History teacher. @histassoc fellow & trustee. Deputy head. Member of the Tortured Poets Department.
Jun 20, 2023 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
This week we ran a history trip to Chepstow Castle. I spent a long time thinking about effective trips and tried to address these. A 🧵
I think trips can be problematic if:
- they aren't integrated into the curriculum
- kids don't have enough contextual knowledge to understand what they see
- historical thinking is ignored.
Jun 19, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Glorious day out at Chepstow Castle.
My Y10s think this pigeon who is following us is the spirit of William FitzOsbern. I'm happy they even remembered his name.
I also love that loads of my 15 year old class bought wooden swords and are pretending to be knights 😂