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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

About to kick off a keynote at Södertälje Kommun 26 with @mrsball.bsky.social on scaffolding. Hoping to bump into fellow keynote Craig Barton! After we’ve finished channelling our inner Britney!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

researchEd Cork! An incredible weekend of learning, connection and craic! A massive thank you to Sarah and the team for their amazing efforts. An unforgettable couple of days with some of the best in the biz

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Australian educators! I will be in Melbourne and Sydney July 17th-2nd Aug 2027. I would love to come and work with/visit your school/organisation. Please get in contact if you would like to chat further about the areas I can work with you on

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Excited to be taking The Scaffolding Effect on the international road this month with @mrsball.bsky.social. First stop, ResearchEd Cork with a massive range of top speakers and topics. Then onto Sweden. If you would like me and Rachel to speak at your school/organisation, get in touch!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Exciting new project with PiXL and Professor Mick Waters. Join The Curriculum Ready Programme! Visit PiXL for more information about preparing for curriculum changes 🤩

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Great day at ResearchEd National! Lots of brilliant talks, expert educators - and great humans to chat with! Even better, I got to spend another day presenting alongside @mrsball.bsky.social! Bring on Cork and Stockholm!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A fantastic day at Cornwall Education Learning Trust INSET presenting alongside Rachel Ball. 300 teachers (serving 9000 students) coming together to explore the CELT Chronicles and faded scaffolding 🙌🏼

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

One week until ResearchEd National. The timetable is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I’ll be presenting with @mrsball.bsky.social on scaffolding literacy and oracy 📝🗣️📚

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A new blog from me on the importance of inter-disciplinary connections. Link: alexfairlamb.substack.com/p/a-story-ab...

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The Literacy Community Half Term 1 Webinars are now live!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

4 keynotes 3 Venues across Teesside 2 Days 1 ETC Edufest. Thank you to the organisers for inviting me to be a part of their professional learning festival!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Cardiff Castle - an amazing venue to watch Jimmy Eat World and The Get Up Kids 🤩

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Great to be at Falkirk High School today for session 2 of their adaptive teaching and scaffolding professional learning curriculum. Looking forward to the reflections and future sessions with this brilliant teaching community!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

@mrsball.bsky.social is on her way to Australia right now and I can’t wait for her to share her magic! 🤩

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

A career highlight! I’ve written an article in Teaching History @histassoc.bsky.social on disability in history and also an update focusing on including and accessibility for all in history. To support the latter, there is a new CPD series in autumn: www.history.org.uk/secondary/mo...

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

@lambhearttea.bsky.social focusing on ways to engage students and scaffold their access to the curriculum, using captivating stories #SHP26

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Graduated to become Dr Fairlamb! A brilliant day spent with family 🫶 My wonderful Mum would have loved it and she was very much in our thoughts yesterday

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Great time speaking at the PiXL Post-16 conference where I discussed strategies to create independent learners. What a venue too! 🏏

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Gearing up for a today day at the Summit Learning Trust day. I’ll be presenting on scaffolding, questioning in history and developing a diverse primary history curriculum. Can’t wait to see @davidolusoga.bsky.social speak!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Brilliant day at Festival of Education 26! Always a brilliant day and it’s been lovely to catch up such great educators

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Beyond excited to be speaking at Festival of Education this Thursday on scaffolding literacy and Oracy. The @innerdrive.bsky.social strand is 🤩🤩🤩🤩

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Congratulations to all the regional winners of the inaugural Historic Royal Palaces Inspirational Teacher Awards. It was an honour to be an NE judge (pictured with some other judges) and it’s both inspiring and humbling to read all about the powerful teaching our students are benefiting from

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Two brilliant days keynoting at the PiXL Primary and Secondary conferences about diversity in the curriculum. Lots of excellent talks on important areas. And I got to meet Geoffy B again!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Festival of Education Barcelona ☀️ A brilliant day crammed full of excellent talks, in particular Francesca Martinez who shared her experiences of school. Great to catch up with awesome educators by the beach!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Wishing all the luck and wishes to @hugheshaili.bsky.social as she emigrated to transform education in Australia! Your friendship is very much valued

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Marking 15 years of dragging this fella around museums by taking him to a museum. This time it’s the Museum of Communism. He’s thrilled.

