Primary Engineer!

A few weeks ago, children in Year 5 engaged with Primary Engineer and Siemens to work on a project to build a working locomotive, using new tools and skills to develop and create a ‘train’ locomotive that progressed their knowledge of Design, Technology and Science.

The children can all be very proud to say they worked in small teams to build working locomotives that were able to travel in straight lines (as on a track) and carry a small load. Myself and the other teachers were extremely impressed with how brilliantly everyone engaged with the work and took care to ensure their products fitted the brief.

Then – today – three children were selected to attend the celebration event where they were interviewed about the development of the design, their involvement in improving the quality of the working parts, and tested its usefulness in carrying a load on a straight line – just like a real train! They were a credit to the school and presented us beautifully with their ‘Flying Scotsman’ inspired design, making links to our coal mining expedition and Doncaster.

Well done year 5!

KS1 Pride of Plover

Congratulations to this KS1’s Pride of Plover winners who have been awesome this week (and before!). We loved hearing about your resilience, independence and hard work. Your progress makes us proud and we hope you are proud of yourselves as well!

#LovePlover

F2 Pride of Plover

Although we had to have a short and sweet community crew due to the water shortage. We still got to celebrate the amazing children Ada and Paizlee are who have worked hard to make awesome stories and are so kind to their friends. #LovePlover

Plover Summer HAF Camp

Good Morning all

We are please to announce that Legacy Sport Yorkshire will be hosting a FREE Summer Sports & Activities Camp at Plover in the upcoming Summer holidays.

Please see how to book below – the flyer is attached as the booking form and availability etc. is all live and functional via the website.

https://legacysportyorkshire.as.me/?calendarID=12306099 – Direct Link (can be accessed via the QR code on the flyer too).

Rounders competition

Well done to our Y5 rounders team who came 3rd at this afternoons competition. Shout out to Theo for his stand out catch which won him the special recognition medal. #LovePlover

Dynamos Cricket

Wet play meant indoor cricket happened this morning. The Y6 thoroughly enjoy their Dynamo cricket sessions! It was like being at the Ashes. #LovePlover

Sharing our Stories: 20/06/2025

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

What’s happening at the XP Festival ’25? @ XP Trust

KS1 Community Crew @ Green Top

Turn up the volume! @ Plover

KS2 Girls Football Tournament @ Carcroft School

Stay and Read in the sunshine! @ Norton Infants

Beautiful work @ XP Gateshead

Crew Sinfield – back and getting SLC ready! @ XP

DofE Update @ XP East

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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!