Sixty-Eighth Republic - still under temporary guardianship…

[MrsHerculePoirot]

In the absence of staff and her fabulous thread titles and witty openers here is a 68th thread. The broom cupboard is overflowing so time for another Republic. Hopefully we hear from staff soon.

Stolen from previous threads…
'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.'

Technically I suppose it's from tomorrow (schools from today).

I hope your fellow passengers are more respectful tomorrow.

People always wait until they are forced to do tings. Omicron will have a nap today. Except in school corridors.

I enjoyed the leader of the NEU on the Today prog asking whether the virus knows the difference between a school corridor and a classroom.

So we're now an outbreak because one mother refused to follow local guidelines until we got Health and Safety involved. In the meantime her child has taken out 12 kids in two different classes. Confirmed, still more waiting for tests.

All this mother has done all morning is send hassley emails asking for work for her child. So now I'm passive aggressively writing about it on here instead of sending her child some work. Idiots.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9z718y5e18o

Unfair pressure on staff everywhere else is just fine though…

Wow rule

Our CO2 monitors arrived! No instructions on how to use them, or what to do when it goes into red (didn't take long at all), but - you know, a government promise kept...

That mum sounds awful rule

I feel Covid doomed at the moment. It is rife in my kids school and in my school. Everything seemed to be improving but it’s a nightmare once more.

And…I have Covid again.

@Fossie

And…I have Covid again.

Oh crap. That’s not good.

How are you feeling? Milder this time?

Cough this time and less bad headache.

When did you have it before, Fossie? Do you know which variant it was?
And you're double jabbed now?

Sorry to hear that Fossie…

Get well soon Fossie and all the afflicted.

Trying to dig out all my masks from various pockets and jumpers around the house. Same bloody cryptid as the sock monster has been nicking off with at least 7

Yeah double jabbed.

When did you have it last time? I seem to remember you having it before actually, so can't be that long ago. Might be making that up.

schoolsweek.co.uk/covid-related-absence-jumps-60-in-a-fortnight/

But all the kids are immune by now, Jan. No one left to be infected. Etc etc.

And breathe. Just coming in here for a moment for a coffee before stepping back out.

Hi can’t!

I might stop for a biscuit too, tbh!

I have no voice.... out of hours Dr has said to order a PCR.

Think you need something stronger than coffee, cant!

If you look behind the marking over there ----> there's a box of nice biscuits

Haha!