Aberdeen

I was lucky enough to get the opportunity recently to go to a maths conference in Aberdeen.  No MYP, no IB, no new courses of study, just good fun teaching maths.  Most were technology based and mostly it was, for me, a chance to relearn and have a chance to use different computer programs.  The conference was fantastic as it reminded me of the joy of mathematics and why I love this subject. It was great not to have to think of assessments and rubrics! There were about 80 maths teachers there and it was great opportunity make new friends.  On the first night we had a wine tasting and the conference dinner where I got to try haggis (chicken stuffed with haggis so not too much!!)
Aberdeen made it even easier to make friends there as we got stranded!!!

The School

Cocktail Lounge

 Due to the unprecedented snowfall, our flights home Sunday were cancelled.  There we were sitting in the hotel lounge saying our goodbyes and suddenly someone announced that some flights were cancelled.  Everyone raced to the phones and rebooked for Monday.  So we got to go to the local pub for dinner.  Monday morning some people went into Aberdeen town, were there is not too much to see, then Monday lunch as we waited around to leave we rang the airline - flights cancelled again :(  This was now too much.  Went into Aberdeen for dinner. Had a drink at a cocktail lounge that was set in an old church, still had all its features inside including the stain glass windows. Then off to Mexican. 

Tuesday morning we finally got to leave. I had a mad dash across Amsterdam airport to catch a connecting flight to Munich and finally got home late Tuesday afternoon.