Good News / Bad News

The good news today is that I found out that the government have backed down over the removal of the 85 year rule with regard to public sector workers. Its removal was the reason for strike action earlier this year, so I guess it worked.

The bad news is that the laptops that the SSDN mentors had been promised have failed to materialise. Oh well we will just have to wait until next term and see if they turn up.

It will be work as usual on Monday for me. I wont be on holiday for another couple of weeks as my terms and conditions of employment are the same as other council workers which means my annual leave allowance is five weeks, the majority of which I usually take during the summer. I'll be able to commandeer a couple of classrooms and fill them with all the materials and resources that need topped up, serviced and freshened up a bit before the start of the new term on 21st of August. It seems so far away !!