Ask a Primary School Teacher anything

[Vickyromeo]

Spare tyre said:

Do you look at the register for next years class and guess which names are going to be trouble

Don’t have to guess you get the info from their previous teacher

[Last Visit]

How many hours do you on average work a week?

[SpeedMattersNot]

Girls steer towards biology and boys steer towards physics, chemistry seems neutral.

Since the majority of primary teachers are female, do you find primary teachers have a bias towards any of the 3 sciences?

[Vickyromeo]

SpeedMattersNot said:

Girls steer towards biology and boys steer towards physics, chemistry seems neutral.

Since the majority of primary teachers are female, do you find primary teachers have a bias towards any of the 3 sciences?

I love chemistry as there so many practicals you can do with them

[Vickyromeo]

Last Visit said:

How many hours do you on average work a week?

66 including weekend

[Trevor555]

Vickyromeo said:

Last Visit said:

How many hours do you on average work a week?

66 including weekend

My wife is also a primary school teacher so can also say it's about those hours if you add what she does at home.

And she spends at least one whole week in the summer holidays in school sorting out the classroom for the next term.

And she's done more recently having to adapt to new online lessons.

Plus I lost my lounge as it became an online classroom

Edited by Trevor555 on Saturday 6th March 12:38

[Vickyromeo]

Trevor555 said:

Vickyromeo said:

Last Visit said:

How many hours do you on average work a week?

66 including weekend

My wife is also a primary school teacher so can also say it's about those hours if you add what she does at home.

And she spends at least one whole week in the summer holidays in school sorting out the classroom for the next term.

And she's done more recently having to adapt to new online lessons.

Yes and no going for a break when we need one. What year does she teach?

[kev b]

How much time do you spend actually teaching?

[Vickyromeo]

kev b said:

How much time do you spend actually teaching?

23

[Trevor555]

Vickyromeo said:

Trevor555 said:

Vickyromeo said:

Last Visit said:

How many hours do you on average work a week?

66 including weekend

My wife is also a primary school teacher so can also say it's about those hours if you add what she does at home.

And she spends at least one whole week in the summer holidays in school sorting out the classroom for the next term.

And she's done more recently having to adapt to new online lessons.

Yes and no going for a break when we need one. What year does she teach?

Hand you over to her..

Hi, I teach r/1 and covering a mat leave in 1/2/3!

[Vickyromeo]

Trevor555 said:

Vickyromeo said:

Trevor555 said:

Vickyromeo said:

Last Visit said:

How many hours do you on average work a week?

66 including weekend

My wife is also a primary school teacher so can also say it's about those hours if you add what she does at home.

And she spends at least one whole week in the summer holidays in school sorting out the classroom for the next term.

And she's done more recently having to adapt to new online lessons.

Yes and no going for a break when we need one. What year does she teach?

Hand you over to her..

Hi, I teach r/1 and covering a mat leave in 1/2/3!

Would not be able to cope with the early years I am more comfortable with ks2

[Trevor555]

paulguitar said:

Trevor555 said:

gts.981 said:

Why are teachers some of the laziest, most useless, feckless, entitled people in the whole of society?

Did you just go into it for the holidays like 90% of your colleagues?

Serious?

Or banter?

That poster 'does not believe in covid'.

Safe to assume just someone who needs attention, or perhaps a child/teen.

Ok, thanks Paul.

Hope you can get back to cruise work soon. I've missed my travels.

[kev b]

What do you do in the remaining 40 odd hours?

[Vickyromeo]

kev b said:

What do you do in the remaining 40 odd hours?

Planning , marking , smt meetings, dealing with parents

[paulguitar]

Trevor555 said:

Ok, thanks Paul.

Hope you can get back to cruise work soon. I've missed my travels.

Thanks. On the 16th of this month, it'll be a year since I was sent home from my last ship in NYC due to the virus. ONE YEAR! I'm going slightly crazy and can't wait to get back!

[CanAm]

Spare tyre said:

Do you look at the register for next years class and guess which names are going to be trouble

I had a sly peek at a detention list a teacher friend was working on. There was definitely a strong leaning towards those with the 'weird' names.

[kev b]

How much hands on teaching is carried out by classroom assistants?

[Vickyromeo]

kev b said:

How much hands on teaching is carried out by classroom assistants?

They are there to assist when children are working usually with reading . I find if you let them do too much the children take advantage of their lack of teaching experience

[paulguitar]

I have two questions, please:

1. Were you inspired to go into the profession because of a special teacher that you had yourself when you were at school? I still remember a couple of my teachers with real affection, they were people that still have an influence on who I am today.

2. Do you have pupils who swear at you? If so, how do you deal with this, and do you involve the parents?

Thanks in advance.

[Vickyromeo]

paulguitar said:

I have two questions, please:

1. Were you inspired to go into the profession because of a special teacher that you had yourself when you were at school? I still remember a couple of my teachers with real affection, they were people that still have an influence on who I am today.

2. Do you have pupils who swear at you? If so, how do you deal with this, and do you involve the parents?

Thanks in advance.

A bit of I always wanted to teach and one particularly lovely teacher I had.

They do and yes. Once had a boy threaten to piss in my bin .