CantabKitty
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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
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the thing to know about gothic architecture just like. as an overarching statement. is that medieval Europe did not have calculus. they were largely working off of vibes
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I was going to bring up Winchester! What do the British have against solid foundations for these huge historic buildings?
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
the thing to know about gothic architecture just like. as an overarching statement. is that medieval Europe did not have calculus. they were largely working off of vibes
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
Would seem obvious when you think about it...
In fact, the article notes, studies have found that requiring underperforming kids to be held back drastically reduces the number of kids who are underperforming in the first place, because their parents fear the consequences of their kids failing and take a more active role in ensuring they learn.
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Would seem obvious when you think about it...
Did I remember someone telling us that pronouncing ln as "lun" sounds rude? In which language?
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Did I remember someone telling us that pronouncing ln as "lun" sounds rude? In which language?
Does anyone know why implicit differentiation is called implicit?
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Does anyone know why implicit differentiation is called implicit?
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We've found a solution to the argument over whether to sing Holst or Darke's arrangement of In The Bleak Midwinter.
You're not going to like it, though.
#CursedCarols
You're not going to like it, though.
#CursedCarols
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We've found a solution to the argument over whether to sing Holst or Darke's arrangement of In The Bleak Midwinter.
You're not going to like it, though.
#CursedCarols
You're not going to like it, though.
#CursedCarols
These parents who won't take ANY responsibility for creating positive attitudes in their children to things they themselves disliked.
Schools CANNOT win against such attitudes. It could be in sport, maths, literacy, anything. Parental attitude is everything. Stop blaming schools.
Schools CANNOT win against such attitudes. It could be in sport, maths, literacy, anything. Parental attitude is everything. Stop blaming schools.
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
These parents who won't take ANY responsibility for creating positive attitudes in their children to things they themselves disliked.
Schools CANNOT win against such attitudes. It could be in sport, maths, literacy, anything. Parental attitude is everything. Stop blaming schools.
Schools CANNOT win against such attitudes. It could be in sport, maths, literacy, anything. Parental attitude is everything. Stop blaming schools.
YOU taught your kids to hate sport, because you hate sport.
See also: maths.
See also: maths.
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
YOU taught your kids to hate sport, because you hate sport.
See also: maths.
See also: maths.
If the papers are to believed, they could recoup this from savings on not having to buy school uniforms and sports kit! And trips and books everything else parents like to moan about having to buy for their children.
It already is. Prices have gone up from an average of £150-200 to £250-300 over the last five years or so.
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If the papers are to believed, they could recoup this from savings on not having to buy school uniforms and sports kit! And trips and books everything else parents like to moan about having to buy for their children.
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
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You can now copy our charts to the clipboard for easy sharing!
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
You can now copy our charts to the clipboard for easy sharing!
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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If any maths teachers feel like feeling annoyed by people being confidently wrong on the internet this evening, go and check out this Reddit thread: www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/s/Cz...
From the AskUK community on Reddit: Can someone please explain why my daughter only got one mark for this question in her year 8 maths?
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November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If any maths teachers feel like feeling annoyed by people being confidently wrong on the internet this evening, go and check out this Reddit thread: www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/s/Cz...
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Calling excel wizards: is there a way to make like a macro thingy that can combine certain data from two different spreadsheets. ie, I want to take a report I run each week (Sparx homework) and add a field from second spreadsheet (admission number) in order to make a mail merge CSV?
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Calling excel wizards: is there a way to make like a macro thingy that can combine certain data from two different spreadsheets. ie, I want to take a report I run each week (Sparx homework) and add a field from second spreadsheet (admission number) in order to make a mail merge CSV?
This was brought to my attention - gift for any knitters in your life who keep asking you to do maths for them kateatherley.com/math-for-kni...
Math for Knitters - KateAtherley.com
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November 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This was brought to my attention - gift for any knitters in your life who keep asking you to do maths for them kateatherley.com/math-for-kni...
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sprout season!
every person that i served this ridiculously easy gratin yesterday asked me for the recipe. www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/crea...
every person that i served this ridiculously easy gratin yesterday asked me for the recipe. www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/crea...
Creamy brussels sprout gratin with walnuts
This creamy brussels sprout gratin recipe is guaranteed to convert sprout resisters into fans. An easy Christmas side dish for 6.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:57 AM
sprout season!
every person that i served this ridiculously easy gratin yesterday asked me for the recipe. www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/crea...
every person that i served this ridiculously easy gratin yesterday asked me for the recipe. www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/crea...
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Rosalind Franklin rightly being spoken of in recent days, but one nugget that has been overlooked is that her music teacher, one Gustav Holst, was so frustrated at her lack of progress that he called on her mother to ask if she was deaf.
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Rosalind Franklin rightly being spoken of in recent days, but one nugget that has been overlooked is that her music teacher, one Gustav Holst, was so frustrated at her lack of progress that he called on her mother to ask if she was deaf.
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I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
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well that’s christmas ruined
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
well that’s christmas ruined
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For A Level teaching and leading you must buy @susanwhitehouse.bsky.social @mrsouthernmaths.bsky.social members.m-a.org.uk/Shop/product...
Your best bet is to follow me and ask specific questions - 25 years in the role!
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Your best bet is to follow me and ask specific questions - 25 years in the role!
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Mathematical Association > Shop
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November 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
For A Level teaching and leading you must buy @susanwhitehouse.bsky.social @mrsouthernmaths.bsky.social members.m-a.org.uk/Shop/product...
Your best bet is to follow me and ask specific questions - 25 years in the role!
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Your best bet is to follow me and ask specific questions - 25 years in the role!
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I just bought four mint chocolate oranges
Three signs it's Christmas before you know it:
1) I'm getting hassled about the 4 carol services I'm playing the organ for
2) Costa has already launched the Black Forest Hot Chocolate and not told anyone about it
3) the FT How To Spend It* Gift Guide
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*"it" being £10k+
1) I'm getting hassled about the 4 carol services I'm playing the organ for
2) Costa has already launched the Black Forest Hot Chocolate and not told anyone about it
3) the FT How To Spend It* Gift Guide
www.ft.com/content/0031...
*"it" being £10k+
The HTSI holiday gift guide 2025
We’ve got a present for every type – from gardeners to glamazons, and gluttons to ‘grannies’
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November 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I just bought four mint chocolate oranges
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Printers are 100% haunted before they leave the factory. You need a combination exorcist/IT professional/lion tamer.
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Printers are 100% haunted before they leave the factory. You need a combination exorcist/IT professional/lion tamer.
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Now that all my singing is in church choirs and sacred harp, tonight I am realising with horror that I don't own any nice-looking concert blacks...
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Now that all my singing is in church choirs and sacred harp, tonight I am realising with horror that I don't own any nice-looking concert blacks...
An "inspirational" tiktokker showing her outfit of the day and saying "fuck shapewear"
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It is an already thin woman
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It is an already thin woman
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
An "inspirational" tiktokker showing her outfit of the day and saying "fuck shapewear"
except
except...
It is an already thin woman
except
except...
It is an already thin woman