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Let’s get back to school sorted. ✅ 🔜 in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Good luck all, the exclusive launch 🚀 merch is lovely! #ClockworkClassrooms 📕 ☕️ 💼

Loving Clockwork Classrooms @carmelbones.bsky.social! Only 30% into the book and already highlighted several points to go back to! I can affirm that MEOWs do work to motivate learners 🐈

Huge thanks 🙏 to everyone who came to the Spanish 🇪🇸 Armada webinar tonight @tracyborman.bsky.social congrats to Ms Mabbott 🦌 Deer Park School, Cirencester who won 🏆 the prize draw! #HistoryTeacher #Scholarship

Starts tomorrow! Spanish 🇪🇸 Armada webinars! Delighted by teachers feedback annually about the impact these make. Lots of emails last week after The Globe exam 🫶🙌🏻

As exam classes leave, it’s the time of year to look towards the future. I’ve written a piece on how to craft a department vision and drive meaningful change. A step by step guide for those new to post and experienced heads of department alike. historyiseverystory.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/d...

🚨 Drop me a line asap. June 16th pretty full, more spaces thereafter. Would love to see you! @tracyborman.bsky.social #scholarship David Ferriby exam advice @petejackson.bsky.social @benbassett.bsky.social stories! ⛵️ 🙌🏻

⏰ #HistoryTeachers Early 🦅 until June 1st Elizabethan England Historic Environment Year 9! @aqaeducation.bsky.social @tracyborman.bsky.social #scholarship David Ferriby exam advice @petejackson.bsky.social @benbassett.bsky.social stories. Book now! Www.carmelbones.co.uk

@carmelbones.bsky.social explaining how teachers can use different verbal games, current events and physical objects to get students thinking about and discussing history hot topics in the classroom. #haconf26

Please 👀 clockwork classrooms' share.google/PT0AL9fbx4BH... new book 📕 has gone to print! Published 26.6.26 This promo video will be chopped into Q by Q but here’s the uncut version if you’d like to get a flavour of the book. Thanks 🙏 for watching & share if you like! @hachetteaudio.bsky.social

🚨 Limited spaces now for ‘the maiden voyage’ ⛵️Spanish 🇪🇸 Armada Teacher webinar 16th June. Next date 24th June then monthly from Sept. Book now to secure your place David Ferriby #examinsights AQA #GCSEHistory 2027 www.carmelbones.co.uk will 👀 out for you! #scholarship @tracyborman.bsky.social

youtube.com/watch?v=RWcpRU… My book 📕 is sent to print! You might like to see the uncut promo video which gets cut into Q by Q sections so I am repetitive! Thank you 🙏 all for sharing the excitement & to @katejonesteach.bsky.social who has been my champion! �� @hachettelearning.bsky.social

It would be impossible to not find something facinating at HA conference - still time to book. Open to anyone with a love of, or career in history. (Psst there is also a digital package) www.haconference.com/full-programme

Calling 🚨all #GCSE History teachers #AQA new for 2026 Spanish 🇪🇸 Armada webinar for teachers. Book your place now www.carmelbones.co.uk #scholarship from @tracyborman.bsky.social exam advice from David Ferriby please 🙏 spread the word! Thank you

Happy Easter 🐣 holidays from #Cumbria gave Pavey Ark via Jack’s Rake scramble a go today. Love ❤️ Langdale took students over many years. Hope you can hit the fells and/or enjoy these shots. Four Seasons in one day!

If you have always wanted to visit Lindisfarne but the logistics have defeated you them come with the HA -we are putting on a special trip for conference this year. @englishheritage.bsky.social www.history.org.uk/aboutus/cate...

My forthcoming book 📖 is currently #14 in the Amazon Hot 🔥 New Releases! Thanks 🙏 a million if you have bought it! I am bowled over by the support, enthusiasm and interest, it means the world. Couldn’t do any of it without the wonderful camaraderie of you all, my friends! 🫶👊🏻 x amzn.eu/d/0cAkeO9b

🚨 Spaces booking fast 💨 for June dates. More availability for 🍂 autumn and beyond. Go to www.carmelbones.co.uk to secure your space!

✨ A big moment for Reteach and education in #Parliament yesterday Honoured to have @sathnam.bsky.social and @carmelbones.bsky.social as our brilliant speakers, helping bring the focus back to what matters most: teachers, classrooms, and the future of education. #FutureOfEducation #EducationMatters

Join me, @tracyborman.bsky.social & David Ferriby. Final call for the last Globe Theatre 🎭 Teacher webinar of the season www.carmelbones.co.uk Wednesday 11th March 3.30pm. Then we set sail ⛵️ to face the mighty Spanish Armada from June #HistoryTeacher #GCSE #AQA please 🚨 share. Thank you! 🙏

More medicine and history coming to a small screen near you this evening! Alice Roberts: Our Hospital through Time, 8pm on Channel 5!

