What a DISASTER!

VT No 308

Apr 20, 2026

Welcome Everyone,

Nothing beats opening a fresh copy of your own picture book.
Real pages, real ink, real story.
That moment when it’s finally in your hands ….magic.

Quite the struggle to set up the artwork, editing the book, get a proof, correct the proof, send for another proof to double check, set up the AMAZON author page, make the ebooks as well. Finally everything up and running.
So I hope I can rely on your support to spread the word.
Any liking, reviewing, subscribing and reposting you can do, would be fantastic.

Here are the links to my website for more info and my AMAZON author page. Let me know what you think!

ENJOY, ENJOY, ENJOY,

Take a deep breath and enjoy the adventure!
Squashed. Melted. Exploded. And still standing. Sounds like a normal school day to me.

Enough of the chat, check out the Amazing Tools & Absolutely Splendid ideas
I have to share with you in this issue, in the spirit of

EASIER, MORE PRODUCTIVE & A WHOLE LOT MORE FUN!

Until Next Time…

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Mind Candy - mental treats, light, fun or entertaining things for the brain.
The Moon is made of GREEN CHEESE! - What do you think? What is your evidence?
AI Prompting Tip #2 -The Boredom Buster Prompt
EVER had one of those days where everything falls apart? - You can’t control what happens… BUT you can control what happens next.
I saw a great question from Sal Khan - AI, introduced through creativity and play, builds agency from the start.
TO DO LIST - Make sure you do!
VT YouTube - A New Jumper

Let's create a ripple effect of learning, sharing, and growing together.
Pass any good ideas on to colleagues, and encourage them to subscribe to VirtualTeacher for more.

MIND CANDY

This is it. For kids as well.
Not raising kids to worry about the world…
but to explore it, create in it, be amazed by it and find what they love.

“In my entire life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time, none, zero.” Charlie Munger & The Monkey agrees.

The Moon is made of GREEN CHEESE!

The Moon is made of GREEN CHEESE.
A browser based version is available on the VT Geology page

EVIDENCE
1. NASA sent mice to the moon. Why would they do this except to test the theory that the moon is made of cheese where mice could survive.
Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey were five mice who traveled to the Moon and circled it 75 times on the 1972 APOLLO17 mission.
2. Lunar rock 10017 has a shock wave velocity of 1.84 kilometres per second. This velocity is an indirect measurement of the composition of rocks. A study of shock wave velocities of cheese shows that there are variations such as 1.75 km/sec (Emmental, Switzerland), 1.75 km/sec (Cheddar, UK)and 1.83 km/sec (Gjetost, Norway). The moon is therefore made of green cheese. What’s more, it’s made of Gjetost, a Norwegian green cheese! Ian Plimer - A Short History of the Planet Earth pp41
3. Wallace and Gromit went there in “A Grand Day Out - Landing on the Moon” and ate cheese.
4. Because it is formed in the Milky Way.
5. If you zoom in really close to the lunar surface, it reveals a cheese like texture proving the theory that the moon is made of cheese. Check out Google Moon
6. You can buy Moon Cheese Snacks

What do you think? What is your evidence?
If the moon is indeed made of green cheese, then all other observations and measurements must be in agreement with the cheese composition. They are not and accordingly, the theory that the Moon is made of green cheese is rejected.

This is the way science works.

EVER had one of those days where everything falls apart?

You can’t control what happens…
BUT
you can control what happens next.
That idea sits right at the heart of this story.
Things go wrong. Then worse. Then completely off the rails.
And that’s where the real thinking begins.
👉 What a Disaster! is a short, fast-paced story that opens up conversations about:
• decision making
• resilience
• creative thinking
• “what would you do next?” moments

See more disaster! There’s a whole series of these of these shorts.
🎬 WATCH the full video

📘 Love the video GRAB the book

💡 Use it with kids, in class, or at home
Pause the story and ask: What would you do next?

I saw a great question from Sal Khan

I’ve been using AI with young learners to co create stories and entire visual worlds.

NOT for efficiency.
NOT for assessment.
NOT for staff retention.
FOR IMAGINATION

Because the real question is this:
Are we helping children understand the world they’re inheriting… or not?
AI, introduced through creativity and play, builds agency from the start.

CHECK THESE OUT LIST

The History Boys captures a beautiful truth about reading. Every writer and reader and librarian knows. Love this short video. Loved the movie.

iLLUSIONS Optical illusions simply trick our brains into seeing things which may or may not be real. (VT most popular page this week.)

OK Not OK PDF Is this image created with positive or negative intentions? A great way to start AI discussion.

VT YOUTUBE

A New Jumper - with some Monkey business. The Monkey’s edit.
👉 IF YOU LOVE THE VIDEO? GRAB THE BOOK!
Do me a favour and pass it on.

A New Jumper started 25 years ago in real classrooms, with real kids, not theory, not guesswork.
What made them laugh.
What they could predict.
What made them shout the words out loud and demand “one more time”.
That’s what stayed.

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