Mr 'DG' Goater

@goatermaths.bsky.social

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✝️ Surrey boy moved to the Midlands. Getting used to 'dinner' at lunch time...

A long stretch of paper adorns a wall. On it is handwritten and drawn a FIFA 2026 World Cup wall chart. Knick knacks adorn the bottom of the picture
Book cover for The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman. Thursday Murder Club book #5
2026/28 Home shirt for Brentford FC. Wide red and white stripes, black and gold trim. Main shirt sponsor Indeed, sleeve sponsor Cazoo, and kit maker Joma logos all in the black with gold trim.
Book cover for The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Screenshot of the first and therefore preeminent definition of "staycation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. "A holiday spent in, or in the neighborhood of, one's own home." Quoted as being used from 1944 onwards.
Shot of Brian Blessed in Flash Gordon when he utters the famous line "Gordon's Alive!?"
An Asda freezer shelf displaying boxes of Galaxy Ice Cream. Price is £2.85 for a box of 4
Book cover for The Princess Bride. Features a review from "Observer" that reads 'Brilliant and funny', a caption that reads "the original book of the cult classic film" above a black and white drawing of the dread pirate Roberts, or 'the man in black'. Period clothing, knee high boots, a sword one would fence with and a mask made from a long piece of material wrapped around his face with eye holes and tied so that the ends flow behind him. By William Goldman.
Notification of a blocking dated 28/6/26 at 11:06
A sticker for small children that says Sports Day Star
Political test results showing 50% woke vs 50% chud, 31% techbro vs 69% neo-luddite, 72% Hopepilled vs 28% Doomer, 78% Davos vs 22% Dubai. Closest match with Pope Leo XIV
Shot of ambilight TV showing Star Wars Episode 1. Above the TV are two hangings, one featuring an artists impression of Father Brown at the top of Broadway tower. The other features Andre the Giant as Fezzik from The Princess Bride, drawn in Peanuts style with the caption "Anybody want a peanut?"
A Facebook post from The White House boasting about their Iran deal being a win for america
Book cover for Once Upon A Prime. An illustration of a whale's tail coming out of a sea of blue, with the spray it causes being made of mathematical elements such as numbers and equations. A review at the top reads "A delight" from Alex Bellos. The authors name is below this, Sarah Hart. One the blue of the sea is the title followed by the subtitle "The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature"
A double rainbow over the back of a row of terraced houses with a variety of poorly kept garden fences seen at the bottom
Bag of games
Edapt subscribers and non-trade union members are entitled to join the industrial action despite not being a member of the NEU. All those joining the action on this basis will be afforded the same protections under current legislation.
Book cover. A picture of white football stadium stairs with red plastic chairs either side (Griffin Park) with tagline, title and author written on the stairs. "The fall & rise of Brentford FC: Smart Money. Alex Duff"
Book cover for Stephen King's book "11.22.63". There is a photograph of JFK's open top car, complete with occupants, on the day of his assassination. The text reads: "The Ultimate Storyteller Stephen King, A day that changed the world, 11.22.63, What if you could change it back?"
BBC Sport screenshot with a funny mistake. "his shorts flies over the bar" is presumably supposed to be "his shot flies over the bar"
Book cover for "The Cost of Discipleship" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Audiobook cover for JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Read by Rob Inglis
Book cover for Much Ado About Numbers by Rob Eastaway. Subtitle: Shakespeare's Mathematical Life and Times. The cover features a portrait of Shakespeare's head made entirely of numbers
Wooden puzzle ball made of 6 interlocking blocks of wood
Smiling pair of maths teachers - Mr Goater and Dr Frost
Audiobook cover for JRR Tolkien's The Two Towers, read by Rob Inglis
Penguin Classics book cover for The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Book cover for "Intelligent Accountability - Creating the conditions for teachers to thrive" by David Didau
