Allotment Widow
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want my old username back pleaseTired Teacher would like to be known as Alltoment Widow again. For tedious reasons TT/AW can't remember the original email address to reactivate AW. Can a web pixie help? Big fat elephant is obviously hopeless.
Thanks in advance.
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Jamanda
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Are you sure you want to change it at this stage of the hols? You'll be wanting it back by this time next week.
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Cathryn
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Now, now be positive 
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Behemoth
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can't be bothered with all the log on and off stuff... tired teacher here.
I think you are right... what year do you teach? I am going into school for first time tomorrow. Have not really thought about the place and now am starting to panic.
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sean
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Re: want my old username back please | tired teacher wrote: | Tired Teacher would like to be known as Alltoment Widow again. For tedious reasons TT/AW can't remember the original email address to reactivate AW. Can a web pixie help? Big fat elephant is obviously hopeless.
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Watcherwant? I could delete AW (who only made five posts) and change TT's name to AW if you like? That's prolly the easiest way to do it.
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Behemoth
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Hmmmm made mistake of letting behemoth write post and would NOT like to be known as atollment widow but allotment widow....if only I had a green pen!!
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Jamanda
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| Behemoth wrote: | can't be bothered with all the log on and off stuff... tired teacher here.
I think you are right... what year do you teach? I am going into school for first time tomorrow. Have not really thought about the place and now am starting to panic. |
All of 'em. 7 to 13 and with a year 7 tutor group this year. I teach biology, what do you do?
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Behemoth
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Have been teaching year 3 and 4 for past 2 years but am moving to year 5 and 6 next week. Top year 6 literacy set (yikes) and bottomm year 5 maths.
Better brush up on my grammar.
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Behemoth
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| Behemoth wrote: | | and bottomm |
and spelling!!
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Jamanda
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Do you only teach those subjects? I think Ben still only gets one teacher for everything when he gets into year 3 next week.
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Marionb
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| Jamanda wrote: | | Do you only teach those subjects? I think Ben still only gets one teacher for everything when he gets into year 3 next week. |
Same with my sons when they were in primary school. Perhaps its a big primary school - there were no top and bottom sets in sons' school, it wasnt big enough!!!
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Jamanda
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| Marionb wrote: | | Jamanda wrote: | | Do you only teach those subjects? I think Ben still only gets one teacher for everything when he gets into year 3 next week. |
Same with my sons when they were in primary school. Perhaps its a big primary school - there were no top and bottom sets in sons' school, it wasnt big enough!!! |
Ben is in sets for maths & English, but there is only one class teacher for all the sets. The TAs work with the smaller groups I believe.
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hedgewitch
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| Jamanda wrote: | | Behemoth wrote: | can't be bothered with all the log on and off stuff... tired teacher here.
I think you are right... what year do you teach? I am going into school for first time tomorrow. Have not really thought about the place and now am starting to panic. |
All of 'em. 7 to 13 and with a year 7 tutor group this year. I teach biology, what do you do? |
Does that mean the ages of the kids (7-13)? It is so complicated now. Seems a long way from 'Junior 1' and 'Fifth Year'. 
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Behemoth
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no, I teach everything...PE, RE, music, geography, history, french, drama, Art, design and technology, science, social skills, colouring in and how to use a boys' toilet without pissing up the wall and throwing toilet paper on the ceiling.
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Jamanda
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| hedgewitch wrote: | | Jamanda wrote: | | Behemoth wrote: | can't be bothered with all the log on and off stuff... tired teacher here.
I think you are right... what year do you teach? I am going into school for first time tomorrow. Have not really thought about the place and now am starting to panic. |
All of 'em. 7 to 13 and with a year 7 tutor group this year. I teach biology, what do you do? |
Does that mean the ages of the kids (7-13)? It is so complicated now. Seems a long way from 'Junior 1' and 'Fifth Year'. |
No, that means years. In my day, it would have been first year to upper sixth. But if you had a middle school system it would have been different - today the numbers are the same what ever set up there is.
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Behemoth
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| hedgewitch wrote: |
Does that mean the ages of the kids (7-13)? It is so complicated now. Seems a long way from 'Junior 1' and 'Fifth Year'. |
I know it's old money/newmoney.
Year 1 to 6 is primary. Used to be infants and juniors. Year 7 is start of high/secondary school. So year 7 is the old first year.
