Please note the carousel training day will take place at school so lunch arrangements will be as usual.
Crew Malala Beautiful Artwork
We popped in to see our Crew this morning in Art and we were floored by their beautiful artwork. Enjoy.
Mrs. Collinson and Mrs. Batty
We’re looking for a Learning Coach (TA) and Crew Leader at XP Gateshead!
Y8/C28 Fieldwork to Leeds WYP
As emailed out to parents, we have an exciting opportunity to visit West Yorkshire Playhouse Theatre in Leeds on Thursday 18th May to see ‘Of Mice and Men’ (our anchor text for our current expedition).
Students will need to be at school at the normal time, but they will need to bring a packed lunch as we will be leaving school at approximately 12pm. If your child receives free school meals, we will provide this for them.
The cost will be covered by school, and we aim to return to school at 5:30pm.
Best wishes,
Y8 Expedition Team.
Extra Curricular this Week
Please see below the upcoming extra curricular sport this week:
Monday 15th- Boys Football Y7-10-3:30-4:30
Cheerleading- 3:30-4:30
Wednesday 17th- KS3 Boys Rugby-3:30-4:30
Rounders- 3:30-4:30
Any questions please contact Mr Stables [email protected]
DofE Information Evening Slides
Please find attached the slides for the information given on the C27 POL evenings. Please contact your crew leader with any further questions.
Y11 (C25) Weekly Planner: 15/5/23
Exam Week 1 – let’s do this!
This week’s planner has details of exams, revision sessions and a link to youngminds.org.uk to help with exam stress.
Crew Da Vinci- Hide and Seek crew activity.
Crew Da Vinci- Hide and Seek crew activity.
During this Term year 9 have been working really hard on finishing their passage’s and presenting them. For Crew this morning they wanted to build on being Crew again as they have all presented their passage Presentations and are ready to start their GCSE’s when they come back. They wanted to be outside in the fresh air and celebrate their successes with each other by having a few games of hide and seek!
Every single student in Crew Da Vinci should be so proud of their selves for their effort they have put into it and the courage shown by each and every one of them! Miss Cade cannot wait to see what year 10 and 11 brings with the hard work that they are putting into place now in year 9!
Thanks for all the support from parents, staff members and Experts that have taken time out of their day to come and support Da Vinci. We truly appreciate you!
PS. Spot our reigning champion at hide and seek! ( Shay Robson).
Sharing our Stories: 12/05/2023
Beautiful Work This Week
A Christmas Carol: Year 11 Study Guide for GCSE – created by Year 11 at XP!
Students at XP in Year 11 have been preparing for their GCSE English Literature Exam studying a range of different texts. One of these was A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
As we learn predominantly through Learning Expeditions at XP Trust, students embarked on a Humanities based expedition entitled Is Charity Enough? Students studied A Christmas Carol whilst considering the work they had completed, and were continuing to study, as part of their GCSE History in the thematic module Health and Medicine through the Ages. Students focussed on A Christmas Carol considering what life was like particularly social conditions at the time the novella was written.
Students then began a detailed study of the Dickens classic by reading and writing about characters, themes and the intent of the novella. This was the foundation for the study guide that includes this content as well as beautiful artwork, interviews with Lucinda Hawksley (the Great Great Great Granddaughter of Dickens himself) as well as curators from the Dickens museum in London.
The result of this work is a fantastic guide for the students to use to help them in their GCSE revision as well as a beautiful product that reflects the students authentic voice and deep engagement with the text. However, this guide isn’t just for our students and their studies – it’s available to everyone studying A Christmas Carol at GCSE, as well as anyone else with a keen interest in Dickens!
You can buy your copy of the guide here!
All students in X25 were given a copy of the guide and further copies can be purchased through our website.
Beautiful Curation at Norton Campus!
Doncaster Minster – E27 Ethics
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C27 Visit to York Chocolate Story
As part of our expedition in Spanish this term, exploring the issue of child labour on cocoa and sugar plantations in Latin America and Fair Trade, C27 from XP and XP East visited York’s Chocolate Story. We learned about the origins of chocolate and how it is produced. Students were surprised to learn that chocolate has its origins in Mexico, and only came to Europe following the Spanish conquest of the Americas. The word that we use for chocolate comes directly from the Aztec word “chocolatl”, which was a cold, bitter drink mixed with chillies.Students tried this drink – not a popular choice with most! They also had the opportunity to try cocoa during various stages of the chocolate making process, and then made their own chocolate lolly.
Mrs. Collinson
