Zoë

Woman.

[Zoë @zebranda67]

@teacherhead Absolutely. Even if you managed to include all the vocabulary in the lessons, the learning happens with repeated practice over time. Impossible on two hours a week.

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@katebattrick Thought it was dreadful. But watched anyway 🤣

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@anna_bobs Never have, never will. Horrifying.

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@Sajhawkins1 Heartbreaking. So sorry for your tragic loss.

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@Everest79916771 @Sajhawkins1 What sort of fucked up comment is this?

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@icod @LeahFHardy Good grief.

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@mand_brun2 Beautiful photos.

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@DeputyGrocott Colleague who has had a recent career change & was an army officer in past life said he has known nothing like it.

[Zoë @zebranda67]

@hepimp 🤢🤮

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

Is study leave fair?

When I worked in middle class schools, Year 11 and 13 were gone from more or less the first week after Easter. By this point in the year, I probably would have had over 20 hours of "gain time" already.

I could have spent that time developing our curriculum, observing others, reading, arriving a bit later, leaving a bit earlier. Having a more relaxed time in lunch and break.

Now, I work in a school where we don't do that. Year 11 are in till the last exam. Year 13 are in till the last exam. The pace doesn't change, in fact it accelerates in this critical pre-exam period. And then, when they're gone, it'll be end of years for everyone else, and I won't have that nice relaxing time to catch up on all the jobs I never had time to do.

This, surely, is a systemic inequality. Schools with "study leave" already have a lot of perks, and get to offer their staff something that schools serving a poorer demographic don't. That doesn't seem fair to me.

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@adamboxer1 Never done them. Loathe the whole idea.

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@pipterino I live in the Ding. No, not sexy. 😍

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@vicgoddard @sathPRH @wesstreeting Oh my goodness, that is dreadful. Your poor mum.

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@pipterino Kylie, Can’t Get you out of my head 🤣🤣🤣

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@tombennett71 The negative comments on that post are mind boggling 😩

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@katebattrick Wow!

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@katebattrick My mum has recently been diagnosed. Not quite there yet but must be so hard.

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@icod @lehain Was given short shrift when I brought up this topic at work recently.
I feel vindicated.
🤓

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Fighting off the lawnmowers. Must be time for speaking exams. #iykyk