The Forty Third Republic - Lockdown learning continues - when is half term?

[Staffdontblowitnow]

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

How frustrating @lonelyplanet.

Things I have used that might help (Maths)

Whiteboard.fi - I like seeing everyone's work but it's a pain as can't prepare the whole lesson beforehand

Peardeck from google add ons- adds interactive slides to your google slides which students write on and like whiteboard I can see their work and check progress. It also emails the students their work and links to my google classrooms. Can be student lead or teacher led and can add audio. Only 30 days free though :( so not sure what it will be like on basic

Demos - recommended on here has worked really well with my Y11.

Teacher made - turn any pdf/ picture/ worksheet into an online (self marked if you want) worksheet. Life changer for assessments as don't have to change them to google forms.

And today, well today I went for the trusty visualiser and mini whiteboard option

Great thread:

twitter.com/MrMichaelSpicer/status/1352624751651516419

@flumposie

Come to share some good news. I'm classed as CEV , yesterday I had a text from my doctors to say I could book an appointment for my first vaccination. I was amazed that I was contacted so soon. I could have had it as early as next Wednesday 27th. ( chose Thursday) So hopefully other CEV staff will hear soon too.

That's amazing, Flumposie!

My dh is CEV too and every day I'm in school is horrific but also a day closer to him getting the same call 🤞

Just nipping in to ask if OfQual (on Schools Week) is saying that Y11 grades will be based on how they are performing now? Surely this can't be right? What about those kids who are unable to fully engage because of internet issues/ IT/ no heating/ no food etc. I am confused but know that you lot will be able to clarify this news for me

Apologies for poor expression- I am cream crackered...

That is concerning about primary. If it's not dropping with only 1/3 in and lockdown with secondary out!

@flumposie that is amazingly good news

@RigaBalsam glad you are feeling a bit better - take all the time you need.

@Sureitwillbegrand I have actually paid for the next package up for whiteboard.fi. I've exported a lesson (ppt or flipchart) to a pdf and then I can upload that and each slide goes to a page on my whiteboard. I can then push all those pages to the whole class in one go if I want so they have all the pages in front of them or I can just push page by page as I need to. I decided that for less than £4 a month it was going to make my life inifitely easier. I can also then download the pdfs of their whiteboards to see what they've done too. My new favourite thing is that it now shows me if they are looking at their board or not.... they think I can see what they are doing I think....

Wow that graph with primary. Although not surprised we have two bubbles that are awaiting someone’s results.
Great news Flumposie

We had online parents evening last night. The whole system crashed for about 30-45 minutes... I only ended up seeing about 5 parents in three hours....

@MrsHerculePoirot thanks for that good to know.

(BTW, very proud of myself as I did my first post reporting earlier. Successfully. Not teacher bashers, but frontline medic bashing. The temerity.)

@MrsHerculePoirot

We had online parents evening last night. The whole system crashed for about 30-45 minutes... I only ended up seeing about 5 parents in three hours....

Result!

In our briefing today found out we will be doing LFT for staff only. However it's only if you have no symptoms and bubbles will still close so that's a huge relief. Primary and very relieved it's not for students.

Same here (also Primary).

Flumposie That's great news!

Does anyone want to place bets on how soon we'll get threads saying "now the R number is down, schools can fully reopen" ?

The internet has crashed at school so I'm home very early!

We've had our briefing on LFTs now too (primary) - we have to submit results twice weekly to HT and log them online. I can't say I'm looking forward to it but it's better than nothing, I guess. I just hope they hurry up with the vaccine!

@chocolateisavegetable

In our briefing today found out we will be doing LFT for staff only. However it's only if you have no symptoms and bubbles will still close so that's a huge relief. Primary and very relieved it's not for students.

Same here (also Primary).

Flumposie That's great news!

Does anyone want to place bets on how soon we'll get threads saying "now the R number is down, schools can fully reopen" ?

Yep.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9176751/Children-NOT-play-key-role-spreading-coronavirus.html

Studies from April when schools were shut that showed kids don’t get COVID that much, are clearly important DF headlines as well

Halleluia!!!

schoolsweek.co.uk/regulator-ons-should-have-elaborated-on-limitations-of-controversial-teacher-covid-analysis/

Full occupational fatality data from March to December to be released on Monday.

This is good news for everyone who has to work out of the home. Here's hoping for full transparency.

Wonder where they suddenly got that from??Recent FOI said they didn't hold the data.
Released by whom random?

This lockdown is not doing my weight any good at all. I've got beer and chocolate.

I've let school know I can't do extra kwv provision anymore and it has been accepted. I also haven't had any complaints about listing my school hours in my email signature and advising anyone whose message is urgent to contact the school directly. I think it's important as I get people being snippy about me not having replied to things sent on my day off and it also lays out how little I actually get paid for.

I've stuck to my boundaries for a whole week now.

I am feeling very glad it's Friday.

January are you ok? You seem to have busied yourself being chief researcher in recent days. Hope your dc have taken their uncle passing ok.

@RandomGrammarPun

Full occupational fatality data from March to December to be released on Monday.

This is good news for everyone who has to work out of the home. Here's hoping for full transparency.

Let’s hope they don’t average out teacher risk data from March-December (when many teachers weren’t in school March-August) and say they’re really safe!

I've stuck to my boundaries for a whole week now.

Very proud of you HoneyBadger

This is a good point, Appu.

I hope the source data is published so you can see a monthly breakdown?

It's at the bottom of the article you posted, Piggy.

Oh oops random

Yes, well done, Honey.

All part timers could do with your example.

Our school is very fair when allocating things like KW supervision rota etc but the "extras" are always allocated according to the usual formula of "ask the most competent/willing/team player types" rather than the full time, and best paid

The fatality data may not help our cause unless it is actually attached to certain dates. And it is certainly true that a significant number of school staff died in the period after Christmas, sadly.

@MrsHerculePoirot

We had online parents evening last night. The whole system crashed for about 30-45 minutes... I only ended up seeing about 5 parents in three hours....

Are you using schoolcloud? They crashed on us last week- we tried again last night, and they crashed again

Had a really good live lesson with Y7 today, so that's something!