Congratulations 2 CPA's own Robin Whitburn & Abdul Mohamud, 2 Kate Donnington & Nicholas Draper, & 2 our @uclpress.bsky.social colleagues, on the publication of this remarkable & important book - Teaching Slavery: New approaches to Britain’s colonial past. Open access uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...

1. Thread. Ed tech and the best lesson I taught this year. The best Ed tech in the world for my subject is a book. It is the ideal delivery method because the effort of concentrating on it helps people learn what's in it.

Apparently I’ve taken more photos of books I want to buy than ones I’ve actually read…but I read this one. And Picture Imperfect. And Stephen Fry’s Odyssey.

I clearly wasn’t paying attention when Busted reformed because there’s a whole set of re-releases that are even better than the originals.

Cannot get over how phenomenal Busted and McFly were last night. I’m so glad I went. I was worried about going alone but I needn’t have been.

The next of our free #New2RE subject knowledge webinars will be on Monday at 4pm. ECTs of RE and teachers with other specialisms - join @deborahweston.bsky.social to explore teaching about Humanist worldviews. Register here natre.org.uk/courses-and-... #TeamRE

Hosting a ‘cheese and comfy clothes’ evening tomorrow with some friends. Thoroughly enjoyed my cheese shop

Doris has been licking the site on her neck where bloods were taken. She’s licked it raw. £75 at vets for steroid and antibiotic injection. This cat never contributes any cash.

The Facebook algorithm is telling me I want to take a first class flight or a sleeper train. I don’t know where though.

Year 9 lessons absolutely kicked my bum today. But I held the first meeting for the new pride group and 15 kids turned up! 🏳️‍🌈

Riot Women is brilliant. You should all watch it.

Just one week to go before our UNEARTHED webinar (just email [email protected] to register for your FREE place). Thought we needed some male role models to publicise the event as currently I am the ONLY male who is attending!! So come on lads, environmental history is for everyone!

This is tomorrow for anyone interested. Recordings of the others also available.

Watching finale of Dexter season 8. It’s very sad 😢

👻 Teachers shouldn’t feel better off in other jobs. This is no ghost story. It’s the everyday reality of agency supply. #StopTheAgencyRipOff ✍️ Write to your MP today and demand change 👉 bit.ly/4777aKx

Hoping the rain continues and the teenagers won’t be out for trick or treating 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

Had quite a nice day initially. Haircut. Pancakes with a friend. Gone downhill since then with teenagers setting off fireworks behind my house, and Doris the cat’s spot where she had blood taken on Tuesday starting to randomly bleed 😩😩😩 looking for a 75% day tomorrow!

Huge thanks to Educate for this feature on our @endsexisminschools.bsky.social History report, alongside @katemossewriter.bsky.social ‘Change is needed’. 💪🏻

I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other. It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.

A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.

We have curated a record-breaking NINE workshops for secondary teachers, covering a huge range of topics. You won't be surprised that we have an awesome roster of presenters including @fredoxby.bsky.social @petejackson.bsky.social @missrcarter89.bsky.social @oblaize.bsky.social

Being a head of department can be one of the most rewarding yet draining jobs in school, writes @ensermark.bsky.social – here, he offers tips to protect your energy

📢Stop the Agency Rip Off! Supply teachers are being paid below national scales and denied access to their pensions, while agencies profit from the money schools provide. The government must act now to fix this. #StopTheAgencyRipOff

‘Work Wednesday’ was tolerable - mostly because I didn’t actually do much work - but I’ve sorted 1 year 7 scheme and now I’m reading ‘Human Rites’ ❤️

Do you know a great history teacher? Nominate them now for a new history teaching award! Maybe I'll see them at the Tower of London next year! Nominate someone here: bit.ly/42yhGZP #historyteachingawards

We are delighted to be Associate Partner with Historic Royal Palaces to celebrate brilliant history teaching across the country. Do you know a teacher who deserves to be remembered in history? Nominate them now, link in bio/comments bit.ly/42yhGZP

I'm running a webinar on adaptive teaching on 5th November. Loads of practical advice about inclusive approaches to teaching. Pay what you can to attend. Please share. Thank you! #EduSky www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ultima...

Just had my boiler serviced and now I’m going to get my flu vaccine. I never knew adult life could be so thrilling.

Final call for papers! Share your expertise at #HACONF26 in Newcastle — submissions close 7 November.

A conversation with some colleagues this morning has reminded me of this (amongst other things!): uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2024/06/11/e...

Meeting a friend for a coffee and let me tell you, I’ve never been to the high street this early on a Sunday and it’s a bit weird

Reclaim The Night, Nottingham

Alarms off, pyjamas on ✅

Looking further forward we host our Developing Teachers' Conference on January 31 2026: We will have 9 secondary workshops and 3 primary workshops featuring legends like @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social @oblaize.bsky.social @missrcarter89.bsky.social & @msquinnhistory.bsky.social. Tickets on sale v soon!

British.

Excitement of the half term arrived yesterday, my nice packets of MWBs 😂

Teachers of Russian and Soviet history! Join us in Manchester this November for unique @histassoc.bsky.social event with 3 world-leading scholars to discuss pedagogical approaches to teaching Russian and Soviet cultures, gender and sexualities www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues. 1/2 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...

Very excited to share the forthcoming SHP Understanding event from @1972shp.bsky.social: Unearthed (Nov 10 5-6pm). The first in a series of webinars looking at the transformative and radical power of gardening - from the Diggers to Mary Seacole to settler colonialism we've got it covered!

This week is going to be great. I’ve got an exciting department meeting planned, then seeing a pal for coffee and placard making. Seeing another pal after work Tuesday, and two more on Wednesday. Thursday I get to meet the parents of tutees…and Friday is a half day inset!

I’m really looking for are to being part of the Autumn Primary History Network Meeting with @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social on 13th November! Tickets on sale here www.mrtdoeshistory.com/product/autu... #historyteacher #primaryteaching

Need to get a lesson prepped for tomorrow but I mostly want to snuggle on the sofa with a cat 😫

Thank you Greg Jenner 🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

NPQ assessment is submitted! Word limit was tough.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

7pm. I have not spoken to a single other human being today. I’m not sure if I should be proud or sad

Having recently discovered that we made it a legal requirement to chip cats last year but if someone doesn’t basically nothing happens, I’ve become evangelical on this. If you’re not enforcing a rule, you’re just inconveniencing the compliant.

#OtD 4 Oct 1936 the Battle of Cable St took place when Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists tried to march through East London. They were met by over 100k local workers who fought the blackshirts and the police protecting them, stopping the march workingclasshistory.com/2020/02/17/e...

NPQLTD assessment window opens tomorrow 😱😱

Whole class feedback. Took in sample of 8 books - deliberately selected below target students and those who wanted feedback. Share key learning from the sample with rest of class for whole class feedback. Took just 30 mins but great way of checking understanding and useful whole class feedback