School Term Time Fines

sturll

pollypenny wrote: »

When was there last a teachers' strike? 1986 - and then it was odd half days.

As for these 3 months holidays! I always went back to place of work(ie school) before my OH after Christmas. Of course, I had thoroughly enjoyed writing sets of Y11 reports after December mocks and catching up on Y10 and A-level coursework. Summer hols - three weeks, then in for results days and prepare for coming year.

If teaching is such a jammy job, why are there not more people trying to be teachers?

The decision to close a school because of snow is made by the LEA, usually because of problems with school buses. Staff have to go in.

Actually my sons school were on strike last year and they were full days.

There aren't more teachers because of the age old saying
"Those who can - do it; Those who can't - teach"

You get 2 weeks at Christmas, 2 at Easter, 6 in Summer, and 2 x 1 Week in between. You start at 9 and finish at 3. Stop whinging.

Curlywurli

I get to work at 7:20. I leave work at 5 in the evening. The Easter holidays are spent writing reports. I can't believe that some people actually believe we literally turn up as the children do and leave when they do- how do you think we get anything done? Oh yes and I take my books home to mark and prepare work at home. Sometimes I'm working until 9/10.Don't forget staff meetings, parent's evenings after school. The holidays we get I feel we deserve- we work very hard during term time. I'm quite happy doing what I do, I don't mind the hours or the pay but I wish that people would stop posting ridiculous comments when they obviously don't have a clue. I love my job but I'm sick of some people's attitudes!

eslick

one of the teachers at my daughters infant school has just returned from 3 weeks in Austrailia one rule for one and one

eslick

Curlywurli wrote: »

I get to work at 7:20. I leave work at 5 in the evening. The Easter holidays are spent writing reports. I can't believe that some people actually believe we literally turn up as the children do and leave when they do- how do you think we get anything done? Oh yes and I take my books home to mark and prepare work at home. Sometimes I'm working until 9/10.Don't forget staff meetings, parent's evenings after school. The holidays we get I feel we deserve- we work very hard during term time. I'm quite happy doing what I do, I don't mind the hours or the pay but I wish that people would stop posting ridiculous comments when they obviously don't have a clue. I love my job but I'm sick of some people's attitudes!

sorry but so do many normal working parents, I start at 7 each day, work till 3.30 and then go home to pick the kids up from school get them settled and work from home each night till 9/10pm. My wife takes the kids to school, gets to work for 10am, finishes at 6pm and then works at home. We also have to fit in parents evenings, sports days etc at 1 days notice and try getting this time off at such short notice.

Sure you do a job that I could never do but it time that school holidays were changed as we dont live in a time when only one parent worked and child care was easy to arrange. Everything has changed in the world but shool holidays well they are still as antiquated as ever.

Curlywurli

eslick wrote: »

sorry but so do many normal working parents, I start at 7 each day, work till 3.30 and then go home to pick the kids up from school get them settled and work from home each night till 9/10pm. My wife takes the kids to school, gets to work for 10am, finishes at 6pm and then works at home. We also have to fit in parents evenings, sports days etc at 1 days notice and try getting this time off at such short notice.

Sure you do a job that I could never do but it time that school holidays were changed as we dont live in a time when only one parent worked and child care was easy to arrange. Everything has changed in the world but shool holidays well they are still as antiquated as ever.

I'm very aware of that, I know lots of people who aren't teachers. I've already said I'm happy with what I do but some people seem to have a bizarre idea of what we do and how much we actually work. I don't think there's anything wrong with telling people what we do.

mspig

i thought like my sons schools do(one high one primary) that the teachers got a day off (in school though) to do all their work and prepare lessons - my eldest when he was at primary had a teacher that taught him twice a week(his class teacher) - she had a day off teaching, but was on the school grounds to prepare her lessons and mark work, then she had 2 days at university a week aswell as she was training to be a university lecturer, and she did leave the premises at 3:00pm as she would be leaving as we were leaving as she had kids at another school that she had to collect.

Two of my very good friends are teachers aswell(one primary, one high school, grammar school teacher) and there both always going on about it being the best job as you get loads of time off and about them getting 6 weeks in summer to themselves - still not a job i could do as i couldn't stand there and get abuse from kids knowing that there is nothing i could do, and that some kids have no respect for the teachers etc.

Curlywurli

Teachers do get time during the day to do certain things, but it is a percentage of time worked during the week- not a whole day. That time is something that teachers are grateful for but it is not enough time to do an entire weeks worth of organisation- book marking, work preparation, lesson planning etc. You also have to use that time to co-ordinate your subject if you have a non core curriculum one, including moderating other teacher's work. The teacher you know who left at three must be very lucky. I have never known anyone to leave with the children- often children are picked up late and are still there at least fifteen minutes after hometime. We have to be in school for a certain period of time before the children get there and after they go home, unless of course we have a very good reason. Anyway, that's enough from me.

tigger2000

Eh? Why are we criticising what teachers do or don't do? I don't think it is really relevant. I think teachers have a lot put on them these days and I am sure the time off they get is well needed in most cases.
It is the people in charge, which in most cases is the headteachers which make the decisions regarding authorising holidays. Even though I am unhappy with the system it's hardly the teachers fault, give them a break! And no I am not a teacher!

Shelldean

pollypenny wrote: »

When was there last a teachers' strike? 1986 - and then it was odd half days.

As for these 3 months holidays! I always went back to place of work(ie school) before my OH after Christmas. Of course, I had thoroughly enjoyed writing sets of Y11 reports after December mocks and catching up on Y10 and A-level coursework. Summer hols - three weeks, then in for results days and prepare for coming year.

If teaching is such a jammy job, why are there not more people trying to be teachers?

The decision to close a school because of snow is made by the LEA, usually because of problems with school buses. Staff have to go in.

not true, decision made by school, but please explain why sons primary school has told us the children MUST attend tomorrow, but i know for a fact that there will be at least 3 junior yr teachers missing, thats 3 from 12 so a quarter missing. And thats just the ones i know will be absent!! Think lessons will continue as normal?? doubt it