Excited

Hey Penny & Ali,

You always find people if you're working on a church floor. Anyone who thought they were important got buried under the floor or in the walls.

Another church, Topsham in devon, had a victorian extension that we had to put a new doorway into.

The architect asked us to dig a test pit for the foundations. I pointed out that although we were within the church, we were actually over the medieval cemetary.

He told us to carry on, first few shovels produced this,



Half a human pelvis.

He told us to stop digging after that.

We also found a chi ro on the underside of one of the flagstones we had to get up.

 

oh how exciting and good luck to you, i feel sure you will be brilliant!!

loopy

 

thanks Loopy Lou,
Ziggy, what an exciting job...you must wonder what you'll find next!!

 

You never know,



Childs shoe.

Conservators report ;

"Probably boy's 3 hole front lace shoe, no surviving tongue, leather bound,back seam only - a common style found concealed (the 3 holes may be significant). The pointed toe, 1 - lift heel pegged on and sole made straight ( no left or right ) dates it in the 1790s.

The shoe has had considerable wear, until at 1 child outgrew it, then a toe patch was added, right across the front(like a toecap,but stitched down to attach, to avoid opening the sole seam).

 

wow, you should start a thread of all the different things you find.... it's fascinating

 

I agree, your job is so fascinating, Ziggy, that childs shoe is so cute, and so old.

 

Hey Axie,

We havn't forgotten you, good luck for next week, let us know how you get on :yho:

 

Do you not need a degree in the subject to teach in England ?
In Scotland you need a degree in the subject and a further teaching qualification.
Maybe it makes no difference.
Good luck for next week.

 

Thanks
You need a degree and further teacher training to teach under 16's, with FE its often down to experience, knowledge of the subject and teacher training on the job (now called pttls, nttls and kttls) for example, we have hairdressers etc teaching hairdressing btec that only have the btec themselves and years on the job. There are many professions that need to be taught that have no associated degree...e.g hairdressing, car maintainance etc. I cannot imagine it's any difference in Scotland.

 

I've just done a bit of research Alice and this website http://www.prospects.ac.uk/teaching_in_scotland_courses.htm
shows that Scotland also offers in service training for lecturers already teaching in FE, so no different to here.
The only reason I'm teaching an academic subject 1 year before finishing my degree is that I have been working as a lab tech for many years at the college, so I'm a known entity to them and I am very experienced at in class practical science.