On Friday, Crew Curie and Crew Marx teamed up to clean up the car park. We noticed there was lots of litter culminating in the area and decided to have a competition to collect the most rubbish!
We ended up with 9 bin liners FULL of litter and found some very interesting things from shoes, to hats, and even a lone teddy bear the students wanted to clean up and take home…..I managed to talk them out of that one!
Well done guys, looking after our community is vital!
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The National Horseracing College offers a wide range of courses specifically catered for the staffing needs of the British racing industry.
They offer apprenticeships at level 2 and level 3 and also offer a 12 week residential courses.
Best of luck to our KS3 students who take part in the Doncaster schools finals tomorrow evening. Very exciting times and we all know they will do the school and everyone else very proud.
The team sheet can be found on the PE notice board and students are required to tick their name to confirm attendance. Any questions speak with Mr Stables
Good luck to everyone!
Our E27 / Year 8 Spanish students have recently completed their 6 frame daily routine storyboard, that provides a model for Year 5 students in our XP Trust Schools to follow. By connecting their learning to previous material covered in year 7 – such as telling the time, naming family members, and identifying rooms of the house – most of our E27 / Year 8 linguists were able to evidence up to and including excellence standards on the rubric table.
We’re really proud of their achievements and wish to share their beautiful work, curated here into a short video-clip, with the wider community. ¡Enhorabuena a todos!
As the weather outside has been frightful this weekend we decided it felt like Christmas had finally arrived. Today we spent our crew session Christmas crafting in an attempt to make our crew room as festive as possible.
The first ‘job’ was to assemble our crew advent calendar. Lola, Chloe and Frida expertly coached in the boys, showing them exactly how to put the boxes together, whilst grappling with number stickers and the dreaded glue dots. Mrs Desborough will be filling the boxes with a range of Christmas treats for everyone to enjoy.
Then we shifted our focus to our wonderful crew mascot, Chunkz. He is now living in what can only be described as a Christmas cave, complete with his own light up Christmas tree, snow and icicles. He has also be joined by three furry friends in the form of polar bear (the names of these triplets are yet to be decided).
The boys were then given the challenge of producing the paper chains, while Lola and Frida tackled the stars and Chloe completed the ‘Merry Christmas’ banner.
We all left feeling a little more cheerful and Corey admitted he had really enjoyed spending time together in crew. So from everyone in crew Mandela, we wish you (an early) Merry Christmas!
Further to the recent Government announcement concerning the Covid19 Omicron variant, the Department for Education has updated its operational guidance for schools.
In summary, the following changes apply to both XP and XP East:
Face coverings to be worn in communal areas:
Self isolation for close contacts of those who test positive for Omicron:
All planned school events for this term will continue as normal, unless the guidelines or situation changes.
Best wishes, Jamie Portman.
Finally E28 are able to show off their great work to their families in a Presentation of Learning. This is an opportunity for the students to show off their work and learning from their current expedition From the Ground up! Something we are so excited to have back at XP and XP East.
The current expedition has focused on mining and students have been answering the guiding question “What does the community of Doncaster owe to mining?”, alongside showing their work, parents and carers will have the opportunity to hear the music students have created inspired by the Colliery bands of South Yorkshire and see the Artwork students have produced!
If your child is in E28 they will be hosting a Presentation of Learning on Thursday 9th December, starting at 16:00 and will finish by 17.00.
Students will be expected to stay at school at the end of the school day before the Presentation of Learning.
We ask that students bring a change of clothes and dress in smart clothes as it is a formal occasion. They may also want to bring a snack to eat before the start of the evening.
We will post a reminder closer to the event and we hope to see you all there!
Despite an intense couple of weeks sitting the first set of Y11 mock exams, E24 haven’t put the learning brakes on and are continuing to work hard across all sessions.
I have been particularly impressed with the focus in Citizenship this week as students prepare their investigation portfolio, which is worth 15% of their final grade.
This part of the qualification focuses on active citizenship and asks students to explore through case studies and by their own actions how citizens are able to try to make a difference to society. Our students have always been encouraged to be activists, starting way back in Y7 with our Stand Up expedition, so researching and producing this investigation portfolio is right up their street!
Here are some of the topics being explored:
The class are already having considered, insightful and mature discussions around their chosen topics not just in their Citizenship lessons, but in Crews too.
Absolutely fantastic, Y11!
To celebrate (almost) the end of the latest round of mock exams, Crew Young joined the rest of their E24 / Year 11 peer group this morning to have a chat, a wind down, and enjoy a continental breakfast arranged by Crew Leaders. Special appreciation to Mrs Parker and Miss Cocliff for kindly going shopping for all the provisions.
