It's been really manic at work with everyone going off sick in work and with me being the cover supervisor I've been covering GCSE Science through to year 7 DT.
There's an assumption that cover means the lesson is planned and the students sit there nicely and get on with their work.
The reality is at this early stage of term all topics are new and year 7's are new. If you work in a secondary school or have kids that age you'll know that behaviour these days isn't the best and any change from the norm is an excuse for an attempt to get away with murder.
As cover I'm moving from class to class trying to set up my lap top at the same time as the kids arrive, get the task on entry on the board, find the books etc and take the register and it's manic.
It's also not just the subject teachers who go off sick, so do admin, so I've been covering all roles the past few weeks and on Thursday morning, my migraine was no longer manageable with medication and I ended up off work sick.
Thankfully there was no cover needed that day, but for a change, I actually needed covering which I found quite amusing.
I was only off the one day and I was back on Friday and the Head and a member of SLT and my line manager, two members of the Trust and a few colleagues not only asked how I was, but came out of their way to check in on me and asked if I should actually be in work today and said they weren't surprised I'd had a migraine with all the additional responsibilities I'd willingly taken on over the previous couple of weeks.
I'm not used to being looked after or even looking after myself and I had been struggling into work all week not feeling well at all, but on Thursday I realised enough was enough and I needed the day off to take care of myself.
Friday after work I drove to South Wales for a night camping in the van by the sea. Saturday a parkrun and a day in Barry before watching the football and a night with friends and Sunday is being spent with family and friends for breakfast and a halloween party.
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