Mr Noke

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@adamboxer1 one of the benefits of (well designed) booklets is all the cut and stick stuff is done, saving a lot of time and mess.

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

was sat eating lunch and this jumbo caterpillar fell out of a pine tree in the garden. @DorsetWildlife any ideas what it is?

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@Adeg17267926 @tes the TPS contribution band for UPS3 would still be 9.9% even after the 2027 3% pay rise, so it’s not an increase. of course the actual cash amount will be more, but why wouldn’t it be? you can’t expect to accrue pension on a higher salary for free 😂

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@Adeg17267926 @tes unless they’re paying into TPS, in which case 0% of the pay rise or salary will be at the higher rate, because taxable pay for someone on UPS3 in 2027 with a 3% pay rise will be under £49k.

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@Adeg17267926 @tes That’s a bit of a misleading exaggeration call it a “huge impact”. only £685 of the annual U2 salary would be taxed at the higher rate of 40%. However, if they’re paying into TPS, this comes out before tax so they won’t be paying a higher rate on any of their income whatsoever.

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@rjb_1998 that’s because we had to space out due to covid restrictions. originally it had sold out but there was a ballot to decide who got to keep tickets and who got a refund.

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@DeputyGrocott my current work shoes. so much more comfortable to be stood in all day, but also that extra load of grip to power around the corners in the corridors at break and lunch in a hurry without sliding! 😂

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@Miss_Crofts @DuckOfDurham @adamboxer1 I crunched some numbers to add weight to my argument to move to booklets and found that:
booklet printing < (exercise books + map/diagram/whatever printing).

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@warwickmum @adamboxer1 here are some examples. one downside is that when introducing a new topic, you have to have your whole SoW planned out and resourced before you start teaching so you can print the booklets, and once printed you then spot the typos 😂

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@warwickmum @adamboxer1 i’ve got some off-piste areas in there that I can use if I need to, they’re just blank half pages every now and again. but tbh all students have their own whiteboards so that’s usually my default thing when I need to deviate from the plan 👍🏼

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@julianjmorgan1 @La_Biologuita what about when you see strong academic performance followed by higher level qualifications?

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@MISSNTEACHING IF you went in, how would you spend that time exactly? The school should have communicated to you everything you need to know for the start of term before summer, inc class and curriculum info etc.

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@MissJLud just stop doing it until they pay more

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@RaymondDocwra @daraobriain I used to work in a polling station in a pub car park. it is a thing.

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@RoyalMailHelp wondering if this card we found a few days ago on our front door step might be to do with this parcel that was going to be delivered “today” (today being 14 days ago now).

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@RoyalMailHelp utterly useless spambot replies

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@RoyalMailHelp how on Earth am I supposed to find out where my parcel is? DO is open 8am-10am, and zero way to contact you.

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

how can you tell? there’s no tracking number on my post and the update saying “due to be delivered today” is from weds 8th May. today is the 22nd May. two weeks it has been ready for delivery.

[Mr Noke @mr_noke]

@heyes_katie and it’s rubbish 😂