Y4 North West 2018
Welcome to the 2018-19 Reading Gladiators challenges. Let the reading begin!
There are schools in this group:
- 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
Updates
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Submission by St Paul’s C Of E Primary School, Bury
Lost Magic – St Paul’s
Here at St Paul's we loved this book and the chance to create an anthology of our favourite poems! We all chose different poems for different reasons and chose different coloured paper to create our own version of the poems. We collated them in book for our classmates to read. We didn't know that we liked poetry before this book, but now we know that a poetry offers lots of different options, almost like a sweetie Pick and Mix.
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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 feel.
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21st Jan 2019, 10:52pm
Could you work out what the sounds were? -
Town Is by the Sea
St Marie’s RG, Maryam, thought Sydney Smith’s illustration here was in the style of Claude Monet!
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21st Dec 2018, 2:36pm What a perceptive comment! It also reminds me of another impressionist painter, Pierre Auguste Renoir. See if you can find some of his seascapes, including Sea at Sunset. -
Town Is by the Sea
St Marie’s RG, Liwia wondered if this lone star in the sky was the boy’s dad watching over him…
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21st Dec 2018, 2:38pm What an amazing idea... or perhaps his grandad? You are thinking very deeply about this book, St Maries. It's very exciting to read about your conversations. -
If things ended differently…
St Marie’s RGs created an alternative ending/sequel to Web Wabbit- The War of the Wimbley Woos!
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21st Dec 2018, 2:33pm What a lot of work you have put into your story ending! HAve a lovely Christmas St Marie's Reading Gladiators. -
Submission by Sedgley Park Community Primary School
Wed Wabbit by Sedgley Park Primary School
This is our retell of Wed Wabbit, written in the style of the Wimbley Woos!
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14th Dec 2018, 3:39pm
A very efficient summary of the story here and beautifully presented too. Well done!24th Jan 2019, 3:17pmWOW!! Amazing! We thought this was so hard we didn't submit for the challenge! You've really impressed St Paul's Gladiators!! -
Submission by Christ Church C.E. Primary School, Walshaw
Wed Wabbit
Hi! This is Christ Church Walshaw's Wed Wabbit Challenge!
We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed reading the book!Comments
14th Dec 2018, 3:32pm You've the rhyme scheme spot on! I also love the cheeky ending. I'm sure other gladiators will enjoy reading your poem. -
Our Story Maps
They’re not quite finished but we certainly enjoyed making them! Can you spot Wed Wabbit?
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7th Dec 2018, 3:39pm Yes! and I hope Minnie has him firmly by the hand this time! -
St Marie’s R.Gs deep in thought
We created story maps of the events so far…lots of great discussions!
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7th Dec 2018, 3:37pm A story map is a great way to visualise the plot and a transferable skill to apply to any story. Good work Gladiators! -
Not much could get passed this Green Wimbley Woo
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30th Nov 2018, 12:37pm
A gorgeous green! Love the facial expression here.3rd Dec 2018, 10:40am Some super adjectives used to describe this daring Wimbley -
A super fun Orange Wimbley Woo
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30th Nov 2018, 12:34pm Great word choices3rd Dec 2018, 10:42am He looks great fun and also a bit like a gummy bear! -
Could it be a grey Wimbley woo?
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30th Nov 2018, 12:33pm Wonderfully detailed! -
Wimbley Woos
We drew what we imagined the Wimbley Woos look like and thought of words to describe their features.
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30th Nov 2018, 12:32pm I love the eyebrows! Great language choices too. -
St Marie’s love WED WABBIT!
Our Y4 Reading Gladiators are loving reading ‘Wed Wabbit.’ We’ve already found links to ‘Angelino Brown’ and have made lots of predictions about what may happen next! We can’t wait for the next session!
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9th Dec 2018, 5:25pm It's true, the more we read the more links we find between books. Delighted to hear you are having so much fun! -
Wed Wabbit
We just love this book! The children think it is fantastic. In their own words “we are gripped”! We think the title is hilarious and it always makes us smile to say ‘Wed Wabbit’. We laughed today about the King and his rhyming with made up words! The children love making notes in their journals. What a fantastic group of readers 🙂
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19th Nov 2018, 3:45pm Hi St Luke's we are delighted to hear that you are enjoying Wed Wabbit so much. We all need a good laugh from time to time. Happy Reading everyone! -
Introducing Wed Wabbit
We can’t wait to find out more about Fidge, Minnie,Wed Wabbit and the Wimbley Woos in our new book!
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6th Nov 2018, 7:59pm We hope you enjoy the book as much as we did! -
Submission by Kearsley West Primary and Nursery School
Angelic and Non-angelic Traits!
At Kearsley West Primary school we have just started Reading Gladiators in Year 4 and we are loving it so far! We have made a list of angelic traits and are recording any non-angelic traits that Angelino demonstrates!
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6th Nov 2018, 5:29pm Hi Kearsley West Gladiators! Great to see you. We found this with the mini-challenge submissions. You can post regular updates using the Manage Updates button and then send mini-challenge entries using the Submissions button. we look forward to hearing more from you. -
Submission by St Luke’s C of E Primary School, Bury
Our Dreams
Year 4 Reading Gladiators worked together to create this montage of their dreams and aspirations. They used laptops to find images, wrote short descriptions and produced illustrations. Some interesting and varied dreams!
