Thank you Christine Counsell for your continued wisdom on interpretations and how to use them. Lots to think about. Thank you also Essex branch of Historical Assoc for organising. 👏 #historyteacher

Tom HB Make sure SOW make it explicit what the key learning points are for each lesson and how it fits in the sequence of learning. Provide extra reading/listening to help with knowledge. Plus A non-specialist handbook with key vision, pedagogy and strategies.

*Reminder Being a teacher is like having 30 phones ringing, all at the same time. Unless you've done it, you'll never really understand how difficult it can be.

Managed to successfully organise and lead a trip for 250 y7s to the Black Country Museum this week. Proud of little old me💘

100% agree for history teaching!! Some of the abstract concepts we teach, like the ‘Church’, can take time to break down, absorb and click. It needs a series of lessons that builds up understanding through concrete examples and seeing the bigger picture 👍🏻

Study Humanities. Run the Country. In classrooms on Monday.

How can we improve behaviour in the classroom? Some simple but effective tips

Interpretation work on the storming of the Winter Palace with y9s today! Shout out to my HoD for some amazing resources 🔥

I know crib sheets have been around for a while now but I am obsessed!!! Changed the feedback game 👏🏼👏🏼

The power of feedback!

It’s the small gestures like these that make you realise the impact you have on students!! ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

GCSE feedback inspired by Rachel Cliffe and my y10s loved it. Lots of discussion-based learning that fed into students improving their own answers. Don’t shy away from having those important conversations about WHAT makes a good answer good.

Reason number 99 why I love my school 🤣🤣🤣

Might break this back out again in 4 weeks time when we get through Cold War! I'd almost forgotten this exercise existed! #historyteacher

Finished our first unit with Year 10 so had to consolidate with my favourite knowledge quilt revision task 🙌🤩

Teach First graduation day!

My source utility lesson has finally been added to our transatlantic slave trade booklet and I can’t wait to teach it! Big focus on usefulness, whole-class discussion and no mention of the B word👀👀

Go mum!!🤣

The staff at BCHS have embraced #WorldBookDay2024 in style! 🎉📖 Amazing costumes & a great celebration of reading—thanks to everyone who joined in! 📚✨ #ReadingMatters #BirchwoodBooks

Structure strips for A-level sociology essays - let me know if you'd like a copy #socedchat #sociology