🎄Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

19th December 2025Mrs Ogle

As we come to the end of the autumn term, we want to say a big thank you to our school community for your ongoing support.

To our children, families, wider community and staff, thank you for the energy, dedication, and teamwork you’ve brought throughout the year. It’s been a busy and positive start to the year, and we’re proud of everything that’s been achieved.

Take a look at the first edition of the Plover Press to see some of the term’s highlights!

Autumn Term Plover Digi Leads Mag templateDownload

We wish everyone a happy, restful Christmas break and look forward to welcoming you back in the new year.

The Plover Crew xx

Giving back to our community and supporting our Crew charity- the RSPCA

18th December 2025Miss Blackham

We are so thankful for all of your support and generous donations towards our whole school Crew charity the RSPCA. Nelly, Darcy and Riley were honoured to take the donations to the centre today and they even managed to meet Sunny and Rain- two beautiful puppies- who have recently found their forever homes. With your continued support, we aim to help all animals at the RSPCA find their forever homes!

There are going to be some very happy animals on Christmas morning thanks to all of you!

-Miss Blackham

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Rockstar dress up day- Friday 9th January

3rd January 2026Miss Blackham

We are so excited for our upcoming rockstar dress up day. A day where TT rockstar battles will take place to see who the ultimate TT rockstars are at Plover Primary school. We can not wait to see all of their children in their costumes. Please do not feel you have to purchase anything new. There are lots of examples of DIY costumes online including items you will more than likely already have at home.

If you have any questions, please contact your child’s phase leader:

EYFS- [email protected]

KS1- [email protected]

Year 3/4- [email protected]

Year 5/6- [email protected]

Thank you for your continued support in our mission to improve timetables recall and giving children memorable experiences in school!

-Miss Blackham

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Tudor dress up day reminder for Year 5&6 pupils- Tuesday 6th January

3rd January 2026Miss Blackham

A polite reminder about our upcoming dress up day which is on Tuesday 6th January. We are asking pupils to dress as someone/ in something resembling Tudor times. This was sent out as a letter in November and added to our parent overview before Christmas.

Please do not feel you have to buy a costume, there are lots of examples online. Your child may want to come dressed in dark colours with faceprint resembling coal/dirt to come as a poor person in Tudor times. They could also dress as maids/servants. Some children have drawn a Tudor rose over the holidays and are sticking this to a plain t-shirt.

We are really looking forward to this upcoming expedition and can’t wait for all the engaging lessons we have planned. Any questions, please do contact me- [email protected]

-Miss Blackham

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A Seasonal Message from XP Trust

19th December 2025Andy Sprakes

A number of deaf and hearing pupils from Plover School and the ARChi team have been working collaboratively on a British Sign Language version of the Twelve Days of Christmas. 

This is another example of diversity and belonging that runs through our schools and is a concrete example of our culture of Crew.

On behalf of XP Trust, we would like to wish everyone a peaceful Christmas and New Year.

Andy Sprakes

Chief Academic Officer 

XP Trust

Sharing our Stories: 19/12/2025

19th December 2025Geoff Hewitt

Beautiful work this week

Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust!

To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.

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Reception Christmas Performance @ Green Top

Reception Christmas Party Day @ Plover

Year 4 Writing @ Carcroft School

Crew Rosa Parks @ XP

Christmas Crafts @ Norton Juniors

Crew CSP @ XP East

G32 Reverse Advent @ XP Gateshead

A Very Special Visit from Santa @ Norton Infants

Share your stories with us!

We now have a new dedicated news email so that you can send your stories, updates or ideas about potential news articles directly to us in Comms.

It might be something you or your students have achieved, a charity you’re supporting or anything at all that deserves a wider audience.

Write to us at [email protected] –  we want to hear about it, write about it and celebrate it!

It’s school shop time!

19th December 2025Miss Blackham

Our Year 6’s have loved spending time at the school shop this morning. We have had lots of 3 and 4 children which means they have been working hard, getting smart and being kind. Year 6 have earned lots of crew coins this term and I am so proud. Our class pledge is that ALL children will be 4’s! We can do this! 🥰

-Miss Blackham

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Awesome activism by our lovely Abbie! Saving her own pocket money to buy children in need selection boxes!

19th December 2025Miss Blackham

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/people/doncaster-girl-5-uses-pocket-money-to-buy-selection-boxes-for-needy-youngsters-5433054?fbclid=IwZnRzaAOx7Q9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeCTG6N4sGOPBN9eFo0DNOn-ofpXI24XVEjOgsh1iIvlJ3gS98D23WqZ-YwHk_aem_tbZbGsyAR52t5xRDJ9TMLQ

Click above to read more! 💙

-Miss Blackham

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Merry Christmas!

19th December 2025Mr Pickering

We would like to thank all Parents, Carers and families for attending our Christmas Nativity this week. We hope it got you feeling in the spirit of the season as we get closer to the big day. All of the children have worked really hard to put on the performances for you and they have shown great courage and resilience in doing so. We are very proud of them! As promised, below are the images of your children. We wish you all a restful and peaceful Christmas holiday and a happy and successful New Year.

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Plover’s Celebration Assembly

18th December 2025Joshua Meade

Pride! Courage! Kindness! Three words to sum up our beautiful Plover children and community. We celebrated with so much festive cheer and talented humans within our Plover crew in this morning’s assembly! Sports awards, active learning trophy, activism in the community, charitable connections, majestic musicians and splendid singing and signing! #LovePlover