The children have loved the text so far.
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6th Nov 2018, 11:49am Just Imagine comment: what an aspirational group of Gladiators. -
Submission by St Paul’s C Of E Primary School, Bury
St Paul’s CE Bury – A World of Pure Imagination
As a group, we talked about imagination. The title, A World of Pure Imagination, made us think of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!
We each chose something from our imaginations to create and put them together to create our world!Just Imagine comment: hello St Paul's, Bury. There were so many things that we liked about your artwork. The 3D cake was a great idea (it made us a bit hungry!). And that black spider loomed large and did a good job of representing the fearful side of the imagination.
The artist Picasso once said, 'Everything you can imagine is real'. Do you agree? Perhaps you could discuss this with your teacher?
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Submission by Sedgley Park Community Primary School
Ms Monteverdi’s Art Class
Our Y4 gladiators have created this montage inspired by Ms Monteverdi's art class. We thought about her advice 'draw with the soul, bring the image from your blood and bones.'
Just Imagine comment: Your individual works of art combine very well to create a dramatic impact. The quotation that you have chosen is very apposite for the theme of the display.
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St Paul’s Gladiators
Our Y4 Gladiators are loving Reading Gladiators! They are super enthusiastic and enjoying our first book!
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28th Oct 2018, 1:45pm Hi St Paul's, Bury. Delighted to see you out in the sunshine and pleased to hear that you are enjoying Angelino Brown. We look forward to hearing more from you as you travel further on your reading journey. -
St Joseph’s Year 4 Reading Gladiators- The Tale of Angelino Brown
Year 4 reading extracts from their books to make comparisons between the story and real life.
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24th Oct 2018, 7:17am Hello St Joseph's Ramsbottom. You look as though you are concentrating hard on your reading. We hope you are enjoying the book.24th Oct 2018, 1:58pm Love the angel's eye-view camera angle!! -
What will happen to Angelino?
We have predicted what might happen next to Angelino!
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16th Oct 2018, 10:39pm Hello Sedgley Park Gladiators! I wonder what clues you used to help you make these predictions/24th Oct 2018, 1:27pm Very perceptive Sedgley Park! I think there are some super seeds for alternative endings here. -
Introducing St Joseph and St Bede’s Reading Gladiators
Hello everyone from a very sunny Bury! We are really looking forward to reading all about Angelino Brown. The first chapter had us in hysterics!
Bye for now, catch up soon.
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11th Oct 2018, 11:33am Hello St Joseph and St Bede. Delighted to meet you. We are excited to hear more from you throughout the year. Happy Reading!16th Oct 2018, 3:46pm I'm sure it did. All that burping and farting! I wonder what other emotions you will feel as you progress through the story? -
Character descriptors
We have been making notes about some of the characters that Angelino has met so far!
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8th Oct 2018, 10:21pm Hello Sedgley Park Gladiators! You've spoted some key characterisitcs here. Can you anticpate the roles that these characters will play in the story? I wonder if any of them will surprise us. Enjoy the book! -
What’s a Bloke?
We discussed the term ‘bloke’ and what it meant to us as ‘northerners’ from Bolton.
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3rd Oct 2018, 4:41pm Interesting thoughts! I wonder what Gladiators around the country think...4th Oct 2018, 12:28pm I wonder what our gladiators in the South think? Originally 'bloke' was recorded as a London slang term. -
What makes an Angel?
In our second session, we discussed what kind of traits we would expect from an angel. We then wrote down all the actions that Angelino had done so far that we thought were definitely not angelic! 🙂
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4th Oct 2018, 12:29pm Very interesting to see your 'angelic traits' list. I wonder what other groups think? -
Our First Session!
We had a great first session last week and really enjoyed starting the text!
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4th Oct 2018, 12:32pm Good to hear Kearsley West! How about kicking back those chairs for one session and having your discussion on the floor! -
What does an angel look like?
We had a great session drawing and talking about angels. The Reading Gladiators at WCPS are so excited about the year ahead!
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25th Sep 2018, 6:58pm Hello Whitefield Gladiators! We are loving your angels in the Reading Gladiator office. We are interested to find out if the angel in Angelina Brown looks like your pictures.27th Sep 2018, 9:26amLooks fantastic, and the gave the children at Kearsley West some great ideas! Thanks for updating!27th Sep 2018, 10:58am Thank you for commenting, Rebecca. We look forward to hearing how your group are doing. Happy Reading!1st Oct 2018, 3:43pmFrederick Bird Gladiators thought that these drawings were really good but might be improved with some glitter so we have persuaded our teacher to let us use glitter on our attempts!1st Oct 2018, 4:14pm HeeHeee Good persuasive techniques. -
Let the challenge begin!
Hello to all Year 4 Reading Gladiators in the North-west. We are looking forward to hearing what you think about this year’s books. Be sure to post an update and tell us how you are getting on.
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