Catherine Priggs
@catherinepriggs.bsky.social
Née Flaherty | Education Consultant |
@histassoc Secondary Committee | Exams | School Governor
www.catherinepriggseducation.com
@histassoc Secondary Committee | Exams | School Governor
www.catherinepriggseducation.com
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It was a pleasure to host @catherinepriggs.bsky.social at Avanti Grange and a great opportunity to showcase our curriculum, drawing so much on the brilliant #ChangingHistoriesKS3
#ChangingHistoriesKS3 is improving history curriculums in schools across the country. A huge thank you to @catherinepriggs.bsky.social for her reflections on the impact the Changing Histories curriculum is having on the pupils at Avanti Grange School. www.hachettelearning.com/blog/when-th...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It was a pleasure to host @catherinepriggs.bsky.social at Avanti Grange and a great opportunity to showcase our curriculum, drawing so much on the brilliant #ChangingHistoriesKS3
Excited to be leading a two-part webinar series with @haringeyeduc.bsky.social on leading secondary history - helping subject leaders turn vision into practice.
Perfect current and aspiring history leads & SLT wanting to strengthen subject leadership in their schools.
Links below 👇
Perfect current and aspiring history leads & SLT wanting to strengthen subject leadership in their schools.
Links below 👇
October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Excited to be leading a two-part webinar series with @haringeyeduc.bsky.social on leading secondary history - helping subject leaders turn vision into practice.
Perfect current and aspiring history leads & SLT wanting to strengthen subject leadership in their schools.
Links below 👇
Perfect current and aspiring history leads & SLT wanting to strengthen subject leadership in their schools.
Links below 👇
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#ChangingHistoriesKS3 is improving history curriculums in schools across the country. A huge thank you to @catherinepriggs.bsky.social for her reflections on the impact the Changing Histories curriculum is having on the pupils at Avanti Grange School. www.hachettelearning.com/blog/when-th...
Hachette Learning | Hachette Learning
Education begins here. Together, we unlock every learner's unique potential with high quality teaching solutions and services that raise the standard for education worldwide.
www.hachettelearning.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#ChangingHistoriesKS3 is improving history curriculums in schools across the country. A huge thank you to @catherinepriggs.bsky.social for her reflections on the impact the Changing Histories curriculum is having on the pupils at Avanti Grange School. www.hachettelearning.com/blog/when-th...
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Please encourage your #ITT beginning teachers to sign up for an attend this webinar.
📢 Calling all #ITT #iTE #PGCE #SCITT #TeacherEducation colleagues
Please tell your new #historyteacher beginning teachers about a FREE @histassoc.bsky.social webinar on 1st October. They need to register. Pop it in welcome presentations now before you forget!
www.history.org.uk/events/calen...
Please tell your new #historyteacher beginning teachers about a FREE @histassoc.bsky.social webinar on 1st October. They need to register. Pop it in welcome presentations now before you forget!
www.history.org.uk/events/calen...
HA Webinar: Survive and thrive in your initial teacher education
Calling all those beginning their initial teacher education! In this session you’ll hear from and be able to ask questions to both teacher educators and those who have just completed their initial tea...
www.history.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Please encourage your #ITT beginning teachers to sign up for an attend this webinar.
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Many of us involved in #historyteacher #TeacherEducation have been keen to see subject, & distinctive nature of our discipline, re-centred in the recent focus on instructional coaching & core-practices in schools. It was brilliant, therefore, to read 'Secondary History in Action'. 1/
September 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Many of us involved in #historyteacher #TeacherEducation have been keen to see subject, & distinctive nature of our discipline, re-centred in the recent focus on instructional coaching & core-practices in schools. It was brilliant, therefore, to read 'Secondary History in Action'. 1/
September 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Many of us involved in #historyteacher #TeacherEducation have been keen to see subject, & distinctive nature of our discipline, re-centred in the recent focus on instructional coaching & core-practices in schools. It was brilliant, therefore, to read 'Secondary History in Action'. 1/
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As I said in my lecture on Weds eve, receiving the Medlicott medal for services to history has been deeply special for me, not least because it allows me to celebrate and promote the importance of subject communities. We would be nowhere without @histassoc.bsky.social. Thank you HA. You're the best.
Christine Counsell is awarded the Medlicott Medal for services to history for 2025.
July 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
As I said in my lecture on Weds eve, receiving the Medlicott medal for services to history has been deeply special for me, not least because it allows me to celebrate and promote the importance of subject communities. We would be nowhere without @histassoc.bsky.social. Thank you HA. You're the best.
