Tuesday 8th May – Due to Bank Holiday Mayday Monday we checked into Crew on Tuesday instead, and also seized the opportunity to contribute to a shared debrief about the second round of Student-Led Conferences.

Wednesday 9th May – Accelerated Reader programme, allowing us to engage in collective silent reading for 40 minutes and/or to complete a comprehension exercise based on the books that we have just finished.

Thursday 10th May – Outside in the sunshine for a Danish Longball tournament…..and OUR CREW WON THE ENTIRE EVENT….YAY!!!!

Friday 26th Jan – Our XP Trust Community Meeting provides a weekly opportunity to give apologies and pledges, share appreciations and make stands for things that we feel strongly about. XP East usually holds a further school-specific Community Meeting in the afternoon.

And finally a polite reminder that – as we have worked so hard to currently rank first place (overall) for our cumulative Crew attendance – routine appointments and holidays should be arranged for out-of-term time please. We cannot afford to allow Mrs Parker’s Crew to catch us up and overtake us!!!

This week saw the culmination of the second round of 7DPE’s Student-Led Conferences. I had the pleasure and privilege of attending all thirteen of my Crew’s SLCs and I was again delighted with the quality of conversations about learning that took place between our students and their parents.

Monday 16th April – We checked in, by sharing with each other what we had been up to over the weekend.

Tuesday 17th April – Our HUMS teachers used Crew to help us to prepare for our forthcoming SLCs.

Wednesday 18th April – The Accelerated Reader programme requires us to spend one Crew session each week, as well as time at the start of sessions 1 and 4 and Extended Study time, engaged on quiet reading to improve our literacy levels.

Thursday 19th April – We used Crew time to start the tick list of tasks that are needed to prepare for the SLCs. Some of us sent e-mails to invite our parents to attend whilst – for those whose parents have already signed up – we sent out e-mails confirming appointment times.

Friday 20th April – Our whole school Community Meeting provides a weekly opportunity to give apologies and pledges, share appreciations and make stands for things that we feel strongly about. XP East held a further school-specific Community Meeting in the afternoon that was visited by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.

OUR CREW ATTENDANCE FOR THE PREVIOUS WEEK WAS 97%. WHILST THIS IS VERY GOOD, AND ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGE, CREW 7DPE ASPIRE TO BE TOP OF THE ATTENDANCE LEAGUE NEXT WEEK WITH AN EVEN HIGHER PERCENTAGE!

Monday 9th April – We all checked in to crew following the weekend.

Tuesday 10th April – We worked on our personal profiles – a series of Google slides to share a hobby or interest with our Crew members will allow us to become more confident and more proficient in our presentational skills. 

Wednesday 11th April – AR reading during Crew sessions is paying dividends as all students in our Crew are making progress in their reading levels.

Thursday 12th April – We joined Crew KPO in the drama room for a inter-Crew dodgeball session….with hastily amended rules.

Friday 13th Dec – Our whole school Community Meeting provides a weekly opportunity to give apologies and pledges, share appreciations and make stands for things that we feel strongly about. XP East School usually holds an additional school-specific Community Meeting on Friday afternoons.

Monday 19th March – Our weekly check in provided an opportunity for students to share with our Crew the things that they had got up to over the weekend. Our Crew Leader also conducted an equipment check – everyone had basic equipment! Well done!

Tuesday 20th March – We spent Crew engaged in silent reading, on the Accelerated Reader programme. Our Crew Leader shared with us, on a one-to-one basis, our reading patterns and individual attendance records to school. We are now in second place overall in the attendance league table…..but I expect us to regain the top slot soon, as attendance is so important!

Wednesday 21st March- We ran and/or walked four laps around the stadium track in support of Sport Relief.

Thursday 22nd March – We completed a series of administrative tasks, and a survey circulated by Mrs Rigby’s Crew about the nature of waste and rubbish around the school site.

Friday 23rd March – An early start for Crew 7DPE as we visited our brand new school building, currently nearing the end of the construction phase. The potential for very high quality teaching and learning in such a fabulous learning environment is becoming obvious!

Monday 12th March – An early start to term 4 with a prompt departure to Leeds University where we spent the day considering life at university, touring the campus and meeting undergraduate students. Medical student doctor Tom explained the difference between viruses and bacteria, and we designed our own pathogens……all of this to help us to anticipate the next Guiding Question that underpins work in our STEAM sessions.

Tuesday 13th March – We checked in, by sharing with each other what we had been up to over the 2 week holiday.  Our thoughts also turned to the fabulous immersion trip at Leeds Uni.

Wednesday 14th March – We held an impromptu XP East Community Meeting to look at the widening range of sports that we’ll experience this term.

Thursday 15th March – school photographs day! We spent most of Crew reading our AR books, and discussing our next Crew-led sessions.

Friday 16th March – Our whole school Community Meeting provides a weekly opportunity to give apologies and pledges, share appreciations and make stands for things that we feel strongly about. XP East usually holds a further school-specific Community Meeting in the afternoon.

Monday 12th Feb – We checked in, by sharing with each other what we had been up to over the weekend.

Tuesday 13th Feb – We spent our Crew session working on finalising our animations of particles for the Chefistry Celebration of Learning. Many are of an egg-stremely high standard. Pioneers will hold theirs next Weds and Explorers will present their learning next Thurs. Egg-cups are still needed please! It promises to be an egg-citing event, due to the involvement of our egg-sperts….. 

Wednesday 14th Feb – We dedicated our Crew session to improving our literacy on the Accelerated Reader programme.

Thursday 15th Feb – We discussed our ideas for Crew-led activities. Dodge ball seemed particularly popular!

Friday 16th Feb – Our whole school Community Meeting provides a weekly opportunity to give apologies and pledges, share appreciations and make stands for things that we feel strongly about. XP East usually holds a further school-specific Community Meeting in the afternoon.

REMINDER – PLEASE LOAN US AS MANY EGG-CUPS AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR CELEBRATIONS OF LEARNING NEXT WEEK

Monday 29th Jan- School was closed to students for a staff planning day. Staff reviewed learning targets and refined the assessment of our students’ work. We also visited our new school building to check on progress……things are really taking shape over there!

Tuesday 30th Jan – We checked in, by sharing with each other what we had been up to over the weekend.  Our Crew Leader shared photos taken of the interior of our school building (currently under construction).

Wednesday 31st Jan- We completed our check-in and spent the rest of our Crew session reading and/or revising for our Spanish assessment.

Thursday 1st Feb – We “piggy-backed” an idea raised by crew members in Mr Smith’s Crew, and wrote out a short, medium and long term pledge. Here are just a few:

“I pledge to try and get better attendance”.

“I pledge to complete my homework at home”.

“I pledge to try not to go off topic during sessions”.

“I pledge to try to be an even better person in the new school”.

“I pledge not to get into people’s personal talks”.

Our Crew committed to supporting each other to meet the pledges, but also to hold each other to account to ensure they are met. We intend that any new pledges will be more closely aligned to our character traits and HOWLs, and how we can help others as well as ourselves.

Friday 2nd Feb – Our whole school Community Meeting provides a weekly opportunity to give apologies and pledges, share appreciations and make stands for things that we feel strongly about. XP East usually holds a further school-specific Community Meeting in the afternoon.