Monday: Miss Marydoll's, Marvellous, Matharathonic, Maths, Malarkey.

I also once received an award as ‘Manager of The Year’, for the company were I worked. . There were over 800 managers and I was rewarded, along with other category winners, to 4 days in Italy.

2 months later all Managers of my grade were made redundant .

Marydoll, that is fantastic. My word they do start them young in Scotland, but little ones absorb so much at an early age.
My favourite teachers at school were a Husband and Wife teaching English and French, also my Maths teacher, "if in doubt pop out" he'd say.

CraftyGranny, I taught French and Italian in a primary school. Children in Scotland learn French from nursery and a second language from Primary six, which in our school was Italian.

My degree is actually in French and German, so I had to retrain as a teacher of Italian, as there was a shortage of Italian teachers. It was no great hardship! I loved it.

I did however mentor other teachers, especially newly qualified ones, when necessary, which is where the maths comes in.

I was at a wedding last year and many of my ex pupils were there, as friends of the groom. They were reminiscing about my very taxing and quick fire Primary 7 maths class and how intense it was!
Two are now teachers of mathematics.

some very disruptive pupils
Can we be expelled and then we can go and play in the park outside with the naughty boys from the grammar skool?

I want to break free

Marydoll, what languages did you teach?

littleflo, you sound so much kinder than HIME Scotland were.
Thank you for the report, but I'm so glad I'm no longer teaching.?
However, with great humility, I have to say that I once got a special mention in an HMIE report for the quality my maths lesson.? its framed for posterity on the wall

Does this mean that I will need to be on my toes all the time?
Oh dear, more stress.
I'm not a maths teacher, (I'm actually a rusty old linguist), trying to keep the grans occupied in these dreadful times.
However, it's more likely that they are keeping me occupied, for which I'm extremely grateful. ?

Thanc ewe Spector Flo for your kind words bout Miss - she is an eggselen teecha but has a lot to put up with all them norty kids! Not me of cors coz I’ve got bajs for Bestest Bavior and loadsa stificats an diplomats an fings - Iza good ? , I is!

Doodle have been going to school for a while now. I sit at the back because I am shy, and because me mum made me speak proper, and I don't want to get bullied and I can eat my sweets without Miss seeing me.
Do you still want to be friends? (hmm)

No I am not from the posh school down the road. I am from Ofstead. . If a teacher says she would post an answer in one hour, it is only right that some jobsworth should be prowling the corridor after 59 minutes to ensure she meets her target.

You have received top marks, Miss Mary Doll. Here is a copy of the report.

“Effectiveness of leadership and management. - outstanding
Quality of teaching. - Outstanding
Outcome for pupils - Outstanding.

Summary.

Pupils in this school cover a wide range of age and ability. Despite the presence of some very disruptive pupils, Miss Mary Doll manages, with humour and a big stick, to encourage learning.

It is noted with particular approval the change in pupil behaviour outside the school. Previously, they were sneaking off to Tesco, visiting family and taking exercise more than once a day.

Now they are glued to their IPads and phones.

L. Flo
Inspector.

Wot me Miss ?

CraftyGranny, stay away from Doodle, she Trouble!!

Oh craftygran I like you ?. Pls join us more ofn.

Thanks Doodle for the welcome. I mean fanks fer de welcum, is dat be'er, and Pantglas can go and run, she aint getin me baj, so ther.

Fank you Miss for me tificate.

Doodle pet, of course you can! You will anyway, nothing I say will make any difference!??

craftyGranny welcum to Miss Doll’s skul. Watch out for pantglas she’ll want yor kindestest girl in skul baj ?

Miss are we all aloud to stay in bed at home an not cum into skul. ?

Thanks, Miss, good to do a few sums while locked up, and you're a very kindly teacher marking our answers so quickly!

Doodle, CraftyGranny sent me a note to tell me, she was busy on her sewing machine and would be late, but she did give me her answer.

Don't be upset, you know you are all my favourite, faithful pupils. ?

Oy pantglas miss as got anover favrite an is not you. An wots more it sum one who don even cum to skol. ?

Er Miss scuse me but there is no craftygranny in skol unless I missed er ?. An Miss I fink you’ll fin I’ve bin quite kind. Felin urt now ?. An Miss I got bof sums rite even if my boy fren did one.

CraftyGranny, you get the citizenship award for being the kindest girl in school!

Evening Class, the school server packed up and we have had no internet.

I suspect it's those boys, you lot sneaked in. There are some dodgy sites in the browsing history! ?

Er, who is littleflo? Are you from that posh school down the road? ?

Five thieves

ANSWER: 30.

EXPLANATION: The trick is to work backwards. There were 0 diamonds left when the fifth thief arrived. So that is how many diamonds remained after the fourth thief looted. Calculate the number of diamonds that were there before the fourth thief looted using: d - (d/2 + 1) = 0. Use this same equation for the other thieves changing the 0 to the number of diamonds present when the subsequent/later thief arrived.

Door key
ANSWER: Milo was TALLER and therefore had longer arms. Had the shorter brother, Noah, stood on the shoulders of the taller brother, Milo, he would not have been able to reach the top of the doorframe

Lippy and stuff in the loo. Meetin the grammer school boys to do Shakespeer. whos cumin.

We all is littleflo ?

Waiting with baited breathp