XP East

The DfE has strongly recommended that students are tested for Covid on the first day back after the Xmas holiday (Tuesday 4th January). As a result, XP and XP East will be closed except for the specific time frames for students to take part in the testing provision. 

Staff will set work via Google classroom and students will be expected to complete this at home. Staff will be setting this work on Friday morning.

Those students who have not consented to testing do not have to take part in the testing provision, and should not come into school.

Please find below details of the testing slots for each year group. Siblings in different year groups may come to school together at any time.

Our schools will open as normal on Wednesday 5th January 2022.

Best wishes, Jamie Portman.

Over the past half term the school has been competing in the Doncaster Schools Badminton League in both KS3 and KS4 age groups.

After topping both pools the students advanced to the finals; with the KS3 students competing at XP and the KS4 students travelling to Rossington All Saints.

This culminated in a 3rd place finish for KS3 and KS4

As a PE department and a school we are incredibly proud of all students involved as for many it was their first time playing competitive fixtures for XP and we are excited to kick on with new sports in the New Year

Well Done to ALL!!

Please note that due to the rising numbers of people becoming infected with the new Omicron variant, we have made the difficult decision to postpone fieldwork to the Museums of Liverpool on Wednesday 5th January 2022 (E27) and Tuesday 11th January (X27). Students will therefore need to arrive at school as normal, prepared for sessions. Lunch will be as normal in school. 

We hope to rearrange the fieldwork at the safest earliest opportunity. Although it is disappointing, the safety of our students and their families is our priority

The school Christmas dinner day is Wednesday 15th December. There will be a vegetarian option which will also be served with vegetables.
The only option on this day is Christmas dinner so if your child would prefer to bring a packed lunch then that is absolutely fine.
Merry Christmas to all of our families, we hope you have a wonderful break.
XP East Crew

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Crew Vocaleles, our ukulele and singing group will be performing a selection of Christmas songs for the general public at Lakeside Village Shopping Outlet on Wednesday 15th December between 1:30 & 3:00pm.

Those students involved will be in school as normal for their dinner and back in time for the normal school finishing time. They will need a ‘big’ coat, a hat and possibly a scarf as it will be cold, we are performing undercover but outside.

If you are passing by, stop for a listen and a sing-along! Merry Christmas.

Unfortunately the Y7/8 football fixture on Wednesday has been cancelled with the view to rearrange in the New Year.

But as a compromise the two teams will play an inter-school friendly against one another for the ultimate XP school bragging rights.

Can the students on the team sheet please bring appropriate kit and are too meet at the changing rooms after school.

Can parents please pick students up from XP at 4:45

Any questions please speak with Mr Stables OR Mr Currie

A few weeks ago we decided as crew to make up some gift bags for a local charity. We decided on the Doncaster Housing for Young People charity, they are a local charity who work with 16-25 year olds who are homeless or facing homelessness. They provide support on so many levels that allows young people to have a home and a chance at success.

We met three of their service users who told us how they had got to a situation of which they became homeless, there were so many reasons that were out of their control. One of the girls was in foster care and had to leave care at 16 which left her vulnerable, her family lives in Wales and she had no support, DHYP helped her find a property and she is currently happy, healthy and housed!

It was a great learning curve for crew to take away the stigma surrounding homelessness and help them understand that it can happen to anyone! Amazing charity!

Unfortunately the charity have to be careful of posting pictures meaning this is the only one we got!

Huge thank you as well to parents of Crew Marx and Gemini Rail for donating so many lovely gifts!

These last few weeks, we have been doing lots of fun things, like decorating our crew room for Christmas. We pinned a Christmas tree to our crew wall, and worked as a crew to decorate it. We also made 3D paper snowflakes, and hung them from the ceiling to make the room look even more festive. 

We have also been working on our final product. This expedition, our final product is a 3D model of a house, showing ideal social housing. We worked in multiple subjects to plan out this model, looking at many current examples of social housing, and the ways that they could be improved to aid people that may need help finding a place to live. 

This last term we have also been working on Passage . We have been working on a script for the passage presentation which we will be doing in February. The script we have been writing about what we did in year 7, year 8, and year 9 and. And also we have written about what we did in our lessons. This has helped us to reflect on how far we have come since joining XP East and how quickly that time has gone. 

Caitlin and Oliver S