Crew Young reaching out to Crew Rowling

This has been a short, but extremely positive week for Crew Young. Following my pride in no fewer than four successful Passage Presentations so far – from Summer, George, Adam and Maclaren – Crew Young returned to their DofE Volunteering role this morning, as they listened to members of Crew Rowling reading aloud, or practising their SLC presentations.

Crew Young were reminded to give their younger reading buddies some non-verbal feedback and encouragement, mindful of exhibiting positive body language such as maintaining eye contact, nodding and smiles, as well as checking for comprehension of the reading material. Awareness of body language and its effect on the audience is one of the four core aspects against which Passage standards are assessed.

Crew Rowling read with confidence and fluency and some seized the opportunity to practise their Student-Led Conference preparation with their more senior counterparts.

Well done everybody!

NEW XP East XP Careers HQ Website

At XP East we have always had careers at the heart of our expeditions whether it’s working together with experts, out on fieldwork or creating our products. Given the importance of our career, its time to further develop and improve our programme throughout the school, not forgetting our new XP16 provision

I would like to invite you check out our NEW XP East Careers HQ Website

The website gives information on our career policy and programme we offer, helpful links and tools to aid guidance in GCSE options, post-16 & post-18 opportunities including university, apprenticeships & jobs of the future as well as details of careers related events happening throughout the school.  This website is designed to be continuously updated to make sure our learners:

  • Raise aspirations
  • Develop confidence in making decisions and career choices
  • Develop an understanding of the world of work and how to respond to changes in today’s workplace

Please explore the website and I hope you find it useful when supporting our young people with these all important decisions.  I would appreciate feedback on the website and please, do not hesitate to contact me (Dany Green) as the school’s career lead, at [email protected]

Enjoy!

“How to save a life” with Crew Obama and Crew Rowling

Students in Crew Obama and Crew Rowling have completed CPR Training with Miss Mistry, following in the footsteps of students in Liverpool who have been pushing for it to be included in the curriculum after an incident whereby three students rescued a mother and her baby from the canal.

Our students recognised how important this type of education was and were keen to get involved incase they too should ever need to perform CPR.

Following Miss Mistry’s instructions, the students started by completing the Primary Survey and then followed this up with full CPR training. The sessions were fantastic and the students were able to recite the process at the end in order to inform and educate others.

Follow the video below in order to gain an insight into the training received:

Girls Football Match

Girls Football Match Thursday 30th January 3.30-4.45

Home Trinity

Faith F, Abigail, Faith P, Safi, Cerinna, Leoni, Millie, Maddie, Maddie, Sareena, Laci, Mollie,

Please tick your name off the PE notice board.

Nexus Dance Performance

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.

Any questions please email me on [email protected]

Boys football this week

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.

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Boys football this week

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.

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A week of highlights for Crew Turing

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.

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Crew Finch Check In!

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.