Are we human or are we robots?

Years 3 and 4 had an exciting hook day today for their new expedition. Many dressed up as robots and the effort from those who made their own costumes was exceptional! Well done and thank you parents who Iā€™m sure would have lent a helping hand with these!

Mrs Haycock

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Supertato!

In 2L the children loved solving the mystery of what our new text is going to be in English. The children, completed jigsaws and matching activities before they put their inference skills to the test. The children used the front cover of the book and tried to work out who the book might be about, where it was set and what the story might be about. The children enjoyed listening to the story before they made their own superhero masks.

We are artists!

We have kick started hook week in Year 6 and began working as artists. The children have started their first drafts today of their final product- a mural of Ben Parkinson. The children will be developing their art skills over the course of this week, using various techniques and being inspired by experts and artists.

Keep an eye on our blogs to see what we get up to!

-Miss Blackham

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Could you help to inspire the next generation of XP and XP East?Ā 

We are currently working to create a directory of experts for our upcoming Year 9 Passage Presentations and would appreciate your help! 

Passage Presentation is an opportunity for students to reflect on their learning and demonstrate their readiness to move onto the next phase of their education – GCSE.

Students share their high quality work to a panel of experts and their family through an oral presentation, increasing their accountability and character development demonstrating the skills and knowledge they have gained in Key Stage 3. 

As part of the presentation students provide insight into their future goals and aspirations and we would like to ensure an authentic expert for each of them at their presentation – this is where you come in!Ā 

We are seeking support from any members of our community to become an expert panelist at a Passage Presentation, to listen to the presentation, ask questions and support in directing pathways. In order for this to be a success we request help from members of the public who are able to share their own experiences and advice in order to advance our students to the next level of formal schooling.

If you feel this is something you are interested in, please use this link to sign up to the directory.Ā 

Presentations will take place week commencing 27th January 2025 for 3 weeks. You will receive an invite from the student you have been allocated nearer to the time. 

Should you have any further questions, please contact a member of our Key Stage 3 Team: 

Natalie Johnson- [email protected] (KS3 Lead) 

Emma Watson- [email protected] (Phase Lead XPE 8/9)

Chris Morrison- [email protected] (Phase Lead XP 8/9)

We appreciate your support in advance. 

FREE Monday Community Football Sessions @ Plover

From Monday 20th January 2025 for Spring Term, Plover Primary School will be opening up their facilities to the community for children from 5-13 years old, to take part in some FREE football sessions 4.45pm-5.45pm.

Please complete the form below to register your interest and we will be in touch to confirm your place. Please note, places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Parents can drop off and pick up children from Plover schoolā€™s main reception ā€“ via Coniston Road.

Thank you

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FREE Friday Community Dance Lessons @ Plover

From Friday 10th January 2025 for 5 weeks, Plover Primary School will be opening up their facilities to the community for children from 5-13 years old, to take part in some FREE dance lessons 4.45pm-5.45pm.

Please complete the form below to register your interest and we will be in touch to confirm your place. Please note, places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Parents can drop off and pick up children from Plover school’s main reception – via Coniston Road.

Thank you

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Thank you, 3H parents!

Thank you to all parents of 3H pupils. We have had a long and difficult term but your children have all worked so incredibly hard – all day, every day! Even illness didnā€™t keep some of them away. Every child has dug deep and been resilient to the little coughs and sniffles that have attacked us all at some point. For this they need to feel proud.

I also want to say a huge thank you for all of my wonderful gifts but you all need to know that having the opportunity to help your children and see them grow in knowledge, independence, resilience and character is the biggest gift I could ever receive.

For those who celebrate, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!

Hereā€™s to two weeks of sleep!

Mrs Haycock

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We are being active

Well done to everyone in 3H who achieved their WOW badge this month for getting to school in a healthy, active way. Keep it up! The health benefits alone are worth it, never mind the benefits itā€™ll have on a healthier planet with reduced car emissions! Great work folks.

It is great that 17/24 children have received this monthā€™s badge – 2 were absent for the photograph, my counting skills are not quite as bad as Icerinkā€™s.

Mrs Haycock

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We couldnā€™t guess his name so look at the chaos he caused!

3H have been trying to guess the name of their class elf for the last few weeks. They were convinced it was Haycock Junior as he tormented them as much as I do but unfortunately they failed in their guess, so he caused pure destruction on the final day of term. He did find a moment of niceness though when he stuffed our fake grenades with yummy chocolateā€¦thank you Icerink and well done to Sienna for working out where he had hidden the chocolate from the clues he left us!

We hope to see Icerink and his army of elves, who kept multiplying during the final day, next year. We wonder if he could go back to elf school though because his spelling is absolutely atrocious and we would love to know how one elf became two, then three and finally fourā€¦our minds were blown and the excitement kept building!

Have a wonderful break everyone, you deserve it! Keep safe, be happy and have fun! I look forward to seeing you all safe and sound in 2025!

Mrs Haycock

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