Excellent webinar! The following thoughts occurred whilst watching your webinar.. Q. Why is the Indus Valley KS2 a great topic for the 2nd order concept of interpretation? A. Evidence to make judgements about cause and consequence is a moveable feast

made me think of the slinky for some reason

Christopher Columbus eh?

As seen on Linked in. The co- author is a brilliant science educator.

Season's Greetings! from all within and the Robin posing all year outside the back window for this moment. (PS getta RSPB bird bath, you won't regret it.)

@arthurjchapman.bsky.social @mrsthorne.bsky.social so useful too for enquiries linking local (all over British Isles) to global

Has HMG done an equalities impact assessment on this decision? The history teaching workforce remains very white, and this bad decision is a step backwards & block to changing that, flying in the face of current exciting work diversifying & decolonising the curriculum. Quote

and the other leading character is, it goes without saying, the magnificent one-horn beast, never one to understate his importance, it goes without saying, (my interpretation) , with the BULL & Cartman steaming along the alleys, hot on his hooves. (joke) old.harappa.com/investigator...

Celebrating 10th anniversary of my book for children- Indus Investigators, Mohenjo-daro Mystery (Scholastic India) with this figurine who inspired one of the characters that guide Mina & Yasin on the QUEST. Its all about the archaeology!
old.harappa.com/investigators/

brilliant! meanwhile in Newham....

Finding Forgotten Cities - How the Indus Civilisation was discovered: by Nayanjot Lahiri . Fascinating & a great read.
books.google.co.uk/books/about/...

News story that pushed India's history back 2000 years. Short Video by Omar Khan, producer of Harappa.com in the discovery of the unknown Indus Civilisation, announced by Sir John Marshall, 1924, & the letter which confirmed it was far older than anyone suspected. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCnR...

and a historic illustration to discuss? (Ladybird books)

Clay sealing from Mohenjo-daro impressed (no pun intended) by three different seals

many layers, powerful writing, beautiful skilfully constructed - so much to reflect on in these times. Rending apart of Cyprus... adolescence in UK schools today ... human destruction of nature... took a short while to get used to a fig tree being a character🌳

www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...

Irving Finkel (Curator, British Museum) suggests the origins of the Royal Game of Ur was the Indus Civilisation in his fascinating talk 'India & the Beauty of Board Games' www.lockdownuniversity.org/lectures/158...

No new Worzel Gummidge this year. Again. So the children grew up and went their ways. Not even a repeat.
Still, the Detectorists and Ghosts are a consolation.