XP East

Members of crew Ardern have been working hard on their poetry, preparing for the Arts festival this week! Students have been critiquing the poems being kind, specific and helpful to improve their work.

The Netball squad and cheerleading team are taking part in a sponsored 5k run on Monday 15th July. We are raising money to go towards netball dresses and cheerleading uniforms ready for next year. The students would love your support and contributions towards their efforts. If you interested in sponsoring the teams please either speak to the student taking part or email Miss Bowser – [email protected] for further details.

Good Luck to all the students taking part. From Team PE.

Dear Parents and Families C27,

Next Wednesday, students in Year 10 from both XP and XP East will be holding our third annual climate conference at XP East school. This important event will highlight the ongoing issue of climate change and see our students inform you of the current challenges and what you can do to help.

The climate conference will also serve as the Presentation of Learning for students, so we would love to see you all here at XP East!

Huge well done to one of your students for her amazing achievements in sport over the weekend. Representing Doncaster Belles is a fantastic honour Well done from all at XP East.

Tuesday- Cheerleading and cricket practice 3.15-4.30

Wednesday – Year 7 rounders match away. Pick up at Hall Cross at 5.30. Please tick your name off on the team sheet.

Year 7/8 cricket fixture away, pick up at XP school at 5.15.

Please bring PE kit, water bottle and suncream.

thanks Team PE

I am please to remind C27 that we are invited to attend a taster morning at New College, Auckley. Please find below details of transport arranged and the schedule for the day:

8.30am Departure from XP School.

9.00-9.20am Arrival at NCD. Collect Timetables

9.20-10.05am First 45-minute Taster Session

10.05-10.25am Break (20 minutes) with snack and drink provided

10.25-11.10am second 45 minute taster session

11.15am Departure from New College Doncaster

11.30 Go into usual session 3 at XP

Beautiful Work This Week

XP Festival of Arts and Culture – Next Friday 12th July!

We first opened in September of 2014 in Doncaster and began to offer a creative and purposeful curriculum based on learning expeditions that connect subjects together so that learning is deepened and made relevant. Ten years on we have established a successful Trust that has shared this model with two more secondary schools, XP East in Doncaster and XP Gateshead, as well as five primary schools in the Doncaster area including: Carcroft Primary, Green Top Primary, Norton Infants, Norton Juniors and Plover Primary.

Our students create beautiful work that connects to the community and the world through the creation of high quality products that actively serve to make the world a better place.

To kick off our celebrations we are hosting our first community wide ‘Music and Arts Festival’ at XP East on the 12 July. This will become an annual event to bring together creatives from across the XP community, the wider community and the world to show why the Arts are so important to making our world more just, more beautiful and more humane and why they are at the heart of our curriculum.

We look forward to seeing you at the start of our festivities and hope you will join us as we continue to celebrate and share our stories throughout the rest of 2024 and 2025!!!

Andy Sprakes

Chief Academic Officer – XP Trust

We’re got vacancies across XP Trust!

We’re looking for:

Cleaners at Plover School

Cleaners at Green Top School

A Leading Learning Coach (HLTA) at Plover School

A Learning Coach/Crew Leader at XP Gateshead

Top of the Blogs

Kindess is Contagious! @ Norton Infants

Class 8 Proud Passage Presentations @ Green Top

Early Years Explorers Celebration of Learning @ Plover

DT Baking @ Carcroft School

Farewell Crew Pankhurst @ XP School

C29 Artwork in progress! @ XP East

Baking Bonanza @ Norton Juniors

Share your stories with us!

We now have a new dedicated news email so that you can send your stories, updates or ideas about potential news articles directly to us in Comms.

It might be something you or your students have achieved, a charity you’re supporting or anything at all that deserves a wider audience.

Write to us at [email protected] –  we want to hear about it, write about it and celebrate it!

Find out more here to #JoinOurCrew

Plover Cleaner Vacancy

Green Top Cleaner Vacancy

This morning Mrs Fowler and Ms Ayre got the opportunity to drop into year 8 art sessions. It was great to have a look at what their Crew members have been up to. I’m sure you will agree that this looks like an exciting project, we can’t wait to see the end result at out festival.