make a potato pie. It was cheesy mashed potato, then put in the oven. No seasoning and using marge
FFS! That's not a pie. It needs pastry top and bottom. Bloody teachers are carp.
Is that what they normally do though? HE seems an easy subject to transplant if you are happy to still have them cooking – give them the recipe they would have followed in the class – possibly with a video of any technique. I don’t think my S1 has actually been doing any practical stuff – all
I wouldn't really rate boiling, mashing and adding cheese to potatoes as great practical work. Even he said there's not even any mince and onions under it 😂 Other practical work included making a cardboard mug in D&T. Ok,bit practical and I guess life skills if you've never boiled a spud, but even the least supported kid has made junk models.
Anyway I'll be glad when he gets his two days on 25th & 26th before Easter to get some more routine, the way of school again and see his mates.
I understand it must be a nightmare for teachers, I just worry for his education with this year, but thankfully he's only S1 so plenty of time to catch up before things start really counting. I really feel for those in and close to exam years.
Just to add both me and my wife are both post degree educated and I've worked as both a Primary teacher and with secondary kids out of main stream education, so we're motivated to, and able support him, but we're both also trying to do pretty involved jobs at the same time. I know many are too.
Was my year wfh anniversary yesterday by the way!
I could be wrong about clackmananshire, i read a few weeks ago that there was an outbreak in glen ochill and kilmarnock prisons , but that was a few weeks ago, the only reason i paid much attention was they were keeping west dumbartonshire from the top ,
for some reason wd dropped very very rapidly then falkirk and stirling went right up. biggest increase this week has been western isles, weirdly 50% of that authority has been vaccinated , the highest percentage in scotland
when i say biggest rise , its in comparison to the week before , 15 cases is enough to put them up into 64 cases per 100 thou.
I would imagine it would drop away very quickly,
it will be very hard for any central belt la to stay out of level 3 when they introduce the shitty level system again especially since they have tightened it up
If you want a good sesh and not break the rules head down the A1 to Penmanshiel which is well within the 5 mileborder of east lothian and the Scottish borders. We rode there over new year and there are 4 really good techy trails that are a proper test . If you need any info message me.
Penmanshiel is my local more exciting riding - about 10 miles from home! I ride there for a couple of hours at least once a week at the moment. Give me a shout if you want to know local conditions or anything.
So often teaching has to run a the pace of the slowest learner (or at least the bottom quartile)
Which is half the damn problem because the brightest kids get bored, demotivated and before you know it they're doing nothing and getting tested to see if they're "slow" when they're really bored shitless.
That was me and I'll be damned if I'm going to let my daughter end up that way. She's in primary 3 and recently covered how to tell the time. Again. And the two times table. Again. Their homework last week was forming words with oa sounds. Except all they were doing was moving scrabble tiles on a screen to make whatever word they were told to. Absolutely no challenge.
I can't blame the teacher too much, she's hardly seen her but its the same every parents evening.
it will be very hard for any central belt la to stay out of level 3 when they introduce the shitty level system again especially since they have tightened it up
Yup and it's going to be similarly hard for them to keep people sticking to the rules if enough folk decide they've had enough. Jesus I sound like a broken record...
Yes , people wont stick to rules if the neighbour five miles down the road is having more freedoms . i live 100 metres from argyle and work in argyle ,so does partner , however i live in wd , they had alot less restrictions last year ,i was asked to go for a pint a few times but it wasnt the right thing to do plus i thought it would be a beamer getting questioned ,
this summer if people are in different levels people will travel to these areas. especially if we are in this position and the english have no restrictions
I dunno, Edinburgh, East and Midlothian are all below the magic 50 now. Fife and East Ayrshire just above. It looks like it's doable... London still below 50 per 100000 too. The big question obviously being how much the rate changes when you go into tier 2... I get why they've gone with such a low rate and I hope it works but I don't think it's viable if it leaves big chunks in indefinite tier 3 and others flipping like a lightswitch.
could be wrong about clackmananshire, i read a few weeks ago that there was an outbreak in glen ochill and kilmarnock prisons ,
Last week it was Alva leading the way, and this week Clackmannan. Not really a lot of info on why, local paper suggesting it was connected to the schools in Alva and Clackmannan. Alva secondary is the main school for surrounding towns / villages and disproportionately large for the size of Alva.
https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/19157074.covid-scotland-places-coronavirus-cases-week/
but I don’t think it’s viable if it leaves big chunks in indefinite tier 3 and others flipping like a lightswitch.
