Fred Oxby
@fredoxby.bsky.social
Head of History in South Yorkshire, Anti Racist School Award Coach, Doctoral Student. Speaking history to power. https://decolonial-curriculum.pubpub.org/
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Support the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Teacher Fellowship Programme | In memory of Helen Snelson
The Historical Association is working to raise funds to establish a Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Teacher Fellowship Programme - a professional development initiative for teachers - in memory of Helen Sne...
www.justgiving.com
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The history of Roma, Gyspy, and Traveler people is absent in most schools. Help us change that by donating towards an HA fellowship! In memory of Helen Snelson and in the name of revealing hidden history, developing subject knowledge and doing justice to the past.
The history of Roma, Gyspy, and Traveler people is absent in most schools. Help us change that by donating towards an HA fellowship! In memory of Helen Snelson and in the name of revealing hidden history, developing subject knowledge and doing justice to the past.
Great analysis from Alex Ford on the Curriculim Review.
World Class or Bottom of the Class? A Deep Dive into the Curriculum and Assessment Review
It's taken a while to digest but here are my initial thoughts on the Review and its implications for schools and school History #historyteacher #EduSky #CurriculumReview
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/world-c...
It's taken a while to digest but here are my initial thoughts on the Review and its implications for schools and school History #historyteacher #EduSky #CurriculumReview
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/world-c...
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Great analysis from Alex Ford on the Curriculim Review.
Reposted by Fred Oxby
World Class or Bottom of the Class? A Deep Dive into the Curriculum and Assessment Review
It's taken a while to digest but here are my initial thoughts on the Review and its implications for schools and school History #historyteacher #EduSky #CurriculumReview
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/world-c...
It's taken a while to digest but here are my initial thoughts on the Review and its implications for schools and school History #historyteacher #EduSky #CurriculumReview
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/world-c...
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
World Class or Bottom of the Class? A Deep Dive into the Curriculum and Assessment Review
It's taken a while to digest but here are my initial thoughts on the Review and its implications for schools and school History #historyteacher #EduSky #CurriculumReview
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/world-c...
It's taken a while to digest but here are my initial thoughts on the Review and its implications for schools and school History #historyteacher #EduSky #CurriculumReview
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/world-c...
I love it when students bring in artefacts and this one is one of the best...a 1735 edition of Dialogues of the Dead in great condition....buzzing
October 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I love it when students bring in artefacts and this one is one of the best...a 1735 edition of Dialogues of the Dead in great condition....buzzing
We've been having lots of fun threading environmental history through existing parts of our curriculum this year. The only big surprise was how few y7 know the story of Robin Hood!!
October 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
We've been having lots of fun threading environmental history through existing parts of our curriculum this year. The only big surprise was how few y7 know the story of Robin Hood!!
1. After @btrappy.bsky.social's wonderful @1972shp.bsky.social conf session where she used an extract from Amitav Ghosh's "Sea of Poppies" in her Lessons on the British Empire in KS5, I was inspired to do similar using Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" when talking about Britain and Africa.
October 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
1. After @btrappy.bsky.social's wonderful @1972shp.bsky.social conf session where she used an extract from Amitav Ghosh's "Sea of Poppies" in her Lessons on the British Empire in KS5, I was inspired to do similar using Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" when talking about Britain and Africa.
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Donald Trump and the history of US Tariffs
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October 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This, 100 times this.
"Embedding Affirmation, Critical Thinking, Community, and Democracy is not a wellbeing add-on. It is safeguarding in practice. It is how we make school the place where young people are hardest to exploit."
www.class13.org/flags-dont-l...
"Embedding Affirmation, Critical Thinking, Community, and Democracy is not a wellbeing add-on. It is safeguarding in practice. It is how we make school the place where young people are hardest to exploit."
www.class13.org/flags-dont-l...
Flags don’t land on neutral ground - Class 13
A London flags debate in schools piece from Pimlico Academy to today. Student: “Why are there flags everywhere?” Teacher: “We are not getting into that.” If that question lands in your classroom tomo...
www.class13.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This, 100 times this.
"Embedding Affirmation, Critical Thinking, Community, and Democracy is not a wellbeing add-on. It is safeguarding in practice. It is how we make school the place where young people are hardest to exploit."
www.class13.org/flags-dont-l...
"Embedding Affirmation, Critical Thinking, Community, and Democracy is not a wellbeing add-on. It is safeguarding in practice. It is how we make school the place where young people are hardest to exploit."
www.class13.org/flags-dont-l...
