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E26/Y10 Community Meeting

19th July 2023Web Blogger

Today we got together for our final Y10 community meeting! As well as going over our first week back plans, we used it as an opportunity to share our final appreciations of the year. The biggest appreciation came from Mrs Sprakes and Mr Voltaire for the hard work and effort they all put into last week’s Climate Conference (which they’re all quite rightly still buzzing from!)

It was also a delight to be able to announce the recipients of our ‘Above and Beyond’ awards, nominated by Crew Leaders to celebrate those students who embody our character values and HoWLS day in, day out. As well as receiving a certificate, the 10 students selected have been given the opportunity to go ten pin bowling on Friday morning. As I said in this morning’s meeting, we really could’ve have given the award to most of Y10!

Y10 have been absolutely awesome this year and they already have developed the attitude, mindset and work ethic needed to get through Y11. We are all feeling really positive about our final year together.

Wishing you all a great summer!

Mrs Parker, Mrs Barnes, Mrs Goddard, Miss Cross, Miss Burrows & Mr Wilmott 🙂

C26 (Y11) First Week Back Plans

19th July 2023Angella Parker

‼️ UPDATE – Please can all Y11 parents complete the consent forms by Friday 25th August (if you haven’t already done so) this is to allow your child to attend the hike to Langsett ‼️

We are pleased to be able to share with you the first week back plans for C26/Y11, as outlined below:

Y11-First-Week-Back-1 Download

Here’s a summary of the key points:

Tuesday: Y11 students will be out on fieldwork to Langsett Reservoir on the first day back. Please read the attached parent letter, kit list and complete the consent form if you haven’t already done so. XPE students should arrive for an 8am start; XP are in at the usual time of 8.30am.

C26/Y11 Langsett Consent forms – to be completed by parents/carers of Y11 students only

East – E26 Consent Form – Langsett Hike
XP – X26 Consent Form – Langsett Hike

Wednesday: Students should wear comfortable, outdoor appropriate footwear/clothing.There will be some walking involved and some outdoor work.

Thursday: Students should wear comfortable appropriate footwear/clothing suitable for physical activities.

Friday: We will be school based. Please wear normal school appropriate clothing.

If you have any questions or concerns about our first week back in August, please contact your child’s crew leader in the first instance.

Have a lovely summer!

Mrs Parker

C27 (Y10!) First Week Back

19th July 2023Melissa Cocliff

🚨Update please can all Y10 parents complete the consent forms below (if you haven’t already done so) by 25th August – this is to allow your child to attend Miller’s Dale Activity day🚨

We are very excited to be able to share with you C27’s First Week Back information, ready for August 2023!

Y10-First-Week-Back-2 Download

Key Points:

Tuesday: Please wear comfortable, sports appropriate clothing. We’ll be based in school.

Wednesday: Please wear comfortable, sports & outdoor appropriate clothing. There will be some walking involved and some outdoor work.

Thursday: We will be out on fieldwork – please bring equipment from the kit list linked above.

Friday: We will be school based. Please wear normal school appropriate clothing.

On Monday, Tuesday and Friday, students are all required to be in school 8:30am – 3:15pm. On Thursday, students are required to arrive for 7:30am and will return around 5:15pm. Blogs will be published on the website with any change to timings on the day due to traffic etc. Please also see the below Parent Letter:

C27-XP-Fieldwork-Letter-Millers-Dale Download

E27 Consent Form Miller’s Dale – Y10 parents/carers only
X27 Consent Form Miller’s Dale – Y10 parents/carers only

If you have any questions or concerns about our first week back in August, please contact your child’s crew leader in the first instance.

Have a lovely summer; we look forward to the new academic year!

C29 First Week Back Plans

18th July 2023Web Blogger

We are pleased to be able to share with you the first week back plans for C29, as outlined below:

For the most part of the week, students will be based at their respective school (Tues, Wed, Fri) and completing fieldwork for one day (Thurs).

Key points outlined here:

Students will be walking to their fieldwork destination on Thursday and therefore it is important they wear appropriate footwear.

Students will require items from the kit list in order to support fieldwork.

Students will require a packed lunch for Thursday’s fieldwork.

Students will be required to attend from 8:30am every morning and will be dismissed at 3:15pm each day.

Students will be completing physical activity in school and should therefore come dressed appropriately with suitable footwear.

Should you have any questions about our first week back plans, please do not hesitate to reach out to your child’s Crew Leader who will be happy to support you further.

We hope you have a wonderful Summer and look forward to seeing you in the new academic year!

This weeks extra curricular sport:

17th July 2023Web Blogger

We have only one club running on the final week of the school year that is cricket club on Thursday 20th from 3:30 until 4:30,

If you have any questions please contact Mr Stables [email protected]

Sharing our Stories: 14/07/2023

14th July 2023Geoff Hewitt

Beautiful Work This Week

XPCC23

“Every young person should learn about climate change in school. It’s marginal to most people’s curriculums – not XP School as you’re such a brilliant school”
Ed Miliband – Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero

After the success of our inaugural conference last year and with climate change at the heart of our activism as a Trust, we held this year’s event on 13th July with the question: If not now, when? If not us, who?

