I can’t think of any normal job on the mainland that pays anywhere near what you’d get for a similar job in Ireland tbh.
The rewards at the highest levels are vast in the UK, but in general, there’s little comparison.
Ps any right thinking society should recruit the very best to teach, and reward and facilitate them accordingly.
School and learning should be seen as both a duty and a privilege by society though, and there needs to be a clear and fair system for identifying and managing children who interfere with the learning of others.
Teachers should be teaching, not involved in crowd control.
The school year is plenty long enough, though I could see a good argument for extending the year, but shortening the days.
Ideally I’d also ban homework, but this would be impossible really.
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Surely to god the experts could have arranged for schools to close two weeks before Christmas back in September to avoid people whether it be parents, teachers or kids having to isolate over Christmas.
Would it have been that difficult for parents with three months notice to arrange their kids to be minded two weeks before Christmas? They can add the two weeks on in June if needs be.
It’s some sickner if you have to self isolate over Christmas.
They have to wait til they’ve coordinated the Newry run.
Fuck that, I dont want my kids interrupting my internetting. Leave em in school.
They drain the broadband
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Allison Harmon
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Our school is a school for children with special needs. We have 150+ pupils. Our school is broken down into 3 main areas Primary, Middle School (off campus, Shamrock Lodge) and the Senior end (LLs). All of the Middle School, 41 pupils and 10 staff are restricting their movements
In the Senior end (LLs) 7 restricting their movements, including all of management team, 6 pupils restricting movements. Leaving 3 available staff to cover 5 classes. Primary school, 1 teacher & 1 SNA restricting movements, 7 pupils restricting movements.
Leaving 5 teachers and 10 available SNAs, at present, to cover 6 classes. Now 60% of our children are vulnerable, health wise, they have underlying health conditions that would leave them susceptible to most illnesses never mind covid.
Our BOM took the decision and not lightly to close our school under Health & Safety but the Dept of Education have said we must open tomorrow. This is someone who is sitting working from home telling SNAs that we have to return to a situation that no-one else would be placed in.
I work up close and personal with all students in my classroom. I dont have the ability to social distance from my students. So why are the DES sending us in? Why are they risking the health of our students and our staff. It is obvious there is a cluster in the school.
Have just received email confirming another positive case in the school while writing this. This is now beyond dangerous. Is there anyone willing to stand up and help? @NormaFoleyTD1 @apike1 @forsa_union_ie @INTOnews @johnboyle_INTO are we to be another Clarmorris. Shame, shame.
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That’s not the blitz spirit
They are due back on Monday. I doubt we’ll see a school open again here or the UK until February at this rate
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Mid January all going well.
Gav Reilly confirming the schools are going back tomorrow week.
‘Nuala has added gav Reilly’
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Will they funnel those numbers into the updated HSE covid excel file when the file owner returns from Christmas leave tomorrow? Might give Philip ryan a further incorrect model to talk about
Monica was meant to share it on onedrive before she left for Xmas on the 20th but never got the memo.
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No its on the one drive but she has it open so no one else can edit it. She has here out of office on and work phone locking in her drawer on so people can here it ringing
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It’s done
February. You were told
Id be surprised if we were back on feb 1st tbh.