Girls Football Match Thursday 30th January 3.30-4.45
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Faith F, Abigail, Faith P, Safi, Cerinna, Leoni, Millie, Maddie, Maddie, Sareena, Laci, Mollie,
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On Wednesday 29th January students will be performing in the Nexus Dance performance at Hall Cross Upper school. Due to our success at the school games I thought it would be a great idea for them to perform this routine to others dance companies and schools. We will be leaving straight from school on the school minibus. The show is 6-8pm. Students have received 2 tickets each if you would like anymore tickets they are £3 on the door.
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We have teams competing in the finals nights of the Doncaster Schools’ boys football tournament in years 7, 8 and 9 this week. The event takes place at Rossington All Saints School and we will travel there straight after school – returning at around 5:30-6pm.
We have teams competing in the finals nights of the Doncaster Schools’ boys football tournament in years 7, 8 and 9 this week. The event takes place at Rossington All Saints School and we will travel there straight after school – returning at around 5:30-6pm.
This week was kicked off with the most moving presentation of learning that I’ve experienced so far at XP East, with the preview of the ‘Should I stay or should I go’ documentary at Cast theatre. I remember a few weeks ago having a conversation with crew about whether the UK should welcome refugees and asylum seekers. There was a real mixed bag of responses.
We’ve been a bit quiet on the blog post front, but it certainly hasn’t been quiet in Crew!
Since coming back after the Christmas break (Happy New Year, by the way!) we’ve been super busy making sure we’re ready for our Passage Presentations, which start next week. If you haven’t booked your slot yet, please do so here – I can’t stress enough the importance of attending this presentation. You’ll get to hear your child reflecting on their progress so far, and where they want to go in the future (pro tip: bring tissues!)
We’ve also had our eye on the latest data drop. The results are in and, I have to say, last term looks like it was another cracking term for Crew Finch! But more on that next week…
It also looks like we’re having an excellent start to this term too. Just 3 weeks into the term and we already have several reasons to be proud! We’re top of this term’s attendance league (currently third overall) and we have the lowest number of entries on the conduct form.
I’m also seeing some fantastic entries on the praise form for my Crew from other staff. I’m especially proud of Bryn, who has received praise from Miss Haughey for his amazing effort and time spent completing his maths homework. A massive well done to Mackenzie, too (pictured above) not only for making me the perfect brew during our recent Crew breakfast, but for also getting himself on the praise form 10 times already this term! Your hard work and contributions in class are not going unnoticed, Kenzie.
Two brilliant examples of students working hard and getting smart, and I just know that there are more great things to come for Crew Finch.
Well done year 7/8 girls football team on their 1st win against Don Valley. The game was full of goals ending in 4-3 to XP. Fantastic hat-trick by Mollie.
What a fantastic day we had on our fieldwork yesterday with E25. We visited Oakham Castle to experience workshops, role-play and re-enactment specifically tailored to our expedition ‘I’ve Got the Power!’.
We began the day with a walk-through re-enactment of William the Conqueror’s invasion through England, resulting in the Harrying of the North. Needless to say there were some great acting skills showing the death and destruction that William caused. Then, onto the Domesday Book where we analysed data and figured out how the ownership and value of the land changed between 1066 and 1086.
A tug of war game to represent the story and changing power balances during the First and Second Barons’ War where King John, followed by King Henry III battled with their Barons. It was clear to see the complexities and changes in power during the 1200s and each student played an excellent role to tell the story.
Next, we explored the Black Death, Hundred Years War and the Poll Tax which was brilliantly represented through another interactive game. We learnt how these events helped to cause the Peasants Revolt. We met John Ball and Wat Tyler and felt first hand how they inspired and lead the Peasants to challenge the traditional power dynamics – it was absolutely great to see how involved the students got. Who’d have thought they would make such enthusiastic revolting peasants who so passionately rejoiced over the death of the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dylan).
After the excitement of the revolt, we returned to the hall to prepare for a debate – democracy vs. dictatorship. The students used sources to gather information on the two systems of power in order to defend their side – again, fantastic arguments from both sides, with a special mention to Ava who brought examples in from our learning so far this expedition to support her pro-democracy argument.
All in all, a wonderful day – it’s great to have such confident, enthusiastic students!
A reminder that our E24 (Y9) GCSE Spanish group must submit their “at the doctor’s” gap-fill extended study task sheet this Friday 24th January. A series of slides have been shared with the group to help them to complete this challenging work, and I will be supervising Extended Study in XP East Library after school tomorrow (23.01.20) if any further assistance is needed.
Thank you.
Im sorry to say that BOTH the Y8 fixture at home and the Y9 fixture at Rossington has been cancelled. This is because Conisborough are no longer able to bring a Y8 team as there are too many students in detention and too many schools have dropped out of the y9 tournament so the whole event has been called off.
A slight silver lining is that the Y9 s will automatically qualify for the finals of said tournament and the Y8s will be given the 3 points.
NB: The Y7 & 8 fixture tomorrow is still on as planned