Stuart Hayward
@stuartteachphys.bsky.social
Provincial Science Teacher In His Fifties.
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It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Why call them The Traitors when Catalan Separatists is right there #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Why call them The Traitors when Catalan Separatists is right there #celebritytraitors
The signature of Guy Fawkes on the first piece of coursework he marked and the piece handed in two minutes before the deadline.
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The signature of Guy Fawkes on the first piece of coursework he marked and the piece handed in two minutes before the deadline.
Coming to Friday night TV in the new year.
I assume Alan Carr just kills someone for real every night now.
October 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Coming to Friday night TV in the new year.
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To put the size of London into even more perspective:
If all the cats in London moved to the countryside and founded a city...
...it would INSTANTLY be the second or third largest in the UK.
(Allowing for general fuzziness on "metropolitan areas")
If all the cats in London moved to the countryside and founded a city...
...it would INSTANTLY be the second or third largest in the UK.
(Allowing for general fuzziness on "metropolitan areas")
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
To put the size of London into even more perspective:
If all the cats in London moved to the countryside and founded a city...
...it would INSTANTLY be the second or third largest in the UK.
(Allowing for general fuzziness on "metropolitan areas")
If all the cats in London moved to the countryside and founded a city...
...it would INSTANTLY be the second or third largest in the UK.
(Allowing for general fuzziness on "metropolitan areas")
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Some fresh goodness on display in Spain.
October 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Some fresh goodness on display in Spain.
Geological maps are ace. We should all spend more time contemplating geological maps.
Art of ages. Swirly-wirly Klinty-Pollocky colours in the geological map of the Iberian Peninsula all the way back to the ancient granites of Galicia.
October 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Geological maps are ace. We should all spend more time contemplating geological maps.
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TBH the only genuine hot-take I have on timezones is that One of my favourite timezone facts is that Franco switched to Berlin Time in 1940 to mollify Hitler and they really should switch it back.
In summer, somewhere like A Coruña is about two and half hours ahead of "normal" solar time.
In summer, somewhere like A Coruña is about two and half hours ahead of "normal" solar time.
October 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
TBH the only genuine hot-take I have on timezones is that One of my favourite timezone facts is that Franco switched to Berlin Time in 1940 to mollify Hitler and they really should switch it back.
In summer, somewhere like A Coruña is about two and half hours ahead of "normal" solar time.
In summer, somewhere like A Coruña is about two and half hours ahead of "normal" solar time.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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One of the bitterest lessons of adult life is there is often practically nothing you can do about someone or a company breaking the law without the resources to pay someone to enforce it for you.
October 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
One of the bitterest lessons of adult life is there is often practically nothing you can do about someone or a company breaking the law without the resources to pay someone to enforce it for you.
Subtly downgrade a band:
Ordinand Blue
Ordinand Blue
Subtly downgrade a band:
9,999 Maniacs
9,999 Maniacs
Subtly downgrade a band:
Butthole Boogie Boarders
Butthole Boogie Boarders
September 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Subtly downgrade a band:
Ordinand Blue
Ordinand Blue
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"Do you remember how we met?" The Dragon asked.
"That feels like a trick question." The cat replied.
The Dragon snorted.
"I remember you were radiant." The cat said.
"Oh stop. I was old and frumpy."
"Never." The cat said, firmly. "You were terrifying. And in that moment I loved you forever."
"That feels like a trick question." The cat replied.
The Dragon snorted.
"I remember you were radiant." The cat said.
"Oh stop. I was old and frumpy."
"Never." The cat said, firmly. "You were terrifying. And in that moment I loved you forever."
September 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"Do you remember how we met?" The Dragon asked.
"That feels like a trick question." The cat replied.
The Dragon snorted.
"I remember you were radiant." The cat said.
"Oh stop. I was old and frumpy."
"Never." The cat said, firmly. "You were terrifying. And in that moment I loved you forever."
"That feels like a trick question." The cat replied.
The Dragon snorted.