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A mob of angry drunken men screaming abuse outside an asylum hotel have defended their actions, saying all they want is for women and girls to feel safe walking the streets.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
September 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A mob of angry drunken men screaming abuse outside an asylum hotel have defended their actions, saying all they want is for women and girls to feel safe walking the streets.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
Reposted by Fred Oxby
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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When you say that flags on roundabouts isn't about racism, that may well be the case for you. But these are the people you're throwing in with...
Every argument about immigration has racism at its core. Peel back even one layer, it's always underpinned by racism and white supremacy.
Always.
Every argument about immigration has racism at its core. Peel back even one layer, it's always underpinned by racism and white supremacy.
Always.
September 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
When you say that flags on roundabouts isn't about racism, that may well be the case for you. But these are the people you're throwing in with...
Every argument about immigration has racism at its core. Peel back even one layer, it's always underpinned by racism and white supremacy.
Always.
Every argument about immigration has racism at its core. Peel back even one layer, it's always underpinned by racism and white supremacy.
Always.
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I was this many days old when I learned @davidbowles.us has a free basic classical Nahuatl course ... don't mind if I do
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nahuatl.thinkific.com/courses/free...
Basic Classical Nahuatl 101
An intensive, on-line course on the basics of the Aztec language. Entry level. No previous knowledge required.
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August 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Great thread. AI planned lessons I've seen are at best very superficial and at worst just plain poor. When teachers deliver lessons without doing the thinking themselves, or understanding the thinking of the person who planned, or without adapting, learning and student thinking are the casualties.
When I went to uni to become a teacher, developing lesson plans and schemes of work was a key skill for us to learn, not because premade lesson plans didn't exist, but because *it's how you think through your lessons*. If you're just 'delivering AI content' you're not *thinking*. 😔
August 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Great thread. AI planned lessons I've seen are at best very superficial and at worst just plain poor. When teachers deliver lessons without doing the thinking themselves, or understanding the thinking of the person who planned, or without adapting, learning and student thinking are the casualties.
@iandawson51.bsky.social we are planning on doing a version of the classic skeletons at Maiden Castle enquiry next year. Do you have digital versions of the clues/sources by any chance?
July 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
@iandawson51.bsky.social we are planning on doing a version of the classic skeletons at Maiden Castle enquiry next year. Do you have digital versions of the clues/sources by any chance?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rLR...
I'm working really hard on trying to get my students to understand public feeling during of the Cold War. These brilliant street interviews during the Cuban Missile Crisis really help!
I'm working really hard on trying to get my students to understand public feeling during of the Cold War. These brilliant street interviews during the Cuban Missile Crisis really help!
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis: Street Interviews with Londoners
YouTube video by ITN Archive
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July 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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I'm working really hard on trying to get my students to understand public feeling during of the Cold War. These brilliant street interviews during the Cuban Missile Crisis really help!
I'm working really hard on trying to get my students to understand public feeling during of the Cold War. These brilliant street interviews during the Cuban Missile Crisis really help!
1. As part of my research, I've been looking at the history of how secondary teachers have navigated colonialism, enslavement and diversity in the past. In doing so, I have been reading some of the first editions of teaching history. Fascinating stuff.
www.history.org.uk/publications...
www.history.org.uk/publications...
Teaching History 17
About the journal, page 2The Editors, page 2Islam in history, page 3Resources - Islam in history, page 5African history in the classroom, page 7History in Central Africa, page 10Review article - recen...
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June 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
1. As part of my research, I've been looking at the history of how secondary teachers have navigated colonialism, enslavement and diversity in the past. In doing so, I have been reading some of the first editions of teaching history. Fascinating stuff.
www.history.org.uk/publications...
www.history.org.uk/publications...
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IWM has recently launched our India's War collecting project, aiming to improve our representation of the Indian experience of the Second World War within the museum’s collections. More details here:
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
India's War: An IWM Collecting project
Find out more about how IWM is looking to increase the representation of the Indian experience of the Second World War within the museum’s collections.
www.iwm.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
IWM has recently launched our India's War collecting project, aiming to improve our representation of the Indian experience of the Second World War within the museum’s collections. More details here:
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
I'm really looking forward to this. No doubt there will be some excellent workshops, keynotes and chances to discuss history teaching with a range of interesting and passionate people. There really is no better cpd!!
#SHP25 is fast approaching, the excitement is rising, the workshops are being finalised, the keynotes are being drafted, the exhibitions are being mounted & the bar is being stocked! Ticket sales end July 4th so not long left to grab 'em from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... Come and join us
June 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I'm really looking forward to this. No doubt there will be some excellent workshops, keynotes and chances to discuss history teaching with a range of interesting and passionate people. There really is no better cpd!!
