**NEW BLOG POST** Bit of a longer one! Subject Knowledge, Pedagogy and Curriculum saysmiss.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/sub…

The 'curse of knowledge': again and again, I see this prevent the curricular thoroughness necessary for inclusion. This is from my speech to Education NI on role of curriculum in school improvement. Full speech is here: education-ni.gov.uk/publications/c…

'Emperor Charles V's titles: a comprehensive guide.'

NEW BLOG POST Curriculum is a Collective Endeavour saysmiss.wordpress.com/2025/06/28/cur…

Only a week before we hear from Catherine Priggs & Elizabeth Carr on planning and teaching a lesson sequence. Don't miss out! Join us for the third in our series of FREE Changing Histories webinars. 📅Tuesday 8th July- 3:30pm (BST) Register here 📷 bit.ly/4nrA8Mv

Catherine Priggs and Elizabeth Carr have been nothing short of brilliant in their work for the Changing Histories project. I'm thrilled they'll be delivering this FREE webinar next week. Just like the weather, it's gonna be a scorcher! 🌡️🔥

Catherine Priggs This is why imposing generic lesson plans like these (which might work fine in subjects with weak semantic gravity like science & maths) on subjects like history, English or RE is a problem. The first reduces the lesson to teaching a procedure, the second to teaching propositions

Bayeux Tapestry to return to UK after 900 years bbc.in/44Clqti

Just been on BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show, saying that the Bayeux Tapestry loan exhib will be bigger than the Oasis reunion. Given that the Tapestry story is one of a beautiful brotherly bond going sour between Harold and William, I stand by this assertion.

Last month our Early Career Framework (ECF) programme was assessed by Ofsted as ‘Outstanding’ overall, with headlines including: ✅The programme “...exemplifies the best of school-led professional development and shapes a generation of reflective, committed ECTs.” ✅A

𝗛𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗯𝗮𝘄𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 Download of Age of Revolution: files.libcom.org/files/Eric%20H… Download of Age of Capital: profeemiliohistoria.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… Download of Age of Empire: pratclif.com/ebooks/Eric%20… Download of Age of Extremes: bibliotecadaluta.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl…

Why aren’t more women becoming headteachers? Dr Sarah Mullin MBE reveals the findings from her research – and recommends how the sector needs to evolve to support women’s careers tes.com/magazine/analy…

Our most recent webinar on planning and teaching a lesson sequence using an enquiry question from Catherine Priggs and Elizabeth Carr is now available to view! It really is brilliant so don't miss out (we're not just saying so because we're biased). Watch now: bit.ly/3IrHDTH

.Department for Education has published revised RSHE guidance for schools – Jasmine Norden explains the key changes tes.com/magazine/news/…

It was a tremendous honour to interview Christine Counsell on TBFM this week. She's been a huge influence on me, and her war against genericism has influenced the national and international picture. Tune in and share! 😍😍😍😍 open.spotify.com/episode/4UZrev…

If you're unlucky enough to be going to school this morning, here's your commute sorted. If you're lucky enough to be off, you can listen to this next to the pool with your first Pimm's of the break 🍹🍹 Tune in and share!

Retention tip. A year or so ago, our headteacher introduced a new rule that any staff leaving would sing a karaoke song of their choice in front of whole school in their leaver's assembly. No one left this year. 🤣 🎤🎶👩‍🎤👨‍🎤

Today on The Rest Is History, the great Peter Frankopan on silk roads, the empires of Eurasia and basically the entire history of the world. The only man who could do it… therestishistory.com

Moving a photo in Microsoft Word... so true 🤣🤣

They are laden with meaning They are very efficient They are also able to expand as new knowledge linked to the concept is encountered . Concepts act as holding baskets for lots of information. More here marymyatt.substack.com/p/sequencing-t…