Y5/6 EFL Football Tournament Friday

24th November 2025Joshua Meade

Hi all just a reminder that these children are representing Plover at the EFL Football Cup on Friday 28th November 9.30am-3pm at the Eco Power Stadium, Stadium Way, DN4 5JW.

Kodish J, Darcy T, Ellie L, Theo B, Lucas S, Jarvis LB, Theo S, Jenson T, Samuel S

We will give the children their football kit and a Plover waterproof coat on Thursday 27th November. Please can the children come dressed in their Plover football kits on Friday. Wearing shin pads, moulded football boots and their red Plover waterproof coats.

Children are to bring a packed lunch to this competition.

Mrs Jobber and Coach Calum will meet and greet the children at 9.30am outside the Eco Power Stadium, Club Doncaster entrance. Parents/carers are able to stay and watch throughout the whole day. Parents are to then pick up children at 3pm.

Mr Meade will be at XP on a staff training day and will be checking in on the Plover football team throughout the day. #LovePlover

Friday 28th November Y5_6 Football Parent Letter-2Download

Y3/4 Netball Reminder Thursday 20th

18th November 2025Joshua Meade

These children are taking part in the Netball competition on Thursday: Corben C, Riley W, Omar A, Sergei S, Vlad C, Angel R, Sophie M, Phoebe G, Nevaeh D, Ines P.

The Y3/4 Netball tournament at Laurel Academy is going ahead as normal on Thursday.  The safety and well being of the children is the most important thing and precautions have been taken with the forecast being COLD, please can you ensure all children have: 

Wooly hats, gloves, thick jumpers, warm waterproof coats, skins/thermals (if they have them), warm socks, trainers.

Thursday 20th November Y3_4 Netball Parent Letter-3Download

F2 PE

17th November 2025Joshua Meade

We continued to develop our ball skills in PE. Today’s focus was agility, balance and coordination playing autumnal bean bag games! #LovePlover

PE!

13th November 2025Abigale Crawford

Today in PE, the children were busy developing their functional skills with Coach Callum. As part of our learning, we explored different ways to jump — practicing two-footed jumps, one-leg to two-leg jumps, and even hopping!

The children were really engaged throughout the session and had lots of fun travelling around the islands as they moved in different ways. It was wonderful to see everyone participating with so much enthusiasm and energy.

A big well done to our PE superstars today — Edith, Hana, and Mustafa — for their fantastic effort and brilliant jumping skills!

Doncaster Rovers Pass the Parcel Community Drop off Point at Plover

13th November 2025Joshua Meade

https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2025/november/10/pass-the-parcel—help-us-deliver-our-biggest-christmas-present-drive-yet

Christmas is all about community spirit and we need your help once again to make our 2025 present drive the biggest yet.

Last year, due to the incredible generosity of supporters and 100Club partners, we were able to make our biggest ever delivery.

We packed a bus full with presents and hit the city’s roads with Santa behind the wheel. As well as our annual visit to the children’s ward at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, we also dropped in at Foster For Doncaster, Eve Merton Dreams Trust and several other worthy destinations to help spread some festive joy.

This year we are determined to make an even bigger impact and, thanks to our partners Pass Logistics, Santa will not be driving a sleigh or a bus – but an entire lorry.

Every child in Doncaster deserves a present this Christmas and, together with Club Doncaster Foundation and our 100Club partners, we are looking to make that happen.

If you can, please purchase a present for a child from newborn to age 16.

You do not need to wrap the present and you can drop it off at one of dozens of locations around the city which are listed below.

Gifts should be dropped off by Thursday, December 11 to allow us time to wrap and deliver before the big day.

But it is not just children we are seeking to help this Christmas.

We are also collecting non-perishable food items and hygiene essentials to help support local foodbanks at the time of the year when demand is at its most fierce. These too can be taken to one of our drop-off points, which are listed below.

Help us to provide some comfort in our community this Christmas, and spread a little festive joy while we are at it.

Drop-off points

  • Plover School – Coniston Road, Intake, DN2 6JL

Another smashing tennis session!

10th November 2025Mrs Haycock

All of your children have really enjoyed the tennis coaching they have received over the past few weeks. Not all have found it easy and some have had to show great courage to keep trying until they succeeded. Consequently, everyone’s skills have grown immensely – no matter what their starting point was. The sportsmanship they have shown has been genuinely beautiful to watch: encouraging each other when faced with challenges; celebrating with each other when achievements were made; and showing pride for one another when awards were allocated. Well done 4H, keep smashing it!

Mrs Haycock

#LovePlover

Perfecting our Ping Pong skills with Pete.

10th November 2025Mrs Haycock

Ping Pong Pete has visited Plover to deliver bespoke Ping Pong sessions with all classes throughout school. It was great fun. We learnt some important points about sportsmanship and well as technical points such as how to stand; how to hold the bat; and how to serve the ball. He created some really fun challenges for us to complete too. I hold my head in shame as I was clearly defeated when Ianis was paired against me! You are an awesome player Ianis, well done! I blame the heels I was wearing – not my lack of skill!

Mrs Haycock

#LovePlover

1C’s GREAT NOUN PARADE!

7th November 2025Abigale Crawford

Today, we continued our learning about common and proper nouns with a very exciting event — 1C’s GREAT NOUN PARADE!

Each child created their own special plaque featuring a common noun and a proper noun, complete with colourful drawings and fantastic writing. Then, we proudly paraded our creations around the school, chanting:

“Common nouns are lowercase — proper nouns start with a capital letter!”

The children had so much fun showing off their learning and sharing their knowledge with others. A huge thank you to Mrs. Haycock, Mr. Meade, Mrs. Price, Miss Vines, Mrs. Trindall, and Mrs. Gill for joining in the fun and putting our noun knowledge to the test!

It was a wonderful day of learning, laughter, and language — well done, 1C! 

Our Courageous Swimmers

6th November 2025Mr Schofield

A huge well done to our fabulous Key Stage 2 swimmers this who demonstrated great courage against some really well trained competition this afternoon.

A special shout-out to Alec and Miksang who received medals for top three performances in their events!

Common or Proper?

6th November 2025Abigale Crawford

In our English lessons this week, we have been learning all about common and proper nouns.

We discovered that a common noun is a name that can belong to lots of the same kind of thing — for example, girl, teacher, or city. A proper noun, on the other hand, is the specific name of a person, place, or thing — like Ada, Mrs. Crawford, or Doncaster!

One of the easiest ways to spot a proper noun is by looking for a capital letter at the start. That little clue helps us tell the difference straight away!

After learning together on the board, we split into teams to practise sorting nouns into common or proper. There was lots of discussion, teamwork, and excitement as we worked out which was which.

Everyone did a brilliant job — we’re becoming real grammar experts!