Thank you Adele – Skipping Festival here we come!

21st January 2026Mrs Haycock

Year 4 showed great courage today when they embarked upon their skipping journey! Adele came to teach us the fundamental skills required to be able to skip in many different ways. Over the next few months, we plan to perfect these initial skills and then learn even more ways to skip than we already have. In June, we will be even more courageous when we take on the competition at a Skipping Festival where we will display craftsmanship and quality!

Let’s keep skipping, smiling and supporting each other folks. We will all be experts in no time!

Mrs Haycock

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Y3/4 Basketball Competition Tomorrow

21st January 2026Joshua Meade

Hi all

Just a reminder that these ten children are taking part in the Y3/4 basketball tournament tomorrow afternoon at XPE school

Y3- Sreelakshmi, Kyla S, Bella F

Y4 – Paisley C, Nevaeh C, Sulieman A, Arez A, Namsong R, Aria T, Jayce A

Can all children please come in their PE kit tomorrow (white top, black/navy hoody/jumper, shorts/leggings/joggers, trainers) and bring a water bottle. 

Children will have their lunch at school as normal, then Miss Brown, Coach Calum and the children will get picked up by the bus at 12.45pm and they will be back at Plover for 4.15pm, for parents/carers to collect.

Thank you

Mr Meade

LKS2 Times Tables Meeting

19th January 2026Mrs Graves

Thank you to those parents who were able to attend tonight’s meeting about the Year 4 Multiplication Check and how to support your child with time tables.

Here are the slides that contain the links to some of the suggested sites.

If you would like your child to come to the Year 3 and 4 Times Tables Booster Sessions on Wednesday mornings at 8:20am, please complete the Google form so we can pop them onto the register. They don’t have to attend every week, but it gives us an idea of numbers for the breakfast snacks we provide. Booster sessions will be starting next week on Wednesday 28th January. Please bring your child to reception.

Link to Google Form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6yECI1_0HzpS3qUbddjM2N4bPx54VP_UxMRHVw3M_GYHiIA/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Times Tables Parents Meeting 2026Download

Mrs Graves

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We are Rockstars

12th January 2026Mrs Haycock

Plover’s first Rockathon was awesome! Well done to everyone who smashed out answers to so many times tables questions. You all looked pretty fabulous too!

Keep working hard on those times tables up to 12 x 12 at home as well as at school please Year 4. It’s not long until your official multiplication times tables check.

Mrs Haycock

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Finding out about Fairtrade

12th January 2026Mrs Haycock

Year 4 have been learning about Fairtrade and the important work that this organisation do. Now, when we look at packaging, we know what to look for to check if a product carries the Fairtrade stamp. We also know why it s important to buy Fairtrade products.

Mrs Haycock

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We are chocolatiers!

12th January 2026Mrs Haycock

Shout out to Alec and Raegan who have both designed and made their own chocolate as home learning! It really was delicious boys, so thank you for sharing. Should anyone else wish to make thier own chocolate bars, I’d be more than happy to taste test them for you!

Well done boys!

Mrs Haycock

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Thank you Harry!

12th January 2026Mrs Haycock

Year 4 were visited by Harry – our expert scientist – who kindly launched the science topic that we will be studying during this expedition. He introduced the children to states of matter: solids, liquids and gases. We were mesmerised by the video of experiments he prepared for us in his lab at university and have been really inspired by him. When he inflated a balloon right in front of us, without blowing it up in the normal way, gasps were heard from all. I wonder if your children can tell you how Harry did this?

Thank you Harry!

Mrs Haycock

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Student Led Conferences in Years 3 and 4

5th January 2026Mrs Haycock

Thank you to all parents and carers who have booked an SLC appointment so we can share the progress your children have made during the autumn term. Your children have been busy preparing for these and they look forward to sharing some of their amazing learning with you which they all feel so proud of.

If you haven’t yet booked, please scan the appropriate QR code for your child’s class from those below to do so.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Haycock

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