New InfoCentre launched

New InfoCentre launched

More than 700 factsheets have been added to the Teacher Support Network website enabling access to online information and support around the clock.

Using the search facility, located on the homepage, website visitors can retrieve factsheets on a wide range of topics related to teaching, health, wellbeing, CPD and much more.

Try out the InfoCentre now

GCSE howlers

The following questions and answers were allegedly collated from last year's British GCSE exams. Some older members will remember them being "collated" from GCE and CSE papers thirty years ago!

Geography

Q: Name the four seasons. A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

Q. Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink. A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.

Q: How is dew formed? A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.

Q: What causes the tides in the oceans? A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.


Sociology

Q: What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on? A: If you are buying a house, they will insist you are well endowed.

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