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.

And let me know when you can come to the Lake! My son passed his swim test this year, so I’ll be there most ☀️ days! Xx

Oh and for something less ultra-processed, The Island of Missing Trees by Shafak is wonderful.

The school librarians have given me the Agency for Scandal trilogy for the summer and it’s Bridgerton meets Enola Holmes. It is not meticulously researched or high brow in the slightest and thus is perfect. I love it already.

Congratulations Cat! I wish I had been there to see you achieve the award in person. So many years of service to the history education community. Bravo!

Congratulations Christine! So well deserved.

I can’t wait for my class set to arrive next week!

So pleased to hear this!

That’s right. And I have just been telling stories! Pausing in the right places, slowing down to build up cliffhangers, whispering the darker and more dangerous scenes like I’m telling a secret. The book is a goldmine for engaging children.

Bravo @willgoodfellow82.bsky.social and @counsellc.bsky.social and thank you to the late and great Nicolas Kinloch, who had a profound impact on my thinking

Hurray Helen! Can’t wait to get my class set 👏

Thanks Gemma! I love Eunice