Sharing our Stories: 14/02/2025

Beautiful Work This Week

Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust from this week. To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.

Top of the Blogs

Play is the work of childhood @ Norton Infants

Class 12: working on conjuctions @ Green Top

Great Maths Learning @ Plover

Bob Marley is 80 @ Carcroft School

Celebrating Rosa Parks @ Norton Juniors

Weekly update for families @ XP Gateshead

A star in the making in Crew Pasteur @ XP

What a treat! @ XP East

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Safer Internet Day

2P have been learning about how to keep safe online. This year we have particularly focussed on how to avoid being scammed by people who might want to trick us and steal our personal data. We explored how we would feel and how we can seek help from a trusted adult.

#LovePlover

Great Maths Learning

Well done to Year 2 who have been learning about equal and unequal groups and how this links to repeated addition. We have then begun to learn how the multiplication symbol can be used to represent this. We are doing great work and becoming more expert in our Maths skills.

#LovePlover

Pride of KS1

Congratulations to last week’s winners of the KS1 Pride of Plover. We heard how you have shown determination to improve your learning and how you are developing your confidence. It is great to hear and keep it up!

#LovePlover

It’s ‘bean’ a busy afternoon

In expedition this afternoon, we shared different thoughts about what we can do with beans. The children named various types of beans. We noticed beans can be different colours and shapes. Then we made some delicious beans on toast and discussed how beans are healthy for our bodies. We used our knife and fork skills to cut up the toast and before we ate “fork to stick and pick, knife to cut and scrape”. We of course tidied and cleaned up after ourselves! #LovePlover

Dance in PE

This term Y4 have been developing their dance skills. Thank you to Legacy Sports Foundation who have supported with cheerleading lessons over the last 3 weeks! #LovePlover

Easter donations to raise funds for Year 6 leavers

We are asking for donations for an Easter raffle to raise funds for Year 6 leavers events. We would be so grateful for any sweet/chocolate donations including Easter eggs. If you could kindly pass on any donations to (myself) Miss Blackham in 6B.

Year 6’s will start to sell raffle tickets for £1 a strip after half-term.

Thank you so much for your support!

-Miss Blackham

LovePlover

We are Getting Smart and Being Kind

Well done to these two beautiful members of 3H who have been working so hard to ‘Get Smart’ and who have been supporting each other with their learning tasks, ‘Being Kind.’ You’re both awesome.

Keep being kind girlies.

Mrs Haycock

#LovePlover

Year 6 half term revision challenge!

For every three pages of revision Year 6 pupils complete in their CPG books, children will receive a raffle ticket. If they receive five raffle tickets they will win an Easter egg on return to school.

Your child’s class teacher will sign-post the children to complete pages that are relevant to their areas of development.

We are so proud of how hard our Year 6’s are working and their determination to extend their learning at home!

-Miss Blackham

#LovePlover