XP East

To ensure our wonderful C28 students have a great send off, our awesome parents are organising a formal prom in July.

But… we need your help! To make the evening as memorable as possible, we have a couple of fundraising opportunities.

On December 18th, we’ll be having a Christmas PJ day – long PJs, be as festive as possible – £1 donation towards C28’s prom – along with a breakfast goodies sale during crew.

We’re also currently selling Raffle tickets – some great prizes available (and donations welcomed!) – £1 per strip, run by Y11 crews.

Please see the attached information posters – and if you’re able, get involved!

We’re excited to share that the deadline for submitting Expressions of Interest for the Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award has been extended to Wednesday 17th December.

If your child is hoping to take part in this year’s Silver programme, please make sure the form is completed by the new deadline so we can begin the next steps and secure their place.

We’ve also attached the Information Slides, which include everything you need to know about what the Silver Award involves, expectations for each section, and how to get started.

This is a fantastic opportunity for students to challenge themselves, build new skills and enjoy unique experiences — we’re really looking forward to supporting them on their Silver DofE journey.

If you have any questions, please get in touch.

DofE Team

Find out more and apply here to #JoinOurCrew

https://xptrust.org/were-looking-for-a-cleaner-at-xp-doncaster/

Crew Anning (GAS) / Parks (COG) have been busy sorting through all the lost property that has gathered over the term. They’ve taken photos of each item and organised everything neatly so students can easily find anything that may have gone missing.

All items are now in the XP East office.
If you spot something in the photos that belongs to your child, please ask them to pop down to the office and collect it at their earliest convenience.

Thanks Year 9 Crew

Last week was full of amazing after school fixtures.

Year 7 and 9 netball teams hosted Ridgewood, all students were excellent representatives from XP and XP East. Year 9 produced some amazing netball and won their match, unfortunately year 7 were not as lucky and just missed out. Well done to our sports leaders for supporting umpiring the matches. We had two outstanding players of the match from attack and defence. Well done , keep it up.

On the same night we also hosted the year 7 and 8 girls central venue football tournament. Huge well done to the Year 7/8 football team on winning all 3 of their matches. Absolute superstars.

We are excited to announce that E31 will be presenting their learning on Tuesday 16th December from 4:00–5:00pm. This special event will celebrate the incredible work students have completed throughout their Being Human learning expedition.

Over the past term, E31 learners have explored what it means to be human, investigating identity, empathy, relationships, challenges, and the shared experiences that connect us all. Guided by their guiding question, “What does it mean to be human?”, students have engaged in deep thinking, thoughtful discussion, and creative expression.

This will be a meaningful and inspiring event, and we would love to see our community there to support and celebrate the hard work of E31.

We look forward to welcoming you on 16th December!

Thanks Year 8 Team

Monday- Badminton practice 3.30-4.30

Tuesday- Doncaster Rovers fieldwork. Meet in XP car par at 18.30. Only students who have handed a letter in.

Wednesday- No netball practice this week due to POL.

Thursday- No cheerleading this week.

Any questions please email

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

E30 Explorer have been grappling with the comparison of France and China’s population policies in Geography this week! Examining the strengths and weaknesses of arguments, and providing their personal opinion on the ethical and moral aspect of Governments regulating their populations. Super impressed with their grapple and craftsmanship displayed in their work and discussions!

As we approach the end of the school flu vaccination programme, RDASH would like to remind families that there is still an opportunity for children who have not yet received their flu vaccine to attend one of the community health bus sessions.

The information below is for the FLU vaccine service, which is only for students who have not already had their flu vaccination.

If a parent wishes their child to attend, they will need to complete a consent form. To receive your school’s individual consent link, please call 03000 211 841 or 03000 211 840.

Upcoming Health Bus Sessions:

• Saturday 13th December 2025 – Lakeside Village – 09:00–15:30
• Saturday 16th January 2026 – Lakeside Village – 09:00–15:30

Beautiful work this week

Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust!

To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.

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Crew 5/6 Community Crew Meeting @ Green Top

We are Scientists @ Plover

Testing out our final product @ Carcroft School

Epic week for PE @ XP

Year 5/6 Netball Tournament @ Norton Juniors

Weekly update @ XP Gateshead

A Christmassy Start to December! @ Norton Infants

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!