Ollie Barnes
@obarnes.bsky.social
History and Politics teacher in the East Midlands. Head of year 12, KS3 history lead, SCITT mentor #historyed #historyteacher
It certainly seems that way…
June 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It certainly seems that way…
School rules from the Qing dynasty c1800. Big fan of ‘love their books and keep them from harm’
June 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
School rules from the Qing dynasty c1800. Big fan of ‘love their books and keep them from harm’
Great piece in @nationaltrust.org.uk magazine. Would be great to get this story into our y8 unit on Georgian Britain
May 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Great piece in @nationaltrust.org.uk magazine. Would be great to get this story into our y8 unit on Georgian Britain
Excited to dig into this properly when exam prep is all over
May 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Excited to dig into this properly when exam prep is all over
Along with the description
May 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Along with the description
This may be of interest to you, if you’ve not seen it before.
May 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This may be of interest to you, if you’ve not seen it before.
Every workshop I went to was brilliant, it was a career highlight for me to be a part of it and present our work on Hong Kong. A quick visit to the World Museum too which is packed with amazing objects from the Qing dynasty, as well as an Aztec Codex.
May 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Every workshop I went to was brilliant, it was a career highlight for me to be a part of it and present our work on Hong Kong. A quick visit to the World Museum too which is packed with amazing objects from the Qing dynasty, as well as an Aztec Codex.
What an amazing and inspiring conference #haconf25! Particularly enjoyed @fredoxby.bsky.social session today and will be thinking more carefully about planning to teach sensitive histories.
May 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
What an amazing and inspiring conference #haconf25! Particularly enjoyed @fredoxby.bsky.social session today and will be thinking more carefully about planning to teach sensitive histories.
Hugely enjoying @empirepoduk.bsky.social at the moment. An amazing story of Great British Twitishness in the latest episode
April 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hugely enjoying @empirepoduk.bsky.social at the moment. An amazing story of Great British Twitishness in the latest episode
Had a great break this week. Now it’s time to get absolutely steaming
February 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Had a great break this week. Now it’s time to get absolutely steaming
So great to get a new series 🤩🤩
February 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
So great to get a new series 🤩🤩
新年快樂 🐉 Great to celebrate Spring Festival with all our college students today 🐍
January 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
新年快樂 🐉 Great to celebrate Spring Festival with all our college students today 🐍
Top tip for parent’s evening: bring a book
January 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Top tip for parent’s evening: bring a book
Spent thanksgiving at an awards evening for our trust tonight. Although we didn’t win, it was great to hear so many positive ways that our schools are changing lives
November 28, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Spent thanksgiving at an awards evening for our trust tonight. Although we didn’t win, it was great to hear so many positive ways that our schools are changing lives
We have a winner 🐍🐛🪳
November 17, 2024 at 9:03 PM
We have a winner 🐍🐛🪳
Good to be back for tonight’s Subject Interest group with @victoriacrooks.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Good to be back for tonight’s Subject Interest group with @victoriacrooks.bsky.social
Year 13 when they learned how Lord Darnley died today:
November 11, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Year 13 when they learned how Lord Darnley died today:
Really enjoyed The Watchers by Stephen Alford - looking to use it to add intrigue to my year 13 lessons this term.
November 10, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Really enjoyed The Watchers by Stephen Alford - looking to use it to add intrigue to my year 13 lessons this term.
Still time to sign up - I’ll be talking about Hong Kong’s colonial past and why it should be considered as a case study for the British Empire.
November 5, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Still time to sign up - I’ll be talking about Hong Kong’s colonial past and why it should be considered as a case study for the British Empire.
History teachers, any recommendations for historical socks? Christmas is coming up and I’m building a collection.
November 4, 2024 at 7:05 PM
History teachers, any recommendations for historical socks? Christmas is coming up and I’m building a collection.
Very much enjoyed being a tourist and exploring the Tower again yesterday. Back to it tomorrow 💪
November 3, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Very much enjoyed being a tourist and exploring the Tower again yesterday. Back to it tomorrow 💪
Another great day in Westminster with year 12. Supreme Court and Parliament tour were both brilliant as always
October 10, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Another great day in Westminster with year 12. Supreme Court and Parliament tour were both brilliant as always