Happy Half Term

14th February 2025Joshua Meade

Crew Meade shared the love today by cutting, sticking and writing their valentines cards in provision. They chose to give them for their grown ups, friends or even their pets.

Have a safe and lovely half term break Crew Meade and grown ups. Thanks for all your hard work this term.

Mr Meade #LovePlover

Beanstalk Crafts

14th February 2025Joshua Meade

This afternoon we noticed our broad bean and runner bean had started to sprout and the shoot was growing. Then we became scientists and used STEM to see who could build the tallest beanstalk… Check out their brilliant beanstalks! #LovePlover

Sharing our Stories: 14/02/2025

14th February 2025Geoff Hewitt

Beautiful Work This Week

Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust from this week. To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.

Top of the Blogs

Play is the work of childhood @ Norton Infants

Class 12: working on conjuctions @ Green Top

Great Maths Learning @ Plover

Bob Marley is 80 @ Carcroft School

Celebrating Rosa Parks @ Norton Juniors

Weekly update for families @ XP Gateshead

A star in the making in Crew Pasteur @ XP

What a treat! @ XP East

Share your stories with us!

We now have a new dedicated news email so that you can send your stories, updates or ideas about potential news articles directly to us in Comms.

It might be something you or your students have achieved, a charity you’re supporting or anything at all that deserves a wider audience.

Write to us at [email protected] –  we want to hear about it, write about it and celebrate it!

Safer Internet Day

14th February 2025Mr Pickering

2P have been learning about how to keep safe online. This year we have particularly focussed on how to avoid being scammed by people who might want to trick us and steal our personal data. We explored how we would feel and how we can seek help from a trusted adult.

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Great Maths Learning

14th February 2025Mr Pickering

Well done to Year 2 who have been learning about equal and unequal groups and how this links to repeated addition. We have then begun to learn how the multiplication symbol can be used to represent this. We are doing great work and becoming more expert in our Maths skills.

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Pride of KS1

14th February 2025Mr Pickering

Congratulations to last week’s winners of the KS1 Pride of Plover. We heard how you have shown determination to improve your learning and how you are developing your confidence. It is great to hear and keep it up!

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It’s ‘bean’ a busy afternoon

13th February 2025Joshua Meade

In expedition this afternoon, we shared different thoughts about what we can do with beans. The children named various types of beans. We noticed beans can be different colours and shapes. Then we made some delicious beans on toast and discussed how beans are healthy for our bodies. We used our knife and fork skills to cut up the toast and before we ate “fork to stick and pick, knife to cut and scrape”. We of course tidied and cleaned up after ourselves! #LovePlover

Dance in PE

13th February 2025Joshua Meade

This term Y4 have been developing their dance skills. Thank you to Legacy Sports Foundation who have supported with cheerleading lessons over the last 3 weeks! #LovePlover

Easter donations to raise funds for Year 6 leavers

13th February 2025Miss Blackham

We are asking for donations for an Easter raffle to raise funds for Year 6 leavers events. We would be so grateful for any sweet/chocolate donations including Easter eggs. If you could kindly pass on any donations to (myself) Miss Blackham in 6B.

Year 6’s will start to sell raffle tickets for £1 a strip after half-term.

Thank you so much for your support!

-Miss Blackham

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