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

WHAT. A. STRAND! Get your ticket for Festival of Education and head along to the @innerdrive.bsky.social strand for the equivalent of the Pyramid Stage. All killer, no filler! 🤘

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Five conferences in five weekends 💪 Festival of Education Shanghai researchEd Warrington researchEd New York researchEd Crieff Historical Association Newcastle Very lucky to have been able to go to these events and also catch up with/meet wonderful people!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Historical Association conference 2026 in Newcastle-Gateshead 📜 Belta talks by lots of great history educators And Daphne even made an appearance 💅🏼

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It’s election time for the Historical Association Governing Body. I’m standing for a position as a trustee - and Daphne is my official mascot! If you are a member, please do check your emails to find out about the wonderful candidates standing and cast your vote!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

“In fact, if we were to map Year 1 to Year 13 in terms of knowledge, concepts and skills, would we see continuous threads (age and stage expectation appropriate)? Or would we in fact see multiple different curriculums which shunt into one another like a poorly welded car.”

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Closing the Curriculum Chasm

Bridging the Transition Gap: A Blueprint for Curriculum Continuity

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Beijing Day 2: The Great Wall (and a toboggan down!)

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Beijing Day 1: sunrise and sunset overlooking the Forbidden City, a run through Bahai Park at dawn, and a day spent wandering Hutong, the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square

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Mr T does Primary History @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

My brand new subject leader CPD is now open to book! If you're on Facebook, join the Mr T does Primary History group for a discount (or message me if not). Bookings taken via invoice and/or through here: t.co/Za6poLu8Dy

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Fail Better by Mark Roberts is brilliant! This is an absolute must read, particularly if you have students who struggle with perfectionism or from self-sabotage @innerdrive.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My fourth blog in a series exploring professional learning and literacy and oracy. open.substack.com/pub/alexfair...

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

A brilliant day at ResearchEd Haninge! Congrats to the team for putting together such a great day of talks and connecting 👏 Stockholm is a stunning city 🤩😍

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Emmy @msquinnhistory.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Time is running out to get your free tickets to this webinar organised by the HA North East Teacher Branch. I will be sharing my experiences and ideas about teaching Irish history in English schools. Open to everyone! Why is there a Northern Ireland www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-is-the...

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ArthurJChapman @arthurjchapman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Join the IOE History Ed SIG 4 this open seminar with Professor Marc-André Éthier, exploring Bringing History 2 Life: Teaching Fact & Fiction, Face-2-face & online - on the 19th March 5-6.30pm GMT. Further information & registration are @ this link: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/?p=1... #historyeducation

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Incredibly proud to have created this unit using Helen Castor’s ‘She-Wolves’ book for @marymyatt.bsky.social Myatt&Co Students will explore the lives and actions of 4 Medieval queens and answer how these interesting women defied and challenged the conventions of the time.

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Join us this weekend in Wakefield for the @womened.bsky.social x BrewEd event! It’s going to be a brilliant and inspiring day!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

DfE White Paper 26 - Literacy and Oracy overview. Key implications (that I’ve gauged from my understanding of it) Hope it’s of use!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Mirror, signal, manoeuvre 🪞🚨⤵️ A new blog (from a series we are writing) from me and David Goodwin looking at the interplay between checks for understanding and adaptive teaching and scaffolding. We hope that you find it useful! Link: open.substack.com/pub/alexfair...

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

A jaw dropping moment when John Hattie said he had just finished reading The Scaffolding Effect and name dropped it into his keynote! In 2024, if someone had said this to me and @mrsball.bsky.social we wouldn’t have believed it! Thanks @innerdrive.bsky.social for believing in us!

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Dr Alex Fairlamb (Lamb_Heart_Tea) @lambhearttea.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I’m excited to be going to Shanghai in April to speak at Festival of Education China! I’ll be speaking about adaptive teaching and scaffolding. If you would like me to work with your school 13-17th April whilst I’m over there, please do get in contact: alexfairlamb.com

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