Just a little reminder that E26 will be attending fieldwork on Tuesday. We are going to visit Thackray Museum of Medicine, based in Leeds as part of our current expedition “You Give Me Fever”.
We are hoping to leave school at 9am and will be returning at approximately 3.15pm. Please ensure all medication is labelled and students bring a pack lunch. Unless you are accessing free school meals, in which case school will provide one for them.
Dear Parents and carers,
It is with regret that I have to inform you that we are unable to provide DofE Expeditions during this academic year for any of our students. This is due to staffing limitations within the DofE expedition structure and the lack of availability for training for new staff that want to be part of our team.
Safety of our students is of paramount importance to us and while we understand this is very disappointing news, we cannot compromise this.
On a more positive note we are already planning the training programme and staffing structure to enable expeditions to be delivered in the next academic year, 2023.
We are hoping to be able to offer our current Year 10 students (C25) the opportunity to do their Bronze or Silver expedition after completing their GCSEs in Year 11 (2023). Students that have successfully completed the other activities within the DofE award programme and have good or improving HoWLs will be considered to join the DofE expeditions.
Current Year 8 students (C27) will ALL start working towards their Bronze DofE Award Programme in September 2023 when they are in Year 9. Our School’s DofE lead will be in touch nearer the time with further information.
Best Wishes,
Kate ap Harri
XP Trust DofE Manager
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We’ve had a really busy couple of months in Crew Moore. We have completed all our first SLC’s and all have passed with flying colours!
I don’t know if you have noticed but we also have a crew name! We have decided as a crew, with very few votes against, to call ourselves Crew Moore after Sir Captain Tom Moore as he is an outstanding human being that has done amazing things for our country and our world back in his prime. The students made a fantastic presentation as to why our crew should have this name and found amazing facts about Sir Captain Tom Moore and how he got all his medals.
We also have an amazing young man named Kasper in our crew who has decided to walk 100 miles in march for the WWF charity! So far he has completed 16 miles, which as a crew we think is amazing! He is aiming to raise £100 so £1 per mile, I was hoping we could get some support for him. I will add a link for his donation page at the bottom of the blog post and hopefully add some pictures at a later date to show everyone how well he has done! There will also be posters up around school so students can have a look at what he is doing and why he is doing it.
https://www.facebook.com/donate/459141575912698/?fundraiser_source=external_url
Good luck to Kasper, we know you will smash it!
At XP our design principles are what guide us and the work that our community does.
‘We build our community through activism, leadership and equity sharing our stories as we go.’
In Crew Curie we have challenged ourselves to develop the leadership aspect of our design principles. As a Crew we will be doing weekly work in developing sports leadership with a focus on organisation, planning and communication skills and will be looking to develop the essential character trait of courage. We have decided that we will plan and lead a series of sports and activity sessions for students in year 7 later in the year and have begun looking at some of these fundamental principles so that we ensure our success.
In today’s session, we welcomed Crew Marx to join us for a game of dodgeball. I’d like to appreciate Olivia and Ethan in particular for their enthusiasm in our work so far in organising and leading the session today. Her are a few photos of the session running with Ethan having the guts to stand up in front of his peers and lead the session. Well done, Curie. Looking forward to seeing where we go next!
Coursework catch up session running Thursdays 3.15-4.15 in A01
Thanks Miss O’Grady and Mr Stables
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8th March 2022K Burns
As part of National Careers Week, Year 10 and XP16 have a fantastic opportunity on Thursday 10th March to attend Doncaster Racecourse, who are hosting a Careers Fair with stalls from a variety of industries and Post 16 education providers and universities. The students will be leaving school for the afternoon and will be back in time for the end of the day. This will introduce them to the opportunities available in Doncaster as they prepare for their GCSEs next year and their next steps in their academic journey.
