Brightside Primary School
Y2 EAST 2019/20
2019-2020 / Archived
There are 21 schools in this group:
- Southwood Primary School
- Stock C of E Primary School
- The Round House Primary Academy
- Woodham Walter Primary School
- Brightside Primary School
- Toftwood Infant and Junior School Federation
- Woodville Primary School
- Morland CEVA Primary School
- Lodge Lane Infant School
- Carlton Colville Primary School
- Just Imagine
- Snodland CEP
- St Mary’s Prittlewell C of E Primary School
- Lyminster Primary School
- Leedon Lower School
- St Mary’s C of E Primary School
- Hintlesham and Chattisham Church of England Primary School
- Long Melford Church of England Primary School
- Nacton C of E VC Primary School
- St Mary’s Church of England Primary School (Woodbridge)
- Stoke by Nayland Church of England Primary School
















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Detective Gordon: The First Case
Snodland Reading Gladiators have really enjoyed reading their latest book and sharing it with our new Reading Dog, Zoey. She is in this picture but looks like she’s been cropped … -
Writers and Illustrators
Gladiators worked really well together as writers and illustrators to create a page in the style of Jackie Morris and James Mayhew. -
Troublesome Creatures
Our Gladiators designed some fantastic mythical beasts and troublesome creatures. They thought carefully about their habitats and plotted them carefully on their map of Mythico Woods.
Y4 EAST 2019/20
2019-2020 / Archived
There are 23 schools in this group:
- Danbury Park Community Primary School
- Stock C of E Primary School
- Felsted Primary School
- Arthur Bugler Primary School
- Wentworth Primary School
- Brightside Primary School
- Toftwood Infant and Junior School Federation
- Woodville Primary School
- Richard de Clare Community School
- Gaywood Primary School
- Carlton Colville Primary School
- Just Imagine
- Leedon Lower School
- Priory Junior School
- Brampton CE Primary School
- St Mary’s C of E Primary School
- Ringsfield CE School
- Ivy Chimneys Primary School
- Chelmondiston C Of E Primary School
- Eyke C of E VCP School
- Hartest Primary School
- Sproughton C Of E Primary School
- Wetheringsett C of E Primary School

















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Carlton Colville Primary School Year 4 Mini Challenge Adder, Bluebell, Lobster
Carlton Colville Primary School Year 4 Gladiators have loved writing our own poetry inspired by the words from Adder, Bluebell, Lobster. We took all 40 words from the book and … -
Book 1 Challenge!
We have absolutely loved this challenge. The children took such care and attention to detail in their map. They discussed and talked about what characters should be involved and wrote … -
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.
Y6 EAST 2019/20
2019-2020 / Archived
There are 17 schools in this group:
- Brightside Primary School
- Toftwood Infant and Junior School Federation
- All Saints’ CEVA Primary School
- Iver Village Junior School
- Snodland CEP
- St Mary’s Prittlewell C of E Primary School
- New Horizons Children’s Academy
- Just Imagine
- Ivy Chimneys Primary School
- Priory Junior School
- St Mary’s Church of England Primary School
- The Grove Primary School
- Brampton CE Primary School
- St Mary’s C of E Primary School
- The Round House Primary Academy
- St Matthews C Of E Primary School (Ipswich)
- Tudor C of E Primary School














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Reading, Reading, Reading!
To keep us going in these uncertain times the IVJS Reading Gladiators have been stocking up on previous Reading Gladiator books. -
World Book Day at IVJS
Dressing up as our favourite characters, hot chocolate, cookies and a good book: our Reading Gladiator Club was fantastic! -
The Iliad
This challenge was great fun! Everyone at IVJS worked so well as a team.
Y2 East 2018
2018-2019 / Archived
There are 19 schools in this group:
- Just Imagine
- John Ray Infant School
- St George’s C of E Primary School, Colchester
- Ivy Chimneys Primary School
- Burnham on Crouch Primary School
- Great Easton Primary School
- Stock C of E Primary School
- Brightside Primary School
- Highwood Primary School, Herts
- Wormley C of E Primary School
- Dallow Primary School
- Toftwood Infant and Junior School Federation
- St Mary’s Prittlewell C of E Primary School
- The Albert Pye Community Primary School
- Kessingland C of E Primary Academy
- Chappel C of E Primary School
- Long Melford Church of England Primary School
- Hartest CofE Primary School
- Foxdell Federation (Infants and Juniors)


















