Year 7 Boys football
The Year 7 boys have an away fixture on Thursday 2nd November at Rossington All Saints. Those students who are selected to play will be leaving school at 3.15 and returning back to school for approximately 5.45. Further updates will be issued tomorrow if we are delayed.
If there are any issues, then please contact [email protected]
Spooky Season Reading!
Happy Halloween!
To truly celebrate Spooky Season, E29 have been tasked with a Gothic reading challenge. This morning, we turned the lights off for Tranquil Tuesday and began our reading of the literary classic – Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Our four crews have been tasked with reading an abridged version this week, with prizes for whomever completes the reading and book review that has been linked on our phrase google classroom.
Prepare to have your bones chilled, as you venture to the North Pole and across Lake Geneva to the home and creation of Frankenstein’s monster.
C30 (Yr7) Presentation of learning
We would like to invite C30 parents to the Year 7 presentations of learning where students will present their learning for the expedition ‘From the ground up!’.
XP presentation of learning will take place on 12th December.
XP East presentation of learning will take place on the 13th of December.
Both presentations will take start at 4.30pm until 5.30pm.
Sharing our Stories: 20/10/2023
This week, most of our schools are on their half term break – except our newest school, XP Gateshead. They’ve had a week full of incredible stories…
Beautiful Work This Week @ XP Gateshead
Thomas Hepburn Memorial Service
On Saturday 14th October some of our staff, students and families from G30 attended the annual memorial service for Thomas Hepburn at St Mary’s Church, Heworth. The service commemorates the life of Thomas Hepburn who spent his life working to improve the lives of miners and their families as well as being the founder of the Colliers United of Durham and Northumberland in 1825.
It was a real honour to be invited to the ceremony where the acclaimed filmmaker, Ken Loach, spoke about Thomas Hepburn’s life and his fight for social justice as a leader of the first miners’ trade union. The service also featured readings from the local MP for Easington Grahame Morris, the Mayor of Gateshead, Cllr Eileen McMaster and the Reverend Lucy Moss. The Durham Miners Association Brass Band were wonderful and accompanied the service throughout. Following the service, wreaths were laid at Thomas Hepburn’s grave and the Felling Banner group gave our students the great honour of laying their wreath.
Coming Soon: ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go?’
Beautiful Curation in our new spaces…
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!
We’re looking for Learning Coaches (Teaching Assistants) at Carcroft School
This is our community. These are our stories. Come and be a part of it.
We’re looking for Learning Coaches (Teaching Assistants) at Carcroft School
You can find out more about us and apply to #JoinOurCrew here!
Sharing our Stories: 13/10/2023
Beautiful Work This Week
XP Trust’s first ever Tag Rugby Tournament!
Last week, we hosted our first ever Trust Sport Tournament for three of our primary schools. Hosted at Club Doncaster near XP, the three schools competed in a series of games of tag Rugby – here are some of the exciting highlights!
Yomiuri Shimbun journalists visit XP!
Iain Boothroyd and Kazu Makita from the Yomiuri Shimbun, the most read daily newspaper in Japan came to XP to find out more about what we do! Alicia and Freya were awesome ambassadors for the school and gave our guests a tour of all the beautiful work created by our students. Mr Makita is writing an editorial about XP, which will appear in the newspaper in Japan!
Welcoming our first delegation of the academic year
This week we had our first collection of visitors from all over the country at XP! They learned about how Crew, Expeditions and how we design our curriculum. Our student ambassadors were terrific and the delegates really enjoyed their time in Crew sessions!
Top of the Blogs
Beautiful Work from Lucy @ XP Gateshead
Crew Malala on Bronze DofE – Litterpicking @ XP East
Smashing Short Division @ Plover
Haunting Halloween @ Norton Juniors
A Roman’s Daily Life @ Carcroft School
Class 5 Awesome Maths @ Green Top
World Mental Health Day in Reception @ Norton Infants
Nursery Admissions for 2024!
Start your learning journey with XP! You can apply for any of our schools with nurseries using the link below!
https://doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/nursery-admissions
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!
XP East Students Visit New College for Spanish Taster Day
Two of our Year 10 students visited New College today to experience A Level Spanish. Students worked with current Year 12 and Year 13 students to improve their speaking skills. They talked about what their lives would be like if they lived in Spain, building on previously learnt vocabulary and grammar, and adding new language through conversation. They also looked at careers where languages can be an advantage.
E28 Crew Malala on Bronze D of E Litter Pick!
Every other Wednesday Crew Malala get their high viz vests on and head out to do their litter pick towards their Bronze D of E award. Crew splits into four teams of three, we use a timer for ten minutes, and divide and conquer the site into zones to make the most efficient use of our time. During debrief of the activity, Crew said that they found these ten minutes really productive, and because they have a fixed amount of time, it goes really quickly and everyone has a job to do. Crew agreed that Pickers of the Week are Will, for retrieving the most amount of litter, and Deanna for taking responsibility for the bin bag. Nice work Crew Malala!
Mrs. Collinson & Mrs. Batty
XP East Lost Property
Crew Moore out and about looking after our community and sorting through lost property. Well done guys for organising items so well.
Please see lost property from XP East. These items will be available to collect on Friday till 2pm.
These items will be gifted to charity first week back after October half term.
