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

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Think there's few of us on here who are either completely alone/childless for all or some of the 25th this year! Much harder with no notice though.

(Maybe we should have a 24 hr sub thread or something? Or is that more complicated?)

I'm only adult in the house and alone for at least a couple of hours, after visiting my brother in his care home (still debating about getting tested).

We made it!

Sorry to hear how poorly you’ve been starry and name - hope you’re feeling much brighter soon.

So, so glad to have limped across the finish line. Fell asleep on the sofa for an hour when I got home - the exhaustion overwhelmed me. Just hope I can still sleep tonight.

A good day at school, but two children in my class off with symptoms - both being tested today. HT will be notified of results - hoping against hope for negatives.

Really glad we've finished properly now. I really hate remote teaching even though we aren't expected to do live lessons or recorded lessons. Instead the HT expects us to roll that stuff out THEN spend the day tidying and doing a lot of planning for next term inc auditing the new curriculum and creating all the new planning documentation for it.

They don't want the kids to not be here in the first week(s) of Jan, but will grasp it as an excuse to get more paperwork out of us at the same time as we are to do the google classroom stuff.

I'm doing NO school planning in the next 2 weeks.

Assuming you live in a house then contactless deliveries are easy to organise. You don't need to specify a safe place in advance as you know you'll be in Just when they knock on the door go to and tap on the closest window and gesture to put it on the doorstep. I've had lots of deliveries this week and had no issues with people understanding what I want to happen. Once they have gone, open the door and nab the parcel.

Hi! I've just been show this secret little room...ive only ever really looked on the coronavirus board so I could chat with teachers ...
End of fucking them. Way to end the term kicking us when we're down ..sen teacher here... and exhausted

I was just talking to a teacher friend about how this policy sounds like one of those Thick of It sessions where they’re chucking around crap policy ideas.

‘Get schools to set up on-site covid testing labs over the Christmas holidays’
“YES AND HO”

m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kb5KjDAN_o

Welcome Ophelia! Help yourself to the biscuits.

Agree this has been a shitty term and the announcement yesterday has basically just finished us all off.

Maybe we should ask MNHQ to invite Gav on for a web chat.

I got annoyed at work today so I kept the tin of chocolates I bought ... they're next to the photocopier.

I was so annoyed yesterday evening about stupid Gav that I forgot to go to the shops to buy biscuits for my tutor group extended period.

Then they won the attendance prize which was a tin of heroes so they got to eat those. Phew.

On the subject of policy from a comedy sketch - here is a different potential solution... It amused me anyway, also reminds me slightly of the book Ella Minnow Pea.

@MrsChristmasHamlet

I got annoyed at work today so I kept the tin of chocolates I bought ... they're next to the photocopier.

I did that as well. Mozzas was all out of tubs of chocolates so I bought overpriced cartons. My form was so arsey that I left them for the cleaner instead.

At least Phil appreciates us!

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9069037/Duke-Edinburgh-praises-teachers-efforts-challenging-conditions.html

Then they won the attendance prize which was a tin of heroes so they got to eat those

I kind of love the optimism in still having an attendance prize this term.

Is everyone finished now or are a few people still having to limp on for a couple of days next week?

Less chocolate in the staff room is one of the reasons Spring 1 is so hard!

At least Phil appreciates us

I wouldn't usually click on the Daily Fail, and don't even teach in the UK, but very nice.

Get schools to set up on-site covid testing labs over the Christmas holidays’“YES AND HO”

Outstanding link, noelgiraffe. Stewart is soo Dominic Cummings, isn't he?

A big thumbs up to all the UK teachers. 👍

@OpheliasCrayon

Hi! I've just been show this secret little room...ive only ever really looked on the coronavirus board so I could chat with teachers ... End of fucking them. Way to end the term kicking us when we're down ..sen teacher here... and exhausted

Welcome Ophelia, I've seen you on threads. I've been too tired and busy to comment much, I'm sen also, primary. ✌️ makes a mockery of any concept of social distancing doesn't it?!

Hope you've had a glorious lie in. Toddler slept through till 5 yippee! Although of course I've been awake since then...

I know you all know this and sorry if I'm late with this but the heat maps for England clearly show all cases to start in the 15-25 ages groups for each wave.

Of course higher likely hood of asymptomatic in younger years...

And just not testing them.

Has the outcome of that school research happened?

Maybe we should ask MNHQ to invite Gav on for a web chat

Would that be the lesser-spotted Gav? Think he’s got stuck in the fridge with Boris. Or lost on his way to the staff room. Or kidnapped. We should send a Year 8 search party to the office. At the very least, his absence needs reporting.

Maybe he's coded himself with an X so it doesn't count?

🤣

Awww thank you Phil! I’m sure if he was younger he would have given all the inept politicians a right dressing down, a la Phil-style!

He'll be too scared of being giraffed to come here.

Think there's few of us on here who are either completely alone/childless for all or some of the 25th this year! Much harder with no notice though

(Maybe we should have a 24 hr sub thread or something? Or is that more complicated?)

Great idea.

Sorry about Xmas day smile that’s crap.

So tired today. It might have something to do with drinking a bit too much last night.

We are doing live lessons when we return. I’ve never done them before so I’m going to have to practice over Christmas. Sigh.

I'm going to be practising over Christmas too. I've used Teams as a participant, but I've only ever been in control for Brownies meetings, where it's not really very important for me to be brilliant at the technology. My nieces also need to check that they can use teams on their tablets (they've both done it on a laptop during self isolations, but only have one laptop between 2 so now need to use a tablet for one of them). We're going to have a few practice teams lessons over Christmas. Apparently it's ok if I want to teach them some maths, they will happily do some equations for me, lol.