Welcome back!
It has been a gorgeous morning welcoming our C30 cohort and watching almost all of them set off on their adventure to Wales. We have a jam packed first week back planned with lots of crew building activities, fieldwork, acts of service and a PoL planned. Further details of specific year group information can be found on the blog by searching for their cohort in the search bar.
A few reminders as we come back to school
Regular Kit and dress code
Students will need a regular kit on PE days and regular dress code for school. These can be found on the school website. (Linked above)
A reminder that for day to day kit we expect students a school bag with the following:
- A water bottle
- A fully charged iPad
- Pencil case including: pens, pencils, ruler, eraser and pencil sharpener
- A reading book of their choice
All of these items should be in a typical school bag or rucksack please.
C30 & new starters ParentPay system
Please ensure you sign up for ParentPay to pay for device orders, school lunches, music lessons and any other chargeable activities. We are a cashless school and therefore all payments are made through ParentPay.
If you do have any issues or do not receive an email or letter with the sign up details by the end of this week please contact your child’s crew leader.
Moving forwards all fieldwork and offsite visits where a coach is needed will have a voluntary contribution added to parent pay, this is to help towards the ever increasing coach costs whilst allowing us to continue to offer the fieldwork and immersive experiences we currently offer.
Keep up to date
A reminder that our 2 main forms of communication around upcoming events and any reminders are via the school website and email. Please ensure you keep us informed if your email address changes. You can do this by emailing the office
| XP Office | XP East Office |
| [email protected] | [email protected] |
Subscribe to our website!You can subscribe to our websites by adding your details on the front page. The subscription box is found on the right hand side towards the bottom of the page and looks like the image above. All C30 parents will be subscribed unless they request to be opted out.
New Expeditions
Our expedition newsletters will be out in a couple of weeks with updated information about the expedition, fieldwork plans, expedition teacher contacts and how to access extended study. Next week we begin our expeditions with immersion activities, visits and experts in school. We are looking forwards to the new expeditions and reminding our students that at XP our work is three dimensional – academic success, developing character, and allowing all students to respectfully express who they are through their beautiful work:
Academic success + character growth + beautiful work = The best version of you!
Please keep your eye on the blog for highlights of our first week back.
Mrs Claira Salter
Principal