Mrs McCallum

Secondary Math Teacher @SLC

[Mrs McCallum @MrsMcCallumMath]

@RAPAP2021 This was the price in August 2024! (I looked back my delivery slips). 44% price rise in a year! It should not cost over £10 to make a basic spaghetti bolognaise for a family!

[Mrs McCallum @MrsMcCallumMath]

@EmathsUK When my pupils came out of their maths exam smiling and told me it was boring, I knew they had done well. Their skills were so embedded that they could tackle it without much stress and excitement. A bit like the difference between driving lessons and driving towork every morning

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

NEW BLOG: Teach Until They Can't Get It Wrong

https://t.co/8lIrilFk9i

[Mrs McCallum @MrsMcCallumMath]

@Henry_Hepburn @EISUnion @Emma_Seith @TesScotland It’s not only the inflation that is impacting my cost of living, it is having to pay 40% tax at £43k. Higher tax should be for people who are comfortable enough to afford it and that is not classroom teachers with young families!

[Mrs McCallum @MrsMcCallumMath]

@CHS_BizComp @CarlukeHS Well done girls!

[Mrs McCallum @MrsMcCallumMath]

@brynspiration Would love to see a photo of your method

[Mrs McCallum @MrsMcCallumMath]

The struggle is real!

[Good Morning Britain @GMB]

One in 5 pupils say their lessons are disrupted every day by a classmate using a phone, with 1 in 8 saying their schools never confiscate phones even when rules forbidding them are ignored - according to a new survey by a parents' charity.

@LiamKenny_ reports.

[Mrs McCallum @MrsMcCallumMath]

#disneyOnIce

[Bruce Robertson @BruceNextLevel]

How effective leadership can help turn a school around | Tes https://t.co/kyZwno4xMx

[EIS @EISUnion]

In 2021, the Scottish Government committed to recruiting 3,500 additional teachers. There has been no progress made on the recruitment of additional teachers, in fact, teacher numbers have fallen for three years in a row and by 600 last year in Primary schools, while the workload of those in the system remains unsustainable.

There are 9 days left for COSLA and the Scottish Government to meaningfully and collegiately commit to addressing workload.

[Mrs McCallum @MrsMcCallumMath]

30 * N5 apps exams = 7.5 hours
15 * Higher applications exams = 5 hours
30 * N5 maths homework = 3 hours
20 * S2 homework = 1 hour

16.5 hours of marking this coming week.

Add in a parent’s night to wipe out a night!

I have the Sunday fear!

[Mrs McCallum @MrsMcCallumMath]

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[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

Reason #1 ppl often don't 'get' why full day, full-timetable teaching is so tough: The pace.
It's unrelenting. It's not 'Oh, I'll pop to the loo', 'I'll day dream, just for a minute', 'I'll just switch off for the next hour and no one will know' - they will know, you will get found out! It's intense - You must be 'on' ALL the time. That's why it's so hard to sustain, esp in the toughest contexts, because humans need a head rest.
That's why extra PPA is just so, so vital and thee biggest thing that would change so many teacher lives.

[Mrs Prasher @MissPrasher]

We tell pupils to study, but have we actually taught them how to study??

Today I finished off my ‘How to study: a simple guide on how to study smarter not harder’ PowerPoint. Hopefully will help senior pupils learn how to study effectively ✨

[EIS @EISUnion]

Pupils living in poverty in Scotland are three and a half times more likely to be excluded than pupils living in the least deprived areas. Teachers say: Give us more specialist staff to close the gap! Value Teachers Voices! #WorldTeachersDay #SU4QE #GoPublic #FundEducation

[EIS @EISUnion]

This World Teachers’ Day, we call on @scotgov to take action. On average, teachers are working an extra 11 hours per week, negatively impacting their wellbeing as well as recruitment & retention. It’s time to invest in Education. #WorldTeachersDay #SU4QE #GoPublic #FundEducation

[e-Sgoil @eSgoil]

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[Hectic Teacher 🐈‍⬛🐾☕ @HecticTeacher]

#6thform #Tutor
I have a meet the tutor meeting with my new students this week, to help with this I have put together a reflection sheet that my tutor group are going to to complete on Monday.

Download Here: https://t.co/3pT56BvmlM

[Mrs McCallum @MrsMcCallumMath]

It’s the age group spinning lots of plates!

https://t.co/WD0ngxuAvX

[Mrs McCallum @MrsMcCallumMath]

If your child has block blast app on their phone, it’s distracting their learning. 🙈