DofE Charity Work – E28 Crew Ardern

During this DofE session Crew Ardern began to work in groups to think about what charity organisations they would like to fundraise for as part of their volunteering section of their Bronze DofE Award – Watch this space for more information about events.

XP East Lost Property 22/02/24

Crew Ardern have collected the lost property this week at East. Please take a look and claim items belonging to you at XP East reception. Anything which remains will be donated to charity next Thursday 29th February

Thanks Crew Ardern

Crew Malala – achievements this week

Its been a really busy week for Crew Malala! We have begun our Passage Presentations, with Will setting the standard through his thoughtful reflections on his character growth, work and readiness for GCSE’s on Monday.

In Crew time on Thursday Malala showed a lot of courage and compassion as they supported a Year 7 Crew in their script writing and preparation for their first Student Led Conference.

We have also been carrying out our DofE volunteering and had a very successful litter pick on Thursday.

Finally, a huge congratulations to Alex who is now a member of the Doncaster Youth Council. He will be representing XP Trust and the views of young people aged 11-18 from across Doncaster. What an achievement!

Y9/E28 Immersion: ‘Happening History’

It was great to kick off our new Y9 expedition during Immersion week with a visit from ‘Happening History.’ 

Our visitors acted as experts for bringing to life the medical theories that prevailed during Medieval England. Through demonstrations, role play, and interaction with students, the team explored key knowledge surrounding what drove the different beliefs, and how religion, astrology and Greek Philosophy dominated the ‘medieval mind.’ 

The big reveal for our expedition title and guiding question will take place by the end of the week… stay tuned!

The Floor is Lava for E28!

Welcome back to E28. Students spent the morning resetting Crew by playing a round of The Floor is Lava! Students had to work in Crews to move their whole crew across the sports hall without touching the floor or the obstacles on it, all the while keeping a tennis ball in a bit of drain pipe. Students developed their teamwork and communication skills, all while having a great time!

The E28 Team

Donde quiera que vayas

E28’s Pioneer had an outstanding session in Spanish on Today, they started off by going through ‘things they could do’ at the weekend and how to say this in Spanish along with where they would do these. Such as, Voy al cine. Voy a ver una película’ (‘I am going to the cinema. I am going to watch a film’). 

Students then made their way outside of the classroom to conduct their surveys of what their peers were doing over the weekend, in Spanish of course!

During this task the students were impeccable in the way that they conducted themselves.

From their surveys they were then asked to write a paragraph of what they had found out about their peers’ weekend plans. This encouraged students to use the guidance provided to push to ‘excellence’ on the rubric given to allow them to assess where they are at.

Throughout  the session, Pioneer’s HOWLs and character traits were fantastic, they showed courage, integrity, compassion, showed craftsmanship and quality, worked hard, got smart and were all kind to others.

Well done!

Señor Pearson and Señora Barnes

E28 Crew Malala Student Profiles

Crew Malala are profiling one student per week, showcasing their hidden talents! This week’s student is Alex, who is a budding magician. Alex has recently started learning card illusions, and he performed one for us this morning in Crew. A student was asked to choose eight cards from a deck, and then one card from those eight. Once the card had been shown around Crew – but not to Alex – the card was put back into the pack of eight which was split into two packs of four. Abracadabra…without knowing which card it was, Alex made the student’s card jump from one pack to the other!  Amazing! Well done to our future illusionist!

Mrs. Collinson & Mrs. Batty

E28 Yorkshire Sculpture Park Fieldwork

Students in E28/Year 8 will be visiting Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield.

This will form part of their immersion for their first expedition of Year 8. 

Students will be visiting on Tuesday – 6th September 2022.

We will be travelling by coach, departing at around 9:15 AM and returning at approximately 15:00 PM.

Students will need to bring a packed lunch unless they access free school meals, in which case school will provide one for them. 

This is an outdoor site so students will be required to take a waterproof jacket/coat in case of wet weather, and wear suitable footwear (old trainers).

Usual school rules will apply in terms of mobile phones and these should not be used by students on the bus. Students may wish to take devices such as iPads to take any photographs or to make notes.

If your child needs to take any medication, please inform their Crew Leader so that any necessary arrangements can be made. 

All medication should be labelled with their name, and passed to a member of staff.

If you have any questions about the day, feel free to contact [email protected]