Crew Frank have been working very hard over the past weeks to complete the work that has been set online.
Year 7 Maths teacher Mr Nixon sent a brilliant XP East postcard about the hard work Olivia from Crew Frank has been putting in at home.
This is fantastic Olivia, your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed. Keep up the good work! – You’re developing into a great mathematician.
Its been brilliant to hear and see all crew members taking part in PE with Joe at 9 am every morning. This has helped crew keep fit and healthy every day, Monday- Friday throughout the lock down period. It doesn’t matter how much you move or how much you turn into Spider- Man, all participation is valuable to our students like the picture above, this includes the parents too.
This is Crew Anne Frank member Caitlin showing us her fancy dress Friday workout with Joe, who has contributed every single day since the START! This is brill!
Positive vibes and motivation to kick start the week,
Enjoy and keep safe everyone,
Crew Frank
So following on from last week’s post showing what Lewis has been up to, it is Daniel’s turn this week.
Daniel has completed some real quality learning including a HUMS assessment where he achieved a fab score and showed great understanding of Africa, development and the DRC. He also completed an assignment answering the question ‘How far can Maycomb be called prejudiced?’. Mrs McCarthy said ‘What an absolute joy to read! Well done, great understanding and detailed yet clear explanation!’
In addition to completing his learning, Daniel has been enjoying walks with his family catching Pokemon!
He has also been enjoying quality time with his sister 🙂
It has been great the hear what Daniel has been up to, it’s been lovely keeping in touch and seeing the pics!
Have a look at these amazing cards that Ella from Crew Mercury has been making this week!
Ella has been giving these cards to her mum so she can pass them on to her fellow front line workers in social care. A lovely way to show her appreciation for everything they are doing in these difficult times.
I’m sure these cards have been massively appreciated, such a wonderful thing to do Ella! I am very proud!
It has been great to check in with crew and see what we have all been getting on with our learning. The learning that you are producing is fab, and we’re getting lots of praise from teachers. Well done everyone!
I’ve also enjoyed hearing about what crew have been getting up to in their free time.
For this week’s post I’m going to share what Lewis has been up to. He has been enjoying taking Thor for a daily walk. Look how big Thor is!!
Lewis is particularly proud of his maths learning, and I’m sure Mr Nixon is super impressed too! Mrs McCarthy also said she is proud of what you have done so far Lewis, keep it up!
Check back next week when we have an update on another member of Crew Mercury!
Schooling from home is just the new norm as google hangout is for Crew Anne Frank.
Google hangout has been a brilliant tool to check in and keep an update with our Crew members. It as been vital for all crew members to check in with each other as much as possible during the lockdown period, keeping that crew spirit.
We have struggled and adapted to the new system of school and all crew members are doing fantastic. We communicate really well as a crew and this has been a big influence in the success of the continuity in HOWL’s and spirit as a crew.
By using the timetable provided and our own personalised timetable, this has given us the ability to get all our typical day to day lessons in. With deadlines for tasks and assignments, we have been trying our best to meet these. This wouldn’t be achievable without the motivation we give each other as a crew.
Away from the school work we have been working hard at, there as also been the struggle to keep yourself entertained during the downtime period. We would like to recommend some activities we have found for boosting our moral and boredom:
We hope everyone stays safe in these times we never thought we’d experience in our lifetime.
Crew Frank
Who said technology was a bad thing?
Crew Rowling took some time out of our new normal in order to catch up and reunite this week. It was lovely to see most of you and hear about what you had been upto!
We started off by asking “If you could be an expert in anything, what would it be?” A question which was posed to me by Mrs Poncia last week during our Google Hangout which really got me thinking. It was brilliant to hear the vast array of responses from Crew, varying from Criminology to Gaming, then some more touching ideas surrounding Science and being able to find a cure so we could end lockdown or languages so we could converse with other countries easily and share ideas! The selflessness of my Crew never fails to amaze me.
Keeping things ‘Rowling’:
This leads me to our catch up about what they had all been up to this week, again putting others before themselves for the better:
Academic progress:
Whilst we were all together we also had a look at what we have achieved over the last two weeks- I was blown away! Raising concerns last week which had been passed on I was worried about how we would match up against the deadlines this week, but, as always, we smashed it! I am so proud of the progress Crew Rowling are making independently! I have created a spreadsheet which logs all of the deadlines Y7 have to meet, there are specific tabs for Explorer and Pioneer. I have been encouraging Crew to use this in order to plan their days and their timetable and they seem to be doing just that! (Well, most!)
A massive well done to Ben, Harvey, Faith, Thomas, and Lydia who have managed to plan their time to ensure that they haven’t missed a deadline in these first two weeks! Also, a special well done to Logan who has been working really hard despite being ill! You’re doing a brilliant job- keep up the hard work!
Take the time to do what you enjoy!!
During our Crew Google Hangout we discussed how important it is to keep in touch with your friends and family around this time and I encouraged the students to take a step back from the work once they’d completed what they needed to for that day and have some time for self care! I demonstrated this by showing them that i’d taken an afternoon to go on a walk, find some head space, and chill out! (As much as i could, ending up in a farmers field full of sheep wasn’t on the agenda!)
I think its important that not only do we get some work done but we remember to look after each other, and most importantly ourselves.
Stay safe everyone, already looking forward to our next catch up!
E26 pupils have been using watercolour paints to create beautiful sunsets and silhouettes inspired by African landscapes.
I am extremely impressed with E26 and their enthusiasm to create their artwork. We have some very talented young people at XP East! Well done!
During crew this morning Crew Young and Crew Mercury came together for student led conference prep (SLC). Students from Year 9 modelled what an SLC looks and sounds like. It was fantastic to see how our Year 9 responded to the challenge, finding out only 5 minutes before our Year 7s arrived.
In the closing circle students spoke about their experience, discussing the quality of questions asked and the respect shown by Year 7 during the presentations. Crew Mercury gave great critique to Crew Young about the quality of the presentations and thanked them for helping out. We are CREW ! A massive well done to all involved this morning.
E26 and E25 have been learning about warm and cool colours in their X Block art sessions.
They have a really good understanding of this, as you can see from their work!
