CantabKitty
@cantabkitty.bsky.social
Maths teacher
UK
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UK
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CantabKitty
@cantabkitty.bsky.social
· Nov 16
just follow everyone I'm following (and block everyone I've blocked)
Best advice for maths teachers newly joining here
Remember last year when I said I was going to buy an Advent hoodie ...
November 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Remember last year when I said I was going to buy an Advent hoodie ...
It's Advent 1 eve, can I bring out my Christmas hoodie yet
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It's Advent 1 eve, can I bring out my Christmas hoodie yet
This explains a lot
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This explains a lot
He understood the assignment www.instagram.com/reel/DOu8owH...
Svenska kyrkan on Instagram: "Ett år senare och du är fortfarande välkommen till kyrkan!
När biskop Johan i försökte prata med generation Z direkt från domkyrkan i Strängnäs blev han SLAY med hela s...
53K likes, 467 comments - svenskakyrkan on September 17, 2025: "Ett år senare och du är fortfarande välkommen till kyrkan!
När biskop Johan i försökte prata med generation Z direkt från domkyrkan i ...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
He understood the assignment www.instagram.com/reel/DOu8owH...
Have a particularly annoying private tutoring client this year (can't fire him bc reasons) so I've just spent some money on music lessons for myself.
If anyone else wants to do the same, turns out the billing platform he uses has a referral programme!!
musicteachers.co.uk/invite/gjwp2...
If anyone else wants to do the same, turns out the billing platform he uses has a referral programme!!
musicteachers.co.uk/invite/gjwp2...
Spread the joy of music and get discounts when you invite a friend
You can now invite a friend to take music lessons with us and receive a discount on your next music lessons too. Our music tutors are waiting to help
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November 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Have a particularly annoying private tutoring client this year (can't fire him bc reasons) so I've just spent some money on music lessons for myself.
If anyone else wants to do the same, turns out the billing platform he uses has a referral programme!!
musicteachers.co.uk/invite/gjwp2...
If anyone else wants to do the same, turns out the billing platform he uses has a referral programme!!
musicteachers.co.uk/invite/gjwp2...
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I made a 10 minute Budget Update powerpoint for my Year 13 tutor group that I am happy to share
All facts, no politics, and if you get a free login to ITV X you can show a clip of Martin Lewis from Thursday night
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bh5q3...
All facts, no politics, and if you get a free login to ITV X you can show a clip of Martin Lewis from Thursday night
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bh5q3...
www.dropbox.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I made a 10 minute Budget Update powerpoint for my Year 13 tutor group that I am happy to share
All facts, no politics, and if you get a free login to ITV X you can show a clip of Martin Lewis from Thursday night
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bh5q3...
All facts, no politics, and if you get a free login to ITV X you can show a clip of Martin Lewis from Thursday night
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bh5q3...
Ok I get it but i definitely have a parasocial relationship with my calculator
is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ok I get it but i definitely have a parasocial relationship with my calculator
I'm catering for a group holiday and someone can't eat chickpeas, lentils, or seeds including tomato seeds (eg tinned tomato's) so that's literally my entire menu of everything that is cheap and easy to cook for large groups.
Messaged to ask for meal ideas and they gave me the PERFECT response
Messaged to ask for meal ideas and they gave me the PERFECT response
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I'm catering for a group holiday and someone can't eat chickpeas, lentils, or seeds including tomato seeds (eg tinned tomato's) so that's literally my entire menu of everything that is cheap and easy to cook for large groups.
Messaged to ask for meal ideas and they gave me the PERFECT response
Messaged to ask for meal ideas and they gave me the PERFECT response
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
Someone (not a teacher) once complained to me about why schools had to have a boy and a girl head prefect, why couldn't it just be two non-gendered positions and I was like, obviously, then it would just be girls all the time www.instagram.com/reel/DRMNIEC...
undefined on Instagram: "theamandaroseHere me out. When women requested quotas because they were overlooked by the boyzzzz club, the men went nuts.The argum…"
theamandaroseHere me out. When women requested quotas because they were overlooked by the boyzzzz club, the men went nuts.The argument was always “it should be merit based”. And I actually agree!!! The thing is though, women have been conditioned through the decades to work 200% more just to get 20% of the opportunities. So when merit based selection is implemented the boyzzzz miss out.If only we had merit based system from the very beginning. We wouldn’t need to be having this discussion. But alas. Here we are. #meritbased #merit #quotas #diversity #politics #school #highschool #auspol #boysclub
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November 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Someone (not a teacher) once complained to me about why schools had to have a boy and a girl head prefect, why couldn't it just be two non-gendered positions and I was like, obviously, then it would just be girls all the time www.instagram.com/reel/DRMNIEC...