"I remember you were radiant." The cat said.
"Oh stop. I was old and frumpy."
"Never." The cat said, firmly. "You were terrifying. And in that moment I loved you forever."
The Mayor is a marvellous man and this is the best City Region I have ever been to.
Why is he holding his glasses like he's been cast in a Demon Headmaster reboot?
September 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Mayor is a marvellous man and this is the best City Region I have ever been to.
Who is up for making "side quest" (with that name) a required part of all curriculums?
(AL Maths/Further Maths/Physics, original format AS Contemporary French)
(AL Maths/Further Maths/Physics, original format AS Contemporary French)
Harris Westminster open evening tonight - I love this report card on French A-level.
More people should study languages in sixth form.
More people should love languages at GCSE and yet I see a succession of young people with good grades elsewhere and a 2 in Spanish.
What is happening?
More people should study languages in sixth form.
More people should love languages at GCSE and yet I see a succession of young people with good grades elsewhere and a 2 in Spanish.
What is happening?
September 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Who is up for making "side quest" (with that name) a required part of all curriculums?
(AL Maths/Further Maths/Physics, original format AS Contemporary French)
(AL Maths/Further Maths/Physics, original format AS Contemporary French)
TIL that you can measure pressure in joules per cubic metre, so it's a kind of energy density.
This is surprisingly pleasing.
This is surprisingly pleasing.
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
TIL that you can measure pressure in joules per cubic metre, so it's a kind of energy density.
This is surprisingly pleasing.
This is surprisingly pleasing.
Went to Lidl today, and the stollen bites are on sale.
On one hand, this is clearly madness.
On the other hand, MMMM, STOLLEN BITES...
On one hand, this is clearly madness.
On the other hand, MMMM, STOLLEN BITES...
September 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Went to Lidl today, and the stollen bites are on sale.
On one hand, this is clearly madness.
On the other hand, MMMM, STOLLEN BITES...
On one hand, this is clearly madness.
On the other hand, MMMM, STOLLEN BITES...
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Eventually you have to accept that no matter how many different notebooks you buy, they won’t make you a better writer. For that, you need to spend a lot of money on the right pen.
November 20, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Eventually you have to accept that no matter how many different notebooks you buy, they won’t make you a better writer. For that, you need to spend a lot of money on the right pen.
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John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme back for 2025
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme back for 2025
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
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August 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme back for 2025
Thread.
I'd go further; as teachers, we often underestimate how much time and effort it takes to get sufficiently good at full questions.
First, there needs to be fluency at all the steps. Then, there's the more mysterious skill of turning those steps into an answer. That needs lots of modelling.
I'd go further; as teachers, we often underestimate how much time and effort it takes to get sufficiently good at full questions.
First, there needs to be fluency at all the steps. Then, there's the more mysterious skill of turning those steps into an answer. That needs lots of modelling.
Those kids who just got 34 out of 100 in their Year 10 mock were not ready for a full paper, and the summer wasn't magically transformative in terms of their understanding of maths.
August 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Thread.
I'd go further; as teachers, we often underestimate how much time and effort it takes to get sufficiently good at full questions.
First, there needs to be fluency at all the steps. Then, there's the more mysterious skill of turning those steps into an answer. That needs lots of modelling.
I'd go further; as teachers, we often underestimate how much time and effort it takes to get sufficiently good at full questions.
First, there needs to be fluency at all the steps. Then, there's the more mysterious skill of turning those steps into an answer. That needs lots of modelling.
Check the lingerie sections of department stores.
reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland
August 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Check the lingerie sections of department stores.
The product of the assignment is never the point, it's always just an excuse to think properly about something.
AI in education can create an impressive shell, but there's nothing living inside.
AI in education can create an impressive shell, but there's nothing living inside.
July 31, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The product of the assignment is never the point, it's always just an excuse to think properly about something.
AI in education can create an impressive shell, but there's nothing living inside.
AI in education can create an impressive shell, but there's nothing living inside.