Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 24/01/2026🤣 I’ve definitely sang with some people for whom that is the modus operandi! 000
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 18/01/202646 more and the Lib Dem will become the official opposition! 110
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 04/01/2026I agree! I stopped using Amazon, Audible and Goodreads this time last year and, to my surprise, I’ve not missed them. 000
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Dracula is brilliant! I have very fond memories of reading it during Year 12 and getting quite scared at various points. Excellent choice! His grandson’s sequel isn’t bad, but nothing like as good. 010
Reposted by Richard AdamsonHannah R @missradders.bsky.social · 30/12/2025I am not sure I’ll get the same traction here as I did on the dark place but please answer and REPOST and let’s try to build a lovely bookish thread. The best book you read this year was… Mine undoubtedly The Elements by John Boyne (please check trigger warnings first). 312615
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025I started this a couple of days ago, and have only grudgingly put it down to do such things as eat, sleep and parent. Excellent sci-fi action! 041
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Our head of English read James first and LOVED it (as did I), then read Huck Finn and hated that, so I would definitely give James a go! 130
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Impressive improvisation! Did they have keyboards too? 040
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025In #mathstoday, instead of asking the further mathematicians to prove log_3 (2) is irrational, I accidentally asked them to prove ln (2) is irrational… which was much harder 😂 070
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Read the first two in my teens. Loved them. Some scenes still stay with me. The attics. The battle between Flay and Swelter. Such descriptions! 030
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Hi, I’m pretty sure my school advertises on TES. We will have 2 jobs next year, so will probably be advertising later this term or early next. Not sure if Lancaster is too far away though? It’s a lovely school to work at, speaking as someone who left teaching in 2016 due to toxicity. 120
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 24/10/2025If you get this message, send help! They’re surrounding my office and I may not be able to send another message. Please help me!! 010
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 10/10/2025We watched the first episode, and haven’t cared enough to watch the second yet. Started watching Star Trek TNG for the first time in about 30 years instead! 010
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Which led into a discussion about the number of trials, or whether it is a sample of an infinite run. Great Derren Brown video on flipping 10 heads that I’ll be showing them soon. 020
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Exactly! This then led to discussions about how many heads/tails in a row is suspicious, and if we put them all together for a run of 560, would that still be suspicious. 010
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 17/09/2025In #mathstoday (yesterday), Y12 Further Maths tried to fool each other by writing what they thought a run of Heads/Tails could look like, then doing a real one. They were very good at detecting fake randomness! 180
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Loved reading this - thank you! Am going to try dropping in some of those in my spiel. Completely agree about coasting, and that’s something we’re trying to tackle as a department. 010
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 08/06/2025I always use the graphs. It’s what I used when I did A-level, and it helps them practise sketching them ready for transformations and modelling. I show them CAST, but I find some label it incorrectly and it can become a hindrance. 230
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Thank you!! We have a 2-year-old, so if you could make him understand this too, that would be great 😬 020
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025In #mathstoday with Y12 we looked at suspended moments. They often struggle to visualise what these look like, so we looked at the tension in the ‘strings’ as well as the point of tilting. 0110
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 15/04/2025This is brilliant! Kept the kids occupied for 5 minute too - thank you!! 040
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Reading ‘The Island of Doctor Moreau’ in the glorious sunshine, I was amused to find this among the list of H G Wells’ short stories: 0110
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Fascinating read - thank you! As a maths teacher, this could provide the basis for an end-of year activity! 000
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I suggested ‘Parable of the Sower’ as our next read at our school Book Club (staff only). Can’t wait to hear what they think of it… Terrifyingly accurate is my thinking… 160
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Found myself humming a catchy tune that had embedded itself in my brain today, only to realise it’s the sound of the photocopier running. 050
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025In my experience, they’re usually delighted to show off what they have! Good luck! 020
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 05/03/2025In #MathsToday we first calculated FMax by raising the slope to the point of sliding, then set up a situation with a pulley where pupils calculated the amount of mass to add to the hanging end to pull the mass up the slope (to the nearest 0.1kg). Very satisfying to see! 1333
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Sounds good to me! We’ve just reached a point in our lives where we are incredibly grateful to have a complete night’s sleep without being woken up by crying… 110
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I picked up a copy this week and was scared of the aptness of the contents page… Agree everyone should read it! 020
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I thought he was a champion of free speech? 🤷 Apparently, over here our jails are full of people who just wanted to speak their minds… 000
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 18/02/2025With @echem-toghill.bsky.social Minute Cryptic - 18 February 2025 "Rabbit bounds behind pine, hiding face, motionless" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 3 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...minutecryptic.comMinute CrypticSolve a clue with a hidden meaning 040
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025The films are brilliant, but I know what you mean! I think I saw the cartoon version before I read it, which only covers half the story. Even so, it did influence how I saw the characters. Still love it! 010
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Feeling like I want to read The Lord of the Rings again… The rising of a threat in a far away land, subservient men corrupted after taking riches from an evil mastermind, rulers being cowed into taking no action against the threat, insignificant people doing what they can to resist… 271
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025I did exactly the same during an online lesson during lockdown 🤣 I blamed it on having a 1 year old…. 010
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025All the time - they think I’m an honorary member of their department now 🤣 They were very happy to show off their stuff and are really helpful, so we can explain things in similar ways which is also helpful. 110
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Set up another pulley situation in #mathstoday with Y12. Spent the whole lesson modelling, checking, refining the model to work out tension, acceleration, total distance travelled. I think they understand the questions better if they’ve seen it first and work through the process. 1170
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Went with @echem-toghill.bsky.social to a great gig with #spiersandboden Loved every minute of it! Foot-tapping, body-swaying music and entertaining introductions. Can’t wait for the next one! 050
Richard Adamson @rtadamson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025In #mathstoday with L6, we looked at pulley problems. Thanks to the physics department we could create some of the problems to see how accurate the models were and discuss assumptions. 090
