McRainy

Still looks ill to me. 

Still looks ill to me. 

Still looks ill to me. 

Still looks ill to me. 

Is it still plugged in?

You want pictures of her neeps?
 

I'm sure a wise man on here has given the advice that you should always install every update possible?
 

Sorry 11.2 yeah that's the latest, you've gone from iOS 7 to 11 that's quite a jump, 4 year old phone now, bit late now but probably should have stayed at iOS 9 at the latest. They shouldn't really let phones go that far tbh.
Battery life will have reduced, they have cycle counts and lose around 20% of it's charge maybe 18 months in with normal usage. No battery lives for ever! They may replace it for the £25 charge but it won't help with the speed now and no way of downgrading either.
 

Yes but this comes without the risk of fire

It sounds like it’s borderline bullying then. If she doesn’t already, I’d begin keeping a record of every incident, email etc and make the Head aware of what’s happening. A colleague of mine did just that and the offending party got a warning, which reigned her in considerably. 
Might also be worth talking to her union rep or HR about it. 

Tell her to keep her head down,they never hang around long,they usually promote them to get rid...hope she’s ok.

My girlfriend is having similar problems at the moment. New head of department is creating work for the sake of it – asking for schemes of work to be re-written in a new (ridiculously long) format. Nothing wrong with the old format. She's just trying to stamp her mark on things to make herself feel important and relevant.
 

Just get out of teaching before it makes you really ill. You don’t realise how much damage you’re doing yourself by forcing yourself to carry on when it’s making you feel like that.
I carried on until I started getting migraines every week. Eventually I went to the doctor, who signed me off for six months. That was three years ago... I never went back. Once I stopped I completely collapsed; I hardly left the house for the first three months. 
I doesn’t matter what noises people make, if you don’t feel supported then you’re not being, at least not in the way that is right for you. We had a new department head, and within one year three of us had gone off with long term stress conditions and a further seven resigned or took early retirement. 
The pressure is immense and the whole system is absurd, in my opinion. You mustn’t feel that it is your individual weakness that is making you struggle, it is actually the ones who are strong enough to keep going when the situation is awful  who end up suffering like this. 
I have several friends who have been through it, got out of teaching and never looked back. I know it seems impossible when you rely on your salary, but there’s always a way and nothing is more important than your health. 

Just get out of teaching before it makes you really ill. You don’t realise how much damage you’re doing yourself by forcing yourself to carry on when it’s making you feel like that.
I carried on until I started getting migraines every week. Eventually I went to the doctor, who signed me off for six months. That was three years ago... I never went back. Once I stopped I completely collapsed; I hardly left the house for the first three months. 
I doesn’t matter what noises people make, if you don’t feel supported then you’re not being, at least not in the way that is right for you. We had a new department head, and within one year three of us had gone off with long term stress conditions and a further seven resigned or took early retirement. 
The pressure is immense and the whole system is absurd, in my opinion. You mustn’t feel that it is your individual weakness that is making you struggle, it is actually the ones who are strong enough to keep going when the situation is awful  who end up suffering like this. 
I have several friends who have been through it, got out of teaching and never looked back. I know it seems impossible when you rely on your salary, but there’s always a way and nothing is more important than your health. 

Just get out of teaching before it makes you really ill. You don’t realise how much damage you’re doing yourself by forcing yourself to carry on when it’s making you feel like that.
I carried on until I started getting migraines every week. Eventually I went to the doctor, who signed me off for six months. That was three years ago... I never went back. Once I stopped I completely collapsed; I hardly left the house for the first three months. 
I doesn’t matter what noises people make, if you don’t feel supported then you’re not being, at least not in the way that is right for you. We had a new department head, and within one year three of us had gone off with long term stress conditions and a further seven resigned or took early retirement. 
The pressure is immense and the whole system is absurd, in my opinion. You mustn’t feel that it is your individual weakness that is making you struggle, it is actually the ones who are strong enough to keep going when the situation is awful  who end up suffering like this. 
I have several friends who have been through it, got out of teaching and never looked back. I know it seems impossible when you rely on your salary, but there’s always a way and nothing is more important than your health. 

Struggling again. Anxiety taking over. Self confidence at an all time low. Strange isn't it how people can tell you every day how valued you are and how good you are, but I just can't take it as praise. Have to turn it into a negative.
Feeling I have to hide it from SLT at work is horrible too.
Teaching is hard enough, without having this mental monkey on my back every minute. So very tiring.
Just when you think its gone it comes back bigger than ever.
Shakes, nerves, nausea, headaches. Just getting to the end of the day, end of the week, end of the term, end of the year.

I have no idea but I sure know which cheese to use to hide a horse....
Mascarpone

You never know, I might be able to flog a few sculptures...

Watch it when the arts festival hits town 

I’m actually in the process of moving there from Cromford, but I’ve lived the longest in Bonsall so Wirksworth is going to seem like bright lights, big city.
I do hope I’ll cope with all the excitement. 

Love Wirksworth. Proper quaint Derbyshire peak town.

I play with a small group of friends currently. No mansion though, just a tiny cottage in Wirksworth. 

I have had mixed success finding games that the kids will like over the years , but the one game they pretty much will always play is Arkham Horror , a great fun , atmospheric co-op game

My 14yo lad loves board games, we got him Dead of Winter last year and Pandemic this year (he usually takes them round to his Grandads at the weekend!) as birthday presents
Not a huge fan of board games myself but Dead of Winter is pretty good as is The Resistance (not played Pandemic yet), I actually had a lot of fun playing that last Christmas! I enjoy deceiving my fellow players to reach the victory goal purely for myself 
Anyway, links to games are here. Other shops are available!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plaid-Hat-Games-Winter-Crossroads/dp/B00HFKITJC/ref=sr_1_1?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1516360043&sr=1-1&keywords=dead+of+winter
https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Resistance-RES2IBC-Board-Game/dp/B008A2BA8G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516360026&sr=8-1&keywords=the+resistance
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Z-Man-Games-ZMG71100-Pandemic-Board/dp/B00A2HD40E/ref=sr_1_1?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1516360070&sr=1-1&keywords=pandemic

Have you seen the Dungeons and Dragons Movies , first one was absolute Pants , but I quite liked the second and third , in fact my avatar is the Elf Sorceress from the second movie using her 'Ring of the Ram'