tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post2394622985952261188..comments2024-03-28T19:58:17.811+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: Ofsted are coming! Ofsted are coming! ... Well, they might be ...Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-50758670255866538692010-11-26T16:06:07.088+00:002010-11-26T16:06:07.088+00:00Ashley and jfidz (et al),
No phone call this morn...Ashley and jfidz (et al),<br /><br />No phone call this morning ... which means that the earliest Ofsted will come is Tuesday (although Wednesday might be a better bet!). This gives even more time for the SMT (Senior Management Team, an oxymoron if ever I hear one) to asks us for even more stupid data analysis.<br /><br />The latest thing I have had to do is to write a report that explains why my tutor group's attendance is so poor (less than 80% last week) and what I have done about it. Well, other than the student who has left and gone back to Brazil at no notice, the one who is maternity leave having just had a baby, and the one who is in hospital, most of the rest of them have been in school and in class. I was tempted to ask for the return airfare to Brazil so that I could ask the student to return … but I think that that would have been pushing my luck. As to the new mum … well I can hardly force her to come back yet, and I baulk at dragging the hospitalised one out of bed and back to school. Writing the report – along with a separate schedule that shows what I have done to try to improve matters – took me about the same time as it would have done to mark some scripts … but they have had to go unmarked as I cannot do everything in the time available to me.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Bob<br /><br />It is predicted that it will snow in London on Wednesday. That will make things fun if the inspectors decide to come in on that day!Robert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-75554924586518207882010-11-26T15:46:39.352+00:002010-11-26T15:46:39.352+00:00If you manage to read this before they come - good...If you manage to read this before they come - good luck. If not - hope it went well.<br />If they just left us alone to actually teach, the little bu**ers might be able to learn!jfidzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691707855117125800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-90347947002846644842010-11-26T11:49:09.682+00:002010-11-26T11:49:09.682+00:00Yes, and there will still be lots of black coal th...Yes, and there will still be lots of black coal that needs to be painted white, and if the grass is not green enough can you paint it too.<br /><br />Perhaps imagining it as a wargame might help. What will Ofsted deploy, what do you need to be able to face them? What are the tactical, operational and strategic goals for both sides?<br /><br />Then you can strip off your shirt, put a red bandana on and go all Rambo with them. ;-) Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-9889670470488864252010-11-26T10:57:21.722+00:002010-11-26T10:57:21.722+00:00Dear all,
Thanks for the support.
I have managed...Dear all,<br /><br />Thanks for the support.<br /><br />I have managed to read your comments in the five minutes of break I am having between lessons. At lunchtime, after another five minutes break, I have to teach a lunchtime class for an absent colleague. I might finally be able to restore my personal comforts at about 1.30pm, after which I will be able to eat my lunch before going to teach my final class of the day. Then it will be a pleasant drive home through the London traffic, followed by a weekend of lesson planning paperwork (the lessons are planned and the learning and assessment materials are prepared, but the associated paperwork has not been done!).<br /><br />The extra work we are all doing will be worth it <b>IF</b> Ofsted comes next week, <b>BUT</b> we still have no definite news … and if they don’t come it will all have been done for nothing!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-83727592789966275922010-11-26T07:23:07.640+00:002010-11-26T07:23:07.640+00:00My wife's a teacher so I know what your about ...My wife's a teacher so I know what your about to go through. Nothing can stress her out quite like an Ofstead Inspection. The whole process just seems so 'adversarial' and counter-productive. <br /><br />For those about to be inspected, I salute you.BigLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960213980906190335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-32439034609734444732010-11-26T01:46:45.168+00:002010-11-26T01:46:45.168+00:00Sorry about the missed time on wargaming and this ...Sorry about the missed time on wargaming and this blog. Looking forward to your return.<br />~PaulPaul Leachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653564587101703496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-36265538714182261262010-11-25T23:46:50.199+00:002010-11-25T23:46:50.199+00:00Think of it as just another version of one of the ...Think of it as just another version of one of the military's most time-honored traditions . . . "Hurry up and wait".<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-60045419748883558462010-11-25T23:19:59.835+00:002010-11-25T23:19:59.835+00:00Monty Python meets real-life and I was considering...Monty Python meets real-life and I was considering a late-life career change into teaching ... hmmmGeordie an Exiled FoGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002743056274635657noreply@blogger.com