There are some bit of pupil mischief that you feel bad for clamping down on. Today, as you may have heard on the news was the NUT strike. I'm not going to say much about that beyond commenting that it makes the chances of my joining the NUT next year fairly slim. Anyhow, my new school was able to open for uppers school (that is years 10-13), but years 7, 8 and 9 weren't in. Hence a letter was sent to the parents of pupils in year 7, 8 and 9 to explain that due to Industrial Action, they wouldn't be able to come into school that day.
This letter was apparently published on the school website. The staff meeting this morning there were reports that some of the year 10 pupils has downloaded the letter, edited it to read "years 7, 8, 9 and 10" then handed it to their parents to their parents to get a question-free day off.
This is clearly truancy, but at the same time, there's an extent that you don't want to trample on the ingenuity. I almost want to give them some reward for their creativity...
This letter was apparently published on the school website. The staff meeting this morning there were reports that some of the year 10 pupils has downloaded the letter, edited it to read "years 7, 8, 9 and 10" then handed it to their parents to their parents to get a question-free day off.
This is clearly truancy, but at the same time, there's an extent that you don't want to trample on the ingenuity. I almost want to give them some reward for their creativity...
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