The most recent Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) made between the teachers’ professional associations and the government included a new arrangement called Professional Practice Days. From the beginning of this school year each full time teacher is able to arrange one day per term when they are withdrawn from their class teaching responsibility to devote time to other aspects of their professional practice. This might include report writing, attending professional learning, updating assessment records or holding a more in depth meeting with another professional, e.g. educational psychologist. In making this arrangement the Education Department is mindful of the importance of balancing the need for children to be learning from their designated class teacher with the benefits for those same students from the teachers having extra time to complete really important jobs that ought not to be squeezed into evenings and weekends. Professional Practice Days can be taken individually or as whole year group team. Both the date when these days are taken and the work that is done on them must be agreed by the Principal in advance.