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A Sugar Expert Visits Plover

13th June 2022Mrs Shuka

Today LKS2 were excited to welcome a sugar expert to Plover School.

Paul Crystal is a published author and historian and has thrilled us with his knowledge of Why sugar is not so sweet. He shared the history of sugar and how it has been used through the ages.

Did you know sugar was used in medicines? Did you know sugar was rationed during WW1 and WW2? Imagine no sweets or cakes! Did you know that they used to mix plaster and brick dust into sugary sweets?

Did you know that Doncaster is famous for butterscotch? I wonder if you can find the building where Parkinson’s toffee was made and sold in the city centre.

LKS2 Team

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Plover Postcards

10th June 2022Mrs Graves

Well done to Rydhian, Tommy, Ella for earning Plover Postcards this week and a belated well done to Paul and Tim! Keep up the great work!

Mrs Graves

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Pride of Plover

10th June 2022Mrs Graves

Well done Ella, 3G’s Pride of Plover this week!

You have worked so hard this week on your writing, showing great independent thinking! On top of that, you have done fab in your dancing outside of school too!

Mrs Graves

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I am really proud of the children in 3G this week, they have worked so hard. We have been conducting experiments about solids and liquids and then had a really intensive few days writing science reports. On top of that, we have been measuring the volume of liquid (our current maths topic)- so altogether we have have had a week when all our lessons have tied in together – perfect!

Everyone has shown real determination and resilience and really have worked their hardest.

Well done guys!

Mrs Graves

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Super home learning

10th June 2022Mrs Graves

Paul has been putting his expedition learning to good use by making dairy free fudge. Following instructions, measuring out and using sugar he has made this lovely treat. It’s really tasty too!

Well done Paul

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Well done to these two superstars! 💙

25th May 2022Miss Blackham

Alfie and Lacie-mae have really impressed Mrs Blackham in their groups this week. She is so proud of them!

-Miss Blackham

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We are still scientists!

23rd May 2022Mrs Graves

Today we have been conducting our scientific research into changing states – in particular how temperature changes in water as ice melts.

We grappled with using thermometers and then this afternoon, our English writing focus was how we write reports like scientists.

Well done 3G – we will report our results tomorrow!

Mrs Graves

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We are Scientists in 3G

17th May 2022Mrs Graves

Today we have started our Case Study 2 – “Why Does Matter Change State?” for our “Why is Sugar Not So Sweet” expedition.

After finding out what we already know about Solids, Liquids and Gases, we then conducted our first experiment , so that we could see how to structure a scientific report.

Our experiment question was: ” Does the size of sugar granules affect the speed that the sugar dissolves in water?”

We conducted fair tests with Demerara, Granulated and Icing Sugar, as well as sugar cubes.

We have loved being scientists this afternoon and we are really looking forward to developing our scientific investigation skills over the next few weeks!