Mike Watson

It’s ready and available to download now! MUSIC GENRES CALENDAR 2025-26 I know people have been asking me for it! 190+ songs… 1 for every day of school! Please RT #primaryrocks #ukedchat #music #teaching #education MUSIC GENRES CALENDAR 2025-26 tes.com/resource-detai…

The most popular reading material in class this term has been this collection of song lyrics. With volitional reading in decline, we need to start paying attention to what children are telling us about their reading preferences and valuing the texts they're already drawn to.

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@sanakazmi36 1 4x4 4 3x3 9 2x2 16 1x1 30 squares

How many squares....!!! 99.9% will fail..?

@aynii_00 1353

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@pennywpennyw Happy Birthday

Ok, so we both forgot today! But it’s my birthday so please forgive us! 🤣🥰 🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹 🔹 Like, share and repost 🔹 Have a go and good luck! 🔹 Share your score below with a gif 🔹 Share the quiz with whoever you want! Happy #Friday! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

@rhipratchett Ook 🦧💀🎅🏼

Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! ho! Ho!

@lady_valor_07 An absolute abomination!!

Settle a debate. What do you call this?

This is a golden age of children's literature. There are books being published today that will shape the minds of generations; life-changing books whose readers will change the world. There really is a book for EVERYONE now - if we can just help every reader find those books!

Hello - I wrote a new blog about the teaching of whole class reading, which I haven't in a while. It's over 9000 words so quite a read, but I hope the comprehensive nature of it comes across as helpful, rather than patronising. Anyway - hope it's useful! mrboothy6.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/who…

Let’s try reconnecting

@theLucyStrange always writes great gothic stories so I love that she’s abridged Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It’s a murderous, exciting, grief-stricken exploration of science, love and loss which readers will love. Out now for 8+. Thanks @WalkerBooksUK checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/mar…

The #ReconstructingReading online festival takes place during the week of 17th November. @Literacy_Trust have put together a line-up of outstanding speakers. Tickets available for individual sessions or the entire week. More info here: literacytrust.org.uk/training-and-w… #edutwitter

Always a good share for the holidays…

@pennywpennyw Nailed it!

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@jonnybid @Hickesy I just finished this today, and I completely agree - short, simple, snappy and sinister!

If you're looking for a perfect Halloween class book for Y5/6 that can be read in a week, you won't do better than The Last Day of October by @Hickesy. Creepy and atmospheric, with a fantastic cliffhanger at the end of each chapter.

Having already finished Holes with Y6, we are now reading Front Desk by Kelly Yang. My first time reading it with a class, so planning WCR as I go, but my reading lessons for this, plus loads of lessons over last 3 years are in here, for free of course. drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

Absolutely love the Dungeon Runners series & Ocean Chase is another gripping instalment! My 6yr old loves this series as do the children at my school after reading it through the @sparkbookaward 🌊 Which teams will succeed & flounder? Thanks @NosyCrow checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/dun…

Teaching speech sandwiches today as part of our work on King Kong. Absolutely love doing this - such a simple way to break down the speech model and easily adaptable for children at different stages of writing.