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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 5d

This enquiry is looking so fantastic Pete! Looking forward to pilfering some/most of it when we finally get to overhaul our Y8 scheme.

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 6d

They did this on QI once, much to Alan Davies' frustration!

Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 6d

Had such a great day teaching Y10 about the Nazi police state, Y9 about Britain joining WW1 and Y13 about the radicalisation of the New Model Army. But the highlight was a couple of my Y10s staying behind to show me these Nazi coins from the early 1940s!

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks Rich! We had a great time; it's such a great unit.

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Kristian Shanks @historykss.bsky.social · 12d

Labour should absolutely give Reform a pasting on the grounds of being pro-Putin and massively unpatriotic pt 234

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13d

Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges

Gill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in the European parliament and articles

www.theguardian.com

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 13d

And what have I just found in my new podcast list!
open.spotify.com/episode/0eGj...

Behind The Scenes of The Tudor Chapel Royal

open.spotify.com

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 13d

Hampton Court again today, and it was my turn to be the tour guide. I'm so mean though explaining that the Haunted Gallery almost definitely didn't have Katherine Howard running down it to plead for mercy, as Gareth Russell explains in...

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 15d

Clock Court giving us the four main eras of the palace in one panorama
#historyaroundus #sitestudy #gcsehistory

Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 15d

Today was Hampton Court, baby! First of three visits with Y11 for their History Around Us site study for OCR B. It didn't disappoint!

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 15d

Spent an excellent evening at the @histassoc.bsky.social W Surrey branch lecture by Alex Walsham on persecution & faith in the early modern era. 8 of our students came too - so satisfying to see them recognising the key terms and events they've been studying. Edwards' Gangraena only this afternoon!

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 16d

Oh definitely! I'll be devastated when I've finished it!

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 17d

I'm apparently not organised enough to have started a book thread earlier in the year, but I'm reading Shy Creatures at the moment and it's just extraordinary. Anyone else?

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 18d

Not at all! We really need to think about how to incentivise revision more effectively so this is incredibly useful.

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 18d

Love these suggestions: will definitely be implementing several in the next term!

Becky Carter @missrcarter89.bsky.social · 18d

Last minute speaking slot at #TTRHums today, made me think about the KS4 strategies that have worked for me over the past few years. Absolutely none of this is original. But it’s nice to put things together in one place and share!

Presentation front slide - title ‘ks4 knowledge building and revision’

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 22d

Just got an advert for David Irving's book on YouTube 🤢

Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 25d

Centrist Dad?

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 25d

I adore Fairfax. A model of moderation and pragmatism in a zealous age. Such a big what-if though if he'd actually tried to stop the King's trial.

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 26d

I can't listen to it these days without picturing Gove.

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 26d

1. Excerpt from a Teenage Opera. Keith West
2. Plastic Man. The Kinks
3. Charmless Man. Blur
4. Jimmy Jazz. The Clash
5. Minnie the Moocher. Cab Calloway

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · Sep 6

From Edexcel to OCR B. Love the course but of course I'd also love three months off timetable to plan it properly 😜

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · Sep 6

Looking forward to hearing how it goes!

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · Sep 6

All good thanks, bracing myself for the first week of teaching! In the middle of a GCSE spec switch

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · Sep 6

@pamc86.bsky.social Lovely to see you virtually Pam! How are you?

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · Sep 3

Compared to Starmer's response to the flag question, it is so much more human and empathetic.

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Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · Sep 1

Enjoy!

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