The Fifty-Sixth Republic - Who is up for a game of TAG?

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Where has it been said that Boris is about to announce something?

Joining in with the calls for Boris to fuck the hell off.

I’m seriously struggling to manage my workload as it is.

callme, in the TES and various other places. Gavin - who has nothing better to do- has been 'looking into is' and Sir Kevan has been coming up with plans.

It is a very easy way to demonise unions.

I can't see a positive outcome here.

If the extra time is academically focused:
Even if you put the impact on teachers to one side, longer days and shorter holidays are no good for the kids, especially at primary. Most are shattered by the end of the day and you can see from those in wraparound care that all they want to do is play. It'll also have an enormous mpact on children with SEND (which, in turn, will affect the rest of the class).

If they are play/activity/experience focused and run by external companies:
They won't address the issue that they are being brought in to resolve. It will be babysitting for working parents brought in under the guise of something else. It'll also be yet another way to funnel public money into private enterprise that could be being spent on schools.

We used to run a week long summer school for our most vulnerable incoming y7. It was totally free of charge and we did it by using non teaching staff who were term time only + 2 weeks.
It stopped because parents started being difficult about it - the weather is nice so we're keeping him at home; he's not with his friends.... etc etc.
The ones you want wouldn't come.

It is a very easy way to demonise unions.
And to provide a distraction to the many other shitshows going on at the moment.

The extended hours are just for childcare aren't they? The gov will use another excuse but really they want people back to work and more hours for the economy so they're using school for what they actually think it is...

Plus it would look like they actually cared

Heard seen the police report today saying that things over the past year have been somewhat difficult because sometimes the first Chief Inspectors knew of changes to the law was at the 5pm news conferences?

I heard that and laughed mirthlessly

Hello my fellow enemies of education. I took a break from everything over Easter, even mumsnet, so after catching up on work Sunday and the chaos that was school yesterday (with a 6hr drive home - multi car accident on the main road) I spent today reading through this thread. I missed the last republic and a half though, apologies for my ignorance of everyone's updates.

Welcome back Hobnob That drive home sounds hideous

Oh god. Boris is on about antivirals. I may need all the gin if he’s not lying.

Possibly it’s you I confused with Jan then Hobnobs.

I’m stuck on the bus caught up on the most badly placed set of temporary traffic lights known to man.

Better day here, but I was up 6 times in the night with child having nightmares, culminating in her wetting the bed at 5am. Was getting up at 5.45 for swimming, so just laid in bed ordering heavy duty ear plugs and mattress protectors on Amazon.

Oh rule, what a night!

Cool huh! Watch registered 2hrs 47mins sleep.

That's grim :( how are you even upright?!

Coffee.

Ah yes!

Forgot my lunch today too, so pretty much ONLY coffee. Tonight might not be a pretty picture either. Luckily I've got at least 4 hours of work to do that I should have done over the holidays!

@RuleWithAWoodenFoot 😱😱😱

Oh no Rule

So, Gav's just been on telly. Talking about football, as befits his role.

Apparently I still have to do a year 6 production, except just film it, edit it and put it on the school website. As well as do all the catch up in the world.

Fuck the fucking fuck off. No.

I have been quietly tired and away from online stuff but holy fuck that made me cross. Piss boiling.