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Pizza making workshop!
Some children from Year 5 & 6 were able to engage in a pizza making workshop at Pizza Express. They each made a margarita pizza through the guidance of Adrian the pizza maker. The children really enjoyed the workshop and getting to eat the pizzas. To spread kindness, some of the pizzas were shared with staff at XP to thank them for their hard work organising the arts festival and then to Plover staff to thank them for their hard work too!
Enjoy the video!
-Miss Blackham
LovePlover
The Great Kapok Tree
This week, Year 5 have been diving into The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. The story, set in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, sparked some fantastic discussions about nature, conservation, and the importance of every creature in an ecosystem.
Inspired by the book, the children created their very own kapok trees. They worked carefully to bring the rainforest to life through their artwork, using bright colours and imaginative detail to make their trees unique and vibrant.
The children showed their character trait of quality and craftsmanship throughout the project. Each piece was produced with real care, attention, and creativity – and the results were stunning!
Well done, Year 5 – your kapok trees are a true celebration of both art and storytelling.
Mrs Lewis
#LovePlover
VR Workshop
Today, year 5 and 6 had an amazing experience courtesy of Prime VR who visited our school to deliver a virtual reality workshop, emerging our children in the different layers of the rainforest. It was an amazing opportunity for the pupils to feel as if they were really part of our amazing rainforests across the Earth, learning about the ecological impact of deforestation and it’s impact on biodiversity.
We had some wonderful feedback from the session leader about the engagement and amazing knowledge of our students, even though the learning was all new.
UKS2 family learning event- Wednesday 8th October 2-3pm
We’re excited to invite you to Year 5 and 6 Family Learning Chocolate Bingo Event on Tuesday 8th October 2pm-3pm and we are kindly asking for donations of chocolates and sweets please! Please bring in any donations to 6B.
This will be a fun-filled afternoon — a chance to come together with your child, share some laughs, and maybe win a sweet treat or two. Prizes will be chocolate-themed and there’ll be plenty of opportunities for everyone to join in. This will also be an opportunity to support a great cause — all proceeds will go towards raising money for our crew charity, the RSPCA.
We’d love to see as many families as possible joining us.
Together, let’s make this an afternoon to remember — and raise vital funds for our charity at the same time. We’d be very grateful for any donations of chocolate and sweets beforehand.
Keep an eye out for more details coming soon!
-Miss Blackham
LovePlover
Y5 PE Day
Just a reminder, Y5 PE day is on Tuesday.
See you all in your kits tomorrow. Please remember black/blue shorts, jogging bottoms/leggings and a white t-shirt.
Thank you,
Y5 Crew
Showing compassion and integrity in the community
Building on our crew week introduction to character traits, a group of Year 5 and 6 pupils today supported Doncaster Council to improve our local area by picking litter in the streets and community spaces around our school.
The children were very disappointed to see such high levels of litter where bins are made available, expressing their frustration that some people (and their dogs!) choose to make a mess around the streets where they live. They pledged to always have the integrity to dispose of waste properly, and to report anyone not doing so.
Great work, guys – you are true stewards of our Plover and Intake community!
Craftsmanship and Quality
Today, 5S looked at ‘The Dot’ to help introduce the character trait of ‘craftsmanship and quality’ – it helped us to learn about the importance of always giving the best effort that is appropriate to our ability, and working hard to produce work that is more beautiful every day.
We also developed our art skills by looking at complementary and contrasting colours to create our very own masterpiece ‘dot’.
