The Fifty-first republic - twice weekly tests and wear masks at all time till Easter

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Maybe he means "free of the shackles of government intervention for once"!

@JanFebAnyMonth

Although am not sure what he means by teachers needing to teach differently from how they've every taught before??

Well I’ll just stop doing all duties, revision classes, planning quartz lessons and I’ll rock in at 9 and leave at 3.40. That’ll be different for me.

3.40? That late? I might leave before the kids.

I’m going to start teaching through the medium of mime. They won’t learn anything but it will be good for a laugh.

Afternoon all, I saw this in my local paper - thought it was rather lovely...
www.eadt.co.uk/news/keep-children-out-of-school-at-summer-7796088?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=DM37392

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At my GTP graduation, my mum said to him 'Oh, you're THAT ONE'. Which was great.
I love your Mum.

Piggy DH mostly calls me "The Wife" 🙄
But sometimes if he's tired or cross he calls me Carol.
Carol was his first wife...🤦🏻‍♀️🤭

So secondary kids in Scotland are going back part time until after Easter.

Sounds more sensible than the - Big Bang stick them all in same as before approach in England.

Thanks staff

I have listened to the Scottish update on schools return and I'm still none the wiser
Thank you for the new thread Staff

Kevan seems to be quite balanced in what he’s saying so far. Are they still going with the summer school idea though? I don’t know any teachers who want to do it-paid or otherwise.

KevAn says trust individual schools to decide if summer school is a good idea.

Although that doesn't work for MATs I guess....

We've had a summer school email but it is all subject to funding.

I frequently call DS1 by DH's name and vice versa when I am annoyed. because they are both infuriating.

Someone on the Data thread's just raised a very obvious flaw with the hone tests - there's no checks on the results people report. At least I presume there's not.

So MrsH's mate - whose name has utterly escaped my mind at this point 😐- could upload a positive if he fancied 10 days off school (and Mum was between jobs!)

No checks at all. You don’t even have to do the test, just input the serial number on it.

Bob!!!!!

If you get a positive-do they not send you for a PCR test any more?

Home tests require a confirmatory PCR according to the DfE guidance, ones done in school don't.

@Appuskidu

If you get a positive-do they not send you for a PCR test any more?

They do, but if you only want a few days off and only a postal PCR test will do........

Ah so I wonder if that's the only reason the guidance says confirm with PCR test, no scientific reason? I'd been wondering. It's an anti-Bob measure.

But it's not as if school is going to insist on Bob returning if he's claiming a +ve LFT but refusing/prevaricating on PCR test, is it?

To be fair, this is not likely to be used as a tactic by many.....

Bob is Bob!

I think it’s for the scientific reason that the LFTs are a pile of shite as well.

I love the idea that Bob might prevaricate.
wha' da fuck you sayin' I ain't no perv
No Bob. That's not what it means.

What is going on in Medway? Why are a third of schools closed there? Why is attendance much lower than the average? Medway was one of the areas hit by the new variant before Christmas.

Medway has been a hot mess the whole time. My friend lives there, and is extremely covid anxious, so we have coffee quite often. She can't work it out either.

I'm chuckling in the Aldi queue recalling a previous Bob who I told not to procrastinate.
"Eh.... she's calling you a wanker" starts his friend.
Nope. That's masturbate, gentlemen...

@WhenSheWasBad

I’m going to start teaching through the medium of mime. They won’t learn anything but it will be good for a laugh.

This genuinely made me laugh out loud

and then it reminded me of the "karaoke for the deaf" videos - does anyone else remember those?