Hello Parents and Carers
Please check your emails as we have sent our XP and XP East School parents and carers a letter to inform you of the plans we now have in place for our students for the upcoming NEU Teachers Union Strike Action days.
These days are Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th March 2023.
Many thanks for your continued support
XP and XP East School Office
Year 11 have been working hard to complete their active citizenship aspect of their course. This has involved them supporting their local community and making a difference. There have been so many amazing ideas, from litter picking to cooking to raise money for the local foodbanks. It has been amazing to see how year 11 are putting all of their activism skill into practice!
Find out more and apply here to #JoinOurCrew
On Tuesday’s we have been focusing on our reading as part of the Crew curriculum ‘Tranquil Tuesday.’ There has been some amazing efforts from all of them, but a special mention has to go to Jaden. In a week Jaden has read a whopping 100 pages of his book. Jaden also had the most praise points last week in our year group. He really is a stand out student at the moment, keep up the good work! Here is a picture of him studying a postcard on our recent visit to the Staffordshire Regiment museum, it was a postcard from a soldier in WW1 sent to his parents.
This last couple of weeks Crew Malala has had some really significant successes!
Not only have we had 100% attendance for the last two weeks and been top of the attendance league, but we also won the World Book Day quiz achieving 34 out the 35 questions correctly!
However our success is also paying off in lessons. Crew Malala is working hard, getting smart and being kind.
Fasia earned the most praise points in year 8 for the week beginning 20th February.
We also dropped into Maths on Friday lesson 5. At the end of the lesson every member of Crew Malala was nominated for praise from either their peers or Miss Mountain (their maths teacher). It was a really proud moment to hear other students recognising that our Crew are working hard.
A big shout out to Jack and Emily too, as last week they both represented the school at the Indoor Athletics tournament.
Finally, Deanna and Alex have both won major speaking parts in the school’s production of Macbeth. Please keep checking the website for details and performance dates.
Well done Crew Malala!
Mrs Batty & Mrs Collinson
The Big Talk Education ladies will be in coming into school on the following days to speak to students about Relationship & Sex Education:
9th March- Year 7 (XP and XP East), Year 10 ( XP) and Year 8 (XPE)
14th March- Year 8 ( XP and XP East) and Year 10 ( XP East)
21st March- Year 9 (XP and XP East).
Please find details below with regard to what the sessions will cover. If you would like to discuss anything further please do not hesitate to contact [email protected] or your child’s Phase Lead.
This week is a celebration of all things CAREERS. Please take this opportunity to have a look through the parent guide and have discussions whatever the age.
Make it a family thing, whats the most unusual job someone in the family has done? What did you want to do at the age and how different has your career path taken? what advice would you give to your (insert age) self now?
A little fire pit crew session to start our week!
Crew Rashford spent a crew session outdoors round the fire pit. Enjoying hot chocolate and biscuits to kick start our week.
Being outdoors comes with many benefits such as improving mental health and wellbeing. Students that spend more time outside during the day have shown improved concentration, increased productivity, better behaviour and more positive relationships amongst their peer group.
So here’s to the warmer weather and more crew activities outside.
When you’re ready, sunshine!! We are waiting for you!
We are the mighty Crew Rashford!
Mrs Watson and Mr Fawley.
The weather is warming up (ish)- this can only mean one thing! We are back out and about doing awesome outdoor activities.
What an amazing session we had – Sitting round the campfire, sipping hot chocolate and eating s’mores. This was the first time making s’mores for some students, each of them really enjoyed taking on the challenge not to burn the marshmallow – it’s a fine art to get it just perfect!
Here we are revisiting norms and expectations, practising fire lighting, enjoying spending time together, taking part in an old favourite shopping list game and de-gunging at the end.
Mondays are the best days!
Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across our Trust this week!
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