We have a PSHE day just around the corner. Rather than having regular lessons for the pupils they go off timetable every now and then to have a day of lessons about drugs, for instance.
As a rule of thumb we shouldn't have to teach more than four lessons - out of a possible five - on one of these days, mainly because the lessons are very involved and wear you out. However this time I seem to have been scheduled for a full five, which is okay because it's my job to teach lessons but I thought it was a bit odd so when I bumped into a colleague who works in the pastoral side of things I brought it up. She was an NQT at the same time I was and has gone on to be a major player in running Key Stage Three, whereas I still look and occasionally act like I should actually be in Key Stage Three myself. It's not really her area but she much less scary than the other Key Stage leaders.
She reckoned it was either a mistake or the person in charge of timetabling the day thought I'd be a safe pair of hands to be teaching five lessons in the day.
So it's definitely a mistake then.
Whilst I was at it I mentioned that one of the lesson plans refered to a website that doesn't appear to exist anymore, rendering one of the activities obsolete. My colleague said that two people should have checked it out and the lesson plan shouldn't have even been given out with duff information on it. She praised me for being organised enough to have spotted it in advance. So from starting a conversation with a bit of a moan I get to look like a hero and end up make someone else look like a dickhead. Isn't life great?
