Please check out an update on Y9’s Presentation of Learning, and the product from the expedition ‘Another brick in the wall’, where we showcased the various stands that represented the different focus areas of our expedition.
During the POL, students used dramatic performance to display the poor treatment of workers in factories, science experiments were completed to teach parents and members of the community about convection and conduction and computer technology was utilised to show the devastating effects of what might happen if atomic bombs were to land at any geographical location across the globe. During the exhibition, we also discussed our designs and models with the audience, and how we felt our designs could revolutionise not only Britain’s social housing policy, but its whole welfare landscape.
For our final product, students designed and constructed 3D scale models of their proposed social housing community, inspired by their ideas of how physical structures and buildings can support us to create a community for the future, and considering limitations in terms of space and resources. Please find below the curation process which is beginning to take shape:
Here at XP Doncaster we work closely with the Careers & Enterprise Company who regularly update us with current labour market information (LMI). Labour market information can help students and parents understand the job market and find out which careers, different qualifications can lead to.
It makes clear where work opportunities are increasing or decreasing, what occupations exist, what you need to study to become a professional in that occupation, what is required to take up an occupation, how one can find a job, change job or progress in a career.
The following LMI information is the most up to date information for the local Doncaster & South Yorkshire area. This page is updated monthly. The following Information is taken from statistics from
This video was produced for Business Doncaster and is to be shown to all students at The Laurel Academy with the aim of showcasing the range of careers that Doncaster has to offer, and to promote remaining in Doncaster after education. The video demonstrates a diverse range of sectors base in Doncaster, and really highlights the opportunities that are found in the town for the younger generation and our learners here at the academy.
The following links will help students and parents find out about what jobs are likely to be important nationally and regionally over the coming years. We would encourage students to look through the resources below before making choices about further education or employment:
South Yorkshire Careers Hub – Up to date reports on the local labour market information for Doncaster and South Yorkshire. You can select different regions of South Yorkshire to compare the LMI for each region.
Working Futures 2014-2024: Report produced by the UK Commission of Employment and Skills on the future of work in the UK.
Target Careers: To find out about different careers sectors – includes useful advice and information such as salaries, the types of jobs available and what your options are with, or without, a degree.
Target Jobs : To look through graduate job descriptions to find out what each job involves and the qualifications and skills that are most needed
Careerometer: Find out about pay and projected workforce changes in different jobs.
Brilliant to see year 11 students fully engaged in some fast paced and competitive anthology poetry revision at lunch time today. This is a great way to get some extra revision completed and have a bit of fun at the same time.
Let’s keep this going because we have cards for A Christmas Carol and An Inspector Calls!
Over 20 Y11 students joined us this morning for the first Saturday revision session of the exam season!
It was really encouraging to see so many giving up their Saturday morning lie-in to come and form revision groups. Today I spotted students practicing for their Spanish reading exam, working on tricky maths questions together, recapping People’s Health, and catching up on some art work. I particularly enjoyed listening to Harvey’s full summary of Romeo and Juliet!
I’m sure that this level of focus and commitment to learning will certainly contribute to some fantastic GCSE results 🙂
We’ll be back next Saturday morning for more of the same.
The Staff Day in January saw the launch of our proposed teaching and learning model as part of our Festival of Learning. The event took place at XP Doncaster and was attended by staff from across all schools in the Trust. All staff had the opportunity to explore the model in more depth as well as attending other workshops on different parts of the model.
This is part of the Trust’s commitment to ensure that we expose more students to more impactful teaching more of the time.
Beautiful Curation: A Christmas Carol
There is now an awesome display at XP to celebrate the Christmas Carol Study Guide – the beautiful work of last year’s Year 11s. Be sure to go and admire their hard work on display!
Please find attached the mock exam timetable for the exams which will begin next week. This round of exams will be the last before the final GCSE examinations and will provide teachers and students with valuable feedback to ensure that we are as prepared as possible.
It is coming to the time of the academic year where our Year 9 students begin to think more deeply about whether or not they are GCSE ready in relation to their future aspirations.
Each of our Year 9’s has worked alongside their Crew Leader to write their Passage Presentation, reflecting on their time at XP Schools and how they have developed as a person and demonstrated character growth. As part of their presentation they have looked back on Expeditions and experience to illustrate themselves as a writer, mathematician, scientist and other more bespoke subjects of interest, with the aim of demonstrating their readiness for GCSE’s.
Their next task is to share this with a panel of specialists who will assess them against the rubric, offer support and critique and give them the enthusiasm to continue towards their chosen career path. Which is where you come in!
We would like as many expert panelists as possible, with the hope that each student can have a panelist already working in the field they aspire to reach.
Your role in the panel will be to listen to the students presentation and provide kind, specific and helpful feedback and experience to support them into Key Stage 4.
If you think this is something you could help with, please sign up here.
If you have any further questions please contact:
Emma Watson – Phase Leader XP East
Chris Morrison – Phase Leader XP School
Natalie Johnson – Key Stage 3 Leader
Click the picture to find out more…
Thank you in advance! We hope to be contacting you soon!
