Anti-littering Activism in 3H

28th August 2024Mrs Haycock

3H have spent time looking at a range of different anti-littering posters today. They critiqued the examples we gave them, pointing out the strong elements as well as areas which could be even better! Then designed their own. Some very thoughtful suggestions were made about why it is so important to make sure we ‘Bin it, don’t drop it!’

Well done guys. You were fab for Miss Wood this morning and worked so hard with me this afternoon too!

Also, I hope you enjoyed the time you spent with the graffiti artist…just look at your finished product! WOWEE! Please, please, please 3H, take your parents, carers and/or other adults who collect you from school around to see the wall you helped to paint. It really is a piece of art to be proud of and you’ll have your mark on the building forever! Imagine when you’re grown up and bringing your own kids to Plover…You could say, “I did that!”

Mrs Haycock

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Our expert on resilience and compassion- Ben Parkinson

28th August 2024Miss Blackham

Today, Year 5&6 were lucky enough to meet Ben Parkinson- a true local hero who has shown so much resilience in his life. As part of first week back, we have been looking at our guiding question ‘how can we get everyone to the top of the mountain?’ Ben shared with the children about his injuries and how his friends/crew got him through such a hard time and actually saved his life. He also talked about the time he served in the army and all his amazing achievements and how they wouldn’t have been possible without his peers. He also shared how his injuries have only made him more resilient and how he now he raises lots of money for charity. We felt so inspired after the visit!

We also introduced the ‘Ben Parkinson award’ which will be announced at the end of the year and awarded to someone who has shown great resilience all year.

Thank you Ben- you hero!

-Miss Blackham

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Our graffiti wall!

28th August 2024Miss Blackham

We hope you all enjoy our graffiti wall that our pupils have spent the last two days completing with our very talented graffiti artist!

-Miss Blackham

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Day 1 in 2L

27th August 2024Mrs Lewis

It was lovely getting to know the children on their first day today and finding out about their Summer holidays! We began by thinking about our different emotions and about what they would look like on our faces. This afternoon we enjoyed playing some crew building games and working on our listening and communication skills.

I’m looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!

Mrs Lewis

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4GReat First Day Back!!!

27th August 2024Mrs Graves

It was lovely to see everyone back today and ready to start the autumn term of our new school year.

We have introduced the idea of the positive Character Traits: Respect; Compassion; Quality and Craftsmanship; Integrity and Courage and thought about which traits we would like to develop.

We also discussed our ‘First Week Back’ guiding question “How can we work together to achieve and end goal?” and how that applies to our end product of an outdoor library.

This afternoon we were inspired by books in our outdoor learning to create book images using natural resources.

Mrs Graves

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Crazy colour fun in 3H!

27th August 2024Mrs Haycock

Whilst getting to know each other today, 3H (mainly the adults) had their memories truly put to the test as we tried to remember everyone’s favourite colour. The children were amazing, the adults, well…a little more practice is definitely required!

Solving the problem of how to pass the ball without using your hands showed that you already know how to work together to overcome a problem! Check you out 3H! Let’s make this year an awesome one together!

Mrs Haycock

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It was an emotional day!

27th August 2024Mr Pickering

Welcome back to 2P! We have started easing back into school by building our Crew skills. Today we focussed on emotions and we thought about how different colours can be matched to different feelings. We tried to show what we might look like when we are happy, sad, scared or angry. We talked about how we can sometimes control our feelings ourselves but that we might sometimes need help from others.

This afternoon, we had to use communication skills to solve problems in our team games. We were surprised at how quickly we can make progress when we work together!

Spreading kindness by making birthday cards for all!

27th August 2024Miss Blackham

Our HoWLs focus in our first week back is the ‘be kind’ strand. We have discussed lots of ways to show and spread kindness to our whole Plover crew. We started our first activity by creating birthday cards for all staff and our entire year group. When it is somebody’s birthday, they can take a card from the birthday box and feel special whilst reading all of the lovely messages written by our Year 6 crew.

We can’t wait to spread kindness throughout the year!

-Miss Blackham

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From The Ground Up: LISTEN NOW!

29th July 2024Geoff Hewitt

Check out one of our students’ latest beautiful Expedition products, featuring powerful folk songs created by Year 7 at XP Gateshead, inspired by the rich mining heritage of North-East England. From performing mining-related songs to studying historical events and visiting Beamish Museum, our students have captured the essence of the miners’ stories.

Dive into the history and heart of mining communities with us and listen along in all your favourite places here!

LISTEN HERE!