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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 […]

Guest Teacher’s Blog: Cat Lowe -Using Pic Collage

Using Pic Collage to enhance your Reading Gladiator sessions This month’s blog is from Cat Lowe at St Joseph and St Bede. Cat explains how she has used the Reading Gladiators guide and supporting resources with innovation and flair to make her Year 2 sessions buzz and to share her experiences creatively on the website […]

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Year 2

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Y2 North West

  • 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

  • What does ‘awesome’ mean at St Joseph and St Bede?

    We used the iPad at SJSB to collate our ideas, and tweeted them to Stacy McAnulty, author of ‘Planet Awesome’. To our surprise, right at the end of our session …

Y2 Yorkshire and East Midlands

  • 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 Gladiators

    Thank you so much to Reading Gladiators for our fabulous first place prize for our entry to the ‘Planet Awesome’ Mini Challenge. The year 2 Glenbrook Gladiators were over the …

Y2 West Midlands

  • 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

  • Horace and Harriet

    Montgomery primary Academy year 2 Reading Gladiators with their designs for a new home for Horace. The children are really enjoying this book.

Year 4

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Y4 North West

  • 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

  • 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

  • Munching with my Cauliflower

    Our Gladiators loved ‘Walking with My Iguana’ and so created our own version…using our favourite vegetable!! Hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed creating and performing it …

Y4 West Midlands

  • 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

  • The Kingdom of Erkenwald

    Today we listened to the prologue as it was read by our teacher. As we listened, we drew what we thought the land of Erkenwald might look like on a …

Year 6

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Y6 London

  • 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 West

  • 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 Prize!!

    The Y6 reading Gladiators were thrilled with the prize they received for taking part in the Tambourlaine’s Elephants Challenge. The books are now ready to be taken home and read. …

Y6 South East

  • 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

  • Tamburlaine’s Elephant Challenge

    IVJS had great fun taking part in this challenge. As a group, we chose to explore Kavi’s changing sense of identity using a variety of different materials to show how …

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