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Just checking in...
DIR By: bmb
Date: March 20, 2020, 2:49 pm
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Hope everyone is well & keeping themselves occupied and out of
mischief during the lack of football.
Please do not drive your
wives/girlfriends/partners/boyfriends/loved ones too insane
during any enforced social isolation periods.
If anyone is struggling mentally, feeling isolated or just needs
someone to chat to then feel free to DM me. I can be available
via Skype/phone/text/WhatsApp/email.
:-*
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Re: Just checking in...
DIR By: Mackem ref
Date: March 21, 2020, 3:37 am
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As a primary school teacher, I can safely say this has been the
most challenging week of my career. Trying to assure children
that everything will be ok when you're not sure yourself,
comforting them because they don't understand why they can't see
their grandparents for a number of weeks, waiting patiently for
government guidance to back up their headlines leading to
uncertainty and anxiety. The one thing that got us through - our
team. We are like a dysfunctional family and we argue over the
silliest of things, but in time of need we pull together and are
there for each other.
Similar to this site. The way we can get through this is by
being there for each other, and like bmb, I am also available to
chat if you need to, just drop me a DM
Stay safe everyone!
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Re: Just checking in...
DIR By: guest42
Date: March 21, 2020, 9:39 am
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Same here all. Drop me a DM as well
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Re: Just checking in...
DIR By: bmb
Date: March 21, 2020, 10:02 am
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Well done Mackem x
I know of at least one other teacher on here and every year I
see his posts regarding the end of year exams (on another
platform to this one) and his love and pride in his kids really
shines through. Will miss those this year! Can only imagine what
a hard few weeks it has been for you guys. Different challenges
as well I guess depending on the age of the kids you teach,
trying to reassure little ones in an age appropriate way or
dealing with the angsty teens worried about GCSE's and A'Levels
- poles apart!
Feel for the kids who were due to do their A'Levels this year,
school has really sucked for them! They were the group that saw
the final transforming of starting secondary school in year 7,
not year 8, certainly locally at least. Then they were the group
that had the full new GCSE syllabus and marking style rolled out
on them & now they have been denied their A'Levels. bmb jr & his
cousin are in that year group, bmb jr was lucky to have such
amazing teachers at every different stage of the changes, unlike
his cousin! As a parent/Aunt I now have a son & nephew in
complete panic about their future - my son has an unconditional
offer from 1 uni so that one is assured entry but his 1st choice
uni he has a conditional offer requiring an A in biology and A &
B in Spanish & French (either way round). His predicted grades
are 3 B's (not enough) but his current attainment is A in
biology & French & A* in Spanish. My nephew needs specific
grades as well for flight school, he's wanted to be a pilot
since he was in nappies. bmb jr wants to be a science teacher. I
do not envy the teachers and uni lecturers trying to come up
with how they are going to grade them. Also feel for my son's
head teacher, he was deputy head when they started in year 7 and
took over as head in year 8. He's due to retire this summer and
has now had a few precious months with the boys he has nurtured
all the way through snatched away from him :-\ Just dealing
with the 2 boys & my niece who was due to do her GCSE's has been
exhausting enough - fair play to you teachers who have been
going through it with hundreds of kids. You have my admiration!
It's interesting to see how different countries have dealt with
it. Hungary shut their schools a couple of weeks ago. Over the
weekend that followed they set up a full teaching schedule
online utilising virtual classrooms while also taking into
account that not all kids have internet at home so have
supplemented that with dedicating one National TV channel to
broadcasting teaching materials. Homework/assignments are being
set via both formats that kids can email in/upload to the
website or post in if they don't have internet, which will be
marked & graded and will count towards their final year marks.
Exam study sessions being run as well and they are preparing for
the end of year exams to be done virtually as well. I think that
is just for the key year groups in terms of exams. They do of
course have a significantly lower number of students there so
perhaps it has been more workable due to that. With 3 teachers
in my immediate Hungarian family it has caused havoc with us
maintaining contact via Skype as they are always using it for
teaching sessions & meetings but what they are doing is more
important than us being able to natter and moan about the lack
of football!! I've been watching the English lectures to help
with my Hungarian and particularly enjoyed the one they did for
geography, biology and maths on Hortobágy national park (not
that I understood most of it!!)
Thank you to all you teachers, other school staff, cleaners,
supermarket/shop workers, hospital staff, care workers, police,
ambulance, fire brigade, delivery drivers & other key workers
out there. You guys are the shining light. Ironic that it comes
just weeks after the government deemed so many of these roles as
low skilled and imo indicated a level of worthlessness to those
in these roles... Hopefully if nothing else perceptions will
change & people in general will be a bit more appreciative of
the vial role you all play in society. [emoji122]
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Re: Just checking in...
DIR By: reflector
Date: March 22, 2020, 11:46 am
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Odd that they are seen as key workers in a crisis but most of
them way down the list when it comes to pay and conditions!
