World Book Day Thursday 5th March

10th February 2026Mrs Graves

At Plover, we will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 5th March.

As always, children are invited to come to school dressed as a book character, but in Year 3 and 4, we are linking the day to our current Expedition and we are asking for children to come dressed up as characters from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Please do not feel you have to go out and buy a costume, there are lots of fantastic ideas for inspiration at very low cost online.

I can’t wait to see all the fantastic creations.

Mrs Graves

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Making and flying paper aeroplanes in F2BP

10th February 2026Rebecca Bubb

Today, we read an information book called In the Air. It was all about things that fly. We learned about passenger planes and cargo planes. We decided to make our own paper aeroplanes and we even got to fly the, outside! After that, we thought about some places we might like to visit in the world. For that, we need passports. We have made our own passports. On Carpet Kingdom, some children talked about their passport and where they would travel to. They showed courage!

shapes are everywhere!

9th February 2026Rebecca Bubb

This week in maths, we are learning about shapes. We can listen to clues about shapes and guess which one our teacher is talking about. This week we have listened to a story about shapes in vehicles so we are looking for shapes in everything we do. Today, we made some Kandinsky inspired art work by cutting curved edges and sticking them onto square card in size order. They are beautiful!

Smashing our editing and improving stations in 6B. A great example of craftsmanship and quality in our writing!

9th February 2026Miss Blackham

These superstars have blown me away this morning. They have smashed their editing stations and really have produced some high-quality writing. The children had to write their examples under the feature headings around the room to help them identify which features they had used and which ones they had missed whilst also looking at models of those features. This then helped 6B identify the features in their writing and accurately mark their success criteria. I have never see so many- purposeful- relative clauses, subordinating and coordinating conjunctions and examples of parentheses! The editing stations have really allowed the children to reflect about their writing and how they can advance the action by up-levelling their writing and using Year 5/6 features to achieve this.

A great example of using craftsmanship and quality in their writing! I am so proud!

-Miss Blackham

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Potential Disneyland Paris trip- November 2027

9th February 2026Miss Blackham

I am hoping to run the Disneyland Paris trip for current 3&4 pupils for when they are Year 5&6. After the success of our first trip, this is something I would like to continue to offer. I have worked on lots of quotes to try and make it as cost effective as possible as I appreciate this is an expensive trip. It would be looking at just over £550 which would include four days and three nights.

The link below will allow you to register your interest so I can see if the trip will be viable.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWnn9NCA2HuwqpJ7uk1NmL3clnIYVnz9EfU8YZfsMHCn14Ig/viewform?usp=header

I appreciate with the cost of living this is a VERY expensive trip but I feel passionately about giving children above and beyond experiences to create special memories as this builds character, which is something very important to us at XP and Plover.

If you are interested, I will be hosting a parent information meeting on Monday 23rd February at 3:30pm. I appreciate this is a very quick turn around but to lock in at a cheaper price, the initial deposit of £70 would be due by the end of March.

The 2027 dates have only just been released which is why I am only now able to give an esteemed costing. This is based on 42 pupils attending. By booking this trip by now, this gives you as parents and cares lots of time to pay instalments for the trip to try and make it more manageable in terms of cost.

If you cannot attend the meeting, I can share the information via email afterwards.

Thank you for your support 

-Miss Blackham

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5-minute Walking Bubble to Plover

6th February 2026Joshua Meade

As the Spring slowly approaches, brighter mornings and nights ahead. We are actively encouraging all children, parents/carers, members of our community to be more conscientious of their travel to school! Let’s be healthy, be safe, be eco-friendly!

If you do have to drive, here is a guide of where you could park your car on surrounding streets, to include a 5 minute active walk to and from school. #LovePlover