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Classroom washing lines: some excellent work from our IB historians on the rise of an authoritarian state in Germany. Bravo! 👏 🔥 🧼

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Historian E.P. Thompson had very little time for counterfactuals, labelling them ‘unhistorical %#’. 😮 That notwithstanding (!), some of the greatest pedagogic utility I have leveraged out of AI / LLMs thus far has been to generate counterfactuals as starter activities. #AI

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Amazing student-baked treats with our Sixth Form Historians. 😋 🇧🇭 👍

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Exploring the beauty of Bahrain National Museum! 🇧🇭

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Great news for Leicester & those that love her unique & eclectic architecture. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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All the fun of the Future Learning Summit comes to St Christopher's School this weekend! Good luck to Lauren Binnington & the organising team. We are all very excited about this! #FLS #StChris #FutureLearningSummit

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‘It was no accident that Orwell’s Big Brother had a Stalin-like moustache.’ Historian John Lewis Gaddis.

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A glorious day supporting the Under 13 BSME - British Schools in the Middle East games here at St Christopher’s today. #schoolsport #athletics

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Counterfactual questions to kick lessons off with cognition this week with our IB Diploma Historians. #history #IB #IBO

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Some awesome CPD in our History Department this week from Monnay Sewell, reviewing our KS3 History Assessment strategy. Some great takeaways, food for thought and plans for future action! #CPD #history

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And don’t a great many military generals across the ages know it … #history

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The delights of exploring the epistemological & disciplinary underpinnings of History with students never cease! I just love kicking off lessons with such quotes. #history #teaching #learning

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Great to accompany our Year 7 students on their cross-curricular Geography and History trip to Bahrain Fort. Lots of great student-led and directed multimedia documentaries on the way! #bahrain #bahrainfort #XCurricular

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So excited that our annual Sixth Form Humanities Symposium is taking place today! Our wonderful Sixth Form students delivering an eclectic & stimulating range of presentations. A brilliant day for student-led research, networking, presentation skills and oracy! 🫡 🇧🇭 🎙️

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Living in History Teacher wonderland with the jacket on for the Winter! 🧥 🥶 🇧🇭

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Flowers in bloom here in the front garden of St Christopher’s! 🌷

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‘It is worth starting with visions … because they establish hopes and fears. History then determines which prevail.’ Historian John Lewis Gaddis.

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The homemade cookies return for 2025 courtesy of my amazing Year 12 IB Diploma Historians! 🍪 😋

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Very excited for the the ‘Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards’ here at St Christopher’s School, Bahrain this evening! Looking forward to meeting up with students old and new! Congratulations to each and all. #bahrain #achievement

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What better way to start the new year than booking your ticket for the @1972shp.bsky.social Developing Teachers' Conference (virtual) on Feb 1st? 6 spectacular secondary workshops, 3 phat primary workshops and a kicking keynote! Early Bird tickets close at the end of Friday so don't miss out!

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The Bahraini Farmers’ Market is a great place to visit on a Saturday morning to eat, drink, socialise & support vibrant local businesses! 🌽 🇧🇭 🥕

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Great to reconnect with so many historians on here! Thought my first post should be connected to what I get asked most. ‘How do you make your PPT’s look like that?’ So here’s my ‘Tips and Tricks’ reference sheet! #historyteacher Link for resource is below: docs.google.com/file/d/1ZhCW...

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To start the new year I created a HistoryPod Century Rewind – a #History #trivia #quiz of events in years ending ’25. All events have been covered in previous episodes. Good luck! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMQOVChuKJQ

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‘Empathetic approaches to history are … acquired through practice or apprenticeship, rather than through guided application and teaching.’ Quote from Sarah Fox at the University of Birmingham.

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VERSUS HISTORY ESSAY PRIZE Congratulations to the winner for 2024, Amir Deane of Tonbridge School. A marvellous essay submission & we offer our congratulations! 🏆 #VersusHistory #VHEssayPrize

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King Richard III and I chilling out together in Leicester today … 👑 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🤴

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‘National Socialism sought more than to mobilize the politically homeless, because it aimed for the broadest possible constituency, and to do so by offering the “big Idea” to all “racially fit” Germans.’ Quote from Historian Robert Gellately.

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‘𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘅 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀’. Quote from Historian A.J.P. Taylor.

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A water trough, originally used to hydrate horses in the era before the dawn of the motorcar, still going strong in Hampshire today 100 years after it fell out of use … history is everywhere! 🐎 🐴 🚙

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Happy Bahrain National Day! 🇧🇭 One of the greatest benefits of teaching abroad is having your own children engage with such a rich array of cultures and traditions. My two beautiful boys, Errol & Ernest, having an absolute blast as we celebrate National Day here at St Christopher's School! 🇧🇭 🇧🇭 🇧🇭

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The slow collapse of Soviet Communism in the 1980s, according to Chat GPT. 🤔 #AI

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More homemade biscuits from my amazing IB Diploma Historians! 🎅 🎄 ☃️

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It’s that time of year again! To all fellow educators, everywhere … enjoy the holidays when they come! 🎅

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Could you be our next Subject Leader for Psychology? We are actively seeking applications from dynamic, dedicated, highly knowledgeable & and research-literate Psychologists to lead this fabulous department within our dynamic Humanities Faculty. Come & join us! Applications: lnkd.in/d_7pWEEY

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Middle Leadership TeachMeet! This week at St Christopher's School, a colleague & I held a TeachMeet where Subject Leaders were each able to share an aspect of great practice with colleagues. A great learning experience! #leadership #teaching #learning

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The wonder of Bahrain National Day approaches! A truly wonderful place to live, work & raise children! 🇧🇭 🇧🇭 🇧🇭

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Faith Through a Lens is back! Our amazing RS & Philosophy Department have launched the latest iteration of this inclusive whole-school photography competition. This season's theme is the #NightSky. #faith #spirituality #rolemodelsfortheworld #StChrisPHRS #TeamHumanities

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I have been leveraging @napkin_ai to generate straightforward infographics for lesson resources. Saves quite a bit of time! #AI #teaching

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The Winstanley Estate in Clapham today & back in the 1960s. Yes, it provided the contextual genesis of the So Solid Crew. #history

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Leveraging the power of debate in the GCSE History classroom using @VersusHistory.

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This gentleman is the absolute pinnacle of History Teaching. When I came to St Chris in 2014, he was the Head of History. He sadly moved on in 2015, & I became HOD, stepping into some very big shoes. It was an absolute pleasure & a privilege to see him today. Salute to Mr Jim Connolly! Go well!

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‘Animated debate about education issues is a hallmark of successful schools.’ Quote from Roy Blatchford. #education #leadership #teaching

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De Jure & De Facto. Literacy is, quite literally, everyone’s business in education. I used this today to help integrate these terms into the lexicon of Year 9. #language #literacy

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My students are just the absolute greatest! 💪 🫡 This week, one my wonderful Year 10 Historians (they are all wonderful!) brought in some amazing Arabic Coffee and dates for the whole class to enjoy. Thank you so much. I just love my job here at St Chris! ❤️ ☕️ 🇧🇭 ❤️

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The peace & quiet of the school front garden at 05.35am in the morning! 🌷 🌴 🌺

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Happy Monday to all educators everywhere! 😃

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