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What an amazing reading adventure!
Year 2 Gladiators were so proud to receive their Reading Gladiator Certificates. We have had a wonderful time reading and exploring the rich and varied books. We have thoroughly enjoyed … -
Snapshot Art
We were all super excited to read the remaining chapters of this wonderful book.We discussed the language and how it helps visualise the characters movements and how that makes us … -
Descriptive Language and Predictions
Wow, Kessingland Gladiators have absolutely loved the first 3 chapters of this wonderful book. We discussed our own experiences of visiting caves “dark and damp with rocks that formed from …
Y4 East 2018
2018-2019 / Archived
There are 35 schools in this group:
- Just Imagine
- The Grove Primary School
- The Round House Primary Academy
- St George’s C of E Primary School, Colchester
- Holy Trinity C of E Primary School, Halstead
- Richard de Clare Community School
- Ivy Chimneys Primary School
- Burnham on Crouch Primary School
- Wentworth Primary School
- Woodham Walter Primary School
- Great Easton Primary School
- Felsted Primary School
- Stock C of E Primary School
- Brightside Primary School
- Woodville Primary School
- Danbury Park Community Primary School
- Wormley C of E Primary School
- Dallow Primary School
- Toftwood Infant and Junior School Federation
- St Mary’s Prittlewell C of E Primary School
- Giffards Primary School
- Pakefield Primary School
- The Albert Pye Community Primary School
- Kessingland C of E Primary Academy
- Arthur Bugler Primary School
- Tudor C of E Primary School
- Chappel C of E Primary School
- Roselands Primary, Hoddesdon
- Saint Andrews C of E Halstead
- Long Melford Church of England Primary School
- Parsloes Primary
- Watton-at-Stone Primary & Nursery School
- Furneux Pelham C of E School
- Foxdell Federation (Infants and Juniors)
- Eyke CofE VCP School






























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Ox Cart Man
We were intrigued to discover that Ox Cart Man is a real poem! We tried blackout technique to create a new poem from it; this was one of my favourites! -
Reading Gladiator Challenge Day!
Well done to the children who attended the recent Reading Gladiator Challenge day. Many thanks to Miss Ainscough and Wentworth Primary School for making us feel welcome. We all had … -
A Song from Somewhere Else
So many questions and ideas, from the initial illustration and then the first few pages! Safe to say, we are hooked!
Y6 East 2018
2018-2019 / Archived
There are 27 schools in this group:
- Just Imagine
- St George’s C of E Primary School, Colchester
- Ivy Chimneys Primary School
- Burnham on Crouch Primary School
- Great Easton Primary School
- Brightside Primary School
- Howbridge C of E Junior School
- Wormley C of E Primary School
- Dallow Primary School
- Toftwood Infant and Junior School Federation
- St Mary’s Prittlewell C of E Primary School
- Giffards Primary School
- The Albert Pye Community Primary School
- Kessingland C of E Primary Academy
- Tudor C of E Primary School
- Chappel C of E Primary School
- Roselands Primary, Hoddesdon
- Saint Andrews C of E Halstead
- Long Melford Church of England Primary School
- Bramfield CE Primary School
- Brampton CE Primary School
- All Saints’ CEVA Primary School
- Terling CofE primary school
- St Mary’s Church of England Primary School
- Foxdell Federation (Infants and Juniors)
- Morland CEVA Primary School
- Rayne Primary & Nursery School
























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Pax
We are mixing it up at Burnham on Crouch, by reading this fantastic pick from last year’s Gladiator shelf! Year 5 are really enjoying it and are discovering the answers … -
The Odyssey
My Gladiators know what they like, and apparently this version of The Odyssey doesn’t have enough figurative language and imagery! We are going to look at the Robert Fagles translation, … -
How to kill a king.
We enjoyed a lively debate on how Timur might be done away with. The main stumbling block seemed to be his loyal guards and huge army, so we all liked …
Y4 Essex (South)
2017-2018 / Archived
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Malkin’s Journey
All week the Stock Gladiators have been working hard on their submission and this is what they have produced. They have tracked out his journey to show key events in … -
A Visual Map
We created a visual map in silhouette form to replicate the cover of Malkin Moonlight. The children really enjoyed creating the different places and came up with the idea to … -
Tudor Court’s new book
Our Reading Gladiators at Tudor Court are looking forward to starting a new book over the Easter holiday!
Y2 Essex
2017-2018 / Archived
There are 12 schools in this group:
- Just Imagine
- Layer de la Haye Primary
- Woodham Walter Primary School
- Stock C of E Primary School
- Saint Andrews C of E Halstead
- Brightside Primary School
- Burnham on Crouch Primary School
- John Ray Infant School
- Kings Ford Infant School
- South Green Infant School
- Westlands Primary School, Chelmsford
- Great Easton Primary School











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How to Like Snakes
The Reading Gladiators all enjoyed the book and some even changed their opinion about snakes. We have had a very busy few weeks putting on our Christmas play but they … -
5 Maps of Izambard
Greenways Reading Gladiators only just started reading The Secret Railway this week! We decided to create our maps using Page 59 as inspiration which describes Izzambard as it used to … -
Kings Ford’s Dragon
At Kings Ford Infants the children designed ice dragons, fire dragons and even a sock dragon. Some of them wrote lovely stories alongside their projects. I am so proud of …
Y6 East of England
2017-2018 / Archived
There are 14 schools in this group:
- Just Imagine
- Howbridge C of E Junior School
- Woodham Walter Primary School
- Layer de la Haye Primary
- Saint Andrews C of E Halstead
- Brightside Primary School
- Carlton Colville Primary School
- Vange Primary
- Burnham on Crouch Primary School
- Elsenham CEP
- Quilters Junior School
- Dallow Primary School
- Ivy Chimneys Primary School
- Great Easton Primary School













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Finding themes in Oscar Wilde’s Fairy Stories
The girls chose to compare the stories The Nightingale and the Rose and The Remarkable Rocket with the theme of ‘Love’. The boys chose The Selfish Giant and The evoted … -
Astraeus cards
Jake, Oliver and Fletcher talking through the Astraeus cards and what they might mean. -
Astraeus cards
Phoebe and Evie talking through an Astraeus card and what it might mean.