This is an actual job going for grabs in the UK…. I would have loved to have shown this to my students before a peice of media coursework started… lol so… i’ll post it here in case it’s useful.. you might like to apply?

Hi all,
Just a job ad that’s up at the moment for a role at Sugar. If anyone’s interested or can recommend anyone for the role, let me know directly on caro...@sugarscape.com
Thanks,
Caroline

Sugar, Production Editor
date posted: Friday, 11th June 2010
The UK’s best selling teen mag is looking for a brilliant Production Editor to work across Sugar and brand extension Sugar LadMag. The perfect candidate will have extensive experience running or deputising a subs team on a consumer magazine, and be proficient in InDesign, VIP4 and CS3 systems. You’ll be obsessed with grammatical accuracy, deadlines and ensuring headlines, sells, slugs and picture captions are so smart they should come with a couture label. You’ll also be totally in touch with your inner teen, comfortable managing a team and doing some subbing, and happy to lay down the law with everyone else on the magazine (including the editor) if necessary.

Interested, please send your CV and a covering letter, along with (when you have looked at the July issue of Sugar and LadMag) 5 alternative coverlines and 5 alternative heads and sells to h...@hf-uk.com by 25 June 2010

Fly me to the moon!

Here’s me and my mate. I’m calling him Astro… He’s one of about 5 Astronauts that I’ve seen in the city for the Fringe. I get very excited about them. There’s two in Victoria square (that’s Astro and his girlfriend). There’s one on top of the town hall, one on a radio station’s wall (he has binoculars and is spying on you… yes you) and i think there’s another one on King William street too. All very fun!

I have done more than chase inflatable giant astronauts this week though. Of course.  I’ve been working at the college this week.  One of those days involved my having to remember how to knit, the other involved me entertaining a class of students because I was the only one in the city and, as a non-permanent member of staff, i don’t have a key to the campus.  Thank goodness that Adelaide has so many free places to visit.  We did the tour of the city on the free city loop bus (Which bus is free?  The 99c! No ticket!) and then I walked them around the botanical gardens telling them the names of things and pointing out kookaburras.  We were all exhausted by lunchtime!  Was good fun though

I’ve also been meeting with various people on behalf of Teacher Tech, which is now an official registered business (with a certificate and everything).  Training is slowly starting to pick up which is good.  I’ve just submitted my overview for my “invited speaker” slot at the CEGSA conference and I’m hoping to go for dinner next week with Stephen Heppall and CEGSA.

Hendrix has continued to take advantage of the rockery snack bar.  Which is how he sees the frontgarden.  He’s eaten 5 geckos now. *sigh* he can’t carry birds through the window you see (it’s to high up) but a gecko is easy enough to transport. Stan continues to be sleepy and cute doing his chilled out Stan thing

I found a sweet shop this week too.  A sweet shop with actual British sweets (and walkers crisps)  Prices are a little high though.  I did get excited when i saw the following two food items.

Highland Toffee! Save those pennies!

Om NOM NOM!

It’s very important that I can still spend my money on these items.  They remind me of cold, dark autumnal evenings in Webheath where Span and I would scrape together all our coppers (mostly donated by either Nan or Dad’s sock draw) and walk to the post office for a 5p Highland Toffee ( I believe they are nearly 15p now! That’s inflation!).  Such items were contraband in Span’s house you see so this was very, very, exciting.  Of course we then got older and moved onto the hard stuff… mint creams which have to be eaten in a very specific manner.  Not sure if I want to spend 10 dollars for 4 of them though…  we’ll see how desperate I get.

(Mind mapping was created by Tony Buzan. It’s very clever. A bit like a brainstorm but more a map of thought processes. Students are asked to use them to develop their thinking skills and revise key ideas. I asked my Year 11s to create one such map to help them map out the different linguistic devices that could be found in their GCSE English paper. Of course, part of this process involves images, colours and text….)
We get to “Technical Language”

Student: So I can draw something here which reminds me of nerds then?
Me: Yes, i guess so.. that’s kind of the idea! When you think of technical language what do you think of? I’d probably draw a science nerd with big black glasses… you know (does impression of large glasses over face)
Student: Do you know what madam… your husband must be mad! ( Shakes head)
Me: What? Why?
Student: Does he know you’re a nerd?
Me: Yes.
Student: Yeah. I guess he’s a nerd too…. but does he think you’re a mong?
Me: Erm… no… I’m guessing not… he did marry me…
Student: Yeah. Pauses to consider Really you’re kind of perfect for each other?
TA: Do you know madam I know I’ve seen your husband but I just can’t picture him
Student: To TA Oh Madam! How could you forget him!? Right, yeah… he’s massive! Once, yeah, we were waiting to go into a concert and there he was in his surfer shorts and this long hair (indicates length) and glasses. Class titters away

Me: You were just jealous! It was flipping hot in that theatre!!
Student: Yeah and he had this beard too.
Me: No… He doesn’t have a beard it was the end of the week. He only shaves once! You just caught him at a bad time. He hadn’t shaved so he looked a bit well…
Student: Like a tramp?

Some time later….

Student: I’ve drawn a razor madam.
Me: Why?
Student: Well its the razor your husband will never use. It’ll help me to remember that technical language is for nerds.

Done too much flapping, now worn out and the parents aren’t even here yet!

Finish at 8:30  DOH!

They’re coming to video M6 and I as we make our contract.  Apparently, I’m into that kind of thing?

;p

Funky Photos

We’re having them.

A modern school photographer came and made the kids pose in fun and interesting ways. It was fun. Well I thought so.

Apparently some of the hormonal adolescents didn’t like being asked to stand next to each other or kneel behind each other. TOO much like fun!
Bless.

Made me laugh when a wise man at the meeting said “Well, I don’t know who suggested that but they clearly know nothing about kids”

Had to clear my throat and lose eye contact for a minute there!

I reckon doing what we did today was much more interesting than sitting on a chair, in a row, smiling inainely at a camera! LMAO

Woo hoo!