Hi all, a job I have for this week is to create my 200th anniversary of the modern railway which is on the 27th September. The free access PPT will be released on my google drive with teacher notes available.

This discount code expires tonight at midnight so please use asap if interested :)

A common question asked is about activities using replicas/artefacts BUT this can easily miss the importance of collating sources. They must be placed within that sense of narrative arc to ensure value and avoid the misconception that one source = THE answer.

Well I didn't know this! A great fact if you're teaching Crime and Punishment!

An idea I'm working with at the moment for the early lessons of a history unit: Should children engage in the same manner and 'detail' with every aspect of a timeline to ensure the hinterland is not minimised to the point it's lost? p1

Always lovely to receive feedback from a session! If you've done a chronology workshop with me... you know the context. If you haven't, you should book one and find out... 🤓

Really grateful for RPs etc @mralmonded.bsky.social, @misssdoherty.bsky.social, @emmaturner75.bsky.social, @emmacate.bsky.social, @kieran-m-ed.bsky.social, @suchmo83.bsky.social

Started work on my next explorer pack to compliment the recently released Amelia Earhart lessons. Which other explorers do you teach? #history #ks1 #significantindividual #teacher

Just a response from me about how we might make more of chronology lessons in primary :) Anonymised the poster and other response for politeness reasons.

Merry ink-mas! Full day sitting which was rather tender in places... delighted with it mind.

On a bit of a roll with these new website pages and exemplar videos... 2 videos done this morning in 3 TAKES!

New website content incoming about how we plan primary history. This page focuses on chronology's role as part of this process; it includes exemplification videos to support.

Current view and plans 🤓

As promised, you can now access my KS1 VE Day assembly as a video: youtu.be/MCpt4N_oVMQ or the slides: drive.google.com/drive/folder... RPs appreciated :)

As promised, the assembly is done! It can be downloaded for free here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

There seems to be a lack of KS1 resources for the VE Day Commemorations in May so I've been working on this over the weekend. The aim is to publish for free tomorrow The slides will have teacher notes but would you also like a video version to just press play on? 😊

Free access resource to help with commemorations of #veday80thanniversary #VEDay for KS2 from the Imperial War Museum teams that includes how to use accounts to study the event. Worth looking into! Link: tinyurl.com/3vhktj5n

A surprise to no one I'm sure but working on the timelines for my forthcoming Amelia Earhart sequence for KS1. I've broken it into two timelines to add a more precise emphasis to the important hinterland of her life and then the core knowledge which underpins the enquiry.

Some things to focus on as we move into the Summer term...

Feeling really proud of this one. My new project completed with the AMAZING team at the Historic Royal Palaces is live and focused on KS1 significant individuals! Even better, it is totally free access! hrp.org.uk/schools/sign... RPs much appreciated 🥰

Currently compiling a list of all the free, high-quality resources for schools to access for #VEDay Does anyone know the best way to add a file onto Blusky for people to download once I've finished it?

The first of the free resources/support that I've found to help commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day from the brilliant team at Heritage Schools! 4 -5pm webinar and FREE! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-we...

@msquinnhistory.bsky.social I loved your session a the SHP new teacher conference. Would it be possible for you to drop me a message about something please? It would be great to connect :)

The Spring Network recording is now live and FREE for paid website members. To access it, please login to the website - click members - termly network - Spring Network and everything is there waiting for you. RPs appreciated :)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... An interesting one for those in #castleford or #wakefield

After the glorious Developing Teacher's Conference last Saturday, the Schools History Project @1972shp.bsky.social proudly presents our second Yorkshire History Forum, which will be taking place on Saturday March 15th at the University of Sheffield.

Once again, I'm getting there chance to do something really cool tomorrow! This year's mantra is a big ol' change from but what if... to but what if... (tonal shift even if the words remain unchanged).

One of the great joys I get from teaching in a school every week is the chance to share practice with other schools. I had 4 teachers from a school in York observe me this afternoon whilst my lovely Y6's completed this lesson from my unit. 1/2

I can't believe there is only 1 week left to buy tickets for the fabulous @1972shp.bsky.social Developing Teachers' Conference. All that amazing CPD for veritable peanuts! #historyteacher #historyeducation #skystorians #primary #secondary Tickets from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...

A quick heads up for enhanced website members... I've been writing and recording CPD quick vids on historical enquiry for you to use with staff. They're no longer than 8-10 minutes and are designed to get teachers up and running with principles we use when teaching history.

For the first time in years, I am teaching a unit from my website. Would you be interested in a blog/video series on how I'm adapting and embedding it as I go? If so, would you prefer... a written blog or series of videos?

The second of my whole staff webinars is taking place in March! It focuses on how we teach chronology and why I advocate for this way based on research and classroom experience. If you'd like a quote, drop me a message or comment with how many classes you have per year group!

Nice to be back on the road this week. A research trip for a local history unit for my teaching school today, Birmingham Wed and Thur then teaching Friday... busy busy 😊

New post from me in @teachprimarymag.bsky.social on narrative thinking in primary history. cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/Teach-...

Over Christmas, I have written an updated Ancient Egypt (including the overview) unit for UKS2! While lots of the knowledge they will learn is the same as for LKS2, the depth of interpretation and comparison with other units of history is increased to show progression... 1/2

A big privilege to share some primary history for the @collegeofteaching.bsky.social webinar day. Also, huge thank you to @counsellc.bsky.social, @histassoc.bsky.social, @marymyatt.bsky.social, @emmaturner75.bsky.social and more for inspiring the content. #GBSSinset

The next CPD quick vid has been added onto the website members area. There will be two more on enquiry to follow 🙂

Hi @theclpe.bsky.social, please could you remove this appalling 'book' from your primary World War 2 booklist. This from the experts will hopefully explain why. I'd be grateful if you could reply when you have done it. holocaustcentrenorth.org.uk/blog/the-pro...

I was victorious at @morrisonsofficial.bsky.social today! 😍

I've paced out the next couple of CPD quick vids that will be exclusively available for enhanced website members in early January. This series of 3 will focus on enquiry questions... 1) What are they? 2) How do we frame them effectively? 3) How are they enacted in lessons?

Spotted this from Peterborough Museum ... definitely worth dropping by if you are able. Is this your neck of the woods @suchmo83.bsky.social? peterboroughmuseum.org.uk/news/teacher...

A quick list of tasks you may wish to do as a history leader before the end of term or in early January! RTs appreciated: @emmaturner75.bsky.social, @emmacate.bsky.social, @apf102.bsky.social, @lambhearttea.bsky.social, @marymyatt.bsky.social, @creativehigg.bsky.social, @mralmonded.bsky.social

Excellent movie choice this evening I feel! 😍

What does a timeline look like? They need to lay out the narrative which inevitably varies. In this case, changes in toys introduces to children to change across varied types of toy. These toys are not inherently the ‘same’ so we need to classify them in layers to avoid misleading comparisons...

YUMMY! I think lasagna is my favourite food by far.

As promised, I have added another CPD quick-vid for website members and the clusters I work with across the year. This video focuses on how the NC is structured and therefore how the aims, processes and episodes listed can be combined to form a bespoke curriculum offer.

2 years ago, I finished this :)