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    Posted by: heathernorton79 23/08/2011 at 09:31
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    I am interested to find out what specific items teachers buy themselves to aid their work - stationary, books, resources etc. and if they are happy to do this. What resources would you really like for your 'toolkit'....if you had a wish list what would be on it?
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    Posted by: pinkflipflop 23/08/2011 at 10:17
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    Do you mean buying stuff for school?

    I don't spend a penny on stuff for school.

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    Posted by: jmntsp 23/08/2011 at 20:18
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    No smiley stickers, pinkflipflop??  I have some stamps and a little inkpad that say things like, 'Well Done!' and 'Good Work' etc.  They were pretty cost effective, cos I've had them donkey's years.  My husband gave me a great stamp one year that read, 'Am I supposed to read this cr@p?' and I really, really, really just want to stamp in on every single book for certain classes.....sadly I've never dared use it.  But think how quickly you could mark Y9 work.......

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    Posted by: pinkflipflop 23/08/2011 at 20:34
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    The school pays for them.

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    Posted by: jmntsp 24/08/2011 at 01:00
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    Golly....I've taught for 20 odd years and never had a school that did that.  Lucky you.  Secondary or primary? 

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    Posted by: dylan83 24/08/2011 at 08:34
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     The only thing I buy is sweets, and that's to make my own life a bit easier in terms of discipline: stickers just don't cut it for KS4 classes.

    I don't buy stationery or anything else.  I buy the odd book but that's for my use, not students'.

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    Posted by: leadlearner 25/08/2011 at 12:03
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    Some unnecessary but nice stationery eg: stickers, little rewards at end of term, interesting books on teaching to make my life easier, some books out of interest on topics connected with topics I am teaching.,
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    Posted by: Waterfin 03/09/2011 at 22:40
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    I do buy things for school, from time to time.

    About ten years ago, the school I worked in had so little money left in the budget (unexpected cuts in the Council budget, dropping role numbers and trying to avoid redundancies in the staff) we were so hard up that the head teacher bought the photocopier paper out of her own money.  There was nothing in the stock room and I bought my own display paper, pencils, paints etc.  Selfishly, it made it easier to teach how I wanted and it was nice that my classroom could still have nice displays in it etc whereas everywhere else looked a bit dull.

    These days I put receipts in to school for things I purchase.  Usually I ask first, sometimes I risk it if it is something I particulary like, that I can find a use for myself on the offchance that school won't pay for it. 

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    Posted by: jennybrice 03/10/2011 at 12:52
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    Anything that we wanted in the science department, we had to buy ourselves, as there was never any 'petty cash'.  This extended to hearts for dissection, food materials for food tests.  As far as hearts were concerned, the major beneficiary was our pet dog. 

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    Posted by: NQT2004 10/10/2011 at 08:48
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    Nothing here either... put all reciepts into office and as a school we buy stickers, praise pads and all other needed items.

    If you need it to teach then school should buy it things like stickers, teacher books, reading books, display resources etc etc etc are all part of teaching. Schools expect good progress, learning and behaviour so should provide the tools needed to support this.

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