Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

HairyHandofDartmoor

milann wrote: »

It’s been an awful day here too - I’m so pleased I’ve got out of going outside over diner time play. I’m loving doing my little craft club and so are the children.

That sounds like a brilliant idea, I wish I could do that but I can't be spared from the playground .

Willowtree222

It must be hard to do wet break. Having forty children in a class is really overwhelming.

Glad that the TA cover is still going. Sounds like they see it as a long term thing to continue to ask you. It's all experience like everyone has said and I am sure a lovely reference would be available should you ever decide to go elsewhere.

Have a lovely evening.

teafor2

Hi HHD Hope it's not been indoor play/lunch again today. 40 children is a lot :eek: I've never heard of numbers like that before. Is that the size of your class or are they allowed to choose where they want to go if it's wet play? xx

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teafor2 wrote: »

Hi HHD Hope it's not been indoor play/lunch again today. 40 children is a lot :eek: I've never heard of numbers like that before. Is that the size of your class or are they allowed to choose where they want to go if it's wet play? xx

When my SIL was teaching, even up to the mid 1990s she had 32 6-year old children in her class and with no help at all. That's how it was before TAs. The whole school had one 'ancillary' (as the non teaching staff were called then) for the whole infant school of about 12 classes. You can imagine how much help each teacher got as she spent most of her time in the Reception classes:eek:. In those days a lot of schools went so far as to discourage volunteers too and I know my SIL was exhausted when the holidays came around. She said getting all the children changed for PE was a particular nightmare:rotfl: Added to that the wet playtimes when they were in the classroom with her (no way of her taking a coffee break, the ancillary helper used to bring a coffee or tea to the classrooms on wet playtimes). The only break she got was lunchtimes but because of the class size she spent a lot of that calling individual children in from play for a few minutes so she could hear them read.


I know your 40 were at lunchtime so that's different but imagine a whole day/week of 32 children non-stop:eek:

HairyHandofDartmoor

Nicnak wrote: »

It must be hard to do wet break. Having forty children in a class is really overwhelming.

Glad that the TA cover is still going. Sounds like they see it as a long term thing to continue to ask you. It's all experience like everyone has said and I am sure a lovely reference would be available should you ever decide to go elsewhere.

Have a lovely evening.

Thanks Nicnak . Wet playtimes are hard work.

HairyHandofDartmoor

teafor2 wrote: »

Hi HHD Hope it's not been indoor play/lunch again today. 40 children is a lot :eek: I've never heard of numbers like that before. Is that the size of your class or are they allowed to choose where they want to go if it's wet play? xx

We should just have our own class of thirty in the classroom with us when it's wet play, but if some children are still in the dining room eating then at least one MTA has to stay with them to supervise them, so the rest of the children are divided between the other MTAs temporarily if you see what I mean. So I had about forty children to start with and then some got redistributed :rotfl:.

HairyHandofDartmoor

Finally_Solvent wrote: »

When my SIL was teaching, even up to the mid 1990s she had 32 6-year old children in her class and with no help at all. That's how it was before TAs. The whole school had one 'ancillary' (as the non teaching staff were called then) for the whole infant school of about 12 classes. You can imagine how much help each teacher got as she spent most of her time in the Reception classes:eek:. In those days a lot of schools went so far as to discourage volunteers too and I know my SIL was exhausted when the holidays came around. She said getting all the children changed for PE was a particular nightmare:rotfl: Added to that the wet playtimes when they were in the classroom with her (no way of her taking a coffee break, the ancillary helper used to bring a coffee or tea to the classrooms on wet playtimes). The only break she got was lunchtimes but because of the class size she spent a lot of that calling individual children in from play for a few minutes so she could hear them read.


I know your 40 were at lunchtime so that's different but imagine a whole day/week of 32 children non-stop:eek:

My Mum was a teacher in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s so I know what teaching was like then. Do you think modern teachers have a cushy life FS? Teachers have a LOT more paperwork to do these days, in fact actual teaching is only a part of their job now.

HairyHandofDartmoor

I had a good day today doing my all day cover and it was dry at lunchtime which always helps . I feel like I'm learning more every day which is great and the teacher suggested giving me a bit of training after school next week along with the teaching students, so I'm definitely up for that :T.

I'm looking forward to a weekend of getting things done around the house. Since getting back I''ve taken down the Christmas lights in the kitchen and hall which nobody has had the time or energy to do and packed them away in their boxes :T.

Tomorrow I'm meeting stepdad for coffee in the morning and after that I have big plans to tidy my bedroom (which looks like a jumble sale) and take down the two sets of berry lights which are still up in the living room. Then I can finally pack away the last box of Christmas decorations.

I hope everyone has had a good Friday so far .

beanielou

Enjoy your weekend

HairyHandofDartmoor

Thanks Beanie .