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Reading Gladiators

Annual inter-school reading challenges that inspire a love of reading.

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BETT awards finalist 2019

Just Imagine’s Reading Gladiators™ is designed to challenge and motivate readers who are reading, or have the potential to read, at greater depth in the year 2, year 4 and year 6.

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Reading Gladiators™ announced as BETT Award Finalist

Just Imagine are thrilled to announce their reading programme Reading Gladiators™ has been shortlisted as a finalist in the ‘Primary Content’ category at the 2019 BETT awards.   The Bett Awards, est. 2013, are a celebration of the inspiring creativity and innovation that can be found throughout technology for education. Reading Gladiators™ brings together online […]

Funding your Reading Gladiators™ group

Reading Gladiator groups can be funded in several different ways.  Ideally the fee is covered by the school budget, whether that be monies allocated to developing Literacy, English, the Library stock or Gifted and Talented, those working above the expected level. Ultimately you are purchasing good quality books for your whole school bookstock. It is […]

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Year 2

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Y2 North West 2018

  • Just Imagine
  • St Paul’s C Of E Primary School, Bury
  • Sedgley Park Community Primary School
  • Fairfield Community Primary School
  • Ribble Drive Primary School
  • Belle Vale Community Primary School, Liverpool
  • Woodlands Community Primary School, Birkenhead
  • Banks Road Primary School
  • The Beacon CE Primary School
  • Norman Pannell Primary School
  • Chapel Street Primary School
  • St Thomas’s C.E. Primary School, Bury
  • Guardian Angels R.C. Primary School, Bury
  • St Joseph and St Bede R.C. Primary School
  • Unsworth Primary School
  • Bishops Martin Primary School
  • St Maries R C Primary School
  • St Joseph’s RCP School Ramsbottom
  • St. Sebastian’s R. C. Primary School

  • Feelings charts

    We made a feeling chart after thinking about the feelings we saw when reading Perfect

Y2 Yorkshire and East Midlands 2018

  • Just Imagine
  • Thorpepark Academy
  • St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Derby
  • St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Buxton
  • Springfield Primary School, Derby
  • Glenbrook Primary School

  • Year 2 Glenbrook Reading Gladiators

    Exploring the lessons learned from our story. This made for very interesting discussions within our group.

Y2 West Midlands 2018

  • Just Imagine
  • Bearwood Primary School
  • Lodge Primary School
  • St Matthew’s C of E Primary, Birmingham
  • Holyhead Primary Academy
  • Percy Shurmer Academy
  • Montgomery Primary
  • Gilbertstone Primary School
  • Glenmead Primary School
  • Little Sutton Primary School
  • Henley Green Primary School
  • St George’s C of E Primary School, Birmingham
  • Frederick Bird Primary School
  • Pegasus Primary School
  • Court Farm Primary School

  • Sarah / The Glassmaker’s Daughter

Year 4

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Y4 North West 2018

  • Just Imagine
  • St Paul’s C Of E Primary School, Bury
  • Sedgley Park Community Primary School
  • Fairfield Community Primary School
  • Ribble Drive Primary School
  • Mersey Drive Primary School
  • Higher Lane Primary School
  • Kearsley West Primary and Nursery School
  • Belle Vale Community Primary School, Liverpool
  • Whitefield Primary School, Liverpool
  • Woodlands Community Primary School, Birkenhead
  • The Beacon CE Primary School
  • St Paul’s Catholic Junior School
  • Norman Pannell Primary School
  • St Thomas’s C.E. Primary School, Bury
  • Whitefield Community Primary School
  • St Luke’s C of E Primary School, Bury
  • Christ Church C.E. Primary School, Walshaw
  • St Joseph and St Bede R.C. Primary School
  • Bishops Martin Primary School
  • St Maries R C Primary School
  • St Joseph’s RCP School Ramsbottom
  • St Chrysostom’s CofE Primary School
  • St. Sebastian’s R. C. Primary School

  • St Joseph’s Year 4

    Year 4 Reading Gladiators exploring ‘Town is by the Sea’ by listening to mining sounds in the dark with blindfolds on, then using charcoal to express how it made us …

Y4 Yorkshire, East Midlands and the North East 2018

  • Just Imagine
  • Thorpepark Academy
  • Academy 360
  • St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Derby
  • Griffydam Primary School
  • St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Buxton
  • Park Grove Primary Academy
  • Tockwith Primary Academy
  • Brotherton and Byram Primary Academy
  • Sproatley Endowed CE Academy
  • Edenthorpe Hall Academy
  • Overdale CP School
  • Montrose Primary School
  • Glenbrook Primary School

  • Using puppets to retell the story

    Our Gladiators created this amazing scene in order to reenact the Song from Somewhere Else. Can you spot all of the characters? The children have left the scene in our …

Y4 West Midlands 2018

  • Just Imagine
  • Bearwood Primary School
  • Lodge Primary School
  • St Matthew’s C of E Primary, Birmingham
  • Percy Shurmer Academy
  • Montgomery Primary
  • Gilbertstone Primary School
  • Glenmead Primary School
  • Little Sutton Primary School
  • Parkfield Community School
  • Henley Green Primary School
  • St George’s C of E Primary School, Birmingham
  • Our Lady & St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School
  • Mount Nod Primary School
  • Frederick Bird Primary School
  • Pegasus Primary School
  • Oaklands Primary School
  • Court Farm Primary School

  • Celebrations and Inspirations!

    Frederick Bird Gladiators were so excited to receive our prize this week. We can’t wait to take it in turns borrowing the books to share at home with our families. …

Year 6

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Y6 London 2018

  • Just Imagine
  • Beam County Primary School
  • Southwood Primary School
  • St Matthias School
  • Archbishop Sumner C of E Primary School
  • Avonmore Primary School
  • Scott Wilkie Primary School
  • Carlton Primary School
  • Cubitt Town Junior School
  • Keir Hardie Primary School
  • Rosetta Primary School
  • St Paul with St Luke C of E Primary School
  • Lathom Junior School
  • Brampton Primary School
  • Cherry Lane Primary School
  • Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery, Stanmore
  • Elmhurst Primary, Upton Park
  • La Fontaine Academy
  • Hallsville Primary School
  • Essex Primary School
  • St Helen’s Catholic Primary, Newham

  • St Matthias yr6 RG – winners of the poetry mini-challenge

    Yr6 love the prize that they have won. Each book is signed with an individual message from the author. They are such an enthusiastic group and can’t wait for our …

Y6 South West2018

  • Just Imagine
  • Wansdyke Primary School
  • Filton Avenue Primary School
  • Gloucester Road Nursery & Primary School
  • Bridge Learning Campus
  • Uplands Community Primary School
  • Blaise Primary

  • Bridge Learning Campus Y6 The Oddyssey

    We though our scene of the sailors being picked from the sea by the cannibals was too good not to share! We made clay boy parts and scattered them in …

Y6 South East 2018

  • Just Imagine
  • Iver Village Junior School
  • Lyminster Primary School
  • Mortimer St Mary’s CE Junior School
  • Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School
  • Townhill Junior School, Southampton
  • New Horizons Children’s Academy

  • Odysseus’ Journey

    Thank you for our winning entry prize. We are delighted with the signed copies of the books and have shown them off in our Achievement Assembly. They are now on …

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