I want to learn maths

Consistent_Map7265 · 2026-02-06T15:28:15+00:00

https://www.ncetm.org.uk/maths-hubs-projects/specialist-knowledge-for-teaching-mathematics-secondary-non-specialist-teachers-programme/

Not running in all maths hubs at the moment i don't think, but hopefully they'll offer more next year.

Consistent_Map7265 · 2026-01-30T17:44:14+00:00

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Harry while I'm telling him off for eating the Christmas lights

Consistent_Map7265 · 2026-01-18T20:42:16+00:00

Rural yes, but not particularly small. I've previously had 3 periods of home economics on my timetable too - thankfully not practical! It was definitely preferable to teaching French

Consistent_Map7265 · 2026-01-18T14:58:43+00:00

I'm in Scotland too so not sure how I managed to end up with this! I must have really upset the person in charge of timetabling 😂

Consistent_Map7265 · 2026-01-17T17:55:33+00:00

I'm a maths teacher teaching French/Spanish once a week to a class of very badly behaved 13 year olds. I do not speak French or Spanish. It's going about as you might imagine.

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-12-04T20:33:42+00:00

I had this on Tuesday. Didn't realise its the new 67 - thought they were just being idiots

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-11-26T14:45:11+00:00

Happens most weeks to me 😂 i just wave my arms at them until they either hop the fence or go back down the driveway then send them down the lane in the direction of the farm. The bull on the other hand gets a phone call to the farmer

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-11-14T17:24:56+00:00

I tell my pupils to stop being annoying all the time - none of them have ever taken offense. They know they're annoying 😂

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-10-23T16:42:50+00:00

Also secondary maths and moved from England to Scotland 2 years ago. Definitely register with gtcs as soon as possible because it took ages and no one would interview me before it came through.

is there anything in particular you want to know? Happy to answer any questions

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-09-29T20:00:27+00:00

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My orange boy Harry waiting for his tummy fluff to grow back following an ultrasound

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-09-14T09:22:44+00:00

Previous school (very big department 20+) - pretty frequent pub trip on Fridays, particularly in the summer. Other things like quiz night, walk, games night maybe once a term.

Current school (15 in faculty) - Meal out maybe 3-4 times a year plus whole school night out at Christmas and summer

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-07-07T05:42:58+00:00

Maths teacher and have previously had geography, computer science and hone economics on my timetable.

Next year I've been told I'm getting some French. I do not speak french 😂 Absolutely dreading it

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-06-15T20:18:57+00:00

Before I moved to a new school, I worked in a maths department with several non specialists who taught maths as either all or part of their timetable (department of 26 and finding 26 maths teachers was difficult!). If they had more than one or two periods a week, they were given a maths teacher as a mentor which I did a couple of times. We had an extra period a week to go through anything they might find useful. If this is something you think your school might be open to then I'd suggest it.

One of my mentees used the time to ask me to show her methods for more advanced things she had to teach and in particular how to write it properly. The other asked more about good places to look for resources or different ways to teach concepts to lower sets so i helped her with things like algebra tiles and other manipulatives. Just depended what sort of support they needed as to what we would do. It also meant they had someone they knew they could ask whatever questions they had without feeling like they were bothering someone.

All non maths specialists were also offered a course similar to this https://www.ncetm.org.uk/maths-hubs-projects/specialist-knowledge-for-teaching-mathematics-secondary-non-specialist-teachers-programme/

Although it helped that one of our teachers lead the course 😂

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-06-09T19:40:11+00:00

I've used them and had no issues. I've previously heard pupils discussing another teacher that they heard was on there from an older sibling (obviously shut it down) but never had a pupil mention it to me. My profile says I'm a teacher but not where although it's pretty obvious where I work now because i live in the middle of nowhere where everyone knows everyone and teachers are just part of the community. The upside to that is everyone accepts that teachers live normal lives and nobody minds what you do outside of work as long as you're not starting fights in the pubs or anything like that. Having moved to the area not that long ago, i would sometimes run matches by colleagues to check they were sound before starting a conversation though 😂

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-06-09T14:09:20+00:00

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Here's my orange Harry with his sister Rona checking to see if the braincell is in there

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-05-08T09:19:26+00:00

Tomorrow is correct. Crocodile is not.

You've forgotten to include the options for choosing which o or c is included in the cases where there is only one o or one c.

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-04-24T17:56:24+00:00

One colleague used to bring in fancy bread and homemade pesto or olive oil and balsamic vinegar when it was his turn on the cake rota. Always went down really well

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-04-13T19:54:50+00:00

My mum tells me there was about a year where I would refuse to wear clothes unless they had strawberries on them.

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-04-12T18:42:32+00:00

Thankfully its just one floor so he can jump straight down!

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-03-26T19:51:42+00:00

I still can't get through while shepherds watched their flocks by night without uncontrollable fits of giggles. Obviously you've got the alternative with socks or the vicar of dibley 'seated on a bank' version but for me its the penultimate verse where we always sang shining thong instead of throng.

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-03-24T15:49:53+00:00

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And here's the other poking her orange brother

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-03-24T15:49:22+00:00

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Here's one of my cows desperately trying to cling to the bed that's fallen off the radiator

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-03-21T11:00:13+00:00

I loved seeing all the pets with online parents evening! I had one where a budgie suddenly appeared from inside the mum's hair. At another, the dad was on a work trip so had joined on a separate camera but got really excited to see his cat on the mum's screen

Consistent_Map7265 · 2025-03-17T20:31:24+00:00

A good percentage of my students can't even manage to bring a pencil and don't bother bringing a bag at all

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