I love, love, love ❤️ working in Glasgow. My new words this week are ‘bahookie’ and ‘oxters’ every day literally is a school day. 😆 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @osirisedu.bsky.social @gtcscotland.bsky.social @stmungosacad.bsky.social

Last call ☎️ www.carmelbones.co.uk The Globe theatre Teacher webinar March 11th 🎭 @tracyborman.bsky.social #scholarship example answers @aqaeducation.bsky.social drop me a line! Thanks 🙏 for all the feedback so far. Exams Summer 2026 here we come!

open.spotify.com/episode/28YS... it’s that time of year. With @mrsthorne.bdky.social and the late great Helen Snelson x 💕

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck... this is brilliant news! 🙌🏻💥💕

This should go viral because it is so laughably nonsensical @tpattison.bsky.social thanks 🙏 for sharing. Where is that shaking head emoji?! 😝

These are doing the rounds so I thought I’d give it a go! 🤣

Huge congrats 🥳 to Ms Hoyle @ladybridgehigh.bsky.social who 🏆 tonight’s prize draw @aqaeducation.bsky.social @tracyborman.bsky.social The Globe Theatre 🎭 Historic Environment. Thank you 🙏 for all the lovely feedback 🤗 last date Wed 11th March🚨

🚨 Get ready for GCSE History 2027 The Spanish Armada Historic Environment #scholarship and exam guidance David Ferriby ⛵️ BOOKING NOW OPEN!!!! @tracyborman.bsky.social @aqaeducation.bsky.social

🚨 Two dates remaining. Drop me a line to book. Please 🙏 repost I know lots of schools have left it to the end and are a bit stuck! carmelbones.co.uk

www.carmelbones.co.uk Just gone 🚨 live on the website…if you’re interested in chasing down #traitors! GCSE Historic Environment @tracyborman.bsky.social #scholarship Exam Advice David Ferriby ⛵️ drop me a line to book #GCSE #Historyteacher @aqaeducation.bsky.social 🙌🏻

🚨 Interested in rounding up #Traitors? Look 👀 🕵️‍♀️ no further! By popular demand summer term dates added! 💥 10 to chose from @aqaeducation.bsky.social #scholarship @tracyborman.bsky.social Exam Advice David Ferriby Please 🙏 spread the word 💥⛵️ looking forward to welcoming schools old and new 🙌🏻

Absolutely delighted that Louise Shumway English Teacher Glenrothes Hisgh School has been awarded professional recognition for evidencing the positive impact of her classroom practise 🎥 🍿#FifeLife so 🥹 proud 👏🏻 @gtcscotland.bsky.social @osirisedu.bsky.social

Last two @aqaeducation.bsky.social #GCSE History webinars coming up🚨Feb 9th, March 11th @tracyborman.bsky.social #scholarship David Ferriby exam advice. Bowled over by the universally appreciative feedback 🙌🏻 thank you 🙏 for taking part. To hear of the impact makes it all worthwhile 🤗

Keep cosy 🔥 and keep ahead of the game carmelbones.co.uk chose your month and drop me a line if you’d like to take part. @aqaeducation.bsky.social @tracyborman.bsky.social #scholarship video. David Ferriby exam advice. Example answers 💻 and recording 🤗 you’re welcome!

🚨Keep warm 🔥 and get ready for History exams The Globe Theatre 🎭 webinar Wed Jan 14th @aqaeducation.bsky.social @tracyborman.bsky.social #scholarship David Ferriby exam advice. Example answers & recording sent. Love 💕 to see you. Drop me a line to book place www.carmelbones.co.uk

🏔️❄️⛅️🥶🌕 Moon and sun guiding the way up Blencathra this morning. So cold and windy we turned back @felltop.bsky.social #summitsafety

Why did you want to be a History Teacher?’ As well as the inspo from my own teachers my answer is ‘The Sound of Music and The Great Escape’ they made me care about different people in different places at different times. Both are on tomorrow you’re welcome 📺 @radiotimes.bsky.social

Tidying up after Christmas 🎅 my girls suggested the pile of books 📚 I’ve read preparing my book might be as tall as me…ok so I put my boots 👢 on! 😝🥳 amzn.eu/d/53Bh1CR can’t wait to see it in print 2026…I’m standing on the shoulders of all the giants I ever shared a classroom or ideas with! 🫶

Happy Holidays 🥾🎄🏔️🎅💕from The Bones Girls on #Helvellyn #summitsafety #Cumbria Boxing Day 2025 🙌🏻

Awww 🥰 what a beautiful 🤩 message @sashasmith.bsky.social you are one special person. Thank you xxx

🎉 Big congrats to our #podcast host @carmelbones.bsky.social on the release her book It’s packed with practical ideas for smoother-running classrooms, and we’re so proud to see her insights out in the world. Grab yours here 👇 www.amazon.co.uk/Clockwork-Cl... From all of us at Reteach - well done!

It’s this week!!!

Teachers…know thy impact! I ended up having a post Christmas 🎄 do late night convo @Halston Hotel in Carlisle with two former students who were telling me they are reading @tracyborman.bsky.social @historyalice.bsky.social 📚 and how helpful knowing about History is in their daily lives 🎤 drop 💥

www.amazon.co.uk/Clockwork-Cl... The perfect gift 🎁 for the teacher in your life! 🎄 Thanks a million to anyone who orders or even shares in my excitement. Been at it since 1992 so hopefully 🤞🏼 something useful in there! 🙌🏻🫶

*COVER REVEAL* for Tonight the Music Seems So Loud: The Meaning of George Michael. It has been a dream to spend a year and a half on this subject and I'm excited for people to read the book in 2026. Pre-orders now open for UK and US editions, early signed editions, etc. Link: shorturl.at/qhPlJ

Often looked like this in our lessons when you’re teaching ‘on’ Hadrians Wall! 🗡️ 📏 Delighted to be a judge for the North West region @lucyworsley.bsky.social @sathnam.bsky.social @gregjenner.bsky.social get your nominations in! @histassoc.bsky.social 🙌🏻

🚨 It’s next week!

What an example of cause and effect! #historyteacher #geographyteacher Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe's deadly Black Death plague www.bbc.com/news/article...

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