Jess Elms
@twentyishteach
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Subject leader for history and politics, LST for history BBTP, LSE graduate, Dorset based.
Joined June 2011
Next up- timeline of the Conservative party for a level politics! If you want to access any of the politics resources, the file is here https://t.co/uln5DySmgr
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Voted! Obi even wore his England shirt to celebrate two potential victories this summer ๐ณ๏ธ #dogsatpollingstations
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This year we have launched the Justin Champion Memorial Essay Prize. Year 12 students are invited to analyse the claim that โwithout History we cannot make sense of the presentโ. #RoyalHolloway #RHUL #University #ALevelHistory #HistoryTeacher #Year12 #History #Essay
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Finally finished the battlefields student booklet with a day to spare! Underpinned by our values of teaching; synthesising local history, individual stories and voices, diversity of experience, source analysis in the crafting of history, geographical impact and material culture.
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1/3 Just over 12 months ago I was #tenpercentbraver applying for an AVP T&L role. Just over 6 months into post and I am loving designing, implementing and evaluating a tailored programme of professional learning and development @WomenEd
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Today we had the incredible opportunity of hosting Lord Strathcarron with @UKParlEducation #learnwiththelords. He was insightful, engaging, and I spent the next 3 hours hearing students tell their peers and teachers about it! The students even stayed behind to ask moreโฆ
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1st year of mock marking in our new home warrants our first fire of the winter ๐ฅ
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It is such a joy to get to teach a student for a year and a bit, and for them to produce work like this. Year 8 student, showing a lovely understanding of global impact
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๐จ Schedule for our 10 Minute Mini CPD sessions until the Summer! Bite-sized talks on what teachers in SW are doing, for everyone to enjoy. From @t_kidman @SaraSinaguglia @scillyteacher @sehartsmith @AndrewSweet4 Look out for the sign up link soon. @histassoc #HASWN
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Some thoughts about talking to children in schools about the situation in Ukraine: Today I've had conversations with parents of children spanning ages of 5-15yrs. In all cases they were concerned about how their child's school had begun talking to the children about Ukraine. 1/n
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This also shows how important the historian is in our classroom- she was able to name a range of historians across our study, what they did, and where we had encountered them before.
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I said perhaps write her questions for @sixteenthCgirl , and she said she couldnโt possibly because sheโs her โheroโ. 2/3
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Just had an amazing conversation about how @sixteenthCgirl documentaries has inspired a brilliant year 9 to become a historian, and she spent her break sharing all the reasons why she wants to go into history. Any historians want to share what a career in history is like?
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The ability for our young people to articulate themselves is something thatโs amazes me daily. Weโve done lots of work around oracy in action, and so proud to see it paying off! ๐๐
Our debates aren't broadcast live. But they sometimes have a small 'studio audience'... in this case at our guests' school. I'm told this ๐งจ exchange between Kay and Beth drew a massive ๐๐๐! (Tap for ๐)
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Our debates aren't broadcast live. But they sometimes have a small 'studio audience'... in this case at our guests' school. I'm told this ๐งจ exchange between Kay and Beth drew a massive ๐๐๐! (Tap for ๐)
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So brilliantly proud of our students and the students at @pupilpolitics. They debated with decorum and respect. Our students loved it! Will absolutely be back soon โค๏ธ
๐ NEW EPISODE ๐ ๐๏ธ: Do primaries and caucuses enhance ๐บ๐ธ elections? โ
: Bethany and Abi (@stedwardspoole) โ: Adam and Kay (@pupilpolitics) ๐ฉโโ๏ธ: Milli ๐ง: https://t.co/hmGIL08c5i ๐ณ๏ธ: ๐
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๐Snap giveaway!!๐ My lovely publishers just told me they have *5* copies of River Kings to give away to my Twitter followers! To win, you need to ๐Like & retweet this post ๐Follow me AND @WmCollinsBooks Open internationally, ends 24/12 at noon. Good luck!! โ๏ธ๐คฉ
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A remarkable initiative from @genocide8020 Please share the link to this newspaper with tutors, teachers and students to raise awareness of the Holocaust and other genocides, written by students for students #NeverAgain
Young people from @hamptonschool @Humanities_THS @stedwardspoole @EnfieldCounty @Royallib @BdownSchool @ScarsdaleHS created a newspaper to raise awareness of the Holocaust and other genocides. Please share! @UCL_Holocaust @HMD_UK @HolocaustUK #NeverAgain
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And whilst in the depths of my notes, I forgot these summary pages on ideologies. Note to self: finish!
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