[Free Download]📝 Teach pupils about the role of the Allied forces, French Resistance and French civilians in Normandy Villages in D-Day with our education pack commissioned by @Britishmemorial. They can also practise their language skills and more. #DDAY80

Alleluia, Christ is risen! This Easter Sunday, here’s Christ rising from his tomb; three guards sleep and one wakes up to adore him. The guards only appear in Matthew, where, at the sight of the angel rolling back the stone, they “shook and became like dead men”. [MS 368 f. 12r]

Full article: The strengths and limitations of using quantitative data to inform school inspections tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Fantastic holiday in Gibraltar. Walked the Mediterranean Steps & The Rock to see the monkeys. Lots of historical sites, dolphins in the bay & spectacular views of Spain, the Strait & North Africa from Europa Point. Thank you British Airways, The Rock Hotel & Visit Gibraltar!

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth chat with workers from the Women's Land Army and a Volunteer Agricultural Camp, who were clearing land for cultivation during the Second World War - Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 21 July 1944 bit.ly/3vVLvGE #FarmingHistory

Back to winning ways at Molineux. 🐺⏱️

Does childhood reading for pleasure cause success in educational attainment and in later life? An extremely informative 10 minutes! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mor…

Very interesting podcast about the importance of reading for pleasure in relation to a child’s success in life. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mor…

NEWS! SHP are delighted to announce the launch of Curriculum PATHS. We want to help put curriculum decision making back where it belongs: in the hands of teachers. We know teachers are best placed to meet the needs of their pupils and communities /1 schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/curriculumpath…

Our Children's Summer Book Club continues on #R4Today with Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Cressida Cowell, best known for How to Train Your Dragon 📚 Frank recommends: 🌟Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 🌟The Boss of Everyone by Danny Wallace 🌟Truckers by Terry

We're sure you're all done with football now but we have one last photo of folks running around after a ball - at the greatest speeds yet by the looks of it. We're also digging the turtleneck kit! Maer Lane Football Ground, Market Drayton [PH/M/6/10/42]

Have you visited York's famous medieval street, the Shambles? 🤩 This photograph from our archive was taken in 1910. The street was formerly full of butchers' shops and houses, with their own slaughterhouses to the rear. #YorkshireDay

#MapOnATuesday The Birmingham Water Works Map showing the course of the supply from the Elan Valley. Ref – A Short History of the Development of the Undertaking, 1937. Corporation Docs D/10 LibraryofBirmingham

24th August 1943: the Allies dropped 3 bombs on #Pompeii as part of Operation Avalanche. Director of Pompeii, Amedeo Maiuri, recorded them as hitting the Forum area, the House of Romulus and Remus, and the Antiquarium museum of Pompeii. 🧵

Into round three of the Carabao Cup. 🐺⏱️

#OnThisDay in 1930, St Kilda's last remaining islanders were evacuated to the mainland at their own request. Today, the archipelago has no permanent residents but visitors can still sail to these islands at the edge of the world. 📸 Janet Mac #ForTheLoveOfScotland

Ninety four years ago today, we remember the last thirty six St Kildans who, no longer able to sustain their island life, agreed to leave on the HMS Harebell, and venture forth to start new lives on the mainland National Trust for Scotland St Kilda Club #stkilda

Enjoyable August bank holiday sea kayaking off Anglesey with Plas y Brenin. We paddled past Penmon Lighthouse & crossed to Puffin Island, the Menai Strait from Menai Bridge to Beaumaris & from Bull Bay near Amlwch to Point Lynas. Great kit from P&H Sea Kayaks & CelticPaddles.

#OTD in 1666, shortly after midnight, the Great Fire of London began in a bakery on Pudding Lane. The fire raged for four days, destroying much of the medieval City of London. This item from our map collection shows the extent of the devastation.

Today's image from the Historic England Archive is a view of Forton Service Station on the M6 motorway, Lancashire. It was photographed #OnThisDay in 1997. The design included a tower restaurant, built in 1964-65. See the List Entry👇 historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-li… #Motorways