Crew Rashford Sharing the Love!

8th February 2024Web Blogger

As part of our Crew Charity work, Crew Rashford decided to spread some love and joy by creating some Valentine’s gifts for residents at one of our local care homes, The Oaklands.

This is something crew have always enjoyed doing and are really enthusiastic to give something back to our community by talking and spending time with residents at Oaklands would have been amazing, we have visited places such as Age Well in the past and really enjoyed these activities.

We spent the morning baking cupcakes (with only a couple of baking disasters!), decorating biscuits and creating some blooming gorgeous bouquets.

Crew were really excited to deliver their lovely treats and spend time with the residents, but the snowy weather meant we had to postpone our plans. However, Mrs Parker and Mrs Watson were able to drive up and deliver Crew’s lovely treats.

We left with promises to return in the Spring. We know that Crew are looking forward to spending time with the lovely residents.

Happy Valentines 🧡💛❤️💜

February Half Term

8th February 2024cstlouis

This is reminder that tomorrow is the last day of half term (09th Feb) finishing at 13:30pm.

There will be no provision for students to stay in school after this time as this allows all staff to de-gunge the school ready for the new half term.

Have a great week off and we shall see you back on Monday 19th February.

XP Outdoors

7th February 2024Emma Watson

We are delighted to share some remarkable insights into the impact of XP Outdoor sessions since their integration into our Crew curriculum.

It’s truly heartening to witness how these sessions have not only provided valuable support to students in various ways but have also presented challenges that contribute to their growth.

As we embark on this journey, we are committed to building our community through activism, leadership, and equity, sharing our stories as we go—all of which aligns seamlessly with the goal of fostering meaningful relationships.

We have a wonderful opportunity to work with Instincts Training. An educational program which address the issue of anti-social behaviour, covering topics such as violence, harassment, misogyny, and consent. These courses are specifically crafted to explain the reasons why it is crucial for individuals to steer clear of these paths that may lead to criminal behaviour.

Moving into Term 2b – XP Outdoor sessions and Instincts Training will work together on the following workshops.

Please get in touch with Emma Watson – [email protected] or Angella Parker – [email protected] for further information or if you have any questions.

Sharing our Stories: 02/02/2024

2nd February 2024Geoff Hewitt

Beautiful Work This Week

XP Doncaster: XP Outdoors Reflections

At the end of last year, we asked students in C29 to reflect on the learning that took place outside the classroom and how this has helped them to build Crew.

Beautiful Curation: Carcroft School

Look at this collection of recent work which is now on display in the corridors of Carcroft School. Be sure to stop and admire students beautiful work from across phases and Expeditions!

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Beautiful Work from Harris @ XP Gateshead

Animal Habitat Research @ Norton Infants

Y6 Athletics Champs! @ Green Top

E28 Crew Ardern DofE Charity Work @ XP

Little Twitchers! @ Plover

Crew Malala Achievements @ XP East

Recycle Walk @ Carcroft School

Setting Description Artwork @ Norton Juniors

We’re looking for Cleaners at XP Doncaster!

Find out more here and apply to #JoinOurCrew

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!

Crew Malala – achievements this week

1st February 2024Web Blogger

Its been a really busy week for Crew Malala! We have begun our Passage Presentations, with Will setting the standard through his thoughtful reflections on his character growth, work and readiness for GCSE’s on Monday.

In Crew time on Thursday Malala showed a lot of courage and compassion as they supported a Year 7 Crew in their script writing and preparation for their first Student Led Conference.

We have also been carrying out our DofE volunteering and had a very successful litter pick on Thursday.

Finally, a huge congratulations to Alex who is now a member of the Doncaster Youth Council. He will be representing XP Trust and the views of young people aged 11-18 from across Doncaster. What an achievement!

Y9/E28 Final Product + POL Video

31st January 2024Jamie Portman

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: