Iver Village Junior School
Year 4 2021
2020-2021 / Live
There are 52 schools in this group:
- Becket Primary
- Edward Heneage Primary Academy
- St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Derby
- New Pasture Lane Primary School
- Edenthorpe Hall Academy
- Gleadless Primary School
- Wyndham Primary Academy
- East Hunsbury Primary School
- Medlock Primary School
- Chapel Street Primary School
- Ribble Drive Primary School
- Windy Arbor Primary School
- St Matthew’s C of E Primary, Birmingham
- Henley Green Primary School
- Montgomery Primary
- Percy Shurmer Academy
- Oaklands Primary School
- Kingshurst Primary School
- Alston Primary School
- Muswell Hill Primary School
- Dallow Primary School
- Hallsville Primary School
- Keir Hardie Primary School
- Brampton Primary School – Newham
- Leedon Lower School
- Heathrow Primary School
- Danbury Park Community Primary School
- Snodland CEP
- All Saints’ CEVA Primary School
- Wentworth Primary School
- Stock C of E Primary School
- Arthur Bugler Primary School
- Priory Junior School
- The Albert Pye Community Primary School
- Rodings Primary School
- Bridge Learning Campus
- Wansdyke Primary School
- St Frideswide C E Primary School
- The Willows Primary School
- Iver Village Junior School
- The Priory School – Edgbaston
- The Dolphin School
- Colmers Farm Primary School
- Just Imagine
- Gwenfo CW Primary School
- Sidemoor First School
- Edinburgh Primary School
- St Louis Catholic Academy
- Knockhall Primary School
- Northumberland Heath Primary School
- Willow Bank Primary School
- Peareswood Primary School
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Week 1: Chalk Eagle
Illustrations on their own can be powerful in telling a story. The Year 4 team explored this concept before looking at ‘Chalk Eagle’. They were given pictures from Tom Percival’s … -
Week 5: Runaway Robot
For the mini challenge, the Year 4 children each chose a robot to research and created fact files about them at home, following in Alfie’s footsteps. They were surprised to … -
Week 4: Runaway Robot
The Year 4 team explored the world of phrases and idioms with the help of the game show Catchphrase, and its very own robot, Mr Chips. After looking at some …
Year 5 2021
2020-2021 / Live
There are 42 schools in this group:
- Becket Primary
- Edward Heneage Primary Academy
- St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Derby
- New Pasture Lane Primary School
- Gleadless Primary School
- Wyndham Primary Academy
- East Hunsbury Primary School
- Medlock Primary School
- Ribble Drive Primary School
- Windy Arbor Primary School
- St Matthew’s C of E Primary, Birmingham
- Montgomery Primary
- Percy Shurmer Academy
- Kingshurst Primary School
- Muswell Hill Primary School
- Dallow Primary School
- Hallsville Primary School
- Keir Hardie Primary School
- Brampton Primary School – Newham
- St Mary’s Church of England Primary School (Woodbridge)
- Snodland CEP
- Long Melford Church of England Primary School
- Carlton Colville Primary School
- Priory Junior School
- The Albert Pye Community Primary School
- Rodings Primary School
- Woodham Walter Primary School
- Platt Church of England Primary School
- Wansdyke Primary School
- St Frideswide C E Primary School
- The Willows Primary School
- St Mary’s C of E Primary School
- Colmers Farm Primary School
- Just Imagine
- Iver Village Junior School
- Academy 360
- St Louis Catholic Academy
- William Murdoch Primary School
- Knockhall Primary School
- Northumberland Heath Primary School
- Willow Bank Primary School
- Peareswood Primary School
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Week 2: Tamarind and the Star of Ishta
Now that the children had read more of the book, we discussed about Tamarind’s character in greater depth, putting our ideas onto a circle thinking map. We also held a … -
Week 1: Tamarind and the Star of Ishta
The Year 5 team started their journey with the second book of the programme, written by Jasbinder Bilan. During our first discussion about the book, we talked about what we … -
Week 1: The House By The Lake
Before they were given the book, the Year 5 Reading Gladiators wrote what they thought it would be about. In addition, they worked hard on creating informative fact files about …
Year 6 2021
2020-2021 / Live
There are 43 schools in this group:
- Becket Primary
- Edward Heneage Primary Academy
- St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Derby
- New Pasture Lane Primary School
- Weston On Trent Primary School
- Moira Primary School
- Wyndham Primary Academy
- East Hunsbury Primary School
- Medlock Primary School
- Chapel Street Primary School
- Ribble Drive Primary School
- Windy Arbor Primary School
- St Matthew’s C of E Primary, Birmingham
- Montgomery Primary
- Percy Shurmer Academy
- Oaklands Primary School
- Kingshurst Primary School
- Alston Primary School
- Muswell Hill Primary School
- Dallow Primary School
- Hallsville Primary School
