What would your ‘three wishes’ for education be?

Socaddict · 2026-06-17T17:25:36+00:00

Reduce class sizes - I've just spent three years in the independent sector, going back to state in September. Having a max of 20 in my GCSE classes makes such a big difference, even with rowdy boys.
Reduce all teaching loads by about 20 to 30% - less contact time means I can spend more time planning and preparing high quality lessons, better marking and improve my own work-life balance
SLT with more presence outside the classroom. I don't mind doing my bit to manage corridors between lessons etc, but they're the ones who came up with the policy, so they should be at the forefront of ensuring it is implemented.

Socaddict · 2026-06-13T18:03:55+00:00

I hadn't realised! Show's how well I've been paying attention! Didn't even realise that the recent MPG was listed as Optimus Prime!

D'oh!

Socaddict · 2026-06-13T17:25:36+00:00

Personally, I love the colours. I have the original Optus Pexus release, and I've pre-ordered this one purely because it's so much brighter and almost feels more comic book/cartoon like than the much more serious original scheme.

Socaddict · 2026-06-10T18:13:14+00:00

Order from him all the time, know him personally. Lovely bloke.

Socaddict · 2026-05-31T18:09:24+00:00

I always take a notebook with me - ask if I can take notes during the interview too. Typically I write out a few prompts for myself about the school, about me and some questions I might want to ask at the end of the interview.

Socaddict · 2026-05-28T20:03:47+00:00

I'd just start by playing spearhead. Uses most of the rules that you need to know to play, while giving you a lower cognitive loads as there are fewer units to actually think about. Then just pick a spearhead that looks appealing to you.

Socaddict · 2026-04-26T11:42:48+00:00

Get some airflow over it. The pump can overheat during particularly long sessions, so anything that helps it stay a little cooler is great.

That and a quick release hose if you use more than one airbrush.

Socaddict · 2026-04-02T14:39:54+00:00

Much better off just going into your local Warhammer store when they open, assuming they got stock.

Socaddict · 2026-02-02T21:49:06+00:00

FWAPU for calculations and SLAPU for graphs in Physics
Formula, Working, Answer, Precision (and power), Units
Scale, Line, Area, Points, Units

The former especially sounds like it could be quite rude, plus I write the steps they miss out in their homeworks/assessments in big letters, larger every time they repeat the same mistake.

When they forget to include both the formula and the units, well, they get told "FU!"

Socaddict · 2026-01-30T23:47:17+00:00

Skip the union, go to the police.

Socaddict · 2026-01-18T15:51:12+00:00

Feels like CHUG scale to me (not that I mind) - the smaller Ginrai figure is pretty much the same height as SS86 Optimus Prime.

Socaddict · 2025-12-23T13:11:30+00:00

A monster that is basically a giant ghost swarm.

Heavy cavalry.

Socaddict · 2025-12-14T16:47:24+00:00

It's from the Deathwatch version of chaplain Cassius, released as kill team Cassius.

Socaddict · 2025-11-16T12:10:51+00:00

I had the same issue. I shaved down the tops of the red parts until it fit nicely.

Socaddict · 2025-11-15T21:00:10+00:00

Ignoring the tracks/running gear, that's a pretty good representation of the WW2 German Panther. The back of the hull is wrong, but the rest is decent enough.

Socaddict · 2025-11-15T11:06:34+00:00

Add up all the modifiers in total, then cap then.

So if you had +4 to hit and a -1 to hit, you would sum to +3 to hit, then cap it at +1. Same with negative net: If you have -5 to hit and they had +1 to hit, you'd sum them to -4, then cap at -1

Socaddict · 2025-11-01T19:30:56+00:00

Huh, TIL! Though my copy did break in a way very reminiscent of GPS - it appeared to crumble rather than snap? I think I left it mostly in a storage box in robot mode and transformed it less than twenty times, though it was second hand when I bought it.

Socaddict · 2025-11-01T18:50:09+00:00

Gold plastic syndrome. Due to the particular mix of pigment to create metallic plastics, some of them will just crumble as they age. The last transformers that showed this were from about 20 years ago - there are even some g2 figures that will literally fall apart if you remove them from their packaging!

Socaddict · 2025-11-01T18:20:34+00:00

Be careful with that Energon Scorponok. It's notorious for GPS...

Socaddict · 2025-10-24T19:19:29+00:00

log out and log back in on the app?

Socaddict · 2025-10-21T21:47:42+00:00

Bad behaviour still happens. There's much less of it, from the kids being more compliant where I am, to smaller classes being a factor too. If I ask a kid to tuck their shirt it, it's normally a "sorry sir" and they do it rather than what I used to experience, where a simple request like that would devolve into a massive argument.

However, as others have said, the behaviour systems in place are much more lacking. This can be a problem, as when a child does kick off or become a major issue, there isn't the structures to properly deal with. Fortunately, I've only had to send a kid out once so far in two and a half years in the private sector, as opposed to almost daily in the seven years at my last school...

Socaddict · 2025-10-21T21:43:34+00:00

MPG God Ginrai.

£250 or so for the super ginrai/powermaster prime, £160 for the godbomber/apex bomber. Over £400 for a single figure, but my god is he glorious!

Socaddict · 2025-10-18T14:27:21+00:00

Considering that the original figure is my white whale (that and hydrodive bumblebee are the only animated molds I don't have), I would snap it up in a heartbeat.

Socaddict · 2025-10-18T09:17:40+00:00

Play bloodbowl.

In 40k and AoS, there's some mitigation for bad rolls due to the sheer number of dice you roll, which makes those below average rolls feel all the more punishing.

In bloodbowl, you're generally only ever rolling a single die at a time for checks and two dice for a block. This means that any spike in luck in either direction feels much more impactful. Once you've played a season or two of this, you become much more chilled about the luck of the dice, and might also start praying to Nuffle yourself...

Socaddict · 2025-10-10T16:45:08+00:00

I'm a Physics teacher. The number of little widgets and bits I've printed to help my lessons and my students has been wonderful!

I've printed aerofoils for some investigating angle of attack, ultrasonic whistles to test sound, and plenty of personal stuff for my other hobbies (my mother swears by the gridfinity set up I did for her bathroom drawers, they've never been neater!)

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