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Is it my job to clean out all the cupboards in all the labs? I have 7 of them, one of which is cockroach haven.. I just do not have the energy to sit on the floor and wash out each cupboard individually.. and I wonder why I should do it.

My s-i-l teaches at a large school in Victoria and they have snakes.. they have so many of them that they have a demountable building full of their cages AND a large outdoor snake pit area beside the buildings. They have a never-ending supply of student volunteers to help and the teacher who started...

You girls are sure busy people.. how do you do it?
Superwomen all of you!

I have even been told that it is not my job to do the whole school, but when the info came in - guess whose desk it was passed to? When I queried that, I was told that "no one" else had the time, 'someone' had to do it, 'no one ' knew how, and 'everyone' knew I had the skills, then it all ...

we do have them around the school - Office works were on supplier.

The document macca posted was written in 2014.. so wouldn't you think that all of the Do E schools would have received it??-bet it didn't filter down to the people who have to deal with it. I have gathered all my 37 Moh's kits, boxes of minerals and now await advice from HOD as to what to do wiuth t...

Isn't it a wonderful thing to be a grandma! Congratulations. I just wish all mine were within reach.. have 3 in Sydney and 2 in the USA.. I am so grateful for Skype

Thinking about the Moh's sets.. we do not have the top 3 - diamond, corundum or topaz - in the kits, now we are withdrawing the bottom one.. well that only leaves the middle lot of 6 testing items.. and IS it still in the curriculum? My 4 sets get used only twice each in each year.. a lot of fuss an...

I have been assured by my supplier that there is no Asbestos in the Moh's kits, and none in the talc .. I am asking for a statement to that effect.. do not Panic... As I drive through Sydney and Newcastle I look at the thousands of 50's 60's houses, mostly public housing .. and they are ALL clad ins...

I have cartridges from Liquipro. 42/3 Kelso Crescent, Moorebank, Sydney. email support@liquipro.com They cost $85 and last 250 litres.

Just did some research - doors have to be 850mm CLEAR width.. so our class doors to all but one lab ar wide enough.. the prep room doors are definitely not, they are not even normal door width..

Does anyone else have a pet peeve about all the photos in text books that show the Bunsen burner sitting on a heat pad? Teachers follow these photos and teach the kids to do that, and I spend my time trying to point out that is is illogical. A Bunsen burner base does not get that hot - the heat mat ...

NOPE..they put one lab in another building so it was at ground level, the demountable lab they put a ramp to it..but that is it! The Disabled Toilets are used by the cleaners to store their gear. We hav eonly just gor a lift because we have a new building.. but once in the classes there is no accomm...

We had Yabbies, stick insects, fish tanks.. but because the HOD had to sign as Animal Welfare Officer and there are strict rules - we now have NONE. I am not sure whether I am sad or happy. At least I don't have to come in on holidays to feed fish or take 3 huge cages of stick insects home to take o...

Thank you - I coudlnt see the link.. have done that now

wonder how you subscribe

gotto love kids!

major thing to think about is service and parts - how easy to get..
Westlab have one may be good to look at. We use Data harvest here, even though I wanted to go to another type...
Take your time, get reps to come and show you..

and to know that they have reconsidered that prac and don't want it this week but maybe in 2 weeks time..

oh yes Lyn, hand-holding of casuals and interns, trying to work around teachers who hold an informal staff meeting [whinge meeting] in your prep room while you are desperately trying to get a prac exam ready.