Year 5/6’s celebration of learning

9th December 2025Miss Blackham

We are so proud of our Year 5&6 pupils who produced numerous hand crafted bird boxes to share within our local community. We really wanted to leave a lasting legacy and therefore donated them to a range of schools within our trust along with some local schools. We have also donated some to care homes, the RSPCA, Sandall Beat wood and some to our experts who came to support us when making the bird boxes.

We are so so proud of our children and their hard work. To build on activism, we will be selling some of the bird boxes at our Christmas fayre on Thursday and all the money raised will go towards the bird sanctuary at the RSPCA- our Crew charity.

Please see some of the photos showing where our bird boxes now live!

-Miss Blackham

#LovePlover

Our next Year 5/6 spelling is bee is coming up…

9th December 2025Miss Blackham

After the huge success of our last Spelling Bee, we’re excited to announce that the next competition for Year 5 and Year 6 is officially on the horizon! The enthusiasm, hard work, and confidence shown by our pupils last time were truly inspiring and we can’t wait to see what they achieve next.
This year’s Spelling Bee will take place in February, giving everyone plenty of time to prepare. To help students build their skills and confidence, new spelling lists will be added each week in the lead-up to the event. We encourage pupils to practise regularly, challenge themselves, and perhaps even involve family members at home for some fun spelling sessions.
Whether your child is a seasoned speller or new to competitions, this is a fantastic opportunity to grow, learn, and shine. We look forward to another exciting, buzzy event filled with determination, teamwork, and plenty of impressive spelling!
Stay tuned for weekly updates – and let the training begin! ï»¿ï»¿ï»¿ï»¿

Our 2026 spelling bee!

4th December 2025Miss Blackham

After the huge success of our last Spelling Bee, we’re excited to announce that the next competition for Year 5 and Year 6 is officially on the horizon! The enthusiasm, hard work, and confidence shown by our pupils last time were truly inspiring and we can’t wait to see what they achieve next.

This year’s Spelling Bee will take place in February, giving everyone plenty of time to prepare. To help students build their skills and confidence, new spelling lists will be added each week in the lead-up to the event. We encourage pupils to practise regularly, challenge themselves, and perhaps even involve family members at home for some fun spelling sessions.

Whether your child is a seasoned speller or new to competitions, this is a fantastic opportunity to grow, learn, and shine. We look forward to another exciting, buzzy event filled with determination, teamwork, and plenty of impressive spelling!

Stay tuned for weekly updates – and let the training begin! 

-Miss Blackham

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Buddy the crazy SPaG elf has arrived in 6B!

2nd December 2025Miss Blackham

The crazy elf has arrived in 6B but he is no ordinary elf, he is a SPaG expert! He has started his visit by challenging 6B all about adverbials. They had to produce anchor charts and prove they could include of range of adverbials accurately in sentences before he would release the chocolates. 6B smashed it and are well on their way to becoming SPaG experts too! I wonder what he will get up to tomorrow?

I have a feeling it might just link to dashes!

-Miss Blackham

#LovePlover

Doncaster and Bassetlaw artwork competition winner!

27th November 2025Miss Blackham

All of our Year 5 & 6 pupils entered a recent competition help by Doncaster and Bassetlaw hospital. Our children created artwork and we choose the theme of ‘compassion’ one of our character traits. It is amazing to see that all of the children who entered, have their artwork displayed at the hospital. Lena was selected as the overall winner and here you can see she proudly showing off her beautiful work.

We would love you to go and visit the beautiful display and share any photos you take of your beautiful art work!

So proud of all of our 5/6 crew and of course, our lovely Lena!

-Miss Blackham

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Beautiful Bird Boxes

24th November 2025Mr Schofield

Years 5 and 6 worked extremely hard last week to mark out, cut the wood, and construct the materials of our final product: these amazing bird boxes!

We can’t wait to share with you our plans at the Presentation of Learning, which takes place at 2pm on Thursday 4th December.

Y5/6 EFL Football Tournament Friday

24th November 2025Joshua Meade

Hi all just a reminder that these children are representing Plover at the EFL Football Cup on Friday 28th November 9.30am-3pm at the Eco Power Stadium, Stadium Way, DN4 5JW.

Kodish J, Darcy T, Ellie L, Theo B, Lucas S, Jarvis LB, Theo S, Jenson T, Samuel S

We will give the children their football kit and a Plover waterproof coat on Thursday 27th November. Please can the children come dressed in their Plover football kits on Friday. Wearing shin pads, moulded football boots and their red Plover waterproof coats.

Children are to bring a packed lunch to this competition.

Mrs Jobber and Coach Calum will meet and greet the children at 9.30am outside the Eco Power Stadium, Club Doncaster entrance. Parents/carers are able to stay and watch throughout the whole day. Parents are to then pick up children at 3pm.

Mr Meade will be at XP on a staff training day and will be checking in on the Plover football team throughout the day. #LovePlover

Friday 28th November Y5_6 Football Parent Letter-2Download

Fantastic craftsmanship and quality!

21st November 2025Miss Blackham

I am so proud of 6B who have worked so hard on the draft and re-draft process in their recent final write. The children have shown great examples of craftsmanship and quality when writing instructions on how to make a bird box.

-Miss Blackham

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