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Mark. North East England Maths teacher. https://themarkscheme.co.uk Here for education, maths, whisky, F1, data science, politics, vibes, and cheese recommendations.
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#edusky She published a book last year titled: "If the Gravy is Good. Then Lick the Plate". HAHAHAHAHA! schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-brok...

Dear whoever has the power to rectify this. MAKE MARBLE RUNS A UNIFORM SIZE! Daughter is obsessed, it's awesome, we make things together. But every charity shop visit where we acquire random parts always ends up with us getting an entirely new size of marble run that won't connect to anything else!

First certified banger of the year youtu.be/T1lFR5p0NhA?...

Was feeling quite smug about the "alarms on/back to work" posts, given our half term is just starting, but then realised I'm actually in work tomorrow anyway!

And on the eighth day God looked at the word, and felt eighth looks like it was spelled incorrectly, so just stuck at seven.

#ALevelMaths #mathstoday

#edusky This is 100% sincere. I have worked in FE for a decade now, by doing so I've missed the ballooning of MATs, I've never worked in one. I admit at times I've been sceptical from the outside, more so as to whether the system was really a necessity for the changes they drove. Question... 1/2

When you have aspirations but a budget. This afternoon I said "I hope the other camembert is on offer again soon, as this one is too loose"

#mathstoday #alevelmaths Lots of year 12 today. Tried a new trig activity to try and drill approaches early + discussed our methods in y12 further maths

#edusky #ofsted

Still can't get over this picture of Kid Rock and Calvin Robinson in a hotel room, both looking like they're Chris Lilley characters

Incredibly disappointing, a decision seemingly completely at odds with the growth rhetoric as of late

This is very pleasing to watch 😄

If I wasn't insufferable enough, I now make sourdough

#mathstoday We made approximations using our Binomial Expansion, and looked at our percentage error at different levels. (X2) We talked why all the integrals of sinxcosx can be the same and we integrated cos^2x, sin^2x and the other trig^2x. Then finished the day with quartiles, and UCAS mopup

Anyone?

#ukmathschat #alevelmaths teaching a L3 non A Level, requires a scientific project, a number of students leaning towards maths and engineering as progression, have a few ideas of possible projects to lean them towards but the sheer number has caught me a bit off guard, so need some help...

#mathstoday Asked L3 adult maths learners to "define mean"... Talked combinations, factorials and many things Pascal's triangle. A little bit of inductive proof for series. Some reverse chain rule to finish the day, which the finished with a team discussion around no note examples Nice day

This is the greatest thing I may have ever seen

Was going to avoid, but really stuck on... How many people calling for an inquiry know how long one would take with the scale they are calling for, and whether they would actually be happy with that? How many actually want an inquiry, how many actually just want blood? (Literal or otherwise)

Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…

Top class snow day today

#edusky Getting the blues a bit now. It's been an amazing 2 weeks with the family. This academic year is probably the heaviest and busiest of my career and there feels no end in sight, and even trying to think longer term I can't really see how it will change. Sure i'll feel better when with a class

#edusky Coffee with friends who left teaching. Adds further bleakness to FE beyond not getting the teachers 5.5% pay rise. Two (one in private sector, but providing a public service, one public sector) have had 11/13% pay rises over the last 18 months. How can FE investment be justified as so poor?

Okay here goes. My albums of the year. Not listened to as much this year as I have over the last few. Going for a dozen as well (no particular order) 1. All Hell by Los Campesinos! - open.spotify.com/album/0OC1Dw... ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Best song: double whammy, To Hell in a Handjob, into Clown Blood/Orpheus

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