I was really struck by the power of KS4 stories at the HA conf during @benbassett.bsky.social and @petejackson.bsky.social's session. I'm so greatful to be able to try out one of their stories in our curriculum. Thank you 🙌🙌🙌. So wonderful to be part of a collaborative history teaching community.
June 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I was really struck by the power of KS4 stories at the HA conf during @benbassett.bsky.social and @petejackson.bsky.social's session. I'm so greatful to be able to try out one of their stories in our curriculum. Thank you 🙌🙌🙌. So wonderful to be part of a collaborative history teaching community.
Looking forward to reading this. So important that "global topics" like enslavement are also taught as local history. Congratulations @colinmccormick.bsky.social and @katieamery.bsky.social for all the work you did on this! Sheffield teachers can do similar with resources I've linked in comments.
June 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Looking forward to reading this. So important that "global topics" like enslavement are also taught as local history. Congratulations @colinmccormick.bsky.social and @katieamery.bsky.social for all the work you did on this! Sheffield teachers can do similar with resources I've linked in comments.
It's that time if year again....buzzing
June 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It's that time if year again....buzzing
www.justgiving.com/campaign/ha-...
The history of Roma, Gyspy, and Traveler people is absent in most schools. Help us change that by donating towards an HA fellowship! In memory of Helen Snelson and in the name of revealing hidden history, developing subject knowledge and doing justice to the past.
The history of Roma, Gyspy, and Traveler people is absent in most schools. Help us change that by donating towards an HA fellowship! In memory of Helen Snelson and in the name of revealing hidden history, developing subject knowledge and doing justice to the past.
Support the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Teacher Fellowship Programme | In memory of Helen Snelson
The Historical Association is working to raise funds to establish a Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Teacher Fellowship Programme - a professional development initiative for teachers - in memory of Helen Sne...
www.justgiving.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
www.justgiving.com/campaign/ha-...
The history of Roma, Gyspy, and Traveler people is absent in most schools. Help us change that by donating towards an HA fellowship! In memory of Helen Snelson and in the name of revealing hidden history, developing subject knowledge and doing justice to the past.
The history of Roma, Gyspy, and Traveler people is absent in most schools. Help us change that by donating towards an HA fellowship! In memory of Helen Snelson and in the name of revealing hidden history, developing subject knowledge and doing justice to the past.
I'm going a bit meta with my new approach to the Cold War at GCSE. I am doing a whole lesson on what a superpower is to try and help students understand what I view as the key misconception still - what the cold wat actually was! Not a little relevant still of course. Let's see if it works!
June 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I'm going a bit meta with my new approach to the Cold War at GCSE. I am doing a whole lesson on what a superpower is to try and help students understand what I view as the key misconception still - what the cold wat actually was! Not a little relevant still of course. Let's see if it works!
The Labour Party government is such a depressing reality. No political backbone, no vision, no plan to make life better for working people. They already seem to work for the people who will employ them after the lose the next elections.
May 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Labour Party government is such a depressing reality. No political backbone, no vision, no plan to make life better for working people. They already seem to work for the people who will employ them after the lose the next elections.
#haconf25 was a blast. Great to connect with colleagues, friends and teachers and enjoy some insightful, inspiring and thought-provoking sessions. We are so lucky to have spaces where we can elevate history and history teaching and share research, resources and ideas.
May 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#haconf25 was a blast. Great to connect with colleagues, friends and teachers and enjoy some insightful, inspiring and thought-provoking sessions. We are so lucky to have spaces where we can elevate history and history teaching and share research, resources and ideas.
Excited to announce we are looking for a history teacher to join our team, contribute to our curriculum and teach across kS3,4 and 5.
Deadline is teusday 6th June, so a slightly tight turnaround. I am happy to answer any question via dm or in linked email.
www.waleshigh.com/jobs/teacher...
Deadline is teusday 6th June, so a slightly tight turnaround. I am happy to answer any question via dm or in linked email.
www.waleshigh.com/jobs/teacher...
Teacher of History – Wales High School
www.waleshigh.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Excited to announce we are looking for a history teacher to join our team, contribute to our curriculum and teach across kS3,4 and 5.
Deadline is teusday 6th June, so a slightly tight turnaround. I am happy to answer any question via dm or in linked email.
www.waleshigh.com/jobs/teacher...
Deadline is teusday 6th June, so a slightly tight turnaround. I am happy to answer any question via dm or in linked email.
www.waleshigh.com/jobs/teacher...