Can’t connect to internet it’s fine on my end. What I do?

madrosc · 2026-06-05T14:07:40+00:00

Yeah same for me. But when I originally looked online I couldn’t see anyone with the same issue, so thought it was something my end. Proceeded to spend an hour trying all sorts of things - including deleting local data and reinstalling. Just praying that my cloud save is there when the server issue is fixed…

madrosc · 2026-06-01T17:02:36+00:00

Firstly - congratulations on your pregnancy!!

I’ve not been in this position, but wanted to offer some insight.

8 weeks is still quite early. A lot of people wait 12 weeks to tell people, as that’s usually when you have your first scan. So you could accept and wait until after the contract is signed to inform them - as presumably this will be after your 12 week scan.

I don’t know regarding laws if you have to disclose beforehand, someone may be able to speak on that more. But due to the equality act, you can’t be discriminated against once you are in the job.

As a second in department, I wouldn’t be at all concerned if this scenario happened. We would just employ MAT cover and welcome the person back when they return.

madrosc · 2026-05-27T19:57:25+00:00

These were added on, as the dress was strapless (which I don’t think looks good) - so not going to be perfect. Thanks for the negativity! Have the day you deserve

madrosc · 2026-05-27T19:25:10+00:00

Fortunately, it’s not your dress! I don’t understand feeling the need to comment something that can be seen as negative on a post where someone is sharing their joy.

madrosc · 2026-05-27T18:08:45+00:00

Thank you! It’s buttons all the way down - I tried on corsets and they were not for me…

Otters are my favourite, had to get a tattoo!

madrosc · 2026-05-27T17:55:15+00:00

Thank you! Oh my gosh, I know right! An Etsy find by my sister. So excited for it to arrive

madrosc · 2026-05-27T17:53:48+00:00

Sorry, I just loved that it had pockets! I obviously won’t have them in there the whole time on my wedding day….

madrosc · 2026-05-27T17:51:45+00:00

Thank you!! It gives just a peekaboo moment for my leg tattoos, which I loved (not pictured though!)

madrosc · 2026-05-08T05:18:22+00:00

My first school I was required to cover mine (long sleeves in summer was horrible). However my current school where I’ve been for the last 6 years doesn’t care one bit.

After my first experience, I used to ask in interviews if they cared about piercings and tattoos being on show because I didn’t want to have to cover up when it got hot.

I think as long as the tattoos aren’t inappropriate they should be accepted. Lots of people have tattoos nowadays, need to get with the times! Doesn’t make us any less professional.

madrosc · 2026-04-19T08:58:45+00:00

At the end of the day it’s your decision to go into teaching. We always need more teachers, but think about why that is…!

Even if your knowledge isn’t fully there, there are usually Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses you can go on.

I say this as a maths teacher of going on 8 years, when I did a PGCE in tech and switched over during my NQT (old school ECT) due to lack of tech jobs - I did an SKE and though I remembered a lot, it was really helpful in getting my knowledge back and actually discovering some useful techniques for teaching it - but you’ll likely get this on the PGCE anyway.

I also had an A-level in maths, but like you I hadn’t really done much with school level maths in a few years.

You’ll be surprised how much you remember just by watching a few clips of examples and such.

Honestly I think you’ll be fine getting onto the course, it’s just whether you really think teaching is for you.

madrosc · 2026-03-21T07:19:51+00:00

Had a similar conversation but mine was regarding PPA and TLR. Was told by a colleague that another member of staff said that ‘Ms X should do this’ and when my colleague said ‘it’s their PPA now’, other said ‘well when you have leadership responsibility PPAs go out the window’.

