…or how I nearly didn’t complete the summer blog challenge Despite managing to blog through my wedding, honeymoon and holiday, this final post in the blog challenge is nearly the one I failed on. It’s going to be a short post tonight, as I’m trying to write this on my phone due to the fact …
(Almost) falling at the final hurdle Read More »
So right at the start of August I blogged about my #summer10, a list of ten things I wanted to achieve this summer holiday. As it’s the last day of August and I’ve got less than a week to finish all my jobs off, I thought I’d do a retrospective check and work out what I …
My #summer10 revisited Read More »
Today’s post is, in an incredibly roundabout way, also another post from the prompt list. I’ve had one of those slightly lazy days consisting of mostly watching telly in between loading and unloading the washing machine (festival mud is hard to remove), and decided that my brain wasn’t loving the idea of writing a proper post, …
Six good comics and one good thing Read More »
I’d put money on the fact that I get asked whether I enjoy teaching by at least four or five pupils every term. I started thinking about this and other related questions when writing my post about my journey into teaching a few days ago. It confuses me that pupils ask this – I wonder if they’re going …
Miss, do you enjoy teaching? Read More »
As I mentioned in my Pick of Twitter last Sunday, I’ve enjoyed a few stories about people’s reasons for and routes into teaching, so I thought I’d post my own today.I am a first-career teacher; I graduated in July 2009 and by that September I had started my GTP in a local secondary school. Furthermore, …
My journey into teaching Read More »
Due to the fact that our cruise line wanted to charge nearly £120 per day for the privilege of unlimited Wi-Fi, I’ve been without Internet for most of the last week. It’s been incredibly relaxing, but I do feel like I’ve missed a lot on Twitter – I had far too many notifications when I logged in …
There were lots more Roman arches in Ancona, but I also spotted this slightly differently shaped one in a piece of very old wall. A quick Google has told me that this is probably either a lancet arch or an equilateral arch, and I’m going to find out which later by measuring it!
Photo challenge (7) – More arches in Ancona Read More »
Thursday took us to Dubrovnik, where we played “spot the Game of Thrones filming locations” and tried to avoid melting in the heat. On the way out of the port, I spotted the Franjo Tudman bridge, which is pure geometry in action.
Photo challenge (6) – Triangular bridge Read More »
Another day aboard with nowhere to go, hence this slightly tenuous floor tiling pattern – I thought it was quite pretty though!
Photo challenge (5) – Tiling patterns Read More »
Today we visited an active volcano near Santorini, which was all very interesting, but had limited opportunities for taking mathematical photos. The best I could find today were some Greek letters on a can of beer and some pretty reflections in the water when we arrived on Mykonos in the evening.
Photo challenge (4) – It’s all Greek to me Read More »