It’s been a short week in 7DPE

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.