Well done to these children for having 100% attendance last term! We hope to see more this term. #LovePlover
100% Attendance in Spring Term
Summer 2024 Club Codes
Here are the CU codes for the Summer Term.
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EYFS artist visit
We would like to say a very big thank you to Helen for visiting Plover today. She is a local artist. Helen showed the children some of her artwork and how to paint seaside pictures. She then spoke to them as they painted their own postcards. We have some amazing artists in F2 who can explain their colour choice and what they are painting.
Mrs Price
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Super revision!
F2 Pride of Plover
Well done to Max and Georgia for earning our badges this week. Max has been working really hard and getting smart, especially in phonics. He has been kind helping his friends too. Georgia has been a good helper especially when children have struggled with their learning. She has been kind to grown-ups too. Mrs Reeve said that Georgia has been working hard in phonics. You are both superstars.
Mrs Price
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Pride Of Plover
Our Pride Of Plover this week has gone to Minadi and Skyla. Both girls are always eager to learn, show an excellent attitude to learning and are kind/caring members of our crew. Minadi has settled beautifully into our school routines as an early starter. They are both a pleasure to have in our crew. Keep working hard superstars.
Miss Wood
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The Best Part Of The Seaside
In maths today we looked at bar charts. We discussed what our favourite things to do at the seaside were to create the graph, then voted for the one we enjoy the most. As a class, eating ice cream is our favourite thing to do when visiting the seaside, and the arcades/funfair were our least favourite.
Miss Wood
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Sharing our Stories: 26/04/2024
Beautiful Work This Week
Beautiful Activism @ Green Top
A few months ago, Jake in Year 6 approached the school and his Crew with wanting to raise awareness around Motor Neurone Disease. Being a big fan of Leeds Rhinos, he has been inspired by Rob Burrowsā bravery and the superb effort of his ex-team mate, Kevin Sinfield.
Last week, Jake and his Mum organised a coffee morning fundraiser – including a bake sale, raffle and more! With the help of the Green Top Community, they have raised over Ā£2600.
You can donate here: xptrust.info/MND – please leave a note to say ‘care of Jake at Green Top School’!
We would also like to give a massive shout out to Elsie from Class 6 and her family, who raised an outstanding Ā£275 to buy raffle tickets. This is a cause very close to their hearts as they sadly lost Elsieās Grandad to the disease in 2011. You can read more about it here.
Once again the generosity of the Green Top community has blown us away. We are Crew!
Full Steam ahead at Gresley Exhibition launch
A remarkable new exhibition about Sir NIgel Gresley has opened at the Danum Gallery in Doncaster – and our XP Schools Trust is playing its part! Our Rail City book, which is on sale in the gift shop at the gallery, was one of the catalysts for the invitation to contribute to this important collection of work – and the inspiration for the brochure which has been delivered by our Comms Crew. Our students’ study of our city’s rail story has given them a real overview of how important the work of Sir Nigel Gresley, who created Flying Scotsman and Mallard at the Plant, is in the history of steam and speed.
Letters and personal objects such as his hat and portrait are part of the exhibition, which has been curated with the collaboration of the Gresley Society, the Doncaster Grammar School Railways Archive and Doncaster City Council. Students from XPD are creating an audio experience for exhibition visitors and our Primary School Pupils are being invited to create rail related illustrations for colouring books that will be part of the gallery’s summer holiday resources for children across Doncaster.
Seb, who joined us at the launch said: “Going to the private viewing of the exhibition was great. It is important that young people carry on the legacy of our ancestors!”
Mel Cocliff added: “It was a privilege to be invited to the launch of the Sir Nigel Gresley exhibition at the Danum Gallery. To watch students from XP interact with people involved, including our Civic Mayor, was truly heartwarming. It’s vital that young people in our communities continue to appreciate the rail heritage of Doncaster, and pass on that baton as they grow up, too!”
The exhibition runs until September.
EYFS @ Green Top build their sandpit!
Following the playhouse being removed from the Reception outdoor area, it was in need of a revamp so the children decided to create a sandpit in this space! What a perfect opportunity to work collaboratively to create a purposeful learning space for their Summer term expedition ‘What happens where the sea meets the shore?’ The children designed the space and made a list of resources and jobs – beautiful work!
Beautiful Curation @ Carcroft
Beautiful displays were installed this week at Carcroft School – a culmination of last term’s Expedition ‘There is no Planet B’.
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Messy maps!
2P have been learning about the difference between aerial views and aerial plans. We used this knowledge to make ‘messy maps’ of our classroom using different resources. It was really tricky trying to remember to look down from the ceiling but after much grappling, we began to create the shapes we needed. Great geography work 2P!
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Hook Week
This week we have followed a map, to go on a treasure hunt. We found a treasure chest filled with seaside objects! Before opening the box we made predications about what might be inside, then after looking at the items, we decided maybe our new expedition was going to be about the beach.
We then learnt that we live in Intake, Doncaster, and compared some pictures of Intake, to pictures of the seaside.
Miss Wood
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