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The staffroom

Whether you're a permanent teacher, supply teacher or student teacher, you'll find others in the same situation on our Staffroom forum.

Anyone still missing the old TES forum?

25 replies

Geneaologist · 29/01/2023 20:16

Hi all great to post on this amazing forum. So good to talk. Remember that song about elephants? What was the name. Dear me. Old age strikes again!

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Geneaologist · 29/01/2023 20:17

I wonder does anyone here believe in Fairies? Fairies, Up the Fairies. I love word puzzles, don't you?

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Geneaologist · 29/01/2023 20:18

Greetings to any old friends. All is well here.

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Geneaologist · 29/01/2023 20:24

If you reply - love to hear from you but reply enigmatically. Like Elgar.

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good96 · 29/01/2023 20:29

Yes I miss it for sure. Wonder how TheoGriff and Middlemarch are doing nowadays?

tillyrainbow · 29/01/2023 20:31

Ahh Middlemarch! You've brought back some memories there!
Yes I really enjoyed the forums.

Geneaologist · 29/01/2023 20:51

Sadly we did not swap email addresses etc and then it was too late.

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Geneaologist · 29/01/2023 20:52

I miss so many of them - Nicebaby and so many more.

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Geneaologist · 29/01/2023 20:56

The board was a big part of my life after I retired - being a senior Early Years Teacher Sure Start- I miss them all every single day.

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Geneaologist · 29/01/2023 21:12

twitter.com/theo_griff?lang=en-GB

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Geneaologist · 29/01/2023 22:04

This is bad stufl Mods. do attend. 2021 I lost my grandkids. cos I joined jab control group,

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Sherrystrull · 29/01/2023 22:38

I miss it too. I went from being on it constantly to literally stopping overnight when they changed it.

Margo34 · 30/01/2023 02:33

Why did they get rid of the forums again? There was a wealth of info there!

CeciliaMars · 30/01/2023 17:06

I really miss it too - not the individual commentators but the feeling that you weren't alone and whatever struggle you had with teaching, someone was always in the same situation or could offer advice. I never really understood why it was taken down. I barely look at the TES anymore.

Geneaologist · 30/01/2023 17:23

THe Tessers are somewhere on Proboards I think = however I am banned forever, forever from Pro Boards for being a very naughty girl but maybe someone can find it and link it in here. If you do manage to find the gang tell them Nelly is doing fine

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Hayliebells · 31/01/2023 16:47

Yep. It's not the same without it.

Chickenkorma64 · 31/01/2023 20:21

Also miss it. So much knowledge and good advice, along with tales that we could all empathise with

HippoInABadWig · 31/01/2023 20:31

I bought TheoGriff's book recently! Didn't get the job, but at least I didn't get it with conviction Grin
I really miss the career advice: I like the proboards, and kudos to people who set it up and moderate it, but it's just not quite the same as TES.

Ionacat · 02/02/2023 20:49

Evening all, I was a former Tesser, I used to love Middlemarch and Theogriff’s direct advice. I still parrot it out whenever I see someone post I’ve got an interview, 20 minutes with year 7, what should I do?

I got my senior role using Theogriff’s advice too!
And made some real life friends!

Geneaologist · 03/02/2023 02:05

That is nice. I was am Nellyfuf and I used to guide early years teachers who had to jump through such hoops

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Geneaologist · 03/02/2023 02:06

But I do miss chatting with the gang on the fora,

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Geneaologist · 06/11/2023 22:16

Just popping back in. So good to read this thread. Still doing well here and not ill funnily enough. Garden is amazing and the orchard.... now there are 6 hens escaping all over the place. Drat them. Busy doing outreach in a dissident sense.

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Geneaologist · 06/11/2023 22:18

If anyone can contact Nicebaby via proboards please let them know I am doing just fine.

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BG2015 · 07/11/2023 08:19

staffroom.boards.net/

This was a board set up after TES went down.

Not sure if there would be any familiar faces on there.

Geneaologist · 07/11/2023 12:49

Thanks for that but I did ask them how much they were enjoying the Great Reset way back in 2021 and they banned me and even now, won't let me back on. I wanted to tell some of the old friends that I am OK, that was all. x

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CeciliaMars · 07/11/2023 16:56

Geneaologist - why did you get banned? I don't understand!
I used to find it so useful and reassuring. I also don't understand wht they got rid of those boards. It was the only way I really interacted with the TES!

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