Stolen jacket at school

merrydance

In the large school where I work as an invigilator the pupils bags and coats are put in their locker. At the beginning of the exam they are asked if they have a mobile phone on them (you'd be amazed how many of them do even though they are told not to bring them in). If they have we put a post-it with their name on it. They are then taken up to the year office for collection after the exam.

Jagraf

merrydance wrote: »

In the large school where I work as an invigilator the pupils bags and coats are put in their locker. At the beginning of the exam they are asked if they have a mobile phone on them (you'd be amazed how many of them do even though they are told not to bring them in). If they have we put a post-it with their name on it. They are then taken up to the year office for collection after the exam.

That's very generous of the school. If they have been told not to bring them in and they do bring in mobiles, then if there is a risk of a school being sued for not locking it away I would rather the child not sit the exam tbh. Judging by some posts here a school can't win.

rachy182

Cant you ask your son to post about this on Facebook or other social media. Its more likely to reach as many peers as possible and probably will get a better response if someone knows anything.

duchy

rachy182 wrote: »

Cant you ask your son to post about this on Facebook or other social media. Its more likely to reach as many peers as possible and probably will get a better response if someone knows anything.

I was thinking that too.

When I invigilated most kids left their phones turned off in their bags - but asking once they were seated usually brought a collection of ten or so extras. One person didn't turn their phone off in their bag and the bag was removed from the stage at the front when it went off - by the head of year with a face like thunder. I wouldn't have wanted to be the kid retrieving that bag after the exam

sidefx

missbiggles1 wrote: »

If you had a strict uniform policy as we did, nobody pinched stuff as everybody's clothes were as ghastly as your own!

The way to go imo.
One of my local comps always had a very strict uniform policy but it seemed to get increasingly less strict over time which I felt was not a good idea.
They have now re-introduced a strict uniform policy and the 6th form must wear suits.
I think this is a good thing and puts all students on equal footing and I would assume, reduces the likelihood of coats etc being stolen!

Running_On_Empty

It is puzzling that the students who have finished their exams are deemed to have left school and this is with almost half of a term to go beforeschool finishes at end of july. What will their teachers be doing during this six or so week period?

Jagraf

Running_On_Empty wrote: »

It is puzzling that the students who have finished their exams are deemed to have left school and this is with almost half of a term to go beforeschool finishes at end of july. What will their teachers be doing during this six or so week period?

Teachers don't just teach one year group and their duties will be re-aligned don't worry. A bit like when a project finished at work, there's always something else to do. It's no different.

Torry_Quine

If the pupils are staying on then once the exams are finished then they will start the work for the next year is what happens here.

susancs

Torry_Quine wrote: »

If the pupils are staying on then once the exams are finished then they will start the work for the next year is what happens here.

In our local schools year 11, officially finish school before the GCSE exams, going in for exams and then they have to wait for GCSE exam results in August to see if they have the grades to continue to A level or to get onto a local college course. With AS (first year of A level) exams, they do continue at school making a start on the A2 coursework after the exams.

Torry_Quine

susancs wrote: »

In our local schools year 11, officially finish school before the GCSE exams, going in for exams and then they have to wait for GCSE exam results in August to see if they have the grades to continue to A level or to get onto a local college course. With AS (first year of A level) exams, they do continue at school making a start on the A2 coursework after the exams.

What do they do in the interim, genuine question as it seems a shame to waste that time. Obviously in some cases when the results come in after fourth year exams then a change may be needed to the plan such as doing a subject again but in most cases if you were planning to stay on for fifth year that won't change much it at all.

Certainly when I was at school you had to say if you were staying on and what subjects at what level you were taking long before results came out