- Keir Hardie Primary School
- Brampton Primary School – Newham
- Springwell School
- Leedon Lower School
- Snodland CEP
- Priory Junior School
- The Albert Pye Community Primary School
- Rodings Primary School
- Platt Church of England Primary School
- Bridge Learning Campus
- Wansdyke Primary School
- St Frideswide C E Primary School
- The Willows Primary School
- Iver Village Junior School
- Colmers Farm Primary School
- St Michael Catholic Primary School
- Just Imagine
- World’s End Junior School
- Knockhall Primary School
- Northumberland Heath Primary School
- Willow Bank Primary School
- Peareswood Primary School
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Week 1: The Skylark’s War
The Year 6 team had already read the first three chapters of their second book. Some had read more than this, which was ideal for our discussion about the main … -
Week 5: In the Key of Code
Some of the children continued to gather images about computing, which were later used to create a digital poster for the mini challenge. Meanwhile, the other Reading Gladiators looked at … -
Week 4: In the Key of Code
The Year 6 team worked hard to create their own fairy tales about Emmy, taking inspiration from the ‘fairy tale’ chapters within the book. The children also started to gather …
Y4 SOUTH EAST 2019/20
2019-2020 / Archived
There are 5 schools in this group:
- Snodland CEP
- Iver Village Junior School
- St Mary’s Prittlewell C of E Primary School
- Lyminster Primary School
- Just Imagine
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The Dam
Rylan and Louis chose this picture because they felt like the spirits felt happy with the music-Rylan said he thought if you looked close enough you can see them smiling. -
The Dam
The Gladiators really love this book. They said that it was a heartwarming story, they liked that it was told by real people who this had happened to. They especially … -
The Dam
Toluwani and Gracie said that the lake looked a beautiful sight, they said that the bright colours made it feel warm. They chose the line ‘The lake is beautiful’ They …
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.
Y4 South East 2018
2018-2019 / Archived
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The Tale of Angelino Brown
Our Gladiators really enjoyed the Tale of Angelino Brown. They liked how Angelino Brown made lots of people happy, they take him into their hearts. The ending reminded them lots … -
Whitley Park are LOVING Angelino Brown
Year 4 at Whitley Park think that Angelino Brown is fantastic! We’ve read the first few chapters already and we can’t wait to read even more! Today we looked at … -
Enrolling for 2018-19
The 2017- 18 challenges are now completed and we currently enrolling schools for the 2018 -189challenges. Why not join us?
Y6 South East 2018
2018-2019 / Archived
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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 … -
The Odyssey
IVJS Gladiators enjoyed sharing their knowledge of The Odyssey having studied the text last year. Their recall was amazing and this prompted insightful discussions each week. -
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 …
Y4 Herts and Bucks
2017-2018 / Archived
There are 5 schools in this group:
- Just Imagine
- Roselands Primary, Hoddesdon
- Shepherd Primary School
- Iver Village Junior School
- Highwood Primary School, Herts
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Our Questions for Lisa Thompson
Year 4 at IVJS would like to ask Lisa Thompson: Would you like to see Goldfish Boy on screen? Who is your favourite author? Are you planning on writing anymore … -
“I can see England”
At Iver Village Junior School, year 4 have been reading Coming to England by Floella Benjamin. They found this book extremely enjoyable and selected their favourite quotes; explaining why they … -
Malkin Moonlight
At Highwood, when discussing the book during session 2 we explored how dramatic irony makes the reader feel. One Gladiator writes: “When I knew Roux didn’t know something, I just …
Y6 Home Counties
2017-2018 / Archived
There are 5 schools in this group:
- Just Imagine
- Sarratt CE Primary
- Roselands Primary, Hoddesdon
- Iver Village Junior School
- Furneaux Pelham Primary School
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Phoenix is the IVJS Favourite
Wow! We are totally hooked by Phoenix. This novel has everything: twists, turns, fantastic imagery, a roller coaster of emotions and action packed cliff hangers. As you can see we … -
Poetry Bombing at IVJS
Although our official World Book Day celebrations were cancelled due to snow, we managed to reschedule the event this week and our Reading Gladiators Poetry Bombed the whole school! -
A Story Like The Wind
Iver Village Junior School, Year 6 Reading Gladiators, found this book deeply moving and thought provoking. We all felt that the story touched our hearts and encouraged us think about …