The Willows 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 …
Y2 WEST 2019/20
2019-2020 / Archived
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Detective Gordon-Role on the wall (Bridge Learning Campus, Bristol)
Alfie labelled his toad with as many pieces of information as he could. It shows clearly that ( as Alfie’s read up to Chapter 11) he has a very good … -
Ava’s visualisation-Bridge Learning Campus, Bristol
Ava drew her idea of what the police station would have looked like. As you can see, some of the children saw things in a similar way. Well done Ava! -
Alfie’s visualisation-Bridge Learning Campus, Bristol
Alfie drew his visualisation of the police station for homework.He used the information from the passage to inform his drawing.Stunning work Alfie!
Y4 WEST 2019/20
2019-2020 / Archived
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Illustration Competition
Isabelle illustrated the “Song of the Dolphin Boy” poem for our illustration competition. Lovely work Isabelle! -
Illustration Competition
A mystery Gladiator that wishes to remain anonymous illustrated the “Song of the Dolphin Boy” poem for our illustration competition. 🙂 Whoever you are, you did a super job! -
Illustration competition
Lian illustrated the “Song of the Dolphin Boy” poem for our illustration competition. Good job Lian!
Y6 WEST 2019/20
2019-2020 / Archived
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Daisy’s Diary
Daisy chose to write a diary as Achilles in her spare time. -
The Iliad
We had the most exciting discussion about the book today. We discussed the ending of the book and why they chose to trick the Trojans. We all had different opinions … -
Our Helpful Bookmarks
We decided to make bookmarks to help us remember all of the characters in The Iliad. We found it really helpful.