Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
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- Northumberland
? Not at my school... three were men, four were women. Well to be honest I was never sure about Mrs Adcock...[yes, that was her name].
School's out
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? Not at my school... three were men, four were women. Well to be honest I was never sure about Mrs Adcock...[yes, that was her name].
Over The Hill
Guru
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- Ridden off into the sunset
You must send your children to public schools then.
State school teachers only get thirteen weeks holiday per year.
Can you really describe 13 weeks as "only".
I am self employed and get no paid holiday while everyone I know in the real world gets four weeks at best. My wife having worked in the NHS for 30 years is up to 5 weeks.
Over The Hill
Guru
- Location
- Ridden off into the sunset
Why do teaching staff get the idea that a bit of snow is abnormal and dangerous.
It happens every winter and the rest of us get on and get to work. Kids can manage to get across a playground with a bit of snow on it without danger to life and limb.
Just get on with the job.
It happens every winter and the rest of us get on and get to work. Kids can manage to get across a playground with a bit of snow on it without danger to life and limb.
Just get on with the job.
Rhythm Thief
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ross on Wye
I wouldn't be a teacher. Sure, the holiday is pretty good, but having to spend every evening doing lesson plans puts me right off. Anyway, good for them, if they've found a way to screw 13 weeks' holiday out of someone. And I don't think it's the teachers who are taking the decision to close the schools, is it?
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Self employment is a personal choice.
My brother is self employed and has assets worth £2.5 million. He has no paid holidays but the ones he pays for are unforgettable. He doesn't grumble.
You can't be as successful as him.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
nope , not a teacher. I have no patience for it. college lecturing would suit me I have been told, my apprentices certainly learn a lot from me academically as well as practically.
I posted from my windows phone hence the typos. Its a poor keypad
no she does not proof read my posts. ever.
13 weeks is a misnomer, as is the "part time hours", in at 8.15am prepping the class for the day. sometdays (most) she misses lunch as too busy with sorting the afternoon. oh and as for a 3.30 finish ha , earliest leaving for home is generally 5.30 so an 8 to 5.30 day not dissimilar to most office plebs.
"13 weeks "can be broken down to 3 half terms of a week "2" weeks in spring ( not Easter sadly as the LA moves the holiday to suit term lengths) "2" weeks at Christmas and "6" weeks in the summer . now take all the bank holidays out when the holiday dates have a bank holiday in them. it drops significantly. this summer she was in for 4 days after the children had broke for summer, and went back 4 days before the children returned. thats nearly another 2 weeks out of the so called 13 weeks.
you can lump it all together with no thinking ( bit like saying we all ride on pavements and jump red lights and cycle lanes must be ridden in at all times as its the law
) or you can think it through and get the correct answer.
the children will generally be able to get in as they live localy to the schools , most have a smallish catchment area now if they are half decent , and there are some shocking schools out there.
again at the risk of repaeting myself, its ratios.
its also you lentil weaving yogurt plaiters that get in a tizzy and launch a claim for ....... as soon as tarquin or esmeralde might fall over in the hard playground ,that you didn't try to save when the LA sold it off for a tiny fraction of its real value to th community, that the LA decide to shut the schools. its not the teachers decision, its very rarely the Heads sole decision. its the employers decision. The LA.
and the LA have duty of care as an employer to provide safe access and egress, safe place of work etc. under the HASAWetcA. same as you do at your employment. or shall we take those rights away from teachers, but you can have them ??
the school my wife works at shut early yesterday , for the teachers. 3.30 they were told they could go home. why? to give em a chance to get home before they need to leave to get back today.
less than 1" of snow and the roads, trains tube etc fall apart leaving chaos for travel.
I posted from my windows phone hence the typos. Its a poor keypad
no she does not proof read my posts. ever.
13 weeks is a misnomer, as is the "part time hours", in at 8.15am prepping the class for the day. sometdays (most) she misses lunch as too busy with sorting the afternoon. oh and as for a 3.30 finish ha , earliest leaving for home is generally 5.30 so an 8 to 5.30 day not dissimilar to most office plebs.
"13 weeks "can be broken down to 3 half terms of a week "2" weeks in spring ( not Easter sadly as the LA moves the holiday to suit term lengths) "2" weeks at Christmas and "6" weeks in the summer . now take all the bank holidays out when the holiday dates have a bank holiday in them. it drops significantly. this summer she was in for 4 days after the children had broke for summer, and went back 4 days before the children returned. thats nearly another 2 weeks out of the so called 13 weeks.
you can lump it all together with no thinking ( bit like saying we all ride on pavements and jump red lights and cycle lanes must be ridden in at all times as its the law
) or you can think it through and get the correct answer. the children will generally be able to get in as they live localy to the schools , most have a smallish catchment area now if they are half decent , and there are some shocking schools out there.
again at the risk of repaeting myself, its ratios.
its also you lentil weaving yogurt plaiters that get in a tizzy and launch a claim for ....... as soon as tarquin or esmeralde might fall over in the hard playground ,that you didn't try to save when the LA sold it off for a tiny fraction of its real value to th community, that the LA decide to shut the schools. its not the teachers decision, its very rarely the Heads sole decision. its the employers decision. The LA.
and the LA have duty of care as an employer to provide safe access and egress, safe place of work etc. under the HASAWetcA. same as you do at your employment. or shall we take those rights away from teachers, but you can have them ??
the school my wife works at shut early yesterday , for the teachers. 3.30 they were told they could go home. why? to give em a chance to get home before they need to leave to get back today.
less than 1" of snow and the roads, trains tube etc fall apart leaving chaos for travel.
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
I hope your wife appreciates her good fortune in having such a generous employer.
darkstar
New Member
The schools i attended (a few years ago) we in the sticks, where the roads had absolutely no grit. So it was impossible to make the 5 mile journey, without walking. I know people 40 years ago would have walked (my dads told me enough times) but it's not practical, and not safe for a 12 years old to do on their own.
Besides there's been a little more then a 'flake or two of snow' in some areas lately!
As for teachers, I think people go on about the 13 weeks of holiday far too often. People know the deal when they choose their career path, so quit moaning.
Besides there's been a little more then a 'flake or two of snow' in some areas lately!
As for teachers, I think people go on about the 13 weeks of holiday far too often. People know the deal when they choose their career path, so quit moaning.
