XP East

C25 BTEC Sport Unit 1 exam. Tuesday 8th February.

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Miss O’Grady

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.

Over recent months I have been working with Crew Young in Y11 every Tuesday morning to explore revision techniques that I have successfully employed in my teaching over the years.

We’ve learned about techniques such as flash cards and the theory behind them, effective revision learning environments, the use of past exam papers and mark schemes, how to boost levels of motivation, the Cornell note taking method and digital revision applications like Seneca and Quizlet.

I often use the analogy of the forgetting curve to explain to students that we often forget knowledge over time, and without constant repetition and the revisiting of knowledge, it fades away over time. The following videos like the one below are great for helping students to understand the rationale behind such techniques. They help to reinforce the fact that there are no short cuts for beating the forgetting curve, and that with hard work and attention to the strategies that we have covered so far, we can indeed beat it.

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Last week’s session on using Quizlet to recap knowledge was awesome.

Next step – extend these strategies to all Y11 students in XP and XP East in order to beat the forgetting curve together!

MADRID 2022

We are in regular contact with our tour company to review arrangements and the latest travel advice ahead of our visit to Madrid in June 2022. Travel regulations and restrictions implemented by the UK authorities, our airline, and the Spanish Government are still subject to change at any time. Please read the current UK Government advice on entry requirements to Spain here.

Our current understanding is the students due to go on the Madrid visit are required to have two Covid vaccinations before the Spanish government will allow them entry into the country, and also there must be six months remaining on a passport, following our return date of Monday 27th June 2022 for it to be valid for travel.

Could parents and carers of participants please ensure that their child/ren receives both vaccinations against Covid, retain their immunisation record card and hand in to Mrs Mawby and / or show evidence of vaccination status on the NHS app to Mrs Mawby – some have already taken place on the school site, and the second round is planned shortly – and renew their passport if it is due to expire before 27th December 2022.

Many thanks