The authors are obviously brilliant teachers who really care about their pupils and the situations are easy to relate to apart from some bloke-ish tales and a preoccupation with 'wind'.

THIS IS YOUR Own Time You’re Wasting: Classroom Confessions THIS IS YOUR Own Time You’re Wasting: Classroom Confessions

Coming out the other side of the pandemic years, podcast sensations Lee and Adam Parkinson aka the Two Mr Ps bring you the most hilarious, ridiculous anecdotes from inside our primary schools.Admittedly, there were some genuinely insightful comments and commentary about teaching during the pandemic towards the end of the book (hence the second star), but I felt it was very much too little, too late. It perfectly sums up the life of a teacher and I recognised a lot of things that I've said and experienced in the classroom.

This Is Your Own Time You’re Wasting: Classroom Confessions

I was hugely entertained as I read it from cover to cover and the content included was all brilliant. However, as it stands, much of this book *may* go over the heads of general readers - and I really do wonder if the manuscript was seen by an editor prior to publication. Coming out the other side of the pandemic years, podcast sensations Lee and Adam Parkinson – aka the Two Mr Ps – bring you the most hilarious, ridiculous anecdotes from inside our primary schools. My only negative is that large chunks of the book are taken up with rants about politics and that really spoils it. Yes, by all means, share stories from the classroom (I could tell a few of my own), but this reads like office gossip and I had trouble believing it.I flittered between audio and digital, and the narration version had me laughing loudly whilst hanging out the washing. You will recognise the hilarious tales and one off lines from your own school days, from your kids, or from your experiences of lockdown homeschooling.

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Full of humour and heart, you won't look at your little darlings, your school parent friends, or your kid's teacher the same way again. I found the book largely unreadable for a few reasons: firstly, it is poorly formatted on kindle, so the different fonts used to indicate the respective author of a section doesn’t display. But one issue I had was the book's general style; if, like their first book this was generated via their podcast, it's a shame that it reads like a transcription of said podcast. It’s time to sit up and listen … From the stars of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(Cast) and the bestselling authors of Put a Wet Paper Towel On It comes a book filled with chaos, clangers and confessions from the … classrooms.I was fortunate enough to be an advanced reader of the original work ' Put A Wet Paper Towel on It: The Weird and Wonderful World of Primary Schools'. It’s a quick read, helped by the light and easy tone the book takes - it feels almost conversational. With chapters covering things like 'Show and Tell' and 'Teaching Through A Pandemic', and 'Weird Parent Interactions', this needs celebrating for providing some humour in today's harsh climates. Having seen and loved Lee and Adam Parkinson when I saw them on This Morning, and having experience of volunteering in Early Years education and teacher training, I was expecting to love this book - but unfortunately, I found it disappointing.