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Finding balance since my youngest started school — swimming on my day off and, this lunchtime, heading to a @tracyborman.bsky.social lecture at @lincolnbishopuni.bsky.social
#wellbeing #balance #historyteacher

Hey #historyteacher can you help me decorate my department's classrooms? if anyone has any migration timeline wall displays to share that would be magnificent! Or displays showing key individuals related to migration (KS3 or KS4)?

Learning to Lead: Lessons from My First Year Heading a Department When I stepped into my new role this year, I knew there would be plenty to learn — but I don’t think I fully appreciated just how many different hats I’d end up wearing. Being a new member of staff…

Following my blog post last week about a love of learning, I have reflected on my first year as a subject lead and the lessons I have learnt.
#UKEdu #historyteacher

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Learning to Lead: Lessons from My First Year Heading a Department When I stepped into my new role this year, I knew there would be plenty to learn — but I don’t think I fully appreciated just how many different hats I’d end up wearing. Being a new member of staff in a school is one thing. Taking on a department with an established reputation for high standards and strong results is another.

Learning to Lead: Lessons from My First Year Heading a Department

When I stepped into my new role this year, I knew there would be plenty to learn — but I don’t think I fully appreciated just how many different hats I’d end up wearing. Being a new member of staff in a school is one thing. Taking…

Always Learning It’s taken me a long time to realise that what I truly love is learning. What I’m good at is learning. And what I thrive on — more than anything — is learning. I didn’t fully recognise this until p…

Teaching is never static.
I’ve reflected on my journey as a teacher and leader — the challenges, the shifts, and why I thrive on being pushed to keep growing.
Read more in Always Learning → ep1008.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/a...
#ProfessionalDevelopment #TeachingJourney #Education

Always Learning It’s taken me a long time to realise that what I truly love is learning. What I’m good at is learning. And what I thrive on — more than anything — is learning. I didn’t fully recognise this until partway through university. That was when it dawned on me that what excited me wasn’t just the subject itself, but the process — the challenge of grappling with something new, of digging deeper, of connecting ideas I hadn’t seen before.

Always Learning

It’s taken me a long time to realise that what I truly love is learning. What I’m good at is learning. And what I thrive on — more than anything — is learning. I didn’t fully recognise this until partway through university. That was when it dawned on me that what excited me wasn’t…

On Being the “Fun Mum” (Or Not) I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be the “fun mum.” You know the one I mean: the parent who gets right down on the floor, speaking in funny voices, creating entire …

I’m not the “fun mum" but that doesn't mean I'm a bad mum. I’ve realised there’s more than one way to nurture through my musings over the summer

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Are you the fun parent or the organiser or a mix? 👇

Summer is always a balance between children, house and a bit of work. Today is all about downtime and family as we experience the medieval joust at Lincoln Castle. Always a highlight of the year for our family and it hasn’t disappointed!
#historyteacher #summerholidays #castle #medieval

Any other book recommendations out there? What about a #TTRHumanities bookswap? @ttreligiousstudies.bsky.social @ttradioofficial.bsky.social #TeamRE #TeamGeog

Looks like a great event here - and it’s free!

I love CPD and learning but cost is often a factor!
What I love about @ttrhistory.bsky.social is that it is completely accessible in terms of cost - FREE. The people involved give their time freely to share good practice & ideas. Teaching community at it’s best ♥️

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If you didn’t catch our speaker announcements then check out our awesome line up for September!

Connect. Collaborate. Spark fresh thinking. All for FREE!

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@ttradioofficial.bsky.social #TTRHumanities #TeamRE #historyteacher #TeamGeog

🚨 New speakers announced for #TeachersTalkHumanities!

