GCSE results analysis meeting tomorrow. Adds an extra edge to Sunday night dread.

When your flight home from Tokyo gets rerouted due to a volcanic eruption you just know that is going straight into a lesson 😂 Took 15 and a half hours!!! 🌋

School’s not yet out for summer

One of my former students has contacted me to tell me that he wants to do a Geography degree ❤️ He has asked for advice on his contenders. I can only really cover Exeter. Does anyone have any info on Manchester, UCL, or Reading for Geog? Thanks 🙏

Norway saved the best for the last night on the ship….

Visited the Snowhotel in Kirkenes yesterday. It will be finding its way into the geog curriculum - either an amazing place for year 7, or extreme tourism for year 8! (Can I claim the cost on the geog budget?!)

Lofoten Islands 😍 ⛄️ 🇳🇴

Went to Tesco this morning and I am still in shock at the price of mini eggs 😂

One day down, 3 to go. Lovely set of year 11 geographers today 😎

Say it’s the start of the year 11 fieldwork trips next week without saying its the start of the year 11 fieldwork trips next week 🤣

If you’re a #geographyteacher it would be great if you could complete this questionnaire. Thanks 🙏 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/harper-ada...

When you’re deploying your basic level French and getting smug because you understood the response vs the panic that comes when you don’t understand the response 😂

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Well, I’ve managed to get all 4 classes of year 11 through changing economic world. Only fieldwork and issue evaluation to go now 🙏

A year 11 told me today to try and sort out the dentistry situation in the UK by encouraging the migration of dentists. Evidently my PhD on migration gives me superpowers according to them 😎

Started the paperwork for the year 11 fieldwork trips today. Even though I’ve been teaching all 4 groups since November, the thought of having to lead 4 days of trips is a bit 😱 Always split the days in the past.

My new audiobook has included a Geography diss early doors and now I’m conflicted 🤣

Went to the pool to loosen up my back, and then spent an hour driving the final 5 minute stretch of my journey home - along pretty flooded dirt track roads - due to flooding 🤣 Back hurts again and now I’m also stressed 🤣🤣🤣

When the ceiling sprouts a water feature over the computer in one of your classrooms forcing lessons to be re-roomed. I need to write a book about this year because it has been madness #geographyteacher

When you’re on bus duty and a student opens the window on the departing bus to shout “look at that cloud cover” 👍🏻 🌍 #geographyteacher

Last day of holidays 😢 so booked my flights to Japan for the summer to soften the blow 😎

Today I caught a train from London to Exeter and it wasn’t delayed

A very, very cold day in Luxembourg made easier by being able to jump onto a tram/train/bus/funicular as public transport is free here!

I can concur that it felt like -6 🥶

A rainy and snowy day in Luxembourg today. Temperature is dropping even further tomorrow 🥶

A year from space had some cracking geography in it! #geographyteacher

Waterstones half price sale ❤️ Quite into the healing fiction genre at the moment

Haven’t voted this many times in the Strictly final since the Mark Ramprakash year 🤣🤣🤣

Christmas nails and @thebookery.bsky.social haul 🎄📚

Getting into quite a rhythm when it comes to the daily grind of teaching, then prepping for my own lessons for the next day, setting cover for another teacher and setting cover for my classes that I can’t teach as I’m covering year 11 🤣🤣🤣

Mildly threatening

My timetable changed today and I’m now teaching 7 GCSE classes ( 4 year 11 classes). If I lose my planner I’ll lose the plot 🤣🤣🤣

Really need a geography teacher if anyone knows of anyone who might be interested….. #geographyteacher

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Storm Burt on earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...

Potential new geography teacher lined up….

Snowed in with my British blue, who was most helpful when I was setting cover earlier 🤣🙏🌍

Just finished what is surely going to be my favourite book of the year. I so miss the Hercs flying low over the house. It was a sight, and sound, to behold ❤️

If anyone knows of any geographers (or general humanities teachers) who would be interested in a teaching post until the end of the academic year (Barnstaple) please let me know! 🙏

@shirleybowden.bsky.social Hello! 🙋‍♂️

Year 9 fieldwork week awaits!