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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Delighted to be taking part in Biddenden Flair - Festival of Literature and the Arts at the end of September. "A Historian's Guide to Anger" Tickets biddendenflair.co.uk/events/bidde...

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Always lovely to get these echoes of my former life in the midst of a busy week of Y4 teaching. This time a Chinese translation of my Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction. 😊

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Good morning all! First dawn visit to nature reserve in a while.

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Oh wow - this is nice to see on a Saturday morning after my first, exhausting week as a Y4 teacher! My VSI in Japanese with an awesome cover, featuring my favourite (17th-C) image for teaching the difference between passions and emotions! www.hakusuisha.co.jp/book/b665575...

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

A few more photos of swallows and martins dipping in our pool on Spanish holiday last week.

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

A few more terns fishing at Rye Harbour this afternoon. Might go back with snacks and drinks for a few hours tomorrow!

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Tern about to dive for a fish, at Rye Harbour today.

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

The emotional historiography of the French Revolution 🇫🇷 - esp. Carlyle vs Michelet - ⚔️ was one of my favourite topics to teach in my old job…. so it’s nice to find myself staying here. 😎

Street sign “Rue Michelet” Historien Francais. 1797-1874

The History of Emotions: A very short introduction. By Thomas Dixon

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Some bird shots from earlier in the year.

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

On holiday in Spain. Every evening swallows dip into the pool for a cooling drink. Trying to get photos is hard as they are very fast! Will post better shots if I get some. 😁

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I expect you're wondering whether other leading politicians have shed tears in the House of Commons before - and more generally about the history of crying in British culture, and what it means. Good news - there is a book all about it! bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cover of Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Very proud of this - created for Year 6 this week - as part of our focus on Magritte in Art this term. It's an automatic Magritte-style painting generator. At the touch of a button it gives you 3 motifs and a suggested title!

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Mind-clearing pre-SATs-week morning walk.

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Good morning all

$Low morning sun with rays refracting on pond and trees$

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Good morning all! Things getting intense in Year 6 as SATs hurtle towards us. 4 more teaching days to go. Morning walk in bluebell woods is a great antidote. 😇

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Beautiful walk to Godrevy Lighthouse today.

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Rainy day in Cornwall- perfect time to organise beautiful polychromos pencils !

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Just arrived in Kent from Shanghai (tariffs all paid) - Chinese translation of “Weeping Britannia”. 🤩

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Amazing news just breaking in time for tomorrow. What a relief.

Breaking News: PM Cancels April Fools' Day. BBC News ticker.

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

In the run-up to SATs in May, I am trying to keep a balance between revision/ testing and other things in my Y6 class. Tomorrow morning, we're going to be voting on names for our class chickens. (Feel free to express your preference!)

A slide showing photos of our two chickens (one mainly black and white, one brown) with possible names: Chikachu, Mufasa, T-Rex, Dixie, Belle, Oreo, Brownie, Hen Solo, Popcorn...etc.

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Clearing my head after parent consultations 😇

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Back to 2025, and teaching WW2 to Year 6. The children's reference points tend to be Nazis, bombs, and guns. I try to give them the more human history and emphasise the cost of war. One way I do this is showing letters that my dad wrote to his dad. Like this one.

A letter dated 2nd July 1944, with an address in Palmers Green, London, starting "Dear daddy, I am sorry I have not wrote you a letter for such a long time...." and mentioning that he is writing in a bomb shelter.

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Finding this audiobook enlightening and entertaining - a thought-provoking half-term listen - and has made me laugh out loud too. "Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? A Comedian's Guide to Autism". I was drawn in by the title and identify with quite a lot of the content too...

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Bracing choppy sunrise this morning. 30 second clip!

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Thomas Dixon @profthomasdixon.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Successful Y6 WW2 art lesson recreating the 1940 photo “St Paul’s Survives” in chalk and paper yesterday. Nice way to end the week before our mock SATs next week. 😇