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Jamanda
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| Behemoth wrote: | | no, I teach everything...PE, RE, music, geography, history, french, drama, Art, design and technology, science, social skills, colouring in and how to use a boys' toilet without pissing up the wall and throwing toilet paper on the ceiling. |
Ah, and I'm fretting about having clingy year sevens for a tutor group!
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Behemoth
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| Jamanda wrote: | | Do you only teach those subjects? I think Ben still only gets one teacher for everything when he gets into year 3 next week. |
It's a bugger for reports and parents' evenings as you have to write reports for all your class and your sets and they could be completely different kids.
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hedgewitch
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| Behemoth wrote: | I know it's old money/newmoney.
Year 1 to 6 is primary. Used to be infants and juniors. Year 7 is start of high/secondary school. So year 7 is the old first year. |
Yep - I'm definitely not decimal on this - great description  Thanks - that will help a lot. 
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Behemoth
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Re: want my old username back please | sean wrote: | [
Watcherwant? I could delete AW (who only made five posts) and change TT's name to AW if you like? That's prolly the easiest way to do it. |
am now confused and torn.. am I a tired teacher at heart? Although the phrase..'I just have to pop down the allotment.' does mean AW hits the spot too. Oh god I hate being a gemini!!!
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Jamanda
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How about TAW? TAWT? No - the other possibilities don't bear thinking about
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Behemoth
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It's the real me, i suggest "Love goddess at the centre of my heart", or some such.
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sean
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Done the bath panel yet?
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Behemoth
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| sean wrote: | | Done the bath panel yet? |
NO!!!!!!!
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Behemoth
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she said
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bernie-woman
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| Behemoth wrote: | | how to use a boys' toilet without pissing up the wall |
Now I am not saying for one minute that you are not teaching this properly but there does seem to be some retention of learning issue here with many of the male gender 
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Mrs Fiddlesticks
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| bernie-woman wrote: | | Behemoth wrote: | | how to use a boys' toilet without pissing up the wall |
Now I am not saying for one minute that you are not teaching this properly but there does seem to be some retention of learning issue here with many of the male gender |
I agree
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Frewen
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Makes you thankful to have girls
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Northern_Lad
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| Frewen wrote: | | Makes you thankful to have girls |
Yeah, all that bitchy, bossy cattyness is so sweet, isn't it.
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Frewen
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| Northern_Lad wrote: | | Frewen wrote: | | Makes you thankful to have girls |
Yeah, all that bitchy, bossy cattyness is so sweet, isn't it. |
You have such a jaded view of womanhood - no nice girls your way then
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Mrs Fiddlesticks
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| Behemoth wrote: | | hedgewitch wrote: |
Does that mean the ages of the kids (7-13)? It is so complicated now. Seems a long way from 'Junior 1' and 'Fifth Year'. |
I know it's old money/newmoney.
Year 1 to 6 is primary. Used to be infants and juniors. Year 7 is start of high/secondary school. So year 7 is the old first year. |
and then there's Reception before year 1 but its called Reception and doesn't appear to count in the numbers thing. And my eldest who's about to be a year 7 at secondary laughed when I said we use to call first year secondary kids Sprogs - is that a Glos thing? Or I'm-showing-my-age -thing?
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Mrs Fiddlesticks
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| Northern_Lad wrote: | | Frewen wrote: | | Makes you thankful to have girls |
Yeah, all that bitchy, bossy cattyness is so sweet, isn't it. |
but the floor, walls and ceiling around the toilet remain pristine
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bernie-woman
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| Mrs Fiddlesticks wrote: | | Northern_Lad wrote: | | Frewen wrote: | | Makes you thankful to have girls |
Yeah, all that bitchy, bossy cattyness is so sweet, isn't it. |
but the floor, walls and ceiling around the toilet remain pristine |
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Northern_Lad
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| Mrs Fiddlesticks wrote: | | Northern_Lad wrote: | | Frewen wrote: | | Makes you thankful to have girls |
Yeah, all that bitchy, bossy cattyness is so sweet, isn't it. |
but the floor, walls and ceiling around the toilet remain pristine |
And the seat nailed down, no doubt.
