Keir Hardie Primary School
Year 2 2021
2020-2021 / Live
There are 44 schools in this group:
- Edward Heneage Primary Academy
- New Pasture Lane Primary School
- Wyndham Primary Academy
- Chapel Street Primary School
- Ribble Drive Primary School
- Windy Arbor Primary School
- St Matthew’s C of E Primary, Birmingham
- Henley Green Primary School
- New Hall Primary School
- Montgomery Primary
- Percy Shurmer Academy
- Oaklands Primary School
- Muswell Hill Primary School
- Dallow Primary School
- Hallsville Primary School
- Keir Hardie Primary School
- Leedon Lower School
- Snodland CEP
- Carlton Colville Primary School
- Stock C of E Primary School
- Southwood Primary School
- The Albert Pye Community Primary School
- Bridge Learning Campus
- Wansdyke Primary School
- St Teresa’s Catholic Primary, Bristol
- The Willows Primary School
- St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Derby
- East Hunsbury Primary School
- Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School
- Bellfield Infant School
- Kingshurst Primary School
- Brampton Primary School – Newham
- Ravensmere Infant School
- Rodings Primary School
- St Frideswide C E Primary School
- Alston Primary School
- Colmers Farm Primary School
- The Priory School – Edgbaston
- Just Imagine
- Sidemoor First School
- Knockhall Primary School
- Northumberland Heath Primary School
- Willow Bank Primary School
- Peareswood Primary School
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The Phoenix of Persia – Week One
We are so excited to finally have begun our RG journey 2021! The Year 2s were the first lucky group to launch yesterday. We had a fascinating discussion about the … -
Week 2: Poems Aloud
The Year 2 team looked at the poem ‘Don’t Look Now’, and after taking turns performing it (in a whispered, anxious voice), we worked together to create our own version … -
Week 1: Poems Aloud
The Year 2 team started to look at the next book of their Reading Gladiators journey, Poems Aloud by Joseph Coelho. During the session, we chose some poems to read …
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 …
Y2 LONDON BOROUGHS 2019/20
2019-2020 / Archived
There are 18 schools in this group:
- Cherry Lane Primary School
- Keir Hardie Primary School
- Hallsville Primary School
- St Matthias School
- Scott Wilkie Primary School
- Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery, Stanmore
- Rosetta Primary School
- Altmore Infant School
- Grove Primary School
- Muswell Hill Primary School
- Northumberland Heath Primary School
- Peareswood Primary School
- The Willows Primary School
- Knockhall Primary School
- Just Imagine
- Avonmore Primary School
- Brampton Primary School – East Ham
- Willow Bank Primary School
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The Girl with the Broken Wing
This year 2 RG has a really decent grasp of what Chapter one is all about and can make predictions about what might happen next. -
Performance Poetry
We really threw ourselves into our performances today. Here is one of our RG showing that his stick is a sword! -
Mr Tiger role on the wall
We love this activity, as it really gets our ideas flowing and we come up with lots of wonderful vocabulary to describe our character. Mr Tiger looks very large and …
Y4 LONDON BOROUGHS 2019/20
2019-2020 / Archived
There are 20 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
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A Collection of Clockwork Stories
The Reading Gladiators at Knockhall have been working incredibly hard on their clockwork stories, inspired by The Clockwork Crow. This is the first edition of our book featuring four tales … -
Visualisation
This Year 4 RG tried his own visualisation at home with his parents. I sent them the instructions and I think they did a really nice job of a solo … -
The Clockwork Crow
Our Year 4 RG are really enjoying reading ‘The Clockwork Crow’ at home. It is lovely to see them analyzing the text and thinking deeply about the story.
Y6 LONDON BOROUGHS 2019/20
2019-2020 / Archived
There are 21 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
- Scott Wilkie Primary School
- Dallow Primary School
- Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery, Stanmore
- Rosetta Primary School
- Lathom Junior School
- William Davies Primary School, Newham
- Grove Primary School
- Knockhall Primary School
- Peareswood Primary School
- Willow Bank Primary School
- Northumberland Heath Primary School
- Muswell Hill Primary School
- Just Imagine
- Springwell School
- The Brent Primary School
- Brampton Primary School – East Ham
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Book Cover Design
I challenged our Year 6 RG to create a book cover for one of their favourite books. I really like the contrast between the black and yellow pencil on this … -
Home Learning
I have been setting weekly challenges for our Year 6 RG to complete using books they have at home. This week’s task was to redesign a front cover for one … -
Iliad Challenge
Rosetta’s Year 6 Reading Gladiators have had great fun preparing for their mini challenge and illustrating a passage from the Iliad. They worked extremely well as a team to produce …
Y2 London 2018
2018-2019 / Archived
There are 17 schools in this group:
- Just Imagine
- Eastbury Primary School
- Beam County Primary School
- Southwood Primary School
- Hallsville Primary School
- William Davies Primary School, Newham
- St Matthias School
- Avonmore Primary School
- Fox Primary School
- Altmore Infant School
- Keir Hardie Primary School
- Rosetta Primary School
- St Paul with St Luke C of E Primary School
- Brampton Primary School – Newham
- Scott Wilkie Primary School
- Cherry Lane Primary School
- Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery, Stanmore
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Runners Up!
Thank you so much for our prize for the Blue John mini challenge! Look how excited we are to receive our free books! From St Matthias -
Rayeka’s Swift
In Reading Gladiators this week we looked at a youtube video called ‘Austin’s Butterfly.’ We watched how children critiqued a childs drawing and then decided we would do the same … -
Mariam’s swift
In Reading Gladiators this week we looked at a youtube video called ‘Austin’s Butterfly.’ We watched how children critiqued a childs drawing and then decided we would do the same …
Y4 London 2018
2018-2019 / Archived
There are 22 schools in this group:
- Just Imagine
- Eastbury Primary School
- Beam County Primary School
- Southwood Primary School
- Hallsville Primary School
- St Matthias School
- Archbishop Sumner C of E Primary School
- Avonmore Primary School
- Scott Wilkie Primary School
- Carlton Primary School
- Fox Primary School
- Cubitt Town Junior School
- La Fontaine Academy
- Linton Mead Primary School
- Keir Hardie Primary School
- Rosetta Primary School
- St Paul with St Luke C of E Primary School
- Lathom Junior School
- Brampton Primary School – Newham
- St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Uxbridge
- Cherry Lane Primary School
- Whitchurch Primary School & Nursery, Stanmore
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Feast after Battle Victory
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Celebrating
Thank you so much for the fab collection of books from Abi Elphinstone. We are all so excited to read them. -
Winning Prizes
WoW we are so proud to have won the latest mini challenge! Thank you for the fantastic books and yummy mini eggs!
Y6 London 2018
2018-2019 / Archived
There are 21 schools in this group:
- 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 – Newham
- 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
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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 … -
St Matthias Reading Gladiators party!
At our Christmas RG party, Year 6 entertained their guests with their favourite poem, Tyger, Tyger. -
Francesca Stine Diamond Nines
Now that we’ve finished reading the book, we worked in pairs and threes to rank different adjectives that could describe Francesca Stine. As you can see, we all agreed that …