With Me In Mind has been specially designed and produced by the children and young people themselves in collaboration with NHS organisations, councils and schools.
The aim of the service is to treat pupils with mild to moderate mental health issues and to support those with more complex needs to access specialist NHS support.
Last week, Mel (Senior Practitioner) visited both XP and XP East and spoke to students in all year groups about the support her team can offer for those experiencing:
Low Mood
Anxiety
Self-esteem
Wellbeing
Sleep
Students will be able to access support through a variety of different means, including 1:1 sessions, groups work or corridor drop in sessions. (Please note: 1:1 sessions will require a referral from school).
Their website contains a whole host of new resources to help children, young people and parents with a range of mental health conditions.
Are you worrying about finding a suitable destination for them at the end of Year 11 or Year 13?
Are you worried about them not continuing in education due to their lack of engagement and understanding?
If you have answered yes to any of the above questions, Harrison College may be the solution.
Harrison College is an independent post 16 business, enterprise and employability provision for young people with ASD and/or SEMH. They have identified that there is a gap in the education provision for young people with ASD, particularly those that are high functioning, so they have created a learning environment that is professional, and business focussed, bridging education and employment. They have an over 95% success rate in securing destinations for their students.
They are holding our open evening on Wednesday 15th November 4pm – 6pm.
If you are interested, we encourage you to book a place using the enquiry form on their website Book a Visit – Harrison College, indicating Open Evening in the preferred time and date.
They look forward to welcoming you at the event- we hope you find this information useful!
Please have a look through the pictures and claim anything that belongs to you from lost property. Lost property can be claimed at XP East Office. Any unclaimed items will be donated to charity in the following week.
We have lots of events taking place over the next few school weeks that I’d like to remind you of/ draw your attention to. You may have missed these if you’re not subscribed to our blog. (Details of how to do this are shared below)
Date
Who
Event
4th Oct
E30 (Y7 Explorer and Pioneer)
Fieldwork offsite – 8.30am til 3.15pm, National Coal Mining Museum (keep an eye on the blog for updates) see blog for further details
6th Oct
X30 (Y7 Admiral and Skipper)
Fieldwork offsite – 8.30am til 3.15pm, National Coal Mining Museum (keep an eye on the blog for updates) see blog for further details
6th Oct
X26/27 and E26/27 Georgraphy LooL students (Y10/11)
Fieldwork – Required GCSE fieldwork – Sheffield during school day (keep an eye on the blog for updates) see blog for further details
6th – 13th Oct
C26 (all classes in Y11)
Mock exams – see blog post/letter emailed for further details
12th Oct
C26 (all classes in Y11)
Fieldwork – see letter, returning at 4.45pm (keep an eye on the blog for updates) see blog for further details
Half Term
A reminder half term begins on Friday 13th October, students are dismissed from school at 1.30pm to allow our de-gunge protocol to be completed before the break. We return on Monday 30th October for Term 1b.
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If it is good enough for our kids…
Last week we had the first of our staff days for this term. We have two staff days each term at XP so that our teachers can collaborate across the Trust to create and deliver the high quality curriculum that our students study. On Friday 22nd September we shared our key priorities for this year and prepared for our student showcase. We also shared good practice between crew leaders to support student attends, HoWLs and academic performance. On Monday 25th September we carried out phase microadventures that focused on staff crew development including pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones and replicating some of the things we do in the first week back with our students, reminding ourselves of our character traits.
Ron Berger came to visit
Our staff and students were privileged to take part in a master class around ‘beautiful work’ where Ron shared beautiful work from across the states but also from our trust schools. He spoke about the craftsmanship and quality seen in our schools when he shared highlights of his visit with our students. It was great to hear him talk about ‘courage’ and how we all have different courage but for some of us it is easy to be courageous when public speaking, for others it’s easy to be courageous when abseiling from a bridge. We will use this language with our crews as we reflect on our courage.
Find out more about Ron Berger and his influence on EL Education in America, the books he has written and why we value his views on education by following this link https://eleducation.org/who-we-are/people/ron-berger/
Students in E30 Year 7 will be visiting the National Coal Mining Museum on Wednesday 4th October. This fieldwork will be part of students expedition “From the Ground up”. We will leave school at 8.30am and return by 3.15pm. Students will need to bring a bag with:
A packed lunch (students on free school meals will be provided with a lunch), a pen / pencil / pencil case to complete work during the day and a warm coat as part of the day is outside.
If your child needs to take any medication, please inform their crew leader so that any necessary arrangements can be made.
We’ve been very lucky since XP first opened and as the Trust has grown over the last ten years, to be able to welcome Ron Berger to our schools. Ron, the CAO of Expeditionary Learning (EL) in the US, has visited us several times, sharing with us his knowledge, energy and wisdom.
Always supportive and inspiring, Ron has now, after a two week stay, just returned home. His time here has included visits to all of our schools, a well received and inspirational talk with our staff and chatting with our students and hearing their stories.
He also travelled to Scotland to visit our brilliant partners at The Wood Foundation and the educators they support in the Aberdeen area. Their school teams have been regular visitors to XP Doncaster on our delegate days for the last four years.
Last but not least, Ron joined colleagues on their induction in Derbyshire, sharing moment by moment with them the experience of developing Crew and fellowship.
Renowned as an educator and catalyst for innovation and compassion in education all over the world, we hope it won’t be long before we can welcome Ron back again.
