Final chance to win back your tickets for the @1972shp.bsky.social Summer Conference - deadline midnight! Tickets available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... and Concession tickets from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... Full details from www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/summerconf/

Celebrating a fantastic season with the #Arsenal family!

We’re thrilled that @profdanhicks.bsky.social will be a keynote speaker at the SHP Summer Conference this year (July 10-12, Leeds Trinity University). His books The Brutish Museums & Every Monument Will Fall challenge us to think critically about empire, museums, & the stories we choose to preserve.

It's a glorious day to be a Gooner teaching in Tottenham!! Championes Championes Ole Ole Ole @arseblog.com

Do it!!

Local History has been championed by the Schools History Project since the 1970s! When our pioneering predecessors, SCHP, wrote their seminal book, A New Look at History, in 1976 they talked about a new course for history students to study, which they called History Around Us ...

WIN BACK THE COST OF YOUR TICKET TO #SHP26 Our Early Bird Ticket offer has now ended, but now u can win back the cost of your ticket! This is open to any person that buys a ticket for the conference between now and June 1st (and will apply retrospectively to anyone who has already bought a ticket).

Thanks @historyrichk.bsky.social, it is such a joy and an honour to be Director, my biggest hopes are that more and more people find the same energy, passion and professional development from SHP that we have benefited from.

If you want to learn more about the Schools History Project @1972shp.bsky.social, our core principles and why you should attend our summer conference then check out this podcast that I recorded with @historywithjackson.bsky.social on www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km5n...

WIN BACK THE COST OF YOUR TICKET TO #SHP26 Our Early Bird Ticket offer has now ended, but now u can win back the cost of your ticket! This is open to any person that buys a ticket for the conference between now and June 1st (and will apply retrospectively to anyone who has already bought a ticket).

Last chance to grab a bargain! Standard Tickets from here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... and Concession Tickets from here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... . Come and join us in Leeds in July for the History Teachers Glastonbury!

30 hours left to claim your Early Bird Ticket to #SHP26 don't miss out on the bargain of a lifetime! Standard Tickets available here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... and Concession Tickets from here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... What workshops are you most looking forward to?

'Bling and Booze' sounds like the perfect description of the evenings at SHP Conferences!

It's too good to miss!!

Last chance for Early Bird Tickets for #SHP26 we move onto Tier 1 tickets on Friday. Don't miss out on a great deal for our fantastic conference - 46 wonderful workshops for primary and secondary history teachers, 2 superb keynotes from @marnieh-w.bsky.social and @profdanhicks.bsky.social +

How the Schools History Project can help schools prepare for CAR: If you ever wondered why so many schools teach historical enquiries, use sources & interpretations, or depth and thematic studies or local history or diverse histories, the answer is that they were all pioneered by SHP +

Had a brilliant time this morning at the Practical Histories Conference @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy with @sashasmith.bsky.social and @katiehall.bsky.social. It was an honour to share the history of the Schools History Project, and how to make History meaningful for our students #phconf26

Totally agree!! We are spoilt for choice this year for primary workshops! And we also offer reduced price tickets for primary teachers from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... - Early Bird offer closes at the end of the month so don't miss out!

And we are delighted that you'll be clearly demonstrating the urgent need that will hopefully be picked up by CAR!

Heading to the SHP Summer Conference this year? If you’re interested in practical classroom ideas for teaching history, come and join us! We’ll be sharing resources, lesson ideas, & talking about what actually works in history classrooms. Which workshop are you most excited about this year? #SHP26

Brilliant thread from @freereed59.net about the presentations from the @1972shp.bsky.social 'How to Build a Robot Historian' workshop this morning which can can watch here www.youtube.com/live/3IP11tU.... Apologies for the technical hitch for @marnieh-w.bsky.social's slides, DM me if you want a copy

SHP live stream has started with Presentation from Matthew Harper-Duffy (primary) Teachers now asking not *how* do I use AI but *should* I use it here. @shp1972.bsky.social #HistoryEducation

Nearly ready to go live for the SHP workshop How to Build a Robot Historian, join us for the lovestream at 11.15 www.youtube.com/live/3IP11tU...

Final chance to book a place at SHP's 'How to Build a Robot' workshop, with Marnie Hughes-Warrington AND we have a signed copy of her book, Artificial Historians, for the first person to email [email protected] to register for a place to join us at Park View School on Monday at 11am!