Join us for a day of powerful, practical CPD.
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#HumanitiesEd #TeacherCPD #Geography #History #RE

Revisited our ‘Curriculum in Objects’ initiative. Initial idea of student led inferences remains in place but we’ve switched to connected closed questions to build confidence and frame the concepts and understanding we want to take forward into the topic. #historyteacher

Such a great podcast and resource to use when curriculum planning for next year!
#historyteacher

Really like these 'tweaks' that @jacquiramsden.bsky.social has made to our Define, Connect, Use, Recall sheets in connecting the often abstract key word to concrete examples. This, combined with our review quizzes, will really help improve our work on literacy. Great collaboration! #historyteacher

Next week I am thrilled to be part of the We are In Beta Curriculum Thinking week talking about effective feedback in the History classroom.
Looking forward to @lambhearttea.bsky.social @amjadali3732.bsky.social @richardbustin.bsky.social & many more. www.weareinbeta.community/posts/667357...

If you are short of ideas for teaching but think AI is not the way you want to go, you might want to check out SHP's new #curriculumpaths project. Browse units planned by other professionals, complete with their rationales and ethical underpinnings!

www.padlet.com/cpaths/hub

#historyteacher

I’m also contributing to We Are In Beta’s Curriculum Thinking Week, delivering a session on effective feedback in history.

A great opportunity to reflect on how feedback drives progress—and how it connects curriculum, pedagogy, and long-term learning.

5 events. 5 perspectives:
✔ Inclusive curriculum
✔ Instructional coaching
✔ Research-informed mentoring
✔ Subject leadership
✔ Ambitious, reflective practice

A powerful CPD season, pushing me to think more clearly & lead more intentionally. #CPD #HistoryTeacher #CurriculumLeadership

Then on July 12th, I’ll be at the @1972shp.bsky.social in Leeds.

SHP never disappoints—full of practical ideas, academic rigour, and subject-specialist conversation. Looking forward to recharging and refocusing ahead of the new year. #SHP2025

5/7
Next: the United Learning History Heads of Department Meeting in Manchester.

Focused on:
🔹 Independent practice
🔹 curriculum development
🔹 Sharing trust-wide best practice—from SEND to leadership pipelines, Grade 9 booklets to QA around curriculum #historyteacher

4/7
Next Friday is the BGU
Mentor Conference, and it’s a packed agenda with great key notes and practical workshops for both primary & secondary phases!
I’ve loved being a school based mentor this year!

3/7
Next came the @unitedlearning.bsky.social Quality of Education Conference, focused on instructional coaching.

I’m now co-developing a coaching implementation plan with our Head of PD—exploring how coaching can underpin consistent, high-quality teaching across school.

2/7
It began with the brilliant Teaching Medieval Women project by @uonhumanities.bsky.social

This led to a review of our KS3 curriculum through an inclusion lens—resulting in new units exploring global power structures in the medieval world, beyond Britain and beyond the male lens. 🌍👑

🧵1/7
Over the course of just 3–4 weeks, I’m attending five CPD events, each offering a unique lens on curriculum, leadership, mentoring, and inclusive practice. Here's how they're all coming together to shape my work. #CPD #HistoryTeacher

Another week, another train and another CPD opportunity.
This week it’s a whole school focus, heading to @unitedlearning.bsky.social Quality of Education conference
#cpd #alwayslearning #teacher

So many different sessions here to get involved in! I’ll be talking about feedback in the history classroom!
#historyteacher

This week I have:
- CPD day on teaching medieval women
- said goodbye to my awesome trainee
- been to my kids sports day
- set up & spent two days at the #LincsShow with my Global Perspectives groups
- hosted TTR History event
All in this heat solo parenting 3 children!
#tired #historyteacher

ECT guidance Building your house: Teaching in the Long Term Discovering Lego: Growing as an early career teacher Nurturing New Colleagues Supporting your new NQT colleague to THRIVE amidst a global&nb…

If you're preparing to be a #historyteacher #ECT or ECT #mentor & caught the panel on @ttrhistory.bsky.social this evening, you may find this #Edublog collection a helpful starting point in preparing for the year ahead.

#TeacherMentoring #ITT

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