Planned fieldwork for E27

9th February 2022Web Blogger

We finally have the go ahead on some fieldwork for E27 expected to take place on the first Wednesday back after half term (23/02/2022).

We are currently studying the expedition “Do your bit” focusing on World War I. We have looked at many aspects of the war so far including recruitment and trench warfare! The students are very engrossed in this subject and always respectful of sensitive content which is fantastic!

We have planned to visit the Imperial War Museum in Manchester to obtain some footage and information for our final product!

We will be leaving school on Wednesday 23rd February at 8am, all students must be here ready to leave at this time. We will be leaving the museum at around 2pm and should be back onsite at 4pm. However we will update the website with an accurate ETA when leaving the venue.

If you have any questions, please direct them to your child’s crew leader and I will get back to you!

Thanks

Miss Ibbotson

C24/Y11 Mock Exam Timetable

9th February 2022A Parker

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Y11 will be sitting their second round of mocks when they return to school after the half-term break. This timetable should help students to plan and manage their revision.

More revision resources and general information for parents can be found on our C24 Revision Support Website.

Subject teachers have also uploaded revision tasks onto their google classrooms, so students have plenty of resources to help them.

Crew Young’s interview experience

8th February 2022D Pearson

Recently, Crew Young joined students in C24 in a series of activities designed to prepare them for formal interview and potential employee assessment. Managers and staff from a well-known national retailer of DIY merchandise used the same group activities, “what if?” scenarios, and interviews with Crew Young that they use to identify suitable employees from a field of applicants. Needless to say that the feedback and debrief session that followed was perhaps the most valuable aspect of their experience. A huge appreciation goes to Mrs Burns for arranging this event!

C24/Y11 Science Update

8th February 2022A Parker

Yesterday we received the exam board guidance on what the “major focus” will be in each of the exam papers in Combined Science. The exam board has made it clear that the students may be examined on other content in “low tariff and linked content” questions. It is also worth noting that the Physics exams use around 20% multiple choice questions, and therefore a broad knowledge base is useful in determining wrong options. Students are still expected to apply their knowledge in unfamiliar contexts. 

Our guidance is that our students should revise as broadly as they can, whilst ensuring that they have deep knowledge of the content highlighted by the exam board. This is highlighted in the table below for each paper. Please note that the content may be different for foundation and higher levels.  

The exam board guidance can be found here 

Any queries regarding this please contact [email protected] 

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Friday 11th Feb – Last Day of Term

8th February 2022Rebecca Mohammed

Just a quick reminder that this Friday is the last day of term.

School will close at 1.30pm and there is no provision for students to stay any later. This enables staff to De-Gunge and prepare for the next term.

We hope you have a lovely break.

Best wishes.

The XP East Family

Lost Property: XP East

5th February 2022Web Blogger

There is a LOT of Lost property at the moment at both XP School and XP East. Please have a look through the following photos and ask students to collect ASAP if you spot any of their items. The following items are at XP East:

Thank you! 🙂

E24/Y11 Friday Focus

4th February 2022A Parker

It might be Friday, but Y11 are definitely not winding down for the weekend – yet!

From revisiting ‘A Christmas Carol’ in English…

To working through past GCSE papers in maths…

Study+ revision groups…

Before finishing the week off with a much needed PE session to work their bodies as hard as they’ve been working their brains!

And I’m ending my Friday feeling super proud of the fantastic work and focus from Y11 🙂

C24 (Y11) Community Meeting

2nd February 2022Web Blogger

We say this all the time, but Y11 really are doing us both proud! We had some wonderful praise postcards yet again as part of this week’s community meeting, and it’s lovely to see some different names this week.

Well done Y11 – keep working hard, getting smart and being kind. We’re really impressed!

Miss Cocliff & Mrs Parker x

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Crew Frank XPionage!!

27th January 2022Web Blogger

As a crew phase we decided to do an activity which would bring positivity to our week. We came up with the idea of XPionage. This is where we covertly watched others in our crew looking out for positive things they were achieving. We were given a post-it note with the name of the person we would be commenting on, we added these comments to a Google for which was anonymous.

Below is a selection of some of the amazing things we discovered about each other during the week.

Stayed on focus during all lessons and made sure he completed everything to the best of his abilities
Olivia worked really hard in Hums this week. We was learning GCSE content. She also contributed quite alot and understood the content.
Oliver has focused in class quite a lot and has interacted with other students in helpful and mindfull ways. During reading time/work he is always focused on doing his work first. He ussualy puts his hand up in lessons to.
He shows respect by listening all the time
Did good work and good craftsmanship and quality
He works hard in most lessons and helps others in maths/science. He shows respect to teachers and is getting smart in Spanish
Mackenzie has been working hard in lessons such as art and maths. He has been contributing and focusing in sessions.
She has been working hard and focusing in class and hasn’t been chatting.

It was nice for people to notice the good we were doing.

Mackenzie and Charlie L.