Last chance to book a place at the SHP workshop 'How to build a robot historian' (still loads of places for the livestream). Teacher presentations about how to train AI for the KS1-KS5 history classroom alongside Marnie Hughes-Warrington's keynote. Email [email protected] to register

Just a few places left for our in-person workshop with Marnie Hughes-Warrington (but unlimited space on the livestream!) on Monday March 30th. It's a superb opportunity to explore how History teachers can use their disciplinary expertise 2 train AI models and make them work better for our students.

Final chance to register for the Schools History Project's fascinating webinar on Gardening and Medicine with presentations for both primary and secondary teachers of history. Email [email protected] before 12 noon on Sunday March 1.

Today we are launching the 2026 SHP Summer Conference, which will be taking place July 10-12 at Leeds Trinity. This year, due to the huge increase in proposals for workshops, we have extended our offer to 46 wonderful workshops for primary and secondary teachers of history (see below for a taster!

Two awesome events coming soon from the Schools History Project: 1) March 2 5-6pm on the SHP YouTube Channel - UNEARTHED2: Medicine and Gardening. Join us for a micro keynote on Women in Medieval Medicine from Dr Natasha Hodgson @teachmedwomen.bsky.social ...

This looks amazing

@1972shp.bsky.social's new webinar in our UNEARTHED series is a must for all teachers of the History of Medicine. Bring your students along to hear @teachmedwomen.bsky.social's Dr Natasha Hodgson discussing Medieval women, medicine & gardening ...

Fascinating deep dive, from Sarah Longair's keynote, into the material culture of the Seychelles including the coco-de-mer tree and the beautiful hand crafted objects that were produced by indigenous artisans #SHPDTC26

Sarah now showcasing how primary students can use material culture in their classroom using the example that she developed with @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social on Joseph Banks

Wow! What a way to kick off Dr Sarah Longair's keynote for #SHPDTC26 with this fascinating look at the 'Yoruba' Queen Victoria

@msquinnhistory.bsky.social arguing that primary students can engage really effectively with contested artefacts, and showcasing the work that she does on the Benin Bronzes #SHPDTC26 @profdanhicks.bsky.social, who will be giving our keynote at the 2026 SHP summer conference will be very interested!

Our final primary workshop from @msquinnhistory.bsky.social about using historical artefacts in the primary classroom - and straight off the bat she mentions how powerful they are as a tool for decolonising the curriculum #SHPDTC26

@fredoxby.bsky.social getting a lot of fascinating responses in the comments around student confidence in answering exam style questions #SHPDTC26

The SHP family extends to our furry friends! Welcome Connie.

Connie loved Stuart Tiffany’s session about developing historical thinking- brilliant and useful as usual #SHPDTC26 @danlyndon.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social

@fredoxby.bsky.social starting his workshop at #SHPDTC26 with a big question!

Really looking forward to this session for primary teachers of history with Nick Mackintosh, on emotional history - I saw this live at the SHP Yorkshire History Forum in Sheffield last year and it was brilliant #SHPDTC26

Gemma Ellis on SHP Channel 2 is sharing her brilliant practical tips for supporting students with historical interpretations

@1972shp.bsky.social #SHPDTC26 kicks off with @danlyndon.bsky.social Centre lessons around real lives Let your passion drive you Make it meaningful Love SHP - here we go!!

Amazing that so many teachers have booked to attend today! Brilliant work by @1972shp.bsky.social, @danlyndon.bsky.social and co and can't wait to see some of the sessions from amazing speakers too! I'll be dipping my toe into the secondary sessions to think are the building blocks in place?

Dale Banham kicking off the Secondary History workshops on SHP channel 1 looking at ways to make History the lesson pupils look forward to every week #SHPDTC26

Starting to set up for #SHPDTC26 and excited to welcome our 110 delegates to the conference! We have a brilliant day ahead and I'll be posting updates throughout.

And that's a wrap, the ton is up for Saturday and I'm so looking forward to welcoming everyone to what promises to be a wonderful Developing Teachers' Conference. Massive thanks to everyone who has supported the event, put up with the incessant promos, and of course to all our presenters. C U Sat!

We are at 99 punters for the SHP Developing Teachers Conference, will you be the last one to get the final ticket and push us over the line? DM me as quick as you can!

I am absolutely thrilled that the @1972shp.bsky.social Developing Teachers' Conference has signed up 95 teachers of history for Saturday, nearly doubling last year's attendance. BUT I really want to hit three figures so am offering 5 free places to the first 5 people who DM me asking for them!

It's the final countdown, the last chance saloon, the end of the line!! Tickets are still available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... but the box office for the Schools History Project's Developing Teachers' Conference closes tomorrow at midnight!