Year 8 parents have been emailed the link for their son or daughter to have the HPV vaccine at school on 7th February 2023. The link needs to be opened and a short consent or not to consent permission form from the parent/carer needs to be sent off as soon as possible.
The flu vaccine for Years 7, 8 and 9 will take place next week – Monday 9th January. If parents missed sending in their permission for this, RDASH have their walk-in session at Lakeside on Sunday 15th January between 09:30 and 15:00hrs.
Welcome back to all students after the Christmas break. As we return there is a number of sporting enrichment opportunities coming up this half term along with upcoming fixtures.
This week:
Wednesday- Badminton (All Years) 3:30-4:30- All welcome to attend
Thursday- Girls Football (All Years) 3:30-4:30- All welcome to attend
Please keep an eye on the website for any changes or added fixtures in the coming weeks.
It’s been a bittersweet end to the term for Crew Turing… Whilst we celebrated the end of the year with our (not so) Secret Santa and by winning XP East’s Christmas Quiz (a Christmas miracle!!), the fact that it’s their last Christmas at XP East has been mentioned more than once.
We have definitely seen and felt Crew grow even closer and strengthen bonds over the last term. They will need the support of one another more than ever once we return in January for what will be a challenging term from the get-go, with mock exam feedback, student led conferences and the final build up to GCSEs.
Crew have lots to look back on and be proud of from our first term together, not least the fact that attendance and punctuality is improving (every day at school matters, guys!) However, our biggest shout out must go to Mollie who sat her RE GCSE at the end of Y10, achieving an impressive Grade 9! We were very proud to present her with her certificate in Crew. Massive congratulations to you, Mollie!
So, Crew Turing – it’s time for some much needed rest and relaxation and we can’t wait to see you all in 2023 fully prepared to face the next part of your XP East adventure together.
We’d also like to thank you all for allowing the two of us to be part of your Crew.
For our final BTEC sport lesson in C26 for this year we tried our hand at some complex balances and all the students got stuck in and really impressed. We also having been trying to be more mindful during times of stress so a yoga session really helped we the concentration needed to complete all of out work. Well done everyone have a great Christmas and New Year!! Mr Stables
We can not believe that we have completed our first term here at XP East, in one way it feels like we were only boarding the bus for Aberdovey yesterday, but then in another way we feel so settled and like we have been here forever.
Between us as a crew we have collected 194 praise points and this week we have been reviewing our HoWL’s. After looking at our data we have made pledges for the spring term. Some examples are below:
I pledge to improve my Get Smart HoWL in Maths from a 3.0 to a 3.5 by the end of next term. I will do this by putting my hand up and asking more questions. This will help improve my AP by the end of next term- Lola Endicott
I pledge to improve my Work Hard in P.E from a 2.5 to a 3 by remembering my kit every week. I will do this by the end of next term – Elsie Wright
I pledge to improve my attendance to 97% by the end of next term – Arlo Hague
As a crew leader I have also made a pledge to visit my crew in their sessions more and look at their beautiful work- I’m sure they will remind me of this.
It’s safe to say we have crammed lots into this term, Aberdovey, the coal mining museum, Bletchley park and Billy Elliott performances just to name a few! We can not wait to share our POL with you in the new year.
Here are some of the things our crew have said are highlights/favourite moments from this term and some photos of what we have been up to.
Nicole: My highlight of this first term was learning about Billy Elliot and reading in the character/pretending to be them with Miss Buckely. Also exploding the quotes and phrases to learn more about the characters.
Kiera- My highlight from our first term was when a student in HUMS asked Mr tucker a bunch of questions about coal and it got to a point where he had to walk out of class because he found it so irritating but funny at the same time.
Lucas-My highlight was in Aberdovey when i got to know my roomies and neighbours properly whilst spending cherishable time with them. Im pretty sure everyone was happy with the people they were put in a room with.
Have a wonderful and restful break, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Crew White.
Crew Obama raised over £200 on Monday for ‘Save the Children’. Thank you so much to everyone who donated. We will be combining our funds with those collected for Christmas Jumper Day by Crew Kahlo last week. We had a sale of hot sausage rolls and hot chocolates with squirty cream and marshmallows. We are so grateful to everyone who came to buy something; the queue went all the way to the stairs! We’re sorry that we had to turn some of you away. We’ve had great feedback on the sausage rolls and the hot chocolates, and are hoping to do this again in the future. It was great to see so many people wearing their pyjamas, especially those with a Christmas theme. Merry Christmas to everyone from Crew Obama!