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71. I was delighted to get my hands on this! A book I really wish I'd had access to as a young history teacher. Extremely thorough and in-depth but I also loved the scenarios and practical lesson/scheme exemplars. Excellent read.
July 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
71. I was delighted to get my hands on this! A book I really wish I'd had access to as a young history teacher. Extremely thorough and in-depth but I also loved the scenarios and practical lesson/scheme exemplars. Excellent read.
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This short thread by Cat Priggs made me think:
History planning is about tying things together into a shape, a flow – usually a story & often a parallel flow of the analytic direction created by the EQ. It isn't about breaking things up into propositions and it's rarely about teaching a procedure.
History planning is about tying things together into a shape, a flow – usually a story & often a parallel flow of the analytic direction created by the EQ. It isn't about breaking things up into propositions and it's rarely about teaching a procedure.
The chapter ties everything together into one rich and accessible narrative.
In just one lesson, we:
- Unpicked the chaos after William I’s death
- Learnt how Henry I restored stability in England and Normandy…
In just one lesson, we:
- Unpicked the chaos after William I’s death
- Learnt how Henry I restored stability in England and Normandy…
July 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This short thread by Cat Priggs made me think:
History planning is about tying things together into a shape, a flow – usually a story & often a parallel flow of the analytic direction created by the EQ. It isn't about breaking things up into propositions and it's rarely about teaching a procedure.
History planning is about tying things together into a shape, a flow – usually a story & often a parallel flow of the analytic direction created by the EQ. It isn't about breaking things up into propositions and it's rarely about teaching a procedure.
Had such a great time teaching Year 7 today! We explored England from 1087 to 1154 - a whirlwind of power struggles, a fractured empire, and civil war - using @counsellc.bsky.social’s chapter ‘Meanwhile, back in Norman England: Struggling for control after 1087’ from #ChangingHistoriesKS3
July 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Had such a great time teaching Year 7 today! We explored England from 1087 to 1154 - a whirlwind of power struggles, a fractured empire, and civil war - using @counsellc.bsky.social’s chapter ‘Meanwhile, back in Norman England: Struggling for control after 1087’ from #ChangingHistoriesKS3
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There's just one more day to sign up to our free Changing Histories webinar.
Join @catherinepriggs.bsky.social & @egcarr.bsky.social on planning and teaching lesson sequences.
Register here: bit.ly/4nrA8Mv
Join @catherinepriggs.bsky.social & @egcarr.bsky.social on planning and teaching lesson sequences.
Register here: bit.ly/4nrA8Mv
July 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
There's just one more day to sign up to our free Changing Histories webinar.
Join @catherinepriggs.bsky.social & @egcarr.bsky.social on planning and teaching lesson sequences.
Register here: bit.ly/4nrA8Mv
Join @catherinepriggs.bsky.social & @egcarr.bsky.social on planning and teaching lesson sequences.
Register here: bit.ly/4nrA8Mv
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It will be really good. @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and @egcarr.bsky.social are brilliant at explaining how to integrate rich extended story with critical disciplinary thinking. They explain the #ChangingHistoriesKS3 series really well, giving great practical tips.
July 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It will be really good. @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and @egcarr.bsky.social are brilliant at explaining how to integrate rich extended story with critical disciplinary thinking. They explain the #ChangingHistoriesKS3 series really well, giving great practical tips.
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Still time to sign up for this - free history teaching inspiration (we hope) to set you up before the summer break!
Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Still time to sign up for this - free history teaching inspiration (we hope) to set you up before the summer break!
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Deeper background for anyone teaching about Henry V at KS3 or A level - how one family was involved in parliamentary discussions, recruitment, mustering, preparations for departure:
How did the Redmayns experience the preparations for war 1414-1415?
thinkinghistory.co.uk/MedievalFami...
How did the Redmayns experience the preparations for war 1414-1415?
thinkinghistory.co.uk/MedievalFami...
July 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Deeper background for anyone teaching about Henry V at KS3 or A level - how one family was involved in parliamentary discussions, recruitment, mustering, preparations for departure:
How did the Redmayns experience the preparations for war 1414-1415?
thinkinghistory.co.uk/MedievalFami...
How did the Redmayns experience the preparations for war 1414-1415?
thinkinghistory.co.uk/MedievalFami...
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My team and I have signed up for this, looks terrific.
Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
My team and I have signed up for this, looks terrific.
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Our new blogpost at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/helen-s... pays tribute to Helen Snelson, a wonderful champion of #HistoryEducation. In her memory we're contributing to the @histassoc.bsky.social Teaching Fellowship Programme to support teaching of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller histories.
Clements Hall Local History Group - Helen Snelson
www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk
June 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Our new blogpost at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/helen-s... pays tribute to Helen Snelson, a wonderful champion of #HistoryEducation. In her memory we're contributing to the @histassoc.bsky.social Teaching Fellowship Programme to support teaching of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller histories.
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We got a ton of exhibitors joining us with fantastic bargains and offers for primary and secondary teachers of history
July 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We got a ton of exhibitors joining us with fantastic bargains and offers for primary and secondary teachers of history
Last night I was honoured to receive an Honorary Fellowship from the @histassoc.bsky.social
It’s hard to put into words what this means. It is more than an association to me; it’s a community that has supported, sustained and nurtured me at so many points in my career.
It’s hard to put into words what this means. It is more than an association to me; it’s a community that has supported, sustained and nurtured me at so many points in my career.
July 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Last night I was honoured to receive an Honorary Fellowship from the @histassoc.bsky.social
It’s hard to put into words what this means. It is more than an association to me; it’s a community that has supported, sustained and nurtured me at so many points in my career.
It’s hard to put into words what this means. It is more than an association to me; it’s a community that has supported, sustained and nurtured me at so many points in my career.
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Brilliant to see Hachette Learning authors @catherinepriggs.bsky.social @davidjhibbert.bsky.social @michaeldoron.bsky.social and @lambhearttea.bsky.social receive their HA honorary fellowships. Huge congrats to #ChangingHistoriesKS3 series ed @counsellc.bsky.social on her Medlicott Medal too!
July 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Brilliant to see Hachette Learning authors @catherinepriggs.bsky.social @davidjhibbert.bsky.social @michaeldoron.bsky.social and @lambhearttea.bsky.social receive their HA honorary fellowships. Huge congrats to #ChangingHistoriesKS3 series ed @counsellc.bsky.social on her Medlicott Medal too!
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The use of a puzzling, intriguing, scholarship-driven enquiry question is so central to my teaching. This masterclass will be brilliant!
Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The use of a puzzling, intriguing, scholarship-driven enquiry question is so central to my teaching. This masterclass will be brilliant!
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How does an enquiry question sustain interest, build momentum and give all pupils access to disciplinary thinking across a lesson sequence? How does the EQ help you to integrate compelling stories and rich, extended text?
Register bit.ly/4nrA8Mv for Cat and Elizabeth's webinar on Tues 8 July 3.30pm
Register bit.ly/4nrA8Mv for Cat and Elizabeth's webinar on Tues 8 July 3.30pm
Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
How does an enquiry question sustain interest, build momentum and give all pupils access to disciplinary thinking across a lesson sequence? How does the EQ help you to integrate compelling stories and rich, extended text?
Register bit.ly/4nrA8Mv for Cat and Elizabeth's webinar on Tues 8 July 3.30pm
Register bit.ly/4nrA8Mv for Cat and Elizabeth's webinar on Tues 8 July 3.30pm
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Looking for FREE CPD that can make a real difference to your KS3 history teaching? Look no further. The heat wave of our awesome Changing Histories webinar series continues. First @counsellc.bsky.social, then @paulalobo.bsky.social followed by @hughrichards.bsky.social and now Cat and Elizabeth 🌡️ ☀️
Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Looking for FREE CPD that can make a real difference to your KS3 history teaching? Look no further. The heat wave of our awesome Changing Histories webinar series continues. First @counsellc.bsky.social, then @paulalobo.bsky.social followed by @hughrichards.bsky.social and now Cat and Elizabeth 🌡️ ☀️
Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social
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Well this is an exciting day. First time out for these beauties
June 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Well this is an exciting day. First time out for these beauties
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Mmm...I wonder which story book I'll read to my 4 year old at bedtime??! Have you got your copies of #ChangingHistoriesKS3 Expanding Worlds yet? If so please share on BlueSky. I love seeing copies out in their natural habitat!
June 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Mmm...I wonder which story book I'll read to my 4 year old at bedtime??! Have you got your copies of #ChangingHistoriesKS3 Expanding Worlds yet? If so please share on BlueSky. I love seeing copies out in their natural habitat!