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@rjpritchard.bsky.social

Physics teaching. #CogSciSci and evidence informed education enthusiast. Runner.

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Damn. Hell of a line up.

27.05.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks. Will give it a go! Got some portable pull-up bars for the garden but thinking when the weather is rough some rings in the garage (if I can reduce the clutter) will work well.

27.05.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Garage collapse and (worse) angry wife.

27.05.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For structural engineering reasons or exercise aversion reasons?

27.05.2025 15:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He taught me so much. Like how to escape quicksand and whirlpools.

27.05.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™ve got a couple of beams in the garage (see bad pics, apologies for the mess).
Iโ€™d like to throw a couple of gymnastic rings over the top of one for calisthenics. Anyone with any knowledge of structural support know if thatโ€™s a bad idea? Iโ€™m about 75kg.

27.05.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks. Yeah the alien one would be my first choice! And The Thing one possibly.

Is it easy enough to get the hang of?

26.05.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m intrigued by this. Looks ace. Which packs did you get? Is there a way to get them without breaking the bank?

26.05.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m lucky enough to have completed a course on Carousel Teaching and can say it is without doubt the best online professional development Iโ€™ve ever experienced. Brilliantly put together and plenty of fantastic, real classroom practice (like Abi) to learn from.
Cannot recommend it enough.

23.05.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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LOVE this video of Abi. So much to learn. What do you notice?

If you like this video and want more, book a demo: calendly.com/adam-carouse...

23.05.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I do this. When you find one that works well for you, you stock up.

Plus running shoe manufacturers are always faffing around with the design and often ruin a perfectly good shoe (looking at you, Clifton 10).

18.05.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of the best opening songs on any album. Ever. Just breaks me every time.

16.05.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Still love this film. Have bought it again since ๐Ÿ˜‚

05.05.2025 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah wise. We waited til weโ€™d really got to grips with the basics before adding the expansions. Keeps it interesting

05.05.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social got me into this. Still our family favourite. I play quite tactically and aggressively (to the irritation of my family) and still lose most of the time.

05.05.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On the Huel? Or some other strategy?

05.05.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah pinching that

05.05.2025 07:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know itโ€™s a separate argument but teachers really shouldnโ€™t be doing printing either. There should be someone in reprographics who sorts this.

The only time I photocopy is when Iโ€™ve not been organised enough to ask reprographics to sort it (quite often tbf)

05.05.2025 07:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Then I think it would require discussion as to whatโ€™s best with the Head of English. They might prefer this option to having an unknown teaching the class (even if it increases their workload a bit).

05.05.2025 06:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sure. You wouldnโ€™t hire a science teacher to do long term English supply though. Iโ€™m assuming (for whatever reason) the normal supply solution isnโ€™t an option.

05.05.2025 06:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™d argue that if they arenโ€™t an English teacher then they probably shouldnโ€™t be anywhere near marking and planning. Theyโ€™re essentially cover supervisor so whatever school policy is on that (for marking) should apply.

05.05.2025 06:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wanna hear the capacitors charging up. That rising pitch whine like the car in Back To The Future.

Would pay good money for this.

29.04.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think Iโ€™m just the freak with the supplements ๐Ÿ˜‚
Agree though, a book so good I buy it for other people.

29.04.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good work on the PB by the way!

29.04.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Simple Heart Rate Training Zone Calculatorโ€‹ | MyProCoach Use this simple calculator to create 5 training zones based on your age or maximal heart rate (if known). You can then print your results or download as a PDF!

I think the zones are a bit off if your max HR is 197! There are lots of HR zone calculators about and itโ€™s a bit of a fuzzy area without proper lab tests but something like this is pretty good

www.myprocoach.net/calculators/...

Being in zone 5 that long is pretty much impossible I think.

29.04.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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28.04.2025 06:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Excellent from @carlhendrick.substack.com. Taps into the way I'm learning at the moment, but also the way I see people engage with art. The idea of '...a world shaped by feeds and fragments, where comprehension is measured in clicks and content must gratify instantly or be discarded...' is too real.

19.04.2025 06:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

.. on it in school for research etc. Hoping theyโ€™re going to change the policy on this soon.

12.04.2025 07:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We gave our son an old iPhone at age 11 but itโ€™s locked down to only have maps, messaging and a few other things he needs for school. But that was very tricky to setup (and took a lot of nerd work on my part) securely. And irritatingly thereโ€™s an expectation at his school that he can use internet..

12.04.2025 07:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I totally get where youโ€™re coming from. But having people break laws is not a good reason not to have them.

Whatโ€™s the vibe like in the US? Whatโ€™s the standard age kids get smartphones? Itโ€™s almost standard by secondary school here (age 11).

11.04.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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