Yes there is a Spotify playlist www.instagram.com/reel/DRKbaV6...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Yes there is a Spotify playlist www.instagram.com/reel/DRKbaV6...
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There are no clothing machines.
All garments are handmade.
ALL of them.
There is no T-shirt machine. Every $5 shirt I’ve ever purchased was sewn together by a human being who is an expert sewist.
Just thought I’d mention that before tomorrow.
All garments are handmade.
ALL of them.
There is no T-shirt machine. Every $5 shirt I’ve ever purchased was sewn together by a human being who is an expert sewist.
Just thought I’d mention that before tomorrow.
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
There are no clothing machines.
All garments are handmade.
ALL of them.
There is no T-shirt machine. Every $5 shirt I’ve ever purchased was sewn together by a human being who is an expert sewist.
Just thought I’d mention that before tomorrow.
All garments are handmade.
ALL of them.
There is no T-shirt machine. Every $5 shirt I’ve ever purchased was sewn together by a human being who is an expert sewist.
Just thought I’d mention that before tomorrow.
Aphantasia-adjacent overcast.fm/+AAMLcbxC5qU
Do you talk to yourself in your head? (Not everyone does) — Twenty Thousand Hertz
Many of us talk to ourselves in our heads pretty much all day long. But it turns out that there are plenty of people who don’t. In fact, thinking comes in many shapes and sizes, and no two minds are e...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Aphantasia-adjacent overcast.fm/+AAMLcbxC5qU
Keep mis-reading this as "school of biphobia"
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Keep mis-reading this as "school of biphobia"
Spotted this "cable knit" jumper which I adore and really want. It definitely doesn't come in my size so looks like I'm just gonna have to knit it myself.
except it doesn't look like "knitting"? Is it some sort of piping/trim sewn onto the surface? www.disturbia.co.uk/products/cov...
except it doesn't look like "knitting"? Is it some sort of piping/trim sewn onto the surface? www.disturbia.co.uk/products/cov...
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Spotted this "cable knit" jumper which I adore and really want. It definitely doesn't come in my size so looks like I'm just gonna have to knit it myself.
except it doesn't look like "knitting"? Is it some sort of piping/trim sewn onto the surface? www.disturbia.co.uk/products/cov...
except it doesn't look like "knitting"? Is it some sort of piping/trim sewn onto the surface? www.disturbia.co.uk/products/cov...
Look I see your point but those are rental properties so it's your tenants who are paying your mortgages.
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Look I see your point but those are rental properties so it's your tenants who are paying your mortgages.
The radio etiquette and discipline of students running backstage and tech at the school musical tonight is SO much better than the teachers doing lunch duty day omg
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The radio etiquette and discipline of students running backstage and tech at the school musical tonight is SO much better than the teachers doing lunch duty day omg
Happy American Thanksgiving to all who celebrate 🥧
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Happy American Thanksgiving to all who celebrate 🥧
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Felt like this when mortgage payments went up a few years ago - yes, it's horrible to now be paying an extra £200 a month, but that's been happening to renters year on year and there were no sadface articles on that, just "market forces" and "nobody has a right to live in a city"
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Felt like this when mortgage payments went up a few years ago - yes, it's horrible to now be paying an extra £200 a month, but that's been happening to renters year on year and there were no sadface articles on that, just "market forces" and "nobody has a right to live in a city"
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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Santa Claus is a woman. Always has been. (Always will be?)
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Santa Claus is still a woman
[FREE TO READ] There is something particularly stubborn about gender roles at Christmas
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November 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Santa Claus is a woman. Always has been. (Always will be?)
on.ft.com/43POQET
on.ft.com/43POQET
We moved into our new build Sept 2024. We were told not to bring clocks from the old site.
They are "going to" audit classrooms for clocks and buy us some in ... 2026?
They are "going to" audit classrooms for clocks and buy us some in ... 2026?
“A remarkable number of classrooms don’t have a working clock, and many pupils are not fluent at telling the time.”
In case you missed it: Yesterday’s blog post.
(£ or free trial)
PREMIUM: My Teaching: How I organise the classroom for tests Part 2
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In case you missed it: Yesterday’s blog post.
(£ or free trial)
PREMIUM: My Teaching: How I organise the classroom for tests Part 2
open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...
PREMIUM: My Teaching: How I organise the classroom for tests Part 2
An interlude in the My Teaching series
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We moved into our new build Sept 2024. We were told not to bring clocks from the old site.
They are "going to" audit classrooms for clocks and buy us some in ... 2026?
They are "going to" audit classrooms for clocks and buy us some in ... 2026?