As far as teachers are concerned, I must admit when I was at
school, teachers were more to be feared than seen as friends but
I spent 23 as a school governor, half of them as Chair, of a
small but challenging high school on a Birmingham overspill
estate, which had more than its share of problems. My
admiration for the staff, teachers and support, was immense and
particularly for the amount of patience they had dealing with
pupils (and many parents too) who often gave very little in
return.
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Re: Just checking in...
DIR By: bmb
Date: March 22, 2020, 6:31 pm
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--- Quote from: bmb link ---
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>
>
> It's interesting to see how different countries have dealt
with it. Hungary shut their schools a couple of weeks ago. Over
the weekend that followed they set up a full teaching schedule
online utilising virtual classrooms while also taking into
account that not all kids have internet at home so have
supplemented that with dedicating one National TV channel to
broadcasting teaching materials. Homework/assignments are being
set via both formats that kids can email in/upload to the
website or post in if they don't have internet, which will be
marked & graded and will count towards their final year marks.
Exam study sessions being run as well and they are preparing for
the end of year exams to be done virtually as well. I think that
is just for the key year groups in terms of exams. They do of
course have a significantly lower number of students there so
perhaps it has been more workable due to that. With 3 teachers
in my immediate Hungarian family it has caused havoc with us
maintaining contact via Skype as they are always using it for
teaching sessions & meetings but what they are doing is more
important than us being able to natter and moan about the lack
of football!! I've been watching the English lectures to help
with my Hungarian and particularly enjoyed the one they did for
geography, biology and maths on Hortobágy national park (not
that I understood most of it!!)
>
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tomorrow's schedule:
March 23 (Monday) Upper5-8. from year one, we're creating useful
content for everyone. At 8 o'clock we begin with 7th grade
biology: the vertebrate strain, including fish, reptiles and
amphibians. This is followed by literature for 5th graders,
which explains why reading a poem is good, how a good idea will
turn into a poem, and what the role of the lyric can be in our
daily lives. From the history of the 6th grade students can find
out what led to the outbreak of the Rákóczi War of Independence
- historian Szabolcs Varga tells about the main events and
consequences. The mathematics that follows will be brought to
the attention of the 8th grade, where this time we will deal
with the sets in more detail. Attraction and first love will be
the theme of 7. Zoltán Alapi Tóth Drama teacher talks with the
presenters about the development of an affinity for the other
and the recognition of emotions. Next up is Grade 8 Physics,
where viewers get to know the alternating current and its
accompanying ghosts.
From 11am to noon we deal with language learning as usual, come
with Speak English in double parts, then Speak German .
The graduation program started by our Hungarian literature 12
hours. We learn about the poetry of Attila József, including the
late era, when his deepest works were born. Mathematics is about
arithmetic sequences, followed by biology, where we can learn
about the evolutionary evolution of motion. Then, from physics,
we explore the causes of the movement, and from history we show
the evolution of the relationship between Christianity and the
Roman state.
Starting at 8 pm, the theme of our Academy of Everyone program
will be to get the fun and motivation you need online.
I'll watch the history and language ones! Missy bmb is getting
edumacated ;)
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Re: Just checking in...
DIR By: Ref Watcher
Date: March 23, 2020, 4:44 am
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--- Quote from: bmb link ---
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> Please do not drive your
wives/girlfriends/partners/boyfriends/loved ones too insane
during any enforced social isolation periods.
>
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Could you quantify how insane is too insane please.
Mrs Ref Watcher has already decamped to the spare room due to my
"incessant coughing". She is now claiming that she has had the
three best nights' sleep that she has had for years. This is
all very well but it may mean she starts staying awake in front
of the TV in the evening. How am I going to watch any football
(when it returns) if she doesn't doze off during programmes of
her choice? It could be the beginning of the end.
#Post#: 16784--------------------------------------------------
Re: Just checking in...
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: March 23, 2020, 4:57 am
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Football manager is the way forward for me.
That said, Kettle ended up refereeing Chelsea v Man City in the
FA cup for the first season!!
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Re: Just checking in...
DIR By: bmb
Date: March 23, 2020, 1:49 pm
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--- Quote from: Ref Watcher link ---
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> [quote author=bmb link=topic=1444.msg16747#msg16747
date=1584733763]
> Please do not drive your
wives/girlfriends/partners/boyfriends/loved ones too insane
during any enforced social isolation periods.
>
--- End Quote ---
Could you quantify how insane is too insane please.
Mrs Ref Watcher has already decamped to the spare room due to my
"incessant coughing". She is now claiming that she has had the
three best nights' sleep that she has had for years. This is
all very well but it may mean she starts staying awake in front
of the TV in the evening. How am I going to watch any football
(when it returns) if she doesn't doze off during programmes of
her choice? It could be the beginning of the end.
[/quote]
I think you may have reached the too insane level!
Mr bmb has found the mute button on Skype & thinks it
hilarious!!
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Re: Just checking in...
DIR By: bmb
Date: March 23, 2020, 3:49 pm
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--- Quote from: TheThingFromLewes link ---
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> Football manager is the way forward for me.
>
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Do they have Hungarian clubs in football manager?
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