Thursday: Miss Doll’s Thought-provoking, Thorny and Therapeutic Maths Problems.

When Miss goes into hospital you will be learning spelling, grammar, English language and literature. Miss has taught you very well because some of you are very quick off the mark with maths.

Miss and I are determined to get decent jobs for all of you but it is an uphill task at present. She will need a rest in a single room away from you lot.

Doods wy iz yore Unkles yaylee plain? Woss rong wiv it? Izit spose too av pattuns on it? An wot iz a yaylee ennywae? I avven nevva erd of wun ov dem

Miss Charley, Miss Doll is teechin uz English langage. Shee tauted uz a knew wurd toda itz cald birling. I fink it menz she appy coz sew meny of uz got ouz sums rite ?

miss Charley is youz bringin youz gramma two skul. Isn she bit ole to cum to skul or iz it dat yous av two luk afer er wile youz at wurk.? We kan make er kups ov tee and wap a shorl wound er to kep er worm coz ol laydees kan get kold. ?

Unclesyaylee iz an instrewmen bath wot yous pla. Itz tinee an gon plink plink ?

It is indeed a Scottish word, similar to whirling, but much stronger!

Repeat after me:

Ma heid is birlin ?

Ooh Scerree Miss we iz alreddee suffishun in orlo dem subjecks as we av Stiffgits an done wurree bout jobs coz we done wan won achully ?

We iz veri api to stae an mayk Miss’s lyfe a misree mystree of deelite an deepreshun?

You girls may have your own language- please do not forget I am also Scottish so I understand every word that Miss says so we could have our own language!

yydrasil just do the puzzles.

I am going to give them all 20 spellings to learn each day.

Callistemon I know from experience that learning 20 spellings is beyond this lot. They have brains but it is well hidden under a bushel. Good luck. They are better at reciting the times table.

Charleygirl I have just realised that if I put 20 spellings on here for them all to learn they only have to cut and paste and hey presto! They get 20/20 correct answers.

That is if I spell them correctly in the first place which, with fat finger syndrome, may be unlikely.

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Wot yoos av too doo Callistemon iz to poot free vurshuns ov eech werd an ars us to sae witch wun iz de rite wun. But yoo done nead to wurree kos wes awl vewwy perfishunt at doin spelin awlreddy. Wes awl av stiffgits fore owr spelin wot weev awl mowntid in owr bedrums.

I’ve just arrived - I luuuvvv magic squares. Going to do it rite now. Pleez don’t post answers Until I’ve tried. I’m waiting for hunky delivery men though. Off to get a pencil.

Dats a gud ideea * bath* iz shoo we wyl awl xsell ar spellin. ?
feeling if youz delibewy man iz dat hunky youz may bee a long tyme ?

So they're called magic squares! These are the ones I always leave in the weekend paper, in the days when I used to buy one. I've copied out and will have a go tonight.

Been busy all day and finally finished off my craft homework nitting loopee stitch which nearly drove me loopee.

Mownin gurls! I've bin playin' alon finking we wuz ol makin up a noo languish. I didn' no it wuz a Scotush languish, so do wee ol 'av to bwing ar grammas te skul or jus' ms Charley's?....cuz aye had too grammas but dey ain't wid us no mo. Doodle, kin aye sit wid yoo? Yoo vewy gud wid yur Scotush gramma!

Delivery men were very well practised and prepared thank you doodle. I may find an excuse to have them back next week. A first in 14 weeks,

Good afternoon class,

Well done to
JoyBloggs ?
Feelingmyage ?

Thank you all for your very organised answers.

willa45. Heer is anuther word for you. I woz in a “fankle* yesterday Sorting out the groceries for myself and the nayburrs. In fact I woz completeetly scunnered when I finished.

Ooh an apple. Thank you Miss

Feelingmyage, you must have been wabbit after all that footering about.

Thanks, Miss!

Fanks Feelingmyage,
Al be lernin ol yur Scotush wurds 'afore yoo no it!

Miss I'm confused! Should the top left number be 5? There's already 6 in the bottom right.

As Aym wewwy shigh, I done seigh mush hear. But Ay wiw say Fankoo Miss four the Gowden Appw. (Curtseys, wobbles, lands on bum)

Ahem .

Aym lookin fowod to mowntin it in my bedwoom and hav got sum speshl stuff to rub on it two keeep it shighnee.

Wel dun JackyB ?. I find dat vazeleen is veri gwd fore keapin yore Stiffgits shighnee.....?