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I would also add having a seating plan or other way of recording monitoring available. It’s a handy way to check on a whole class level of something might need to be reiterated, or come back to in the moment.

For those of us who are of a certain age, you might find the lyrics to Snooker Loopy by Chas and Dave a help for one of the questions.

Enjoyed this post and would also add that having really felt as though I was stagnating a couple of years ago, it led to significant dissatisfaction. A new context made all the difference.

Totally agree, although Maro Itoje is an exception.

And their shareholders should stump up cash for running costs, if necessary. Surely that’s part of having a stake in a business.

Day 38 Physics & Physical Sci - Did @cossettej.bsky.social newton block lab. Lots of setup so did it with both classes. My old set of blocks were beat up and missing pieces so adapted my set of a million go cars to do the same thing. Great lab to do each year! #iteachphysics #teach180

‘Six-seven’: what does the latest slang mean (and should parents be worried)? It originated in a rap song, then featured in South Park, and is now the bane of schoolteachers in the US and UK as pupils shout it out at random. How did it become such a thing?

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

She would have founded ResearchEd 👏🏼

Has anyone mentioned The History Boys yet? Absolutely wonderful cast.

And thinking about smashing stereotypes…’Assume that I canI’

ds-int.org/assume-that-...

Yes - but I think there’s a crossover.

@drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social could help out with his Tutor Group Think presentations.

Been inspired by the Green Party lately? We've got a by-election in Hale and an opportunity to elect Orla as our next Green councillor.

Elections don't come cheap
so if you can chip in to make this happen please do.

@traffordgreenparty.bsky.social

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/lets-keep-...

My Dad and I share our Wordle scores every day, and today he got his in SIX-SEVAAAN. He’s 76 and I hope he appreciates the irony.
In other news, he baked me a Christmas cake yesterday, and I’d better remember to bring my cake tin down to Suffolk next week.

Minute Cryptic - 22 October, 2025

More André Previn and less Andrew Preview 🎶🎶🎶

"Private investigator losing 50 from roulette spin" (9)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (36,920 solvers so far).
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Joan Lingard: What was the legacy of the Kevin and Sadie books? Joan Lingard's five-book series published during the 1970s captured the idea that young people could overcome conflict in Northern Ireland.

This might be a nice trip down Memory Lane for anyone who studied Romeo and Juliet alongside Across the Barricades for their GCSE English exams back in the day #EduSkyUK

When Kevin Met Sadie: The books that 'opened the way for a generation' www.bbc.com/news/article...

I think that’s the same now where students can be on a course where some have, and some haven’t got a grade 4 in E&M. Problem being that attendance to resit classes, in my experience, is low. Targets for passing are such that students are being set up to fail is an open secret.

I have questions around why these new English and maths qualifications shouldn’t just sit as compulsory modules within the body of whatever level 1 or 2 qualification the learner is undertaking. People need to continue to practice, regardless of their GCSE grade.

Have had music by The Beastie Boys on my mind all day

open.qobuz.com/track/62437201

Enjoyed this one, in a “for goodness sake” kind of way.

Minute Cryptic - 20 October, 2025
"Uproar from little brother texting you "LOL"" (8)
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🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (21,603 solvers so far).
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Been a while since I've uploaded anything new to the site. I recently needed to make a new sheet on scalars on vectors, so have uploaded that here:

sciencedoctor.school.blog/physics-ks4/...

No way! I’m going to be there next week when I visit my parents. Which café? 🙌🏼

Where???

That was originally on my lost list, but lost myself is more obvious

Yes, but can take that track or leave it 🤷🏻‍♀️

3-5 solid 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

1. Lost myself - Longpigs
2. Sunshine on Leith - The Proclaimers
3. Listen to your heart - Roxette
4. Moving on up - Primal Scream
5. Big love - Fleetwood Mac
#FridayFive is wondering where we are…

Where am I? #FridayFive

Not a clue. But it looks fun / messy 🤩