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

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

CraftyGranny, stay away from Doodle, she Trouble!!

Wot me Miss ?

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.

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)

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!

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. ?

Marydoll, what languages did you teach?

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

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.

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.

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 .