The Thirty-Third Republic - End of term and DfE threats- cheers all!

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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

The EIS are taking out grievances against individual councils up here to try and force their hand to closing on Friday.

Bloody hell! Hasn't Gav got anything better to do?

Popping by to laugh at Gav.

It's a bit Cummings and Barnard Castle all over again.

DH pointed out that if Gavlar actually takes them to court they can invoke the H&S at work act, wave a risk assessment, and probably win the day.

DH pointed out that if Gavlar actually takes them to court they can invoke the H&S at work act, wave a risk assessment, and probably win the day.
That's what I'm hoping for

The date on that letter🤦‍♀️ What a twat.

Oh I just caught up on the broom closet. That email is shocking Bob! Like my cover manager claiming I could teach despite symptoms in my support bubble. She made out it was the head who'd said it then later emailed making clear the head had not said that and claiming it was a mix up

Brilliant, the Umbridge references really made me laugh! He really has no clue though does he...

What we need is Albus Dumbledore. And maybe a herd of angry centaurs.

@monkeytennis97

The date on that letter🤦‍♀️ What a twat.

Well said. What a total and utter twat!

He's totally like Umbridge with his educational decrees! We're listening to it in the car at the moment and just got to the bit when she gets carried off by centaurs. One can only hope...

Thanks for the new thread, Staff. I've got 4 lessons left to teach before we finish. Can't wait.

Absolutely timeturner.

Does the date make it illegal? It might.

Just sums up Delores and the DfE if they can't even get the date right

absolute idiot

He hasn't signed it. Obviously, they couldn't find a crayon

date error has been spotted and changed

I thought Friday went badly. Today was worse. Not sure it is Covid related though - just me but dealing with poor behaviour well.
The kids have gone absolutely loopy. I had a gang of year 8s practically feral at breaktime - knocking people's snacks out of hands etc, and I didn't know their names, they wouldn't tell me, and then just bloody ran away!
Then don't get me started on the yr 9s..
However we currently have all isolating groups back, just a handful of staff off (mainly due to their own kids) so I shouldn't complain. But I feel like I don't know whether to rage or cry.

Thanks for the new thread staff

That letter honestly have no words!

I have been rather productive and planned my Y9 lessons for the first week back hoping to continue in the productive manner for the rest of the week (but may fail miserably!).

I also ended up twitching and buying DS an extra Christmas present must rein myself in! It's been a crap year - partly because of covid but mostly because my wonderful Nana died in March (not covid) this will be the first Christmas I have ever had without her so I may be compensating ever so slightly!

Dolores is my confirmation name. There. That's me outed!

Hello - please may I join you? Long time lurker and generally infrequent MN poster but wanted to pop on for the sake of solidarity. The absolute insanity of this term has nearly broken me (I’m in primary - so comparatively lucky considering the appalling situation in secondaries).

Four days left to stumble through...

Hi Harriet!

Shitty email from SLT about stuff tonight. FUCK OFF AASAARRRRGHHH (I'll write that here rather than in the reply box!).

Hello @HarrietDVane. I'm primary too (although definitely not the mumsy "speaking in the plural" type).

Want some gin?

Hi Harriet , I know where the secret stash of glue sticks is so if you need sorting out....

Wow. Things are turning nasty. They do not give a shit about schools.

Thanks @StaffAssociationRepresentative

You know, I honestly think that if they'd sat down and thought, "how can we get this virus to ramp up, just in time for Christmas, with even worse to come in January," they could not have done a better job.

And now they're making even bigger tits of themselves by picking fights with Greenwich etc... They should do what we have to do with troublesome kids - pick our battles and de-escalate.