A LEGO DeLorean model, LEGO Marty McFly driving, LEGO Doc Brown standing to the side with a large spanner. There is a large LEGO storage head in the background.
The rear of a LEGO model of the DeLorean time Machine from Back to the Future
A pack of 4 "cheesy hot cross buns"
A single piece of red LEGO in a see through bag on top of an order receipt from LEGO. The part number is 6494496 and is described as "1X1X2/3, W/ 1 KNOB, ROUNDED"
Small package poking through a letterbox
Teacher Tapp survey question results. N=10,491 . "Which whole weeks are you off for the Easter holidays this year?" 2% 23rd March - 27th March. 77% 30th March - 3rd April (has Good Friday in it). 85% 6th - 10th April (has Easter Monday in it). 19% 13th - 17th April. 0% 20th-24th April. 1% Other. 2% Not relevant / cannot answer.
Shot of TV screen showing France v England mens rugby. Subtitles are covering up the whole score card in the corner other than "FRA 38"
Penguin Classics book cover for The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring a large T-Rex looking dinosaur silhouetted against a clouded moon, a small human at it's feet
Audiobook cover for JRR Tolkien's The Fellowship Of The Ring as read by Rob Inglis
Book cover: "The Sacredness of Secular Work" by Jordan Raynor, subtitle: "4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You're Not Sharing the Gospel)". The cover features a plain grey background with a large tear across the middle revealing multicoloured watercolour underneath.
A 7 second slow mo clip of a Padel match, filmed from above one end. Mr Goater jumps dramatically to reach a high ball
A LEGO Lord of the Rings set of Gandalf the Grey facing down the Balrog on the bridge of khazad-dûm in the mines of moria. On display in a shop, for £109.99
A photo of an old book, The Time Machine by H.G.Wells. there is a drawing of a winged sphinx in the middle of an otherwise plain cover that looks like it's made of burlap
A small plate with a knife, a ramekin half filled with a pork and ham hock terrine, and two pieces of a broken petit pain, one with the terrine spread across it.
Book cover for "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi. Subtitle: "What makes life worth living in the face of death"
Book cover for "The Tips for Teachers Guide To The Do Now" by Craig Barton
Book cover for "KING: The life of Martin Luther King" by Jonathan Eig
A Harry Potter chess set with full figure pieces
The cover for the audiobook of Daniel T. Willingham's book "Why Don't Students Like School?" Second edition. Subtitle reads "A cognitive scientist answers questions about how the mind works and what it means for the classroom", read by Jim Seybert
Maths exam question with a diagram of a triangle with the following written description: "OAB is a triangle. OPM and APN are straight lines. M is the midpoint of AB. Vector OA = a, Vector OB = b. OP:PM = 3:2. Work out the ratio ON:NB"
An IKEA 5 by 5 Kallax shelving unit stuffed full of board games
A smiley snowman in a snowy park, complete with scarf and hat
"S<>D is easily accessible in one-press via the updated FORMAT key toggle"
'The Tips for Teachers Guide To The Do Now' by Craig Barton book
Photo of an exam question: "Write down a fraction with value between 1/5 and 1/4" and the student has written the two fractions over 20 (4 and 5 respectively) and given the answer as 4.5/20
Screenshot of the YouVersion Bible app showing a plan completion screen for "The Bible OverBrew: One Year Bible Reading Plan" rated 5 stars
KFC logo
Bees keeper Kelleher saves a penalty from Wolves, crowd goes wild. Phone video taken from half way line
Octopus energy email with the company logo at the top and the message "Congratulations! You've won £1.00 on the Octopus Energy wheel of fortune. We've already credited this jackpot to your account."
A picture of a page in a book, section titled "Sixes and Sevens" that speaks of the origin of the phrase "to be at sixes and sevens"
Teacher tapp question asking how often participants got in trouble at school aged 13/14. I was part of the 1% who said most days, rather than the 53% who said never or 32% that said rarely.
Duolingo 2025 year in review graphic. The text "I'm a learning legend! I'm in the top 1% of global learners" is above a cartoon of Duo the Duolingo bird brandishing a sword, wearing a cape.