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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

...unfortunately, it has to be our #PrimaryRocks edchat at this moment in time. I am OK, but I know that over the coming weeks, there are things that I will miss if I am not mindful so I need a hiatus. Thanks for all your contributions over the years and I hope to be back soon.

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Hi Folks. Apologies to anyone who was expecting #PrimaryRocks to be running tonight, but it won't be on now this term. Everything is alright, but something has to give and...

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Unfortunately I can’t make #PrimaryRocks tonight but I do have this as a puzzle for you! Answers to follow!

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Final final #PrimaryRocks Question... What about celebrity authors - David Baddiel, David Walliams, Tom Fletcher et al. ? Would they make it on to your reading curriculum?

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I see so many spines that trudge through “classics” that children struggle to connect with. We would do a disservice to our pupils by not balancing and introducing new as well as older. Imagine ignoring “The Final Year” by Matt Goodfellow or “Fallout” by Lesley Parr both stunning books

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

What are your favourite 2025 releases so far?! #PrimaryRocks

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Where it says 'instructional texts' ... what does this mean? #PrimaryRocks

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Three Bridges Primary School @threebridgessch.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

We review our Reading Spine every 2 years, at the announcement of the new children's laureate.

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

This is the other thing... I want children to encounter books they would not normally encounter! #PrimaryRocks

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

It really is. It helps having very knowledgeable staff. The oversight of the books equally has to open children up to books and help them develop their taste and passion. #PrimaryRocks

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Dean Boddington @misterbodd.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

-Mix of genres, protagonist (male, female, animal). -mix of cultures/settings -Mix of antiquated language (even though I'd drop this happily, a secondary teacher once convinced me) -mix of 'themes' -balance of author age/race/gender

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

With the books that you don't love... do you just fake it until you make it and try to be as passionate about that book as you are about ones you are really passionate about? #PrimaryRocks

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I think this is the trickiest part - having a strategic oversight of the whole curriculum and allowing teachers to teach books they are passionate about! #PrimaryRocks

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

This is 'the devil in the detail' part of a book spine for me - how much is determined by strategic choice from leaders and how much by passion of the teacher? #PrimaryRocks

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Would books worked better if teachers had the choice and taught books they LOVED!? #PrimaryRocks Do you think in the same year group you could have a teacher who DOES the book and a teacher that LOVES the book? (This came from a discussion with John Murray Reading Explorer)

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Do the books stick to genres e.g. Y4 have to have to have contemporary fiction, myth/legend and a fantasy or is it just what the teacher fancies? #PrimaryRocks

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

If a teacher changes year group, does the spine change? #PrimaryRocks

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Were you involved in creating your school's? #PrimaryRocks

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JB English @jbenglishteach.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

A good reading spine should absolutely serve the community it belongs to. It connects and creates, allowing children to reach a diet of literature that may not have been readily available for them. #PrimaryRocks

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

So you can say what you'd like to teach in your year group? If the teacher changes year groups, does the book spine change? #PrimaryRocks

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

#PrimaryRocks A book spine is a core list of high-quality texts chosen for each year group to ensure progression, coverage and a love of reading across the curriculum.

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Who makes the decisions about what books are used/taught across the school? #PrimaryRocks

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Oh no. Get well soon. I bet your class are missing you even more! #PrimaryRocks

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I prefer the later books but I haven't read these since I was 19! ... 6 years ago! #PrimaryRocks

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Rachel Jenkins @rachelj47127149.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I have two on the go - my 'big' read and my quick 'dib into' read that I have read before but can't remember whodunit...

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Mr Smoggie @mrsmoggie.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Always have 2 on the go, one for downstairs and one for bedtime!

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I have started back at the beginning of Terry Pratchett's Discworld. I have read The Colour of Magic and now onto The Light Fantastic. I was really sad when he died and I put off reading his last book because I knew that was going to be IT. So I've started from the beginning again! #PrimaryRocks

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Graham Andre @grahamandre.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Yay for #PrimaryRocks I am loving reading at the moment and I am currently reading this book '59 Memory Lane' which is a beautiful story and a nice break from my usual Stephen King, Greg Horowitz or Freda McFadden. What are you current favourite adult reads?

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

You must be one of the biggest losers ever then

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Tim Clarke @timjumpclarke.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

👀 A range of resources about #GenAI for #primary schools on our website. 🔗 cornerstoneprimary.hants.sch.uk/digital-corn... Including the link for this week's free #AI Primary online staff meetings. 🗓️ 20 May and 22 May 🕛 3.45 pm ✔️ Policy ✔️ Case Studies ✔ Demos @primaryrocks.bsky.social

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Started in covid; kept it after that as it made sense. The only argument was that kids won't have the opportunity to fasten buttons/do their own ties. #PrimaryRocks

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

OK you lovely lot! That's it for this week! Have a great week, y'all, and - if you need it - make sure to put your sun cream and cap on! See you all next week for #PrimaryRocks

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Primary Rocks Edchat @primaryrocks.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

We ask them to come to school in PE kits on PE days - miles easier! #PrimaryRocks

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