Totally agree with this , it’s not fair on people who own or work in hospitality , gyms , salons etc to expect them to open and close on a 3 week cycle .
I think patience and support for restrictions is wearing very thin with a lot of people but I fear once the schools are fully back there will be a fair jump in infections which would leave us trapped in tier 3/4 for a while yet if they are strict with the per 100000 system .
Totally agree with this , it’s not fair on people who own or work in hospitality , gyms , salons etc to expect them to open and close on a 3 week cycle .
I think patience and support for restrictions is wearing very thin with a lot of people but I fear once the schools are fully back there will be a fair jump in infections which would leave us trapped in tier 3/4 for a while yet if they are strict with the per 100000 system .
I agree with all of that, the trouble is that it won't be possible to run with a higher level of infections without things rapidly spiralling out of control.
Yep I get that , every rise in infections increases the risk of a variant that the vaccine won’t work with then your back to square one . But there must be a tipping point where the restrictions are causing so much harm in other areas such as mental health , education, damage to the economy and the subsequent loss of jobs and poverty that we’re actually doing more harm than good . I have no idea where that point is though and I’m glad I don’t have to make those decisions and if I did I’m pretty sure I would be inclined to be on the cautious side .
every rise in infections increases the risk of a variant that the vaccine won’t work with then your back to square one
It's not just that, it's more to do with how quickly things can change with exponential growth. It would be really difficult if not impossible to keep everything open and run at the higher rates of prevalence that would lead to without it getting out of control and overwhelming health care. We seemed to a reasonable job of keeping numbers down over the summer but that's got a lot harder with the new variants and winter weather.
Like you I'm glad I'm not making these calls!
Meanwhile on today's ride Dunblane-Braco area there was lots of riders out.
Loads of couples and three's
Also groups of 6, 10, even 18(!) at one point. So odd to suddenly see such groups out again - and even though allowed, I'm not getting why they don't split into smaller groups...
I'm from Tranent yeh (panner now likes)
Penmanshiel is pretty good. Been there a couple of times and can hit it after work as its next door.
****wd a rib and an ankle there though lol that off camber loam is a shit.
Was loving Carberry till they killed it as well.
Am trying to hold out but honestly, hitting golfie is high on my list lol. It's went on too long.
Distinct lack of strava uploads this weekend though. Wonder why? Haha
I wouldn’t really rate boiling, mashing and adding cheese to potatoes as great practical work. Even he said there’s not even any mince and onions under it 😂
See he’s learning! But I think you really underestimate the steepness of the HE learning curve. From what my two have reported - there are people in their class who have never peeled a potato, don’t know cheese comes from cows (let’s not confuse them with goats), and we aren’t in a particularly deprived area. I went to uni with a guy who had absolutely no idea how to make mashed potato - and that was in 3rd year!
Other practical work included making a cardboard mug in D&T. Ok,bit practical and I guess life skills if you’ve never boiled a spud, but even the least supported kid has made junk models.
I’m hoping there was actually some subtle learning about design process or something in there - like draw what you are going to make before you make it, then make it and then review how close it came to the original design. Or make a mug then understand how to draw that in various views etc. Sometimes really good teaching you were unaware what you were learning. Sometimes really bad teaching you were unaware what you were supposed to be learning!
****wd a rib and an ankle there though lol that off camber loam is a shit.
Was loving Carberry till they killed it as well.
Am trying to hold out but honestly, hitting golfie is high on my list lol. It’s went on too long.Distinct lack of strava uploads this weekend though. Wonder why? Haha
Very easily done!! I had a bit of a tumble last weekend but fortunately got nothing worse than a bruised calf. Did my ribs on the jump at the start of old school a while back though.
I'm on the verge of heading to Golfie as well. I am in the borders so don't really know if I could technically be turned away or not.
Noticed the same thing on Strava for the last couple of weeks now.
I’m on the verge of heading to Golfie as well. I am in the borders so don’t really know if I could technically be turned away or not.
Perfectly legal. I’d go now - it’s going to be chaos when rules are lifted!
Local primary shut today after positive test, not saying whether staff or pupil or whether lateral flow or pcr test.