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bernie-woman
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| Northern_Lad wrote: |
And the seat nailed down, no doubt. |
No we wouldn't want it nailed down - it has to be movable in order to clean up after the men have been in there 
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Frewen
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| bernie-woman wrote: | | Northern_Lad wrote: |
And the seat nailed down, no doubt. |
No we wouldn't want it nailed down - it has to be movable in order to clean up after the men have been in there |
and we barely ever moan about having to do it 
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Jamanda
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| Mrs Fiddlesticks wrote: |
and then there's Reception before year 1 but its called Reception and doesn't appear to count in the numbers thing. And my eldest who's about to be a year 7 at secondary laughed when I said we use to call first year secondary kids Sprogs - is that a Glos thing? Or I'm-showing-my-age -thing? |
I think year 1 is when it becomes compulsory, but apart from that glitch it is simple - start at year 1 and keep going. A lot of places still have middle schools and would have had to go back to the start twice.
We called the first years plebs. I have heard my sixth formers (yes I know, we still refer to years 12 and 13 as the sixth form, but not officially) refer to the little ones as plankton.
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Allotment Widow
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Re: want my old username back please | sean wrote: |
Watcherwant? I could delete AW (who only made five posts) and change TT's name to AW if you like? That's prolly the easiest way to do it. |
Hi Sean...have learned that it is BAD to post on forum whilst drinking.
Please could you do the above, so I have AW username and my existing password. Thankyou.
As September comes it will be early nights and no drinking on a schoolnight.
a tired but coherent teacher!
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hedgewitch
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Re: want my old username back please | tired teacher wrote: |
As September comes it will be early nights and no drinking on a schoolnight.
a tired but coherent teacher! |
What - no goats and anoraks and dodgy usernames? 
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Allotment Widow
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Well maybe a few goats......
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sean
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Re: want my old username back please | Allotment Widow wrote: |
Please could you do the above, so I have AW username and my existing password. Thankyou. |
'Tis done.
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hedgewitch
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| Allotment Widow wrote: | | Well maybe a few goats...... |
Good stuff.
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sean
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Lizards?
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Allotment Widow
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To Sean,
The lizards, goats and anoraks are very grateful.
Now can we work on the bath panel!!!
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sean
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Good grief. Has he still not done the bath panel?
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Allotment Widow
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Shut up (hesaid).
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Allotment Widow
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| Allotment Widow wrote: | | Shut up (hesaid). |
get off my username !!!
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sean
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It's my mission in life now. If Behemoth finally fits the bath panel then my work here will be done.
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Allotment Widow
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hurrah!!!
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Behemoth
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| sean wrote: | | It's my mission in life now. If Behemoth finally fits the bath panel then my work here will be done. |
There are greater forces at work in the universe than you.
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sean
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That's where you're wrong, foolish mortal.
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Jamanda
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| sean wrote: | | It's my mission in life now. If Behemoth finally fits the bath panel then my work here will be done. |
Ha! Never mind their bath panel, what about the cider press? 
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Behemoth
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Has Sean be remiss?
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hedgewitch
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| Jamanda wrote: | | sean wrote: | | It's my mission in life now. If Behemoth finally fits the bath panel then my work here will be done. |
Ha! Never mind their bath panel, what about the cider press? |
Is Behemoth making you a cider press? Don't trust him - he's got a bath panel to finish first. 
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Behemoth
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I've never mentioned a Cider Press! There is the issue of the bit of skirting board in the hall and fixing the living room mantle piece to the wall but no Cider press.
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judith
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Cider press sounds like a good project.
You would have no time for bath panels then.
And you would be one up on Sean.
Go for it!
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hedgewitch
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| judith wrote: | And you would be one up on Sean.
Go for it! |
That pasty competition really brought out your competitive streak.
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judith
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| hedgewitch wrote: | | That pasty competition really brought out your competitive streak. |
It may have been playing croquet last night. That really brings out my nasty side!
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hedgewitch
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| judith wrote: | | hedgewitch wrote: | | That pasty competition really brought out your competitive streak. |
It may have been playing croquet last night. That really brings out my nasty side! |
I find crazy golf does that to me. Small children be damned - it's WINNING that counts!
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judith
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Absolutely!
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tahir
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| hedgewitch wrote: | | I find crazy golf does that to me. Small children be damned - it's WINNING that counts! |
Yeah I was like that in Spain, and yes I did win!
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