It was lovely having our special visitor yesterday! The children were in awe at Baby Yaya and asked some brilliant questions about what a baby needs. #LovePlover
Hooking LKS2 into What makes us human?
Happy New Year!
We have had a great start to our new expedition – “The Power of Life – what makes us human?”
It was great to see all costumes in the “dress-up as a robot’, especially all the time and effort that had gone into the outfits.
We spent the morning in our crews in mini workshops to give us a flavour of some of the learning we are going to be doing this term. Children had to workout the guiding question using clues given at the end of each workshop.
Children enjoyed exploring the internal organs, skeleton and muscles using AI and interactive games. They had a go at classifying robots, made electronic circuits, created robots and had fun with jigsaws.
As reward for solving the puzzle and in preparation for Friday’s learning, we spent the afternoon watching the film Robots.
Mrs Graves and Miss Vine
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We are problem solvers!
Years 3 and 4 have worked with each of the six crew leads today to carry out a range of activities that link to our new learning. If successful, they were given a word from the crew leader. Then they had to shuffle these words around so they made sense as a title and question. We finally worked it out…
The power of life: What makes us human?
Well done to everyone who managed to complete Mrs Haycock’s challenge of beat the buzzer. Everyone successfully built their wire buzzer (or in our case light) game! Extra shout out to the 6 children who managed to complete the game without setting the buzzer off.
I hope you all had fun in my session guys; I know I had lots of fun and that I am very proud of you all!
Mrs Haycock
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Are we human or are we robots?
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Supertato!
In 2L the children loved solving the mystery of what our new text is going to be in English. The children, completed jigsaws and matching activities before they put their inference skills to the test. The children used the front cover of the book and tried to work out who the book might be about, where it was set and what the story might be about. The children enjoyed listening to the story before they made their own superhero masks.
We are artists!
We have kick started hook week in Year 6 and began working as artists. The children have started their first drafts today of their final product- a mural of Ben Parkinson. The children will be developing their art skills over the course of this week, using various techniques and being inspired by experts and artists.
Keep an eye on our blogs to see what we get up to!
-Miss Blackham
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Y6 Crucial crew- Thursday 30th January
Could you help to inspire the next generation of XP and XP East?Â
We are currently working to create a directory of experts for our upcoming Year 9 Passage Presentations and would appreciate your help!
Passage Presentation is an opportunity for students to reflect on their learning and demonstrate their readiness to move onto the next phase of their education – GCSE.
Students share their high quality work to a panel of experts and their family through an oral presentation, increasing their accountability and character development demonstrating the skills and knowledge they have gained in Key Stage 3.
As part of the presentation students provide insight into their future goals and aspirations and we would like to ensure an authentic expert for each of them at their presentation – this is where you come in!Â
We are seeking support from any members of our community to become an expert panelist at a Passage Presentation, to listen to the presentation, ask questions and support in directing pathways. In order for this to be a success we request help from members of the public who are able to share their own experiences and advice in order to advance our students to the next level of formal schooling.
If you feel this is something you are interested in, please use this link to sign up to the directory.Â
Presentations will take place week commencing 27th January 2025 for 3 weeks. You will receive an invite from the student you have been allocated nearer to the time.
Should you have any further questions, please contact a member of our Key Stage 3 Team:
Natalie Johnson- [email protected] (KS3 Lead)
Emma Watson- [email protected] (Phase Lead XPE 8/9)
Chris Morrison- [email protected] (Phase Lead XP 8/9)
We appreciate your support in advance.
FREE Monday Community Football Sessions @ Plover
From Monday 20th January 2025 for Spring Term, Plover Primary School will be opening up their facilities to the community for children from 5-13 years old, to take part in some FREE football sessions 4.45pm-5.45pm.
Please complete the form below to register your interest and we will be in touch to confirm your place. Please note, places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Parents can drop off and pick up children from Plover school’s main reception – via Coniston Road.
Thank you
FREE Friday Community Dance Lessons @ Plover
From Friday 10th January 2025 for 5 weeks, Plover Primary School will be opening up their facilities to the community for children from 5-13 years old, to take part in some FREE dance lessons 4.45pm-5.45pm.
Please complete the form below to register your interest and we will be in touch to confirm your place. Please note, places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Parents can drop off and pick up children from Plover school’s main reception – via Coniston Road.
Thank you