Closed for deep cleaning and reopening tomorrow...
That's me astra-zennica'd. 50yo.
Which region are you in, Longdog?
Shetland. Half the population (over 11k) done now. My wife's had her second dose too,but she's in health care.
🙂 Thanks
Was sooo nice being back at school today, well apart from the 4th years but can't have everything perfect.
Our local Nursery closed due to Covid too. I think Staff not kids.
@poah glad you had a good day back.
Can't wait to be able to get away from my kitchen table and back to the office. Maybe Nicola will give us some idea when tomorrow...
Which region are you in, Longdog?
Not even worth asking, I'm 37 with no issues and got my first 2 weeks ago meanwhile plenty older folk and those with health issues haven't in the same area. No idea.
Pitchforks out for sharpening in Tweed Valley.
(TLDR: This is a local town, for local people, are you local?)
https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/19156367.coronavirus-lockdown-rule-breakers-visiting-peebles/
(TLDR: This is a local town, for local people, are you local?)
At least they've stopped with the 'vulnerable rural communities' pish and have pretty much embraced just being annoyed at outsiders for its own sake.
One of us is confused, what's a local authority boundary?
"The rules clearly state you should not cross local authority boundaries.
And I don’t think for a minute these are all residents that live between Leadburn and Eddleston."
Leadburn is in Midlothian. Eddleston is Borders. I read it as all the cars he sees coming through Eddleston must be coming from Midlothian as there aren't many houses between the two villages.
Meh, just wait until it opens up properly again.
I noticed quite a few more motorhomes about this past weekend up here on Speyside, it's gonna be a fun time when travel restrictions end 😆
Its a reasonable assumption, to be fair. Peebles locals won't drive to Glentress - cars coming from the South could be from within Borders county.
Cars coming from the North are by definition from outside the local authority, there are just a few houses between Eddlestone and the county border.
I have seen the day-trippers (and day tippers judging from the state of the free camping bits of the Meldons) they park in the council parking lot, get a takeaway coffee and wander about the parks and the closed shops on high street. How bored would you have to be?
How bored would you have to be?
I've been known to drive a few miles and "picnic" in the car, just for a different view. I don't think it's boredom, just desire for a bit of a change. If I lived in Edinburgh I'd be finding it incredibly difficult to stay within the guidelines, the moreso when I see many folk aren't.
At least they’ve stopped with the ‘vulnerable rural communities’ pish and have pretty much embraced just being annoyed at outsiders for its own sake.
My favourite was back when the EWS visited in 2015 and the Innerleithen locals complained about cyclists using the cycle path
Why is concern about “vulnerable rural communities pish”?
Because they aren't particularly vulnerable to coronavirus tranmission. Urban communities and particularly poorer urban communities are the ones that have been most vulnerable in this pandemic.
well apart from the 4th years but can’t have everything
Turd, sorry; third year here. They have ALL started smoking.
Peebles locals won’t drive to Glentress – cars coming from the South could be from within Borders county.
Lol, course they wouldn't.
Why would you drive to Glentress from Peebles? You get gouged for parking, the cafe is shite, and the better trails are Soonhope, Janet's brae lane area anyway?
Madness I tell you!
Depends how nice their T5 is.
When is non essential" building work going to be able to recommence been any hints ?
Had an escape of water related to the -19degree c incident a few weeks ago and insurance have stripped out all the damaged interior -floors /plasterboard etc and left the driers but as we are living in the house they cannot send their contractors in for the refit as it's no longer "essential"
Also had our solar install postponed due to this as well but that's not even close to essential - it would be nice to have a floor and walls again - that said the insurance didn't class running water as essential either...
but as we are living in the house they cannot send their contractors in for the refit as it’s no longer “essential”
Won't send..... 😉 they've viewed your posting history and are currently drawing the straws as to who goes...
Because they aren’t particularly vulnerable to coronavirus tranmission. Urban communities and particularly poorer urban communities are the ones that have been most vulnerable in this pandemic.
Whilst statistically true, and probably true for many of the risk factors in transmission; the rural demographics may be older and the hospital facilities are likely further away an less well equipped so there is an argument that they are more vulnerable. I think the culture shock when the gates go up might be a bigger issue though - and I'm quite sure that there are lots of rural communities (who don't directly benefit from tourist traffic) who would quite like the townies to stay away.