The programme for the evening featured the work and research of our Year 10 students and the contribution of experts from across our region.

Powerful keynote speeches, delivered by six students left the audience in no doubt that the planet is in crisis and action has to be taken now.

What that action might be was ably and inspiringly answered by the panellists taking part in our Q & A.

These were The RT. Hon Ed Miliband MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero; David Pulham, UK Manager Vossloh and Tim Newton, Sustainability officer, Doncaster City Council.

The conference also featured many stalls covering such subjects as Sustainability and ‘greener’ food, as well as scientific demonstrations and break out discussions.

One of the breakout presentations was delivered by Dr Mike Sprakes, Gastroenterologist, Mid Yorks Hospitals NHS Trust and Peter Leighton Jones, Head of Sustainability, Mid Yorks Hospitals NHS Trust.

Their talk focussed on Climate Change and the NHS.

We’re already thinking about next year’s conference – but more importantly if you can pledge to make a difference all year round we can all work together to save our planet. There is no Planet B.

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C29 Edale Fieldwork

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iPad Parental Contribution Scheme 2023

12th July 2023Claira Salter

As you know a school-managed iPad is part of the standard kit required of students in secondary schools across XP Trust. We have brokered a successful Parental Contribution Scheme to enable this for all our children for the last 4 years and continue to do this again for 2023/24.

The iPad scheme for September 2023 includes:

An iPad 9th Generation

A logitech keyboard and trackpad

AppleCare + for two years

Jamf – (device management and security)

A glass screen protector

We will have a bank of Apple Pencils for use in Art and Design sessions. You are welcome to purchase an apple pencil of your own, should you wish, and we would recommend either:

Apple Pencil – Touch sensitive
Skriva – Not touch sensitive but does shade on the angle of the nib.

The extended warranty is covered by Apple for the first two years. You handle your own claims through an app. Further information can be found here:

https://www.apple.com/uk/support/products/ipad/

There is a claim excess for broken screens at £29, we will supply a glass screen protector free of charge. This will be checked regularly by Crew Leaders as part of our kit checks.

You can get support and make warranty claims here: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/apple-support/id1130498044

Loss or theft of the iPad needs to be covered by your personal home insurance.

Cost of the scheme

The total retail cost of these items bought separately would be £598. Through our new purchase scheme the cost to you is £451.

This balance will be applied to your Parent Pay account and you can manage your own payments. Here are a few options.

£12.53 per month for 36 months (£2.89 a week)
£18.79 per month for 24 months (£4.44 a week)
Pay the balance at any time within three years at comfortable amounts for your circumstances.
Speak with your child’s Crew Leader if you need financial support with this.

At the end of your child’s time in school the device can be kept by the family if the balance has been paid in full.

To order your child’s ipad, please complete this Google Form.

C25 Save the Date: GCSE results day and presentation evening

12th July 2023Angella Parker

Although it may seem a long way off, GCSE results day will soon be here! Before we break for the summer we just wanted to make you aware of the arrangements for the day:

GCSE results will be available for collection from XP School on Thursday 24th August between the hours of 9.30am-11.30am.

Please read the following information about the collection process:

Entry and Exit will be by the usual student entrance at car park 3.
Each Crew will have a designated area within the heart of XP school (all students of XP and XPE will collect their results at XP School).
Crew leaders will have the results for their crew.
Students will have the opportunity to wait on the stairs whilst waiting for a space with their crew leader.
Students can open their results envelope with their crew leader or leave school to open them.
If students want to speak to crew leaders after they have received their results they will need to wait on the stairs.
Students will need to complete a destinations form with Mrs Burns before leaving school. Mrs Burns will also be available to discuss next steps, if required.
If students have any concerns about their exam results they must email Miss Cocliff (XP) or Mrs Parker (XPE) in the first instance outlining their concerns.

Official GCSE certificates arrive in School late October and students will be invited to a presentation evening in November to receive their certificates and awards. This is provisionally timetabled for 16th November at 5pm but we will send out confirmation in the new school year.

We look forward to seeing you all on the 24th August.

You’re invited to the XP Climate Conference 2023!

11th July 2023Mr M Voltaire

On Thursday 13th of July, we’d like to welcome to you our second annual climate conference, XPCC’23!

Our doors open at 16.30 where we’ll be starting promptly at 16.45. This is fantastic opportunity for anyone with an interest in climate education to join us for our biggest event yet with special guests joining us on stage and in our breakout sessions, to learn about how climate change affects the world but also us locally in Doncaster. We look forward to seeing you there! In the meantime check out the agenda below!

You are invited to E28 POL!

11th July 2023Web Blogger

E28 POL is taking place on Tuesday 18th July. The POL is taking place at 4pm till 5pm over at XPE stairs where students will be showcasing the amazing work they have completed over this expedition.

We look forward to welcoming you and see you in attendance next Tuesday.

Above all, compassion