Hi all,
With England’s fantastic result in the Quarter Finals on Saturday. We here at Plover are going to show our support by having a England themed non-uniform day on Wednesday, as England are playing in the Semi-Final on Wednesday evening!
If you don’t have England kits, don’t worry, you can wear other football shirts, PE/sports clothes or something red and white to represent England!
Could it finally be coming home?
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Thank you so much to staff, parents and children for donating to our bake sale! What an amazing Plover community crew effort! 6B is smelling delicious. All cakes and treats have now been wrapped up ready to sell at 3pm. We hope to see you there!
-Miss Blackham
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We have been really busy in crew over the last couple of weeks researching and designing beautiful bee-friendly gardens as part of the BBC’s Big Bee Challenge competition.
Children may have brought their designs home with an entry form, if they want to the enter the competition.
We will be posting the designs tomorrow but entry forms have to be completed by parents (not school), so please could parents fill in the short entry form and return to school ( or you can post the individually from home if you wish).
The prize is to have the garden created at a children’s hospital and the winners will be invited to the opening on 20th August when they will be on Radio 2 Breakfast show with Zoe Ball. This is why entries need to be completed by parents as you have to guarantee being available on that date.
The children have certainly enjoyed finding out more about the bees and have been really creative with their designs.
So fingers crossed one of our children has the winning design!
Find out more at www.bbc.co.uk/bigbeechallenge
Mrs Graves
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The children in Year 3 and 4 completed the first of their Daily Miles today when they ran round the school field FIVE times!
It came as a bit of a shock for some, but I am very proud of how seriously the children took their running and how they stuck at it to complete the distance .
We had a timer running so the children can see how their times improve over the next couple of weeks.
They were certainly ready for their lunch when they finished! Sadly I haven’t got any pictures today, as I was running myself – but I will be certain to get some tomorrow!
Mrs Graves
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The Junior Rangers from the Friends of Sandall Park are holding a competition to help to decorate and promote their notice board in Sandall Park. All you need to do is to create your own nature themed poster or nature themed poem and hand it in to your teachers before the deadline on 2nd July. There are prizes for the winning entries and your work will be displayed in the park! If you would like to find out any more information about the Junior Rangers, or would like to register your child with the group, please email [email protected].
Have fun!
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We were thrilled to welcome local hero, Ray Matthews into school today to talk to the children in LKS2. He even made time to present our Pride of Plover Awards.
Ray is an inspirational runner, who for his 75th birthday ran 75 marathons in 75 days. He has also run 252 miles in 3 days, completed an Iron Man challenge and run across the desert.
He has raised thousands of pounds for charity and his latest challenge is just in time for his 80th birthday: Ray wants 80 schools to run 80 miles and raise at least £80 in aid of Age UK.
This seems like a challenge that we simply cannot ignore – especially as it supports our expedition, “How can we make Doncaster more healthy?”.
So every day, from Monday, we are going to do the daily mile, either walking or running around the school field – and the grown ups are doing it too! The children are quite excited and are making pledges, and raising money for charity is a great bonus.
LKS2 children can come to school in trainers and shorts to make it easier for us to complete the daily mile and we will be in touch with details of how you can support our challenge at home.
Mrs Graves
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Today we managed to raise £60 on our ice pop sale so thank you so much to everyone who bought one. Some children were too excited to eat their ice pops that they didn’t want a photo. We know some children had forgotten their money so please don’t worry, we will be selling ice pops again next week.
-Miss Blackham
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Last Friday in KS1, and this morning in KS2, we had the inspirational and extraordinary Ray Matthews – a true role model!
Ray is an avid sportsman and a national icon, due to the astonishing achievements he has accomplished and vast amount of fundraisers he has done during his 79 years.
In a few weeks Ray turns 80, and 80 schools, will be completing 80 miles to raise money for Rays chosen charity Age UK! https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/rays808080birthdaychallenge
As a school we see the importance of physical activity and exercise, and therefore from Monday we will be making a stand as a whole school crew, to complete the daily mile every single day – all children and all staff!
Check out the the truly astonishing video of Ray below!
Work hard – Challenge yourself – Get active – Feel great!
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First Place: 6b
Second Place: 4L
Third Place: 6C
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Thank you to Lynne and Kirstie from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue who have been to speak to Y3 today all about fire safety. The children have listened beautifully to the talk and answered questions really well. It was recommended to us that the children learn their address, including post code, in the event they need to ring 999 to report a fire at home
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