The Sixty-First Republic - Covid the gift that keeps giving even in the last half term!

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piggy that’s awful!

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Remember my bonkers HT who insisted on a Christmas Fair just as the second wave was gathering strength? Well, tonight we have a summer concert . With singing and everything. Apparently it's OK because the audience will be wearing masks, socially distanced etc and will be below 50% of the hall's capacity. Staff are staying well clear, refusing to film it etc.

I requested sight of the Y7 transition day risk assessment and have been blanked. She's determined to have an outdoor Speech Day . If I have to ring the authorities anonymously to stop her, I will.

Crikey @StationView!

@Piggywaspushed and @stationview bloody hell that sounds stressful. Some of these heads really don't get it at all. Scary!

Wow StationView! I think I could guess which Mumsnetter(s) your Head is

We've now got 5 positives in school, so loads of year 9s, and a dozen year 8s are now isolating. And we're back in masks from Monday. Our head is trying very hard to play it safe.

for you Piggy and Stationview - it all sounds awful!

I have finally found out where I am next year and which class I'm getting. I'm staying put but (surprise, surprise) getting the 'difficult' class. Speaking to the current teacher, it seems some of the parents are just as hard to handle as the children and in some cases worse. Looks like I'm in for a fun, Bob-filled year.

Whereas my head has just said she thinks she over-egged it saying we could use gymnastic mats and just clean them. Thinks we should avoid them completely.

I think kids are my school just don’t test… not that we don’t have cases… who knows though 🤷‍♀️

@HarrietDVane

for you Piggy and Stationview - it all sounds awful!

I have finally found out where I am next year and which class I'm getting. I'm staying put but (surprise, surprise) getting the 'difficult' class. Speaking to the current teacher, it seems some of the parents are just as hard to handle as the children and in some cases worse. Looks like I'm in for a fun, Bob-filled year.

No! Got my timetable too today. The Year 7 form I am really struggling with behaviour -wise…. Have them again next year! Oh goody. On the plus side, we have the best numbers we have ever had for girls picking A Level Computer Science (and this is only internal students, don’t know externals yet) out of 39 picking it, 16 are girls!!!!!!!! Get in!

@MrsHerculePoirot Same at ours. I know barely any test because in a form group of 27 I give LFT kits to one child.

@HarrietDVane I have finally found out where I am next year and which class I'm getting. I'm staying put but (surprise, surprise) getting the 'difficult' class.

I was informed that I need a break after this year, so have only got the third worst class! I'm moving a couple of Bobs along, even though I could have them again - and had planned to have them again. I also get a full time LSA, for the first time since I've been at the school. A strong one who wants to be a teacher too, presumably so I can be in and out dealing with Bobs from other classes!

station : solidarity comrade!

squashed hope test comes back negative.

@ChloeDecker great work on the girls numbers!

I’m jealous of those of you know timetables and classes - we usually find out just before we break up….

We got our timetables for next year this week. I've got Friday p5 as PPA, I will waste that completely, every week. I know I will. I've got 2 lessons of year 7 computing as well, which I'm looking forward to, having not done any computing for about 5 years now. My whack a mole class will have 3 afternoon lessons and only 1 morning lesson, which will be an absolute nightmare!!!! And that same class will have more kids in it due to necessary set changes. Not looking forward to that at all!!!!

Nowhere close to a timetable. The calendar isn't ready. It's chaos.

I got my timetable last year the day we finished for summer. And I got thoroughly done over.

I expect no better this year.

Ours is late this year. We normally get it on the first day back after May half term. The timetabling team apologised that covid had held them up. They really want it done early so people can do their complaining before the summer.

Same here @MrsHerculePoirot. We get ours the last week of term too.

I got told the other week that I'm "not needed" for gcse and a level now because the new appointment is outstanding. Charming.

I was informed that I need a break after this year, so have only got the third worst class

You do need a break after your class this year rule not sure third worse is what you need. Is that 3rd worse in the whole school?

So impressed so many of you have your timetables. Not expecting mine until summer (or possibly autumn).

Nothing like making your staff feel valued, MrsH!

If the new appointment is so outstanding there must be loads of stuff you’re doing that he can take on.

@MrsHamlet

I got told the other week that I'm "not needed" for gcse and a level now because the new appointment is outstanding. Charming.

Oh no! Positives - next year will be fucked up by covid again, exams will be fucked up again, you won't be up to your neck in it.

@MrsHamlet whoever said that is a knobhead of the highest order….

Is that 3rd worse in the whole school?

No, in the cohort. Which is probably in the school though too. I've got some lovely ones in there too, who I'm looking forward to having. No kids I've taught before - a treat! Someone else has been shafted a bit, but because I've got strong TA support, I can be her change of face when behaviour goes wrong.

A lot of my real issues have moved out of my phase. Those class lists look like a bomb site.