The Thirty-Sixth Republic - New Year approaching, no clear idea of what is happening next week and has Gav been sacked yet?

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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

It was over 1000 in April. Prediction a few weeks ago on another forum I’m on was 50,000 cases a week in 1st week of Jan and thousands of deaths a day by end of Jan.

Looks like that might have been an underestimate.

Primary schools staying open. So screw you after I’ve just thanked you.

I can't bear this

What do I win?

Fuck

Glad we're expendable

stand by

I’m shocked - primary to open as normal ?!

Oh no. Unbelievable.

Fully roll out testing for all pupils and staff? Yeah, whatevs.

Exam years back 11th

Rest 18th

That is appalling 😡😡🤬

Argh!

Testing does not "break the chain". Isolation breaks the fucking chain. Testing instead of Isolation will extend the chain you thick, irresponsible fucks!

So, same old plan as ever then?

When is the Tier 4 hotspot list going to be released?

What a tosser.

Full return of all on 18th?
He has totally wasted his time on this plan...it will be in tatters by next Wednesday

Remote lessons for exam years from 4th - does that mean nothing for the rest?

So we're open, then. And some kind of testing? I won't be testing kids, I can assure you of that.

What's a tier 4 hotspot then? Is that like an A*?

I’ve spent most of my Christmas holidays in bed feeling like shit having caught COVID from school. Parents have knowingly sent their kids in with symptoms- a boy in my class came in after his dad had tested positive. I haven’t seen my mum since August. Now we’re to go back in school as normal. Fucking hell.

So basically same as before just a week later for secondary , unbelievable

Fuck them. Fuck them all. I am not surprised but now i'm desperately angry and scared.

God he can barely string a sentence together. I'm off to find gin. And chocolate.

The fuck is this?

@OnehorseopenBobsleigh

What's a tier 4 hotspot then? Is that like an A*?

I didn’t think anything could make me laugh right now, but that did!

What is the POINT of testing kids and then sending them back to the community which are apparently hotbeds of transmission??

I'm utterly fed up of being told that I don't matter by the people who are supposed to serve our country. It's fucking ridiculous.