The Forty Seventh Republic! Happy Valentines and get some half term rest

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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

I have marking if anyone wants it....

I am about to go back through three years of calendars (nice and greasy from being stored on top of the kitchen cupboards) ensuring I haven't missed transferring anything important to the 2021 calendar.

Yes, I also have tons of school stuff to do.

Not quite bored enough for school work. Worked my arse off last week to get ahead thinking a break would be lovely over half term. Sadly there's nowt to do!

I keep finding marking. It doesn't help that my to do list had 12 items (9 ticked off) but three were just class codes.
Turns out that random very old marking has appeared (the arsy Friday emails worked!) which I now have to do.

@Piggywaspushed

DS1 does keep saying he needs an eyetest, to be fair.

Well then, you could go now I think.

Just popping in to say I had the call and we are getting a puppy!!! Probably middle of Easter holidays! @Saucery I’m deffo up for a support PM if you do get new puppy too.... 🎉🎉🎉

I'm about 60% through planning next week. Next up: Empirical formulae - hard enough in the classroom. I predict they won't 'get' it.

I don't even get what you just said Frlrlrubert!

So happy for you, Monkey!

I am in a real grump today. The house is a tip but I have no energy or motivation to sort it out. I'm just scrolling mindlessly on my phone feeling vaguely dissatisfied with everything. I need to snap out of it but... meh.

@Frlrlrubert

I'm about 60% through planning next week. Next up: Empirical formulae - hard enough in the classroom. I predict they won't 'get' it.

Argh. I’m dropping loads of empirical formula into my starter questions with year 7. Just the very easy stuff.

I’m thinking if I just keep drip feeding it in they will eventually all get it. So far only about 10 out 60 are there but I’m optimistic.

Teaching it online is a nightmare.

This story made me properly laugh www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/invited-covid-vaccine-because-nhs-19857990

[quote noblegiraffe]This story made me properly laugh www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/invited-covid-vaccine-because-nhs-19857990[/quote]
HA!

I'm pretending I don't have work until Sunday 🙈

Took kids to the big park and found some school friends so they had a play together which was perfect. Probs against the rules but meh.

Done some gardening. Should tidy up really but i just can't be bothered!

Sounds like you are playing chicken with work guy I’m trying to do a little bit most days.

The plan is to get ahead.

That will be what my issue is. I'm not too heavy, I'm just not tall enough.

Although I think we did all this the other day.

I'm out. I've got one lot of essays to mark but I don't see them til the end of the week, and a scheme of work to plan but I can't be arsed. The other class on the list have done bugger all but that's up to them.... looking forward to those grade conversations.

I've done all the nothing. Sorted through some paperwork piles, discovered ds needs a new passport -again. This will be the last 5 year one thankfully. Mustn't forget but can't be arsed today.

I don't think I'm going to be able to make myself do the school work till last minute either.

I quite fancy a nap but trying to keep regular steps up.

I'm not doing any school work until the weekend. I have made that decision and I am planning on sticking to it. I am attempting to get the house sorted, a bit at a time. Still working on the living room, decluttering, moving furniture to vacuum underneath, etc. Also vacuuming the stairs, which is a pain as we have a combination of crap carpet and a rubbish hoover. It's been quite a productive day, but dd has been ignored again, which wasn't quite the idea.

I did a few big work days last week, wrote my reports and planned up to 8th march. It all needs setting and sorting on OneNote but that's an ongoing "thing". I'm lucky that I have to teach outside specialism and someone else does lots of the hard work because honestly, I am clueless. Makes my life a bit easier!

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Year 7? Oh my days. Good on you starting them early though. This is year 9, so calculating it from percentage mass...

I've worked out how many weeks extra I need to plan, because we didn't use all the planning this term due to lockdown, not all kids being in/ some being in other bubbles, and then me being off and then a snow day
So I'm working on the basis i probably need 3 more weeks of lessons .... I am optimistically thinking that I will be in work on Monday but ... I think that is somewhat misplaced optimism.

As support staff I feel a bit guilty not to have all the prep to do over half term. I am already monumentally bored and missing the excitement of getting out of the house and going to work. Have a Mental Health course to be getting on with, but it’s pretty basic.

@MrsHerculePoirot excellent news! Have PMed you.

@Monkeytennis97 brilliant half term for you, so pleased to hear your DS has been able to spend time at home with you.

Question for you: if your HoD sent an email about what we are teaching after half term which is wrong, and is asking what/how we are teaching KS3, what would you think?

I'd think, "I'm not dealing with that now, as I'm on holiday, busy doing nothing."

Do you mean the first bit was about KS3 too?