The title… well it’s about a quiz on BBC Four. Some people call it Only Connect. Because that’s its name. A few days ago I posted about the Lazy Caterer’s Sequence and this was the answer to a question on the quiz. I knew it instantly because of writing for this blog. That’s rare that […]
A disappointment this evening as the people we were coming round tonight ended up not being able to due to their young daughter being unwell. She will be well soon. This meant a freshly cleared evening to try and clear some of the items on our respective jobs list. In theory. In actuality, we didn’t […]
Today was Parent’s Evening at school – a busy day which totally drains me as the constant thinking and talking just wears me out! Upon getting home I had a lovely tea made by Mrs Pitts and then caught up on some TV. Right now, Sky F1 is showing the 1998 Japanese Grand Prix, the […]
Well, the lovely Val from Grange Moor tweaked my arrangement of Heroes this week. And while I was initially sceptical about her changes, it made the piece more playable for the group. It actually sounds like the song now. I would never have begun the project if it hadn’t been a specific request from an […]
Thursday afternoon is my PPA (Planning, Preparation and Assessment) time in school. Usually I spend it in school working in the office alongside a colleague and it’s a good time to get lots of useful jobs done. Most of my current colleagues tend to go home and work, more often than not I don’t – […]
I can’t think of much that has happened today. It has flown by. I have resolved a few ICT things in school and learnt a lot about eyebrow waxing. I decided to clear the afternoon of lessons and work on listening skills with my class by playing some barrier games. The children showed me they […]
As with other months, we’ve been quietly working on filling up our geocaching calendar. Today, we filled up September, giving us six months now with no gaps: This leaves 111 days left to fill, just over 30% of the year. The winter months, though, tend to be more difficult as the nights draw in quickly […]
Work today was good. Had my usual Thursday afternoon for planning, preparation and assessment time (PPA) after a Literacy lesson and a Numeracy lesson in the morning. Actually they had some frustrations attached to them, which a relatively trivial and I’ve pretty much covered before. This afternoon, I worked on my list of jobs that […]
All I’e done today is work. Believe it or not, I feel a little behind in things already after only two weeks of teaching. Things get a little more hectic this week as I have a student teacher working alongside me in their induction to the school – she will be teaching on and off […]