At XP Trust, we’re proud to be long-standing partners and friends of EL Education. We take part in Better World Week every year – not as a one-off event, but as an extension of the work we do every day in our schools. Like EL, we believe that learning should be purposeful, rooted in community, and driven by the desire to make a positive impact. It’s a shared mission that sits at the heart of our relationship and everything we do.

In every XP school, students take on meaningful work that matters to real people. From campaigning for local change to producing high-quality expedition products that leave a legacy, our young people learn not just how to succeed – but how to contribute. Better World Week gives us the opportunity to shine a light on that work, celebrate the voices of our students, and stand alongside a global network of educators who are committed to doing things differently…

Click ‘read more’ below to see our students’ beautiful work from this year…

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Beautiful Work This Week

Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust from this week. To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.

Every year, our friends and partners at EL Education invite schools across the world to take part in #BetterWorldWeek – a celebration of student work that makes a meaningful difference in the world.

Just like at EL, at XP this isn’t a one-off event – it’s the work we do every day. But this week gives us a moment to pause, reflect, and share the incredible ways our students have stepped up.

In the last year, they have:

• Hosted tea parties to tackle loneliness
• Campaigned for safer streets around their schools
• Created environmental art with purpose
• Challenged inequality through powerful public products
• Brought communities together

…and that’s just the beginning.

You can read all about their beautiful, purposeful work here:

https://xptrust.org/betterworldweek-2025/

Top of the Blogs

Class 8 Monarch Sketches @ Green Top

Self portraits @ Plover

Memory Jars @ Carcroft School

Weekly update for families @ XP Gateshead

If you go down in the woods… @ Norton Infants

Magnificent Magma @ Norton Juniors

Cheerleading competition @ XP

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!

This event is not ran by XP staff. We are just facilitating the tickets and number of student/ parents who want to go.

Any questions please email

[email protected]

Thanks

Tuesday – Cheerleading practice 3.30-4.30

Wednesday- Boys football practice and rounders practice 3.30-4.30

Thursday- C28 learning labs for Sport and Health and social care.

Thanks Team PE

Doncaster Rovers Under 18s are playing Port Vale at the Eco Power stadium on Friday May 2nd Kick off at 3pm. If you would like to go please email Miss O’Grady with how many tickets you require. Tickets are free.

[email protected]

This is not an event ran by XP staff

Last week the XP Doncaster cheerleading team competed against other schools across Doncaster and put out a brilliant performance. It was excellent to see them showcasing their routine. The girls came second overall and are excited for the upcoming performances that they have. Well done Xplosion!!

Please remind students to bring a water bottle and suncream to school now the weather is getting warmer especially for PE lesson.

Many thanks

Team PE

Beautiful Work This Week

Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust from this week. To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.

Top of the Blogs

Class 8 are Historians @ Green Top

Children dress up day @ Plover

Crowning the King and Queen of Carcroft @ Carcroft School

G31 Year 7 POL – Tonight! @ XP Gateshead

A Fairytale Tea Party @ Norton Infants

Fabulous Fieldwork @ Norton Juniors

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!

Y7 Presentation of Learning for ‘Dig Deep’ (7.2 Expedition) being held at Hyde Park Cemetery – address is Hyde Park Cemetery ,Carr Lane, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 5AA, United Kingdom.
XPE- Wednesday 7th May
The PoL will begin at 4:15pm and last for approximately an hour. 

Your children will be walked to Hyde Park Cemetery from school, you should meet them there. They will leave school from this venue, after checking out with a member of staff and their parent.

If you are not attending, please contact your child’s Crew Leader to make appropriate arrangements. 

You will need a mobile phone and headphones to participate in our PoL. Please ensure you arrive with these. 

Thanks Year 7 Team.

Tuesday- Year 7 girls rugby practice only for students selected with Miss Bowser.

Wednesday- Rounders and boys football practice 3.30-4.30. Year 7 girls rugby tournament in the school day (only for selected students) Meet Miss Bowser at 10am return to school at 3.15. Students will need a packed lunch and PE kit.

Thursday – BTEC learning labs for C28

Monday 28th April the Ski trip window for students in C29 and C30 will be open. Get your slip in to reception and pay your deposit as soon as possible to secure place on this amazing fieldwork