Please have a look through the pictures and claim anything that belongs to you from lost property. Lost property can be claimed at XP East Office. Any unclaimed items will be donated to charity in the following week.
Lost property w/c 2.10.23
Y11 (E26) Awesomeness Community Meeting
Today’s Awesomeness meeting was just that, with so many reasons to celebrate our awesome Y11s 🙂
We had a bumper batch of praises/appreciations to go through from staff, followed up with some lovely appreciations from students afterwards.
There is a strong sense of crew throughout Y11 – and that’s what’s going to get them through next week’s mock exams… and beyond!
Keep working hard and having each-others backs, Y11… You have smashed your first term back!
Mrs Parker x
DofE – Friday 5th October
Just a reminder that students should come appropriately dressed for running, walking or Zumba this week (Friday) for their chosen physical activity.
We will still be running or walking whatever the weather so please check the forecast and incase waterproofs are required.
Kind regards
DofE Team
Parents Update 2.10.23
What’s coming up?
We have lots of events taking place over the next few school weeks that I’d like to remind you of/ draw your attention to. You may have missed these if you’re not subscribed to our blog. (Details of how to do this are shared below)
| Date | Who | Event |
| 4th Oct | E30 (Y7 Explorer and Pioneer) | Fieldwork offsite – 8.30am til 3.15pm, National Coal Mining Museum (keep an eye on the blog for updates) see blog for further details |
| 6th Oct | X30 (Y7 Admiral and Skipper) | Fieldwork offsite – 8.30am til 3.15pm, National Coal Mining Museum (keep an eye on the blog for updates) see blog for further details |
| 6th Oct | X26/27 and E26/27 Georgraphy LooL students (Y10/11) | Fieldwork – Required GCSE fieldwork – Sheffield during school day (keep an eye on the blog for updates) see blog for further details |
| 6th – 13th Oct | C26 (all classes in Y11) | Mock exams – see blog post/letter emailed for further details |
| 12th Oct | C26 (all classes in Y11) | Fieldwork – see letter, returning at 4.45pm (keep an eye on the blog for updates) see blog for further details |
Half Term
A reminder half term begins on Friday 13th October, students are dismissed from school at 1.30pm to allow our de-gunge protocol to be completed before the break. We return on Monday 30th October for Term 1b.
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If it is good enough for our kids…
Last week we had the first of our staff days for this term. We have two staff days each term at XP so that our teachers can collaborate across the Trust to create and deliver the high quality curriculum that our students study. On Friday 22nd September we shared our key priorities for this year and prepared for our student showcase. We also shared good practice between crew leaders to support student attends, HoWLs and academic performance. On Monday 25th September we carried out phase microadventures that focused on staff crew development including pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones and replicating some of the things we do in the first week back with our students, reminding ourselves of our character traits.
Ron Berger came to visit
Our staff and students were privileged to take part in a master class around ‘beautiful work’ where Ron shared beautiful work from across the states but also from our trust schools. He spoke about the craftsmanship and quality seen in our schools when he shared highlights of his visit with our students. It was great to hear him talk about ‘courage’ and how we all have different courage but for some of us it is easy to be courageous when public speaking, for others it’s easy to be courageous when abseiling from a bridge. We will use this language with our crews as we reflect on our courage.
Find out more about Ron Berger and his influence on EL Education in America, the books he has written and why we value his views on education by following this link https://eleducation.org/who-we-are/people/ron-berger/
E30 Fieldwork to National Coal Mining Museum 4th October
Students in E30 Year 7 will be visiting the National Coal Mining Museum on Wednesday 4th October. This fieldwork will be part of students expedition “From the Ground up”. We will leave school at 8.30am and return by 3.15pm. Students will need to bring a bag with:
A packed lunch (students on free school meals will be provided with a lunch), a pen / pencil / pencil case to complete work during the day and a warm coat as part of the day is outside.
If your child needs to take any medication, please inform their crew leader so that any necessary arrangements can be made.
Sharing our Stories: 29/09/2023
Beautiful Work This Week (…and last week!)
XP Outdoors: Campfire Training!
A Visit from Ron Berger!
We’ve been very lucky since XP first opened and as the Trust has grown over the last ten years, to be able to welcome Ron Berger to our schools. Ron, the CAO of Expeditionary Learning (EL) in the US, has visited us several times, sharing with us his knowledge, energy and wisdom.
Always supportive and inspiring, Ron has now, after a two week stay, just returned home. His time here has included visits to all of our schools, a well received and inspirational talk with our staff and chatting with our students and hearing their stories.
He also travelled to Scotland to visit our brilliant partners at The Wood Foundation and the educators they support in the Aberdeen area. Their school teams have been regular visitors to XP Doncaster on our delegate days for the last four years.
Last but not least, Ron joined colleagues on their induction in Derbyshire, sharing moment by moment with them the experience of developing Crew and fellowship.
Renowned as an educator and catalyst for innovation and compassion in education all over the world, we hope it won’t be long before we can welcome Ron back again.
Beautiful Curation at Plover
Top of the Blogs
Let’s get critical… critical! @ Comms
Year 2 Music – playing tunes on the Glockenspiel @ Carcroft School
More beautiful work in the community from Elyse and Brody @ XP Gateshead
Our Ambassadors run their first Macmillan Event @ Plover
Rainforest Research @ Norton Juniors
Drama Hut Visit in Class 6 @ Green Top
Let the children march @ Norton Infants
Food Bank Fundraising @ XP East
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!
C26 (Y11) Weekly Planner
Please see this week’s weekly planner for Y11. All learning labs are on as normal this week.
On this week’s planner you’ll find the mock exam timetable – Y11 mocks kick off on Friday, 6th October.
Please also see attached a fieldwork letter for Thursday, 12th October 2023.
Miss Cocliff & Mrs Parker x
Year 10 + Year 11 GCSE Geography Fieldwork
Year 10 + Year 11 (C27 + C26) GCSE Geography students will be undertaking their required GCSE fieldwork on Friday 6th October.
We will be going to Sheffield to explore the impact of decline and regeneration in the city centre and collecting data to evidence this. The process of analysing risk, creating a hypothesis, justifying their methodology and data presentation will form part of their Paper 3 exam, as well as drawing conclusions from the data and evaluating the fieldwork.
The fieldwork will take place during school hours, traffic depending so students should arrive at normal time to school. Students will need to bring a packed lunch, pen and wear comfortable trainers as we will be on our feet all day. We will be outside in the city centre for the duration of the visit so students need to be prepared for whatever weather – rain or shine!
If you have any questions please email [email protected] or [email protected]
Thank you
C26 (Y11) Weekly Planner: 25.9.23
Please see this week’s weekly planner for Y11. All learning labs are on as normal this week.
BIG TALK EDUCATION
Big Talk Education will be in school on 26th September to talk to Year 11 and Year 9 students about Relationships and Sex Education. If you do not want your child to take part in these sessions, please make their Crew Leader aware.