Knockhall Primary School
Year 2 2021
2020-2021 / Archived
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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Week 2: Sasha and the Wolf Cub
For their weekly challenge, the children were given an extract from the beginning of the first chapter only, and they created their own illustrations depicting the scene. There are some … -
Week 1a: Sasha and the Wolf Cub
In the lead up to our first session about our new book, I created this introduction poster on the iPad using KeyNote. This shows two different book covers, including our … -
Week 5: The Phoenix of Persia
As our magical journey with this wonderful book came to an end, the children chose their favourite illustrations as part of their weekly challenge, and they recreated them through their …
Year 4 2021
2020-2021 / Archived
There are 53 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
- Platt Church of England Primary School
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Heathrow Women’s rights
Heathrow Primary Gladiators have written stirring speeches championing Women’s Rights in the 19th century. Should women be allowed to vote? Do they deserve the same freedoms as men? Have a read … -
‘The Closest Thing to Flying’ – Weeks 3 & 4
This book has really inspired us to think about issues that we feel strongly about and that we would be willing to protest about or stand up for. We decided … -
Week 5: The Umbrella Mouse
For their Half Term challenge, the children worked on their short stories for our anthology. Here, you will see an extract from one of the children’s work along with his …
Year 5 2021
2020-2021 / Archived
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 1: Troofriend
Using the iPads and a fantastic website called Padlet, the Year 5 Reading Gladiators at Knockhall created their own discussion board, thinking about their new book and its many themes. … -
Week 3: Troofriend
Throughout our journey with Ivy, we have been thinking more about the possibility of androids being able to understand and experience different emotions. This week, the children explored this idea … -
Week 2: Troofriend
The Year 5 Reading Gladiators at Knockhall continued to read ‘Troofriend’, learning more about Ivy and her relationship with Sarah. In our session, we looked at another robot adventure, featuring …
Year 6 2021
2020-2021 / Archived
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 3: The One That Got Away
As well as working on their main short stories for our anthology, the children read a selection of tales from Jan Mark’s book and wrote story reviews about them. Here, … -
Week 2: The One That Got Away
As the children continued to explore Jan Mark’s anthology, the team took the opportunity to look at other examples during the sessions. In this case, the team read a few … -
Week 1: The One That Got Away
In the lead up to our first session about our new book, I invited the children to look through my own anthology of short stories, to help them understand the …
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 …