Y4 LONDON BOROUGHS 2019/20
Welcome to the 2019-20 Reading Gladiators™ challenges. Let the reading begin!
There are schools in this group:
- Cherry Lane Primary School
- Keir Hardie Primary School
- Hallsville Primary School
- St Matthias School
- Archbishop Sumner C of E Primary School
- St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Uxbridge
- Scott Wilkie Primary School
- Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery, Stanmore
- Rosetta Primary School
- Lathom Junior School
- Grove Primary School
- Muswell Hill Primary School
- Peareswood Primary School
- Knockhall Primary School
- Northumberland Heath Primary School
- Willow Bank Primary School
- Sarratt CE Primary School
- Just Imagine
- Avonmore Primary School
- Brampton Primary School – East Ham
Updates
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Poetry Blast
We have had a wonderful morning, spent sharing poetry with the rest of the school. We went to classes from Year 1 right up to Year 6! We got some great feedback from teachers and pupils. We also shared our message about the importance of keeping these words about the natural world alive and not letting them be replaced by modern words. We even gifted a copy of the poems we read to each class, so they can put it up in their windows to share with the parents. It has been a wonderful morning! We absolutely love Adder Bluebell Lobster and the message it spreads.
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Poetry Visualisation
We did a quick visualisation activity on ‘Bluebell’ and ‘Giant Puffball’. We had some lovely bluebell drawings, but I was particularly taken by the picture of an angry giant puffball shouting “I’m not bald!!”.
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Submission by Cherry Lane Primary School
What do you know about dolphins?!
Discussion with RG.... what to you know about dolphins. Followed by how do dolphins move?
What sounds do they make? -
Reading Gladiators rules
One of our yr4 gladiators came up with these rules at home. She also drew some lovely pictures of us all reading ‘Song of the Dolphin Boy’.
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28th Nov 2019, 12:45pm
We are so happy that this Gladiator has been thinking about what makes a good group member, and took the time to note down these rules. -
Talk Show
Another wonderful acting activity from our y4 RG today. They really come alive during these sessions. Our radio talk show host was very dynamic and our callers were incredibly passionate about their answers. They definitely convinced me that the balloon release should have been cancelled.
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21st Nov 2019, 9:32am
Well done Northumberland Heath. Drama activities really help you get under a character's skin don't they.21st Nov 2019, 10:41amThey really do and our kids absolutely adore being given the opportunity to act. -
Charlie’s shock
This pair of Year 4 RG captured Charlie’s shock over Fin standing up to him so well! Can you tell who’s who?! The only improvement point we gave was that Fin’s body language could have been more assertive.
Comments
14th Nov 2019, 9:52am Excellent work and well done for reflecting on how you could make this pose even better!15th Nov 2019, 4:58pm Great acting and directing from these gladiators! Well done20th Nov 2019, 3:17pmThey really enjoyed doing the ‘Talk Show’ radio segment today as well. They love acting out the stories. Picture to follow... -
Submission by Grove Primary School
Grove Primary School’s Treasure of the Golden Skull map/display
We made some of the features of the setting so that we could have a 3D display that will interest other children and entice them to read the book.
Comments
8th Nov 2019, 2:58pm What a wonderful display Grove Gladiators! Your questions are excellent for encouraging others to read this book. Just pipped to the post this time. We are looking forward to seeing your future entries. -
Submission by Northumberland Heath Primary School
Magnificently Mysterious Map of Maudlin
The Year 4 RG group have worked so hard on their map of Maudlin. It was a real collaborative effort, with those who were not so confident at drawing creating exciting questions to entice all of their classmates to read the book. I am so proud of all of them and more importantly they are proud of themselves as well!
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8th Nov 2019, 2:55pm Brilliant work Gladiators and super to see you supporting each other in your collaboration. I'm sure your questions will draw others to this series too. Well done! -
Submission by St Matthias School
Treasure of the Golden Skull Challenge
We loved reading this book and thought it was really funny. The children particularly liked the ending and were really enthused by the quirky characters, and they have done some excellent drawings to add to their map. We worked as a group to annotate the map with all our favourite elements, added some of the settings from the book and thought of lots of questions to persuade others to read the book. Reading Gladiators then presented the map to our Year 3/4 and 4/5 classes to try to persuade them to read the book!
Comments
8th Nov 2019, 11:10am Clever use of Chris Priestley's illustration here and some great questions too. Well done! -
Song of the Dolphin Boy
Our Year 4 RG are really getting into the story and the empathy they are showing for Finn is heart-warming. They thought very deeply today about how he was felling during chapter 4 and then we had a great, balanced debate about whether the children should take the boat out to save the dolphins.
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6th Nov 2019, 1:55pm
You have been thinking deeply about the dilemma and it's good to see you making connections to other stories. Great work Gladiators! -
Bubble map of blood
Our Year 4 RG came up with some really interesting connotations associated with the word blood!
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11th Oct 2019, 11:41am These are intriguing! The watery eyes is interesting. -
Making Connections
I thought that this particular year 4 RG really thought carefully when completing her table, some of her answers are really insightful.
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11th Oct 2019, 11:42am Really interesting connections. -
Another great readers’ theatre
Our year 4 gladiators absolutely loved having another session of readers’ theatre today! We definitely have some budding actors in our midst!
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10th Oct 2019, 3:06pm I'm so glad you are all enjoying this fantastic way of engaging with a text! -
Imaginative Pirates
our year 4 gladiators also managed to get their creative juices flowing and came up with some great new pirate characters to add to the story. We all really enjoyed guessing whether they would be good or evil pirates! We had a real mixture (which even included a vampire parrot pirate!!!)
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10th Oct 2019, 3:06pm What a motley crew! I'd love to hear about their adventures! (Especially the vampire parrot!) -
Readers’ Theatre
Our year 4 gladiators loved readers’ theatre today! This was Sponge and Mildew’s reaction to Big Brian’s “terrible tolling”
Comments
4th Oct 2019, 11:39am Readers' Theatre is one of my absolute favourites and I can really sense the energy and enjoyment in this picture! Well done to you!4th Oct 2019, 12:10pm Brilliant! Lookout for more Readers' Theatre in week 3 when the boys meet Captain Greenbeard - a character to really get your teeth into!!7th Oct 2019, 11:54amThey are already looking forward to their next Readers' Theatre opportunity! We have a few budding actors in the making. -
Let the Challenge Begin!
Welcome year 4 Gladiators. The 2019-20 challenge is about to begin. We can’t wait to hear what you think about your new books.
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19th Sep 2019, 12:46pmExcited about getting started next week!24th Sep 2019, 8:12am Nothing beats opening those brand new books!
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