We hope that parents, colleagues and friends will enjoy this parodying of a Zoom lesson. We would like to reassure everyone that this is not common place at Abingdon Prep, our boys arrive on time and are focussed for the vast majority of their online lessons. Many thanks to our Deputy Head, Rachel Pairman, for this insight into those rare occasions when everything doesn\u2019t go so smoothly!<\/p>\n
(All pupil names have been changed)<\/p>\n
Welcome to Zoom Maths<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, Theo, I know we can see James\u2019 dog but let\u2019s look at the white board now\u2026<\/p>\n …I\u2019m pleased your dog enjoyed the snow, Alex, but I\u2019m just going to mute you…and you, Sidney, even though it is impressive that your cat seems to enjoy maths lessons and sits on your keyboard\u2026<\/p>\n …Ollie you keep shouting that you can\u2019t hear me…can you hear me now? I can definitely hear you…try dropping out and coming back in again\u2026<\/p>\n …Harry, you are quite late, where have you been?…well, if you were sitting in someone else\u2019s waiting room for ten minutes it might have been worth checking your timetable if they haven\u2019t let you in\u2026<\/p>\n …Ollie, you obviously can\u2019t hear me still\u2026<\/p>\n …Teddy can\u2019t hear or be heard? How do you know, Sidney? Right, well, I\u2019m going to turn the chat off as I\u2019m not sure it helps if 12 of you have offered your IT suggestions to Teddy\u2026<\/p>\n …I will use the white board to write you a note instead \u2018T-e-d-d-y, i-s t-h-e-r-e a-n-y-o-n-e a-t h-o-m-e w-h-o c-a-n h-e-l-p?\u2019…<\/p>\n …Yes, Ollie, I can still hear you, let me write you a note too \u2018O-l-l-i-e, p-l-e-a-s-e s-t-o-p s-h-o-u-t-i-n-g \u2018I c-a-n-\u2019t h-e-a-r y-o-u\u2019, y-o-u w-i-l-l j-u-s-t h-a-v-e t-o l-o-o-k a-t t-h-e w-h-i-t-e b-o-a-r-d…<\/p>\n …Ah, I can see Teddy\u2019s mum has arrived to help and disappeared under the desk to look at the wires…hope you are ok Teddy\u2019s mum…<\/p>\n \u2026.James, why have you only just arrived? The lesson started a while ago…you were still eating your tuna bagel? Ah, I\u2019m just going to mute you James as I think your mum might need some privacy on the call to her work colleague about the contract\u2026.<\/p>\n \u2026.Ollie, I know you can\u2019t hear me but…let me write it down\u2026 \u2018W-e h-a-v-e-n-\u2019t g-o-t s-t-a-r-t-e-d y-e-t, l-o-t-s o-f t-e-c-h i-s-s-u-e-s\u2019…<\/p>\n …Ah thank you Teddy\u2019s mum, loud and clear now\u2026<\/p>\n …Tom, you are looking puzzled…are you ok or is there a problem? You need to unmute…unmute….I still can\u2019t hear you…can you hear me? Well that\u2019s something…so it must be a problem at your end…oh, Tom…do you have a new headset?…you have it on back to front…the mic is pointing to the back of your head…you need to turn it around\u2026.there we are…<\/p>\n …Ooh, Alex and other boys in the IT suite, I\u2019m just going to have to mute you a second as Y5\u2019s vocal warm up in their music lesson behind you is quite enthusiastic and I\u2019m struggling to hear your answer\u2026.<\/p>\n \u2018N-o O-l-l-i-e s-t-i-l-l n-o-t s-t-a-r-t-e-d\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 10 February 2021 We hope that parents, colleagues and friends will enjoy this parodying of a Zoom lesson. We would like to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n