Brilliant to listen to @petejackson.bsky.social and @benbassett.bsky.social explain their work having seen them begin this project . So many valuable stories worth telling. #historyteacher

*NEW BLOG POST* A new post from me and @lambhearttea.bsky.social on I, We, You theeducationalimposters.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/i...

#SHP25 Competition 💷Win £25 from Rayburn Tours, one of our many awesome exhibitors at this year's summer conference! Just grab a ticket here (1 day, 2 day and weekend options available) store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata.... We also have 40 wonderful workshops, 3 kicking keynotes and a fab fringe

This look brilliant! Too far for me from Scilly, but I hope other members of the HA Southwest Network will make it. @andrewshtbc.bsky.social

It's the final countdown, the last chance saloon, the end of the line! so don't miss out on the Yorkshire History Forum on Saturday (full details www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/yhf/) and tickets from as low as £10 from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... box office closes midnight Tues!

Find out more about the thinking behind this @histassoc.bsky.social programme in my blog here: hasouthwestnetwork.weebly.com/blog/an-anti...

📢 #EastMids #historyteacher s📢 @histassoc.bsky.social Nottingham HA History Teacher Network in collaboration with @uonsoe.bsky.social are pleased to invite you to join us for our FREE Saturday conference. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/teaching-t... #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation

It was great to welcome our first full cohort to Session 1 of the (now over-subscribed) @histassoc.bsky.social Experienced Teacher Programme tonight. Educators from a wide range of contexts, with 348 years worth of teaching expertise to share over the next five sessions.

People, places and a pinch of discipline. Here's my slides from #soane25 if that floats your boat. The script is below each slide. drive.google.com/file/d/18CWg...

In this blog, @andrewshtbc.bsky.social and I have shared our thinking about why there is a need for high quality CPD specifically designed for expert teachers. We’ve designed an HA Experienced Teacher Programme in response to this perceived need, and would love to hear your reflections.

I'm looking forward to teaching about Walter Raleigh this week having spent a lot of car journeys listening to podcasts about him - we even have an interpretation from The Beatles in there. I'll say it again - listening to podcasts and reading books is the best CPD you can get! #historyteacher

History community: please share as I’m not using X any more! Inspiring CPD tailored to experienced teachers who want to grapple with ‘new’ ideas (or challenge how new they really are), refresh pedagogy and expand networks. Brought to you by @histassoc.bsky.social, @andrewshtbc.bsky.social and me.

Rachel Ball and I are excited to share that our new book “The Scaffolding Effect”, part of the InnerDrive CPD series is now available to preorder on Amazon! www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1032...

So pleased to hear that Soane History Conference is returning in February. Last year’s conference was first class and this year’s title, Building Worlds’ sounds brilliant.

Vitally important thread for history teachers about using sources in the classroom and why and how we all need to do it better. In a nutshell, sign up for Hodder's webinar on this from @paulalobo.bsky.social taking place on Monday!

History teachers and SLT, don’t forget to register for Monday’s FREE webinar, 4pm, Mon 9 December ow.ly/A01g50U5cVb @paulalobo.bsky.social will use #ChangingHistoriesKS3 to "make sources sing". But what lies behind our approach to sources in these new secondary textbooks? Here’s a 🧵 ...

#Soane25 is live! Come and join us on Saturday 8th February for a day with a *phenomenal* line up of speakers. Tickets are ONLY £25 (including lunch!) Don’t miss it! www.eventbrite.com/e/ark-soane-...

Do you teach OCR African Kingdoms Alevel or African Kingdoms at KS3? Would you like to start? On Friday 25 April 2025, the Bristol Historical Association are hosting an afternoon of lectures on Early Modern African Kingdoms from an amazing group of academics. Free for Sixth Formers and Teachers!

I wrote something about mark reviews (you may know these as re-marks) which summarises what I think every year when I read social media, but never say. sallythorne.com/2024/08/25/m... TLDR: if you put in bulk review requests, consider spending the money on interventions instead. #edusky

Joining Blue Sky has encouraged me to blog again after a long hiatus! Here’s a few ramblings about what we do in our GCSE History teaching for OCR B #historyteacher pjlovingthelearning.wordpress.com/2024/08/29/g...

*NEW blog* Do your pupils work hard enough? Inspired by discussions on Bluesky earlier. bunsenblue.wordpress.com/2024/08/17/d...

Big news for HTEN UK ( History Teacher Educators' Network) Save the date for our in-person conference (neatly dovetailing with the Historical Association Conference in Birmingham this year) @freereed59.bsky.social @arthurjchapman.bsky.social @edpodesta.bsky.social @apf102.bsky.social

You can read my latest SHP Director's blog here www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/directors-bl... where I reflect on the recent SHP survey and also share details (and booking link) to some of the exciting upcoming SHP events including our New Teachers' Conference #SHPNTC24 on Sat Feb 3rd. Enjoy!