Visitors to the TES online staffroom have been coining new Latin mottos more appropriate to the modern teenager, such as the one above - which translates as “Do your homework on the bus”.

The discussion started as one contributor questioned the value of a more traditional motto: Ultra optime melius est (“Beyond the best there is a better”). Others soon piled in with alternatives including Oi day doit (“It wasn’t me”, from a teacher at an inner-city Midlands comprehensive) and Fac ut gaudeam, rusticus (“Make my day, punk”).

See www.tes.co.ukstaffroom