Year 9 (E26) are able to have the School Leaver booster on March 21st. Emails have been sent to parents with an attached link that needs to be filled in and sent off. This is consenting for the School Leaver booster. Please check your emails, if you haven’t received this link then you can contact your son or daughter’s crew leader or [email protected] to be sent the link.
C26 – Thackray Museum of Medicine Fieldwork
Students in C26/Year 9 will be visiting the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds.
We are venturing out on 2 separate days as part of their current expedition ‘You Give Me Fever’.
XP East – Tuesday 15th March 2022
XP Wednesday – 16th March 2022
The primary purpose of the visit is to explore the galleries which will help students get to grips with the science behind disease, and the state of public health when Victoria was on the throne. This opportunity to travel back through time and meet key figures in the fight against disease will support the learning on how its history can help us inform the very current issues we face today.
Oh wait there is more… Alongside this amazing experience, we are also booked on a workshop that looks at the following – Does history always move in a straight line? Is innovation always straightforward? This engaging talk uses events and changes throughout medical history to consider the past, present and future of medicine.
We will be departing at around 9:00 AM and returning at approximately 15:00 PM.
Students will need to bring a packed lunch unless they access free school meals, in which case school will provide one for them.
Students will need to dress appropriately and in line with the school dress code. As we will be walking around the museum, comfortable footwear is required.
Usual school rules will apply in terms of mobile phones and these should not be used by students on the bus. Students may wish to take devices such as iPads to take any photographs or to make notes.
If your child needs to take any medication, please inform their Crew Leader so that any necessary arrangements can be made.
All medication should be labelled with their name, and passed to a member of staff.
If you have any questions about the day, feel free to contact me at ewatson@xpschool.
Bit of History!
The museum building has a long and chequered history.
It first opened in 1861 as the purpose-built Leeds Union Workhouse, a harsh and unwelcoming home for poor and homeless people with nowhere else to go. Over the years, new buildings were gradually added to the workhouse complex, including a separate infirmary.
Crew Malala Take on Nature!
Crew Malala were set atwitter, as we took on the mammoth task of getting involved in the RSPB’s Big School’s Birdwatch! We are so lucky to have a school positioned so close to nature and we couldn’t wait to get out there and see what we could find!
The ground was muddy but that didn’t stop us! We donned our extremely fancy capes and were on our way! What did we notice? Well, there are an awful lot of magpies around our school!
What did we wonder? Where did the huge flock of seagulls disappear to after our dinner time?
What did we question? What other creatures could we find? We tried to track down a frog or a toad in the marshy puddles but alas we had no luck this time!
When we returned to crew, we tallied up just what we found and we were all extremely surprised!
We really enjoyed talking about nature and we plan on spending more time outdoors taking care of our environment really soon!
Indoor athletics
Thursday 3rd March 2022
PE are taking a group of students from Year 7-10 to indoor athletics. Please find the letter below which has gone out to students to take home.
Any questions please email
Miss O’Grady [email protected]
Mr Stables [email protected]
Cheerleading Practice
We have extended the cheerleading practice this week in preparation for the competition.
Practice- Thursday 24th February 3.30-5.30
Competition – Wednesday 2nd March. Leaving school at 15.00pm and return to school at 17.30pm
Any questions please email Miss Bowser or Miss O’Grady
Crew Young, right on it, right NOW!
There’s a real productive “hum” currently emanating from Crew Young’s base classroom right now. This is due to each student pairing up with another to revise for the maths mock exam. Lewis and Summer are talking sines, cosines and tangents, whilst Louie, George, Maclaren and Dominic are describing the difference between mean, median and mode averages. Eleanor is attempting a past paper and Isabel is studying quadratic equations.
Go Crew Young – let’s smash this exam out of the park!
C25 BTEC Sport revision
No revision this week for C25
Starts W/C 28th February
Thanks Miss O’Grady
Enrichment timetable update – Feb/Mar
With a new half term comes a new enrichment timetable. This has all the fantastic opportunities our students can access both during school and after school, both academic and sports.
Any questions please contact Mr Stables
Fieldwork Wednesday 23rd February
Just a little reminder that E27 will be attending fieldwork on Wednesday. We are going to visit the Imperial War Museum North, based in Manchester as part of our current expedition “DO YOUR BIT!”.
We are hoping to leave school at 8am, if your child could arrive for 7:45 at the latest to allow for registers this would be a great help!
Your child will need a packed lunch (free school meals will be provided as per entitlement), as well as a fully charged iPad/device for capturing images that will form part of our final product.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact your child’s crew leader.
Thanks in advance!
Boys Football Fixture vs Laurel Academy 23/2/22
Hoping all students enjoyed the half term and now coming back the fixtures will be coming thick and fast.
The Y7 and Y10 boys have a fixture against Laurel Academy on the first Wednesday (23/2/22) back with the Y7’s playing at home and the Y10’s traveling away.
The Y7’s will be available to be picked up from XP at 4:30 and the Y10’s will be back at XP at 5:30
The team sheet will be up on the PE notice board can students please tick their name to confirm attendance
Please bring Trainers and Boots, shorts, socks and shin pads (also layers to keep warm)
Any questions please speak with Mr Stables