Hi girls,
i too am a teacher, teaching grade 5/6 this year. I am due at the start of April so decided not to go back next year! This means I will only be 26 weeks by tht time I finish off. When I looked at the dates for next year, I realised that if I stopped working at 33 weeks, I would only be going back for a couple of weeks so decided it was not worth the disruption for the school and would allow me to totally relax before bub comes along. I am sure to get bored though so hope to get lots of Scrapbooking done from my Africa trip earlier in the year. This way I still get paid for the Summer holidays as well as the 14 weeks maternity leave. My pay increment is due on the 26th Jan so at least I will get paid the extra amount for the 14 weks too which works out well. Mel