had other things on my mind recently, but I do feel bad that she's missing out.

I invited half my department (the half with the biggest problems I know about) to my classroom for a socially distant lunch today. It was really, really nice. There were 5 of us, and we were able to sit miles apart from each other and just have a chat. It made us all realise quite how much we miss being able to sit in the department office all together at break/lunch. We're making it a weekly thing, in my classroom as it's the furthest from any pupils (unless it's wet break when we all have to be in our classrooms supervising our forms).