I used to have an idea of how my room should look but when you have students with different ideas, it can become so much better. Beautification and better logistics has been result

Every year, sometimes twice a year, I like to do a little video tour of my Auslan room. Parents do enjoy and it makes me realize how much influence students have had on it's interior design youtube.com/shorts/wMdg5...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=37CB... Just do Math for the love of it #angles #triangles

Sunday, huzzah and of course a cup of coffee and a wordle Wordle 1,730 2/6 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Living in a tiny flat, trying to figure out how best to store my teaching materials without becoming essentially a big bloody cupboard

Reminding myself that sometimes you can block on a simple idea, just let it flow Wordle 1,729 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Advice on Upskilling by Justin Skycak Advice on consistency, skills, discipline, the grind, the journey, the team, the mission, motivation, and learning. Blog: www.justinmath.com/advice-on-up... PDF: www.justinmath.com/files/advice...

We really need to move away from the notion (a.k.a neuromyth) that “learning styles” are legit. They’re widely debunked and yet still widely accepted as ‘fact’. Image attribution: Justin Skycak

www.youtube.com/watch?v=37CB... Just do Math for the love of it #angles #triangles

Ah it's Friday and time for Wordle Wordle 1,728 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,727 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thursday and my last day of the week. Focusing my teaching on two year levels has been good for everything, but not saying I'm not open to new journeys

Well hello Tuesday and of course Wordle 1,725 4/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Every year, sometimes twice a year, I like to do a little video tour of my Auslan room. Parents do enjoy and it makes me realize how much influence students have had on it's interior design youtube.com/shorts/wMdg5...

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

I used to have an idea of how my room should look but when you have students with different ideas, it can become so much better. Beautification and better logistics has been result

Thanks Wordle, you got me thru the big lockdown and now I love the habit Wordle 1,724 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Thanks Microsoft. Your stock video (go to insert in PP) has been a game changer, keeping fidgety eyes on track and not being too cluttered. My videos are the better for it. Here is a trimmed example of flowers and conveyors

ok i bet others do better Wordle 1,723 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPab... Microsoft have these wonderful stock videos. Like the feet flicking up mud as they run, the conveyor belt. Heartily recommend to language teachers, as they add. Just keep to a simple colour palette though

Youtube update...heading towards 600 videos fast! 1000 regular viewers each week and wordle going strong Wordle 1,721 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

So that news I mentioned recently 😁💥 shop.dimmies.direct/blogs/news/w...

Let's learn how to factor by grouping and why it works

Wordle 1,722 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 so it's Saturday and wordle tied up nicely today.

Another Sandia hairstreak (Callophrys mcfarlandi ), this time on its host plant, beargrass (Nolina). Photo taken in Tres Pistolas Canyon, Sandia Mountains, New Mexico on March 5, 2026. #nature #naturephotography #butterfly

Youtube update...heading towards 600 videos fast! 1000 regular viewers each week and wordle going strong Wordle 1,721 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,720 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 well that was a crazy far flung guess and I got it. I do rather like Thursdays and a jolly way to start

oh Wednesday mid week reprieve, nah, got 5 on and it is hectic, didn't get the word till end, hope you did better Wordle 1,719 6/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,717 4/6 first time I've only had greens to work with here. Nice ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#Teacher thought, writing on Compass with house points/ commendations, it is nice to thank parents. I have up to 90 percent of parents reading Compass each week and their kids are better because they now know parents are watching. It's much better than a once a term conference

Had a student say to me on Friday “I don’t want to learn any maths that isn’t in the numeracy test for initial teachers” and I am proud of controlling my face as I said “There will be some maths that looks like it’s not in the test, but will be necessary to understand to do the things in the test.”

Wordle 1,716 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Is Sunday, how is it Sunday already?

Thanks to 1000 viewers this week, been a goal for a while and it certainly hasn't been overnight success. Very grateful

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPab... Microsoft have these wonderful stock videos. Like the feet flicking up mud as they run, the conveyor belt. Heartily recommend to language teachers, as they add. Just keep to a simple colour palette though

Wordle 1,715 4/6 Is the weekend in Melbourne and I'm doing nothing much ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Date: 2026-02-27 Days elapsed: 58 of 365 Year Progress: 15.89% [▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░]

Wordle 1,714 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 oops forgot that letter even existed. had a blind spot there

ok that was tough but enjoyable no pun intended Wordle 1,713 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Thanks to 1000 viewers this week, been a goal for a while and it certainly hasn't been overnight success. Very grateful

Hump day and hooley dooley was anyone else a bit flummoxed, hence the 6 line save Wordle 1,712 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,706 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Awake awful early and that is rather annoying but pretty pleased with this new thumbnail

Using velcro tape on our carpeted floor, we now can practice angles and lines with our feet. It creates a novel way to break old patterns of misunderstanding about angles and so far so good #Math #fun

Hump day and hooley dooley was anyone else a bit flummoxed, hence the 6 line save Wordle 1,712 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,710 6/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 yesterday I blew it and today I came this close. So Monday and I am relieved, so close

Take a 40 second tour of my room. My boss said keep it in school colours, so you will see a lot of blue sound dampening tiles and they have been a game changer #languages #Auslan www.youtube.com/shorts/wMdg5...

Using velcro tape on our carpeted floor, we now can practice angles and lines with our feet. It creates a novel way to break old patterns of misunderstanding about angles and so far so good #Math #fun

Take a 40 second tour of my room. My boss said keep it in school colours, so you will see a lot of blue sound dampening tiles and they have been a game changer #languages #Auslan www.youtube.com/shorts/wMdg5...

Planning my next unit of work, whilst bulk of my students are fasting. Challenging Wordle 1,708 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,707 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ah that was satisfying on this hot day in Melbourne.

Wordle 1,706 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Awake awful early and that is rather annoying but pretty pleased with this new thumbnail

One of the most striking things we noticed living in New Zealand is that littering and fly-tipping just doesn’t happen. I believe this is because caring for the environment is such an integral part of kids’ school education there.

Wordle 1,705 5/6 well that was a great word and its wednesday too ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