Plover School

At XP Trust, we’re proud to be long-standing partners and friends of EL Education. We take part in Better World Week every year – not as a one-off event, but as an extension of the work we do every day in our schools. Like EL, we believe that learning should be purposeful, rooted in community, and driven by the desire to make a positive impact. It’s a shared mission that sits at the heart of our relationship and everything we do.

In every XP school, students take on meaningful work that matters to real people. From campaigning for local change to producing high-quality expedition products that leave a legacy, our young people learn not just how to succeed – but how to contribute. Better World Week gives us the opportunity to shine a light on that work, celebrate the voices of our students, and stand alongside a global network of educators who are committed to doing things differently…

Click ‘read more’ below to see our students’ beautiful work from this year…

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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.

Every year, our friends and partners at EL Education invite schools across the world to take part in #BetterWorldWeek – a celebration of student work that makes a meaningful difference in the world.

Just like at EL, at XP this isn’t a one-off event – it’s the work we do every day. But this week gives us a moment to pause, reflect, and share the incredible ways our students have stepped up.

In the last year, they have:

• Hosted tea parties to tackle loneliness
• Campaigned for safer streets around their schools
• Created environmental art with purpose
• Challenged inequality through powerful public products
• Brought communities together

…and that’s just the beginning.

You can read all about their beautiful, purposeful work here:

https://xptrust.org/betterworldweek-2025/

Top of the Blogs

Class 8 Monarch Sketches @ Green Top

Self portraits @ Plover

Memory Jars @ Carcroft School

Weekly update for families @ XP Gateshead

If you go down in the woods… @ Norton Infants

Magnificent Magma @ Norton Juniors

Cheerleading competition @ XP

Share your stories with us!

We now have a new dedicated news email so that you can send your stories, updates or ideas about potential news articles directly to us in Comms.

It might be something you or your students have achieved, a charity you’re supporting or anything at all that deserves a wider audience.

Write to us at [email protected] –  we want to hear about it, write about it and celebrate it!

This video was created by the National Literacy Trust on World Book Day, shining a light on the incredible work taking place in EYFS at Plover School to promote early reading.

The aim of their work is simple but powerful: to help families understand the value of sharing stories with their children from the very beginning, and to inspire a lifelong love of books.

Children in Nursery and Reception were treated to special storytelling sessions and each received a book to take home – making reading part of life at home as well as in school.

The National Literacy Trust continues to be an active partner in Plover’s current Expeditions, supporting Nursery children with songs and rhymes, and helping Reception pupils create their own stories. They are also training our EYFS staff to become Early Years Literacy Champions, building confidence and expertise across the team.

This partnership is a brilliant example of how purposeful collaboration can enrich learning, support families, and spark a love of reading that lasts a lifetime.