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Originally Posted by West Ender

My granddaughter's primary school is just round the corner from my house. My daughter is on the PTA committee. Yes, the PTA that teachers attend meetings once a month (a couple of hours in an evening) to plan, amongst other things, fundraising events (evenings, weekends etc.) that they will be involved in.

Juniors finish school at 3.30 but, oh, there's netball and football after school twice a week (teachers needed) and, ooh yes, singing club 'til 4.15 on a Wednesday, run by a teacher. A peripatetic teacher runs Drama Club on Mondays - at 8 a.m. - but there has to be at least one home-based teacher on hand, not to mention the school secretary. Laura's in a play tomorrow evening and again on Wednesday evening. Every class teacher will be there as all the children are taking part.

My brother's late wife was a primary teacher. I used to pull her leg about the long holidays but, honestly, I wouldn't have liked to have to do all the evening and weekend stuff that she did. Nor would I have liked to have to start the school year with up to 30 very small children (she taught the reception class) and send them on to the next class, 11 months later, with basic literacy and numeracy skills and, in some cases, a newly acquired ability to wipe their own bottoms and eat with a knife and fork.

Sorry for continuing the thread-wander. I'll shut up now.

can i add..... teach them to speak english as well?? i'm gunaa go for a wander in the archives to find a previous post i made about what teachers have to put up with...