Steve Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Ok - so with the end of the holidays and the arrival of the autumn term, what are your new year resolutions. Cobweb cleaning or something more significant? New approach to staff/colleagues? More/less time doing paperwork? Mine is to follow up on things I start - starting with that bookshelf project that sunnyday got so excited by that she nearly bankrupted herself... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondie Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 mine is to get a new committee lol! x 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueJ Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Spend more time doing work in working hours and less time doing it at home 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I think that I may have mentioned this before - I am going to be positive, positive, positive! :1b 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Mine is to delegate ;-) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I'm with Sunnyday - positive, positive, positive and keeping my space in the classroom tidy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Well my resolution was 'tested' this morning........but I think I did well :rolleyes: Plan was for my deputy and I to go to our setting today for a massive sort out and clean - so ......yours truly was there just after 8am........I was still there alone at 9am.........10am.........11am.........finally reached her on her mobile at 11:30.......she had either forgotten or thought that we hadn't made a firm date :blink: she was very, very apologetic........my reaction was "please don't worry about it, it was almost certainly my mistake (it wasn't ) and I've almost finished it all, will just pop back tomorrow to add the finishing touches, honestly no problem" How about that for a positive reaction! :rolleyes: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 How about that for a positive reaction! :rolleyes: So positive as to be saintly. I dub thee Saint Sunnyday of FSFLand! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 My resolutions. Well. I am going to be in bed every night by 10.30. I would like to spend a morning/afternoon/day volunteering in a setting to keep abreast of current practice. I will not do my planning at midnight before college the following day. I will keep my diary and day book up to date. I will do a proper scheme of work which I will update regularly. I will claim all my travel expenses every month. I will learn to say 'no' with my mouth as well as in my brain. Of course in reality, none of these things (hopefully with the exception of the first one) will happen, and I'll just be the organisational mess I ever was! :huh: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 So positive as to be saintly. I dub thee Saint Sunnyday of FSFLand! So kind - thank you......but.........I've always fancied being a 'Dame' - d'you think we could make that Dame Sunnyday? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Sunnyday - you made me smile! I was driving home today thinking that I was going to add a post saying that my resolutions were tougher than they sounded! First day back INSET today. I got there about 7.45 and had been busy doing lots of jobs. I was in and out of my room and said hello to lots of people so they knew I was there. At 8.45 I was in the staff room when one of the TAs just returning from maternity leave asked if we had a staff meeting in there at 9am. I answered 'probably but no one's actually said and then made a comment about going back to my room to do jobs and could one of them come and harass me nicely when they knew what was happening. There were 3 people in there at the time, one of them being the deputy head. At 5 past 9, my TA from last year came and asked if I was going to the meeting. It had already started and no one else except her had even noticed I wasn't there! I just smiled and joined them and didn't get at all stroppy. When the teacher next door to me started 'pronouncing' in her very loud voice I just gently closed my classroom door and got on with things instead of getting cross and stroppy! As for the desk - well, the pile on it shouldn't be there but it is a tidy one! Sunnyday - I love the idea of you being a Dame. I can just see you and Dame Judi Dench hobnobbing at a royal garden party! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueJ Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Well !!!!! Monday - using pruners and cutters and loppers remove forest of overripe brambles and blackberries so that the playground can actually be used without children A) looking as though they have been painted purple black and B) scratching themselves to death - the same cannot be said for me and my lovely Mum and Dad who came up to help Jet wash the playground (round 1) to get rid of grime and blackberry juice and stains so that it didn't look some kind of mass murder had taken place. Clean up grass playground (thank goodness for fake grass - brushing only required (and yes before you ask we have been known to hoover it too ) Break new school year resolution by emailing landlord about atrocious state of church hall, kitchen and loos which have been used for a variety of parties throughout the holiday but have not been cleaned once !!!!!!!! No work Tuesday as yet another massive party in the hall. Today - (with help of lovely mum and dad and deputy) jet wash playground for second time to remove lingering gunk, clean one end of hall (still no cleaners even though promised) and get kit out from basement ready for new starter sessions tomorrow and friday, replace torn and ripped bordette on notice boards, get shopping for lunches - moan for England and several other small nations. Field queries from parents (new and existing) even though all information has already been given out and has been uploaded to website - Arggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg So much for resolutions to do work during working hours - as for keeping positive - well I haven't even started back yet and have already lost the plot - the baton is well and truly with the saintly, Dame Sunnyday to keep up the good work (I'm hoping that when Sunnyday says she wants to be a dame you she doesn't mean a panto dame or good time girl ). Good luck Sunnyday - I have blown it big time 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Big, huge virtual hug SueJ - I acknowledge that even Dame Sunnyday could not possibly find anything remotely positive about any of that :1b xxx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Oh and well done Helen! :1b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 We have moved during the holidays and have spent many, many hours alone getting everything ready, feel quite emotional now that it is finally done and cannot wait for the children and parents to arrive tomorrow. My resolutions are... 1) To man up, and if I see staff chatting and gossiping through the session to tell them to stop, instead of tying myself up in knots about the situation. To get on some management training that will help me achieve things like this. 2) To delegate more. 3) To stop worrying about everything, most of which never actually happens. 4) To spend as much time on this fab forum as I can get away with. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 We have moved during the holidays and have spent many, many hours alone getting everything ready, feel quite emotional now that it is finally done and cannot wait for the children and parents to arrive tomorrow. My resolutions are... 1) To man up, and if I see staff chatting and gossiping through the session to tell them to stop, instead of tying myself up in knots about the situation. To get on some management training that will help me achieve things like this. 2) To delegate more. 3) To stop worrying about everything, most of which never actually happens. 4) To spend as much time on this fab forum as I can get away with. I could've written that post! How funny! But I'd also add to it 'keeping the classroom tidy and without piles of paper work piling up on every spare surface!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmum Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 To keep my head down and my mouth shut!! :wub: Usually lasts 'til lunchtime on the first day........! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Oh Sue! I wouldn't have been staying positive in that situation either. You made me feel better though - glad it's not just me that takes my mum and dad in to help out. Mine were in over the holidays with me for 6 hours one day weeding, sweeping, general tidying of my outdoor space and putting a new coat of paint on my outdoor blackboards. I also have to say - although I've never actually seen her (doesn't she look like a jumping cat?! ) I'm finding it scarily easy to imagine Sunnyday as a pantomime dame! Good luck with all your resolutions everyone else! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 To keep my head down and my mouth shut!! :wub: Usually lasts 'til lunchtime on the first day........! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I also have to say - although I've never actually seen her (doesn't she look like a jumping cat?! ) I'm finding it scarily easy to imagine Sunnyday as a pantomime dame! Would I be able to wear my rather lovely balaclava in that role? :rolleyes: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 PS - it's not work but any tips on how to stay positive while next door are having one of their very loud 'Singalong to Elvis' evenings?! Specially as they don't (often) sing in tune to Elvis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) Would I be able to wear my rather lovely balaclava in that role? :rolleyes: Is there a time when you can't wear your rather lovely balaclava?! I think not! Edited September 4, 2013 by HelenD26 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredbear Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 To spend more quality time in the room with our fantastic children. I can but hope !!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Same as you Fredbear - enjoy my time with the children: following their lead to explore and make our own fun, making it up as we go along! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) 1. Be a proper chair, do the things on my role description. 2. Find a committee to help with no.1. 3. Buy 1 notepad, use 1 notepad. 4. Ensure the things written are done. 5. Set timescales for no.4 Edited September 4, 2013 by Rea 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 SMART targets Rea, SMART targets! Sunny does your balaclava look like this one? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I'm having to think.... Specific Measurable Achievable Relevent Timed 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I was just hunting for something and came across this! How did people do on their resolutions?! I was definitely tidier although still 'could do better'! Not sure about the positivity... Sometimes! It depended who else was in the room! Any different resolutions for this year? I need to think about mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Find some time for ME! Maybe write some sort of article? Definitely not be still doing paperwork at 10.30pm! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 let's all keep our fingers crossed for no changes to be implemented by for sept'15 B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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