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Four-year-old twins Esme, right, and Leah Crilly-Brady get settled in on the first day of the new school year at St Catherine's Church of Ireland National School on Donore Avenue, Dublin 8 Mark Stedman
Mark Stedman
Catching up on the childrens’ ‘news’
New baby siblings, holidays, a deadly stick they found…
Sunday 17 November, 2024
Sunday 17 November, 2024
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The best and worst things about going back to school...
IT’S NOT JUST the kids that are full of dread/delight at the thought of going back to school you know.
Here are the best and worst things for teachers returning to the classroom…
WORST
1. Being called mammy
They’ve been saying “MAMMY, MAMMY, MAMMY” all summer, so naturally they’re going to transfer it onto you.
2. Correcting copies until all hours
It doesn’t all end at 3pm you know.
3. Being constantly covered in chalk
4. Dubious presents at Christmas/summer
Oh, a liquorice scented candle. You really, really shouldn’t have.
5. You can’t go anywhere outside of school…
… without a child roaring “AH THERE’S TEEEECHUUUUR”.
6. They’re your responsibility now
BEST
Catching up on staffroom gossip
Welcoming the Junior Infants
Catching up on the childrens’ ‘news’
New baby siblings, holidays, a deadly stick they found…
Lovely new supplies
The rewards
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