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@HighwaysSEAST can someone clarify if the m25/a3 junction is open tonight?

@JohnBaldLangLit @Southgloshead @PieCorbett @smithsmm So do I. We have some in place but its not a permanent thing and funding is tricky! Far exceeding exceptional funding currently.

@Southgloshead @GregorRebecca @PieCorbett @smithsmm I prefer off-site direction to P/Ex.

"I’m SEN TA in a primary school, working one to one. This is my first time in this role and I am really enjoying it, however, the child can be violent and this week it has been really hard going! Yesterday I ended up at urgent care with a fractured knuckle! Bruises and bones heal, but I’m struggling with the emotional side of it! I feel like I’m in a weird toxic relationship that I’m paid to stay in! Any tips on how to manage emotional stress and mental well being?!" @bphillipsonMP @TomRees_77

@JohnBaldLangLit @Southgloshead @PieCorbett I absolutely agree hence the suspensions! When do you look at PEX?

@GregorRebecca @Southgloshead @PieCorbett This cannot continue. No-one should expect to go to work to be abused.

@Southgloshead @JohnBaldLangLit @PieCorbett We have this and have made the suspensions but the behaviour doesn't change! How else can we support staff? They are now working as a 2:1 and utilising change of face regularly! SEN dept have nowhere for child to go so mainstream just have to manage!

@JohnBaldLangLit @PieCorbett Staff shouldn’t be expected to put up with violence. Irrespective of age, if you deliberately hurt a member of staff at my schools then a suspension follows. It’s okay for schools to have hard red lines re conduct. School is a microcosm of society in this regard.

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@patrigby2 @PaulBlack2022 Also not true! I told 999 my mum had a stroke and was showing FAST, was told ambulance would be 2/3 hours. They called back 20 minutes later and asked for symptoms again. Explained FAST and was asked if I could drive her to a&e as it would be quicker!!!

@PaulBlack2022 @oldspeak_books If they said she was FAST positive ana ambulance would be dispatched quickly

"Our" saintly NHS and the consequence of not doing your job properly. I took my mum to the dentist. While she was in the chair she had a stroke. I got called into the dentist’s room and she was just lying in a heap on the floor. The dentist (a qualified medical doctor) had recognised it immediately and had rung 999 repeatedly, explained the situation clearly, and begged for an ambulance. We kept ringing and ringing. They wouldn’t come. They wouldn’t even listen to a doctor. What hope did I have? With no ambulance coming and my mother deteriorating on the floor, we had no choice. We carried her to my car. A dental nurse who was there jumped in with us because I didn’t know the quickest way to the hospital. I drove, talking to Mum the whole time, keeping my voice normal, telling her not to worry, acting like nothing was wrong. She mumbled, “Oh don’t worry Jo, I’ll live.” Those were her last words to me. I roared up to A&E. The dental nurse ran inside to get help. I waited in the car, but no one came out. It felt like ages. I had to lift my unconscious mother out of the back seat in a fireman’s lift and carry her to the doors while screaming for help. A nurse told me not to handle her like that because I might cause damage – The brass neck. (I think of that idiot most days) Our NHS finally placed her on a bed and wheeled her away without telling me where they were taking her. I did ask but no one answered. I gave her details at the front desk and explained my car was half on the pavement outside. The woman at the desk told me not to worry, she would sort it so that I didn’t get a ticket. They put me in a side room, a windowless cupboard, just out of sight of all the many, many trolleys with people on them in the corridor. I sat there for what felt like about 30-45 minutes. No one came. They’d forgotten about me. I went to get water because I couldn’t just sit there, but then I worried and so I came back and waited some more. Finally, going back to the front desk, I asked, “Where’s my mum?!?” I heard hushed talk, then someone walked me down to another area. She was still in the same bed I’d seen her wheeled away in, pushed to the side of the room with people walking all around her like she was in the way. I kept asking what was going on, but no one answered and just put a curtain around the bed. My brother arrived then; I’d managed to get hold of him while I was stuck in the cupboard. We stood there crying, in total shock, wondering what the hell was going on. No one was doing anything. A woman was lying there having had a massive stroke, and we were just looking at each other, helpless. I don’t know how much time passed, but eventually we were moved to another department in a private room. We sat with her through the night. I was at the side of her bed stroking her hand but also not wanting to because I knew that would have really annoyed her. I told her I loved her but didn’t want to go on too much because I didn’t want to scare her. At about 2 am I knew she had died. The nurse sent me home with a plastic bag of her urine-stained clothes. This is what happens when millions use a service they never paid a penny into while the people who funded it their whole lives are left to die without dignity. This is what happens when rigid red tape matters more than a doctor screaming down the phone that someone is having a massive stroke. This is what happens when common sense is banned and box-ticking is king. This is what happens when the job is not done properly. This is the consequence. PS. I got a parking ticket. #nhs #ournhs #dontbothercallinganambulance

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@Headteacherchat We use a whole inset day in December for pupil progress meetings. When not in an hour long meeting with SLT, the day is their own. Everyone had ppa on that day but if they choose to do ppa, ppm and then go shopping or go to the hairdressers then fine. Everyone gets the same!

Anon post: I need some advice with a situation in school. As deputy head, I introduced a system that allowed teachers to use their PPA time for Christmas shopping. We offered support staff half a day off so they could benefit too. Teachers are now unhappy and feel the approach is unfair. I would appreciate any thoughts on how to handle this constructively.

@NewHeadteacher I did the same. Keep going! You didn't make the decision lightly! X

A difficult end to last week having to suspend the pupil I mentioned previously after a really serious incident. A weekend doing things I love helped me see things more clearly though and today has been good. Hope everyone else has had a good start to the week 🙂

@LeeBraganza Shes also been in FT childcare since she was 8.5 months old - she doesn't need transition time!

@LeeBraganza Mine to. 3 afternoon sessions next week on her own and a 1.5 hour session with a parent! FT on 15th! Shes a September baby, she's nearly 5, she desperately wants to be in school now!

I'm all up for transitions but my kid doesn't start Reception full time until the 16th!!! Only in next week for a few hours. She's desperate to start.

My Grandad. So loved and very very much missed! Love you grandad. Sweet dreams 💔

@ric_cole @theRMcharity @RoyalMarines @SBuck65 My wonderful grandad, my hero. Rest in peace, Sir. Our hearts have broken but your out of pain and back with Nan. Love you forever x

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@Headteacherchat Contact your LLP immediately and get advice from the LA. Is there a local school that you could partner up with if you're doing safeguarding to help ease the workload?

Anon post: I’m a new Deputy Head and have just found out that our Head won’t be returning in September — and I could really use some guidance. We were due to meet next week to plan INSET, review priorities, and organise the term ahead. Now I’m not sure where to begin. Any advice on how to tackle this would be hugely appreciated.

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