Modern Life - Lockdown Drills at School

[JLv3.0]

the education system and it's utterly shit way of working

It's "its"



Keep 'em coming. And we're back to the Gaviscon.

This thread is AWESOME.

[ShockDiamonds]

More haste, less speed. Or perhaps I should go back to school. I lambasted a chap from PayPal yesterday for writing this:

"Hope your well...as your only using..." etc. Gets right on my tits.

[240PP]

And if Oxfordshire is now classed as a deprived area I'd like to know what a properly poor region looks like.

No, your lot did a drill.

No drill = deprived.
Drill = not deprived.

[ShockDiamonds]

And if Oxfordshire is now classed as a deprived area I'd like to know what a properly poor region looks like.

No, your lot did a drill.

No drill = deprived.
Drill = not deprived.

In the last few days, yes. So we've gone from being deprived to not deprived in the space of 3 or 4 days (think it was Monday).

[Gavin]

people who actually work in schools

A woman that helps special needs kids tie their shoes?

Sorry, that is a dig. And just comes across as dickish. "I liaise with the Secretary of State bla bla bla"

Scotland is very different to Ingoland but I have not heard about such drills happening here although I am sure they do, perhaps only in deprived areas?

I do like the assertion you make that the higher you go in any institution, in the case education, the more knowledge and competence there is though!

As my wife is a teacher does that make me more or less qualified to comment?

[ste]

An admin to a SENCO is not a TA. Apples / oranges. You then state she's not doing that job she's doing something else anyway. Then you tell me about stuff she's doing that's not part of her job. Which bit of any of that is relevant? Did you just want to join in and let me know your wife has a job title that's almost similar to Davb's wife's job? Yeah schools and school staff are generally shit, it's not news. Government policy and the cost-cutting that's gone on has made them even shitter.

And does Dave live in Oxfordshire? I'm pretty sure he doesn't. And you're surely not talking about yourself as you've just stated they did do a drill at your wife's school which would make your point make absolutely no sense whatsoever.

[JLv3.0]

Ste, it's often easier to just reply #BecauseGavin rather than go into details

edit - so that didn't really make sense. I hate sobriety on a Thursday afternoon.

[ste]

people who actually work in schools

A woman that helps special needs kids tie their shoes?

Sorry, that is a dig. And just comes across as dickish. "I liaise with the Secretary of State bla bla bla"

Scotland is very different to Ingoland but I have not heard about such drills happening here although I am sure they do, perhaps only in deprived areas?

I do like the assertion you make that the higher you go in any institution, in the case education, the more knowledge and competence there is though!

As my wife is a teacher does that make me more or less qualified to comment?

We were talking about policy, so as I say, dinner-lady, TA or the man that comes and screws new lightbulbs in, it's probably all the same.

I don't know how to teach kids key stage 2 so I wouldn't join a thread and offer advice on it. If your Mrs has knowledge about planned policy that's not part of her job then yeah, let us all know what she's got to say.

[Gavin]

Ste, it's often easier to just reply #BecauseGavin rather than go into details

edit - so that didn't really make sense. I hate sobriety on a Thursday afternoon.

Up yours nobber, he wasn't speaking to me!

My only point was he was being a bit of a dick with some of his comments, I could not give a shit what education policy is in England or how many incompetent civil servants he speaks to about health policies.

[ShockDiamonds]

An admin to a SENCO is not a TA. Apples / oranges. You then state she's not doing that job she's doing something else anyway. Then you tell me about stuff she's doing that's not part of her job. Which bit of any of that is relevant? Did you just want to join in and let me know your wife has a job title that's almost similar to Davb's wife's job? Yeah schools and school staff are generally shit, it's not news. Government policy and the cost-cutting that's gone on has made them even shitter.

And does Dave live in Oxfordshire? I'm pretty sure he doesn't. And you're surely not talking about yourself as you've just stated they did do a drill at your wife's school which would make your point make absolutely no sense whatsoever.

I'm beginning to think you yourself know sod all about how schools operate. My wife is the admin to the special needs coordinator. But she does a load of other stuff (which wasn't clear when she was interviewed, but she's stuck at it because she's not a quitter), because all staff do a load of other stuff. And as the admin person, when it comes to reviewing the plans and putting them into practice, she was 50% with the coordinator the other 50%.

And no, Dave isn't in Oxfordshire. And you're clearly a dick.

[ste]

Actually LOL'd.

Rev, I take it back. Shockers has called me a dick, I win.

[ste]

SENCO is an absolute piece of piss BTW. Being admin to that, I can't even begin to understand what she'd need to administrate..? I wrote a guidance doc about SENCO for schools to follow so they could administer the new regs a few years ago. I did it in a personal, not professional capacity as i realised they seemed to be struggling to deal with the change. If you google well enough I'm sure you'll find it.

I had the 'pleasure' of dealing with some SENCOs to get them to understand what they needed to do. They were one of the dimmest work shy bunch of people I've ever met. My conclusion was that it wasn't the change that was the problem, it was the morons that were being asked to deliver it.

I'm sure there are exceptions of course. I bet the person your wife sharpens pencils for is ace.

[Rich B]

So it’s not mandatory in all schools but will be soon. NEXT!

[JLv3.0]

Shut it Rich! Let Shockers have his time to shine.

[ste]

So it’s not mandatory in all schools but will be soon. NEXT!

How do you know that? Is your wife an assistant to a PE teacher?

[Rich B]

So it’s not mandatory in all schools but will be soon. NEXT!

How do you know that? Is your wife an assistant to a PE teacher?

You told us.

[ZedLeg]

I don't know who riled Ste up but it's very entertaining.

[Rich B]

I’ve looked, the schools in my borough have a lockdown plan! Yay, I’m not deprived!!!!

[JLv3.0]

I don't know who riled Ste up but it's very entertaining.

It most certainly is. Wonder if the pre-midday IPA wasn't the one and only

[GG.]

I’ve looked, the schools in my borough have a lockdown plan! Yay, I’m not deprived!!!!

What I want to know is whether independent schools have similar guidance. If not there is the frightening possibility my son could be deprived as a result of being privileged.