The Sixty-Fifth Republic - The Covid School Phoney War under way so who will the gold medal and who will get the wooden spoon?

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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 for school staff to let off steam.

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.

Do not give the staffroom password to non-staff as it attracts the wrong sort of crowd.

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.

You can sit on chairs but keep the windows open. You don’t have to upload LFT results during the holidays. You do not have to wear mask - free choice

We're our own worst enemy, aren't we? But being ill is such hard work...

@noblegiraffe

Surely that's the temperature where you decamp outside and sit under a tree?

We have a square of tarmac as a playground. No trees.

Rule my schools the same and the few trees we had wee removed to add equipment :( there's no shade.

Sky has gone black here and ominous rolls of thunder all around.

We SO need this storm.

Haven’t they ditched the megabucks conference room because it was too ridiculous or something? Can’t remember exactly.

We've had the storm but it's still hot and stuffy I'm afraid so don't get your hopes up too high Ang.

No storm here. Forecast is for hot and sunny til Saturday, then it clouds over for a couple of days.

Last chance to have a say in the meet-up details - PM me or noble when you have a live:.cid... Skype username.

Please come with pics of yr pets ready .

Or not!

We had a water fight this afternoon!
Bliss 😂

I think I've just PMed you Jan.
There was thunder a couple of hours ago but no storm yet.

@TheHoneyBadger

No need to quit but I certainly won’t be going into school if positive. Surely any teacher with a conscience will say they feel too ill and take the hit to their absence record?

How could we ever face parents or children claiming we take our responsibility to them and our whole community seriously if we put them at risk like that?

When I had covid I was too ill to work - I rang in to say regardless of my PCR result (as it wasn't back yet) I wasn't coming in. I then had to ring back when I got the positive to let them know. If it hadn't run into the holiday I'd have been off sick for 3 and a half weeks...

The forecast is so hot for the next three days that the deputy head has decreed that all students can come in in PE kit all day every day.

This is RADICAL for our school!

So with the app. If the person doesnt isolate do you think it carries on pinging surrounding people to tell them to isolate...

Dc2 now has d&v.

No storm here either (yet!) But looks a bit overcast this morning so maybe tonight.

Last day of term for me woohoo!! anyone else finish today?

@PumpkinPie2016

No storm here either (yet!) But looks a bit overcast this morning so maybe tonight.

Last day of term for me woohoo!! anyone else finish today?

No storm here yet either. Yes! Last day today 🎉

of those heading for holidays.

I've only done three days of remote teaching and I'm over it. The students are very flattened in mood, too. Nine weeks to the next holiday.

It's been 29-30 here for 6 days. Forecast to drop by 2 degrees today. Big woo.

@JanFebAnyMonth

The forecast is so hot for the next three days that the deputy head has decreed that all students can come in in PE kit all day every day.

This is RADICAL for our school!

Wonderful!

DS1's school decided this for the full week a while back, mostly outdoor stuff under the heading of well being (more like none if the staff want to catch it and be isolating!)

They've even had water pistol fights 💦!

I managed to squeeze a body boarding session in yesterday while DS was at nursery.

Oh and - twat/s:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jul/20/funding-cuts-to-go-ahead-for-university-arts-courses-in-england-despite-opposition?CMP=ShareiOSAppp_Other

Effing hell Rule, 38?!

Your school always sounds like it needs flattening and re building from scratch.

Riga, the Durham trial sounds interesting. And something that will never evert become the norm in a school. At least, not a state school.

Not sure U4T will think much of this

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Ds has somehow managed to wear PE kit for the whole school year. He does PE Btec or has PE most days and has just blagged it throughout assuming no one will know whether anyone has PE or not. Going to be a shock for him going back to shirt and tie and blazer in September. Wish they'd keep the wear PE kit on PE days though personally - rather than split multiple rucksacks a year trying to shove everything into them.

We've got a much cooler day with only a 26 degree high. After days and days of 30 it may feel cooler.

Kudos and strength to all still working

Love it @TheHoneyBadger. Pretty sure that’s why DH became a PE teacher so he could wear shorts all year round.

Still 30 degrees here - won’t drop til Saturday. Inset my alarm for 5 and went out for a run and I still felt ill.

I set.

My phone deliberately changed all my words to educational links.