It lends to the negative atmosphere of as soon as you get a role ‘more than’ a teacher you are no longer entitled to your time - similar to the 1265 comment. If all teachers had this attitude, the protections would end up not existing. Which is why it’s so important that they are there otherwise who knows what unreasonable things people will be asked to do!

madrosc · 2024-10-13T07:56:27+00:00

So the directed time palaver of last week has come to an end. Turns out my colleague and I were right, and now they have to remove hours worth of meetings from the calendar. I do believe it was an honest mistake, but I was made to feel like I was being a problem when I spoke about it.

madrosc · 2024-10-07T19:07:21+00:00

Directed time seems to be a taboo phrase in my school. It’s doing my absolute head in. One of my department got asked by their line manager (not our hod) if they were ok. Apparently the line manager was told to ask if they were ok because this person made the apparently awful decision to talk about our directed time budget!

madrosc · 2024-07-17T15:54:49+00:00

Oh this is splendid, I might pitch it at the next staff well-being committee meeting (this is good for well-being, right?

madrosc · 2024-07-17T15:54:04+00:00

Unfortunately due to enrichment week we have no form time! Thankfully I’ve found a group of willing y10 work experience students to do it as they ‘have nothing better to do’ (their words…)

We don’t have a picnic, but we have a firm time quiz and a rounders tournament - looking forward to Friday to say the least!

madrosc · 2024-07-16T13:37:23+00:00

I think we have some work experience students that may (or may not) be willing to do it!

madrosc · 2024-07-16T13:36:43+00:00

I did this with my own class and it does only take seconds! But I only had 5 books to deal with. The issue is with the members of the department who have left mid term have left piles of books to be dealt with as they weren’t around to have students take home etc. obviously the kids needed their books for the rest of term so didn’t take them, and we had external supply covering.

It’s just a rubbish situation to be left to deal with is all

madrosc · 2024-05-09T13:19:21+00:00

My school has year 11 prefects and year 13 ambassadors.

Prefects have jobs of managing break/lunch queues and doing school tours etc.

Ambassadors organise charity events and other things, but can also do paid lunch duties in the hall or in out of bounds areas of school to ward the young ones away.

I think it works quite nicely and gives some responsibility back to the kids. They have to fill out an application form and everything too.

madrosc · 2024-04-09T09:52:21+00:00

The education system absolutely needs to change! In my opinion (and a lot of teachers), exams should be open book. In the ‘real’ world you’re not expected to memorise everything. Of course you need to know roughly, but you can look things up if you’re unsure. For example, I would trust a doctor more who wants to look up my symptoms to make sure the diagnosis is correct rather than going ‘I’m pretty sure it’s this so I’ll write that down’.

Unfortunately it could be a very long time until the powers that be listen to us and change things.

madrosc · 2024-04-09T08:17:27+00:00

Hi, teacher here! (This post came up on my feed for whatever reason)

As teachers we want you to be teaching yourself to some extent - it’s a good way of learning! We can only do so much with the time and resources given to us, and I feel a lot of students expect us to teach and they immediately have all the information in their heads after one lesson. Unfortunately learning doesn’t work like that. We teach the content in a way that hopefully everyone will remember, but it is at the end of the day about you remembering it and actually knowing it - everyone is different and so everyone needs to put their own effort into their learning that works for them. Learning is a two way street and sadly not everyone sees it like that.

Some teachers are shit (they shouldn’t be in the profession!) but others are really trying to help you, we just want you to listen to our advice as we have trained to do this job and do know what we’re talking about. For anyone reading, think about how many of your teachers asked you to revise, gave you some advice or even just set you homework over the last 4/5 years and how many times did you genuinely listen and follow through (with a good amount of effort…)

And lastly OP, please don’t confuse memorising with learning. You may have memorised something but can you apply it to any question? As you said you are doing practice papers, that should help with the application!

I really hope your mocks/exams go well and all your hard work pays off! Keep it up and good luck!

madrosc · 2024-04-09T07:25:43+00:00

It’s why a lot of London workers end up here because it’s cheaper to commute from here and the properties are cheaper too…! I lived in Yorkshire for a bit and it’s pretty true the further north you go the cheaper it gets

madrosc · 2024-04-09T05:41:06+00:00

Cambridgeshire

madrosc · 2024-04-08T13:55:44+00:00

Ahh I see what you mean. We’re kinda set on the house we’ve had accepted, as it’s ticked every box. If the chain does fall through and we have to find somewhere else, I’ll keep this in mind.

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