Maybe this one was £10 instead of £20

They’re even smaller than I thought!!!

Beijing Day 2: The Great Wall (and a toboggan down!)

Beijing Day 1: sunrise and sunset overlooking the Forbidden City, a run through Bahai Park at dawn, and a day spent wandering Hutong, the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square

My brand new subject leader CPD is now open to book!

If you're on Facebook, join the Mr T does Primary History group for a discount (or message me if not).

Bookings taken via invoice and/or through here: t.co/Za6poLu8Dy

Fail Better by Mark Roberts is brilliant!

This is an absolute must read, particularly if you have students who struggle with perfectionism or from self-sabotage

@innerdrive.bsky.social

PhD ✅

Officially a Dr!

Can’t believe it!

Officially a Fellow of the @collegeofteaching.bsky.social 🤩

My fourth blog in a series exploring professional learning and literacy and oracy.

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A brilliant day at ResearchEd Haninge!

Congrats to the team for putting together such a great day of talks and connecting 👏

Stockholm is a stunning city 🤩😍

Time is running out to get your free tickets to this webinar organised by the HA North East Teacher Branch. I will be sharing my experiences and ideas about teaching Irish history in English schools. Open to everyone! Why is there a Northern Ireland www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-is-the...

Join the IOE History Ed SIG 4 this open seminar with Professor Marc-André Éthier, exploring Bringing History 2 Life: Teaching Fact & Fiction, Face-2-face & online - on the 19th March 5-6.30pm GMT. Further information & registration are @ this link: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/?p=1... #historyeducation

Find out more here: films.myattandco.com/programs/ks3...

Incredibly proud to have created this unit using Helen Castor’s ‘She-Wolves’ book for @marymyatt.bsky.social Myatt&Co

Students will explore the lives and actions of 4 Medieval queens and answer how these interesting women defied and challenged the conventions of the time.

Join us this weekend in Wakefield for the @womened.bsky.social x BrewEd event!

It’s going to be a brilliant and inspiring day!

DfE White Paper 26 - Literacy and Oracy overview.

Key implications (that I’ve gauged from my understanding of it)

Hope it’s of use!

Mirror, signal, manoeuvre 🪞🚨⤵️

A new blog (from a series we are writing) from me and David Goodwin looking at the interplay between checks for understanding and adaptive teaching and scaffolding.

We hope that you find it useful!

Link: open.substack.com/pub/alexfair...

It was great to be on Mind The Gap with @mrsball.bsky.social to talk all things scaffolding … and our professional relationship 🤣

Thank you to @emmaturner75.bsky.social and @teacherhead.bsky.social for having us on!

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A jaw dropping moment when John Hattie said he had just finished reading The Scaffolding Effect and name dropped it into his keynote!

In 2024, if someone had said this to me and @mrsball.bsky.social we wouldn’t have believed it!

Thanks @innerdrive.bsky.social for believing in us!

Great to see you too!

I’m excited to be going to Shanghai in April to speak at Festival of Education China!

I’ll be speaking about adaptive teaching and scaffolding.

If you would like me to work with your school 13-17th April whilst I’m over there, please do get in contact: alexfairlamb.com

Like Clark Kent revealing his (booklet) superman badge

Aww you should have come say hi!

Well done to Mike and the History Dept for a fantastic day!

Brilliant day at #Soane26. A wealth of excellent sessions (I was fortunate to see @joshvallance.bsky.social &Otis Blaize deliver brilliant talks) and a buzzing community discussing ideas.

Great to present alongside @mrsball.bsky.social on scaffolding history using models and explanations

A fantastic session by @joshvallance.bsky.social discussing curriculum at #Soane26

FREE #ConnectEDLive Online #TeachMeet taking place tonight!

A fast-paced hour packed with practical ideas and insights you can implement in your classroom straight away.

Join up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/791304...

“An Inescapable Network of Mutuality”: Martin Luther King and UK Race Relations in the 1950s and 1960s

Join us 5th Feb 6.30-7.30 for this free, online CPD

Useful for KS3, GCSE Migration units and A Level Making of the UK and NEA topics

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Key Stage 3 shouldn’t be a waiting room for GCSE Well hello there, and welcome to update #175!

New post with insights from @lambhearttea.bsky.social Fairlamb on the rationale for teaching about the kingdom of Benin at KS3 as part of The Ambitious Years

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And @lambhearttea.bsky.social shares the extensive work that she has been doing supporting students who need access to the history curriculum and also those that need to be stretched #SHPDTC26