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This afternoon crew KFO and CMO joined forces for some crew games before their community meeting. A simple game of ‘Draw my picture’ created lots of laughs and some interesting pictures! Testing their concentration and listening skills has never been such fun!
In the PE department we are always excited to hear about how well our students are doing in sport outside of school, so when Olivia Shaw of E26 explained to us that she had a swimming competition last week we all waiting eagerly to hear how she got on.
Not only did Liv do us all incredibly proud just by competing but she also come home with some trophies and personal best times!!
200m Individual Medley = Bronze
200m Backstroke = Bronze
200m Breaststroke = Silver
200m Frontcrawl = Silver
200m Butterfly = Gold
All of these events Olivia completed in personal best times! we are all very proud and look forward to hearing of more success.
Mr Stables and Team PE
Another fantastic week for Crew Anoa’i! I’m seeing such a difference in our crew at the moment. Everyone is attempting tasks in crew time with no hesitation or reluctance. I’m so pleased to see this big change.
On Monday we celebrated Miss Mitchell’s birthday and took on the challenge of learning ‘Origami’, the art of folding paper, often associated with Japanese culture. This activity definitely divided the crew; some struggled to follow the complicated instructions, whilst others were paper-folding magicians! Despite the clear divide, we helped each other follow the instructions, step-by-step, and we all managed to create some origami animals and boats.
On Tuesday we took some time to revise, looking back at the work we completed last year regarding the Nazis and Hitler’s rise to power. As you can see, everyone got stuck in, sparking some great discussions around the contrasting nature of Nazi Rule in Eastern and Western Europe.
Wednesday was great fun! We went outside again to take part in some team building activities, including: Silent Line Up, Jump In Jump Out and River Crossing. These activities got our brains working, in particular Jump In Jump Out. We had a good laugh with this one, as this activity tested everyone’s coordination. What a great way to start a day!
On Thursday, we looked at the praise log whilst composing our weekly appreciations. We then completed our student pledges, thinking about what we need to work on this term.
And on Friday, we had our whole school community meeting, where the Attendance League was reintroduced. After one week, Crew Anoa’i are joint 15th with 12 points. I’m not going to lie, it’s not an amazing start, but we can improve on this and we will. This is something we will be working on this term, as the winning crew receives £50 as their prize!
We’ve got this Crew Anoa’i, let’s win that money!
– Miss Mitchell
#GotThis
Third week into term and Crew Rashford are really shining at the moment.
These students have attended everyday and have achieved 100% attendance.
⭐️ Isabelle, Tayla, Zak, Sofiya, Keegan, Holly, Jayden, Emma, Callum ⭐️
Crew Rashford have racked up some awesome praises and are showing incredible HoWLs in and around school.
⭐️ Big Shout Out to Jorja who has 8 praises logged – Awesome achievement Jorja smashing it!
Closely followed by Callum and Isabelle with a fantastic 7 praises – awesome work you two!
Let’s keep this momentum going and strive to Work Hard, Get Smart and Be Kind.
Super impressed and immensely proud! Well done the mighty Crew Rashford
Mrs Watson and Miss Bowser
Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust this week!
To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org/stories
History stars in the making…
Our students in Y10 have been working extremely hard in their History sessions over the past two weeks. We have been learning about different aspects of Viking life in their homelands of Scandinavia, from the food they ate to their religious beliefs and the rituals they practiced.
I have been really impressed with their work ethic, contributions to classroom discussion and the craftsmanship and quality of their work. Check out Logan and Harvey’s beautiful books below!
Next week, Y10 will be working hard planning and completing their first formal assessment on the Vikings. If they continue this level of concentration and continue to graft, I am sure they will be very successful and proud of their achievements.
Keep up the great work Y10!
This coming week we have some exciting football fixtures to look forward to with both boys and girls fixtures home and away.
Our year 11 boys start their journey in the National cup away at Astrea Woodfields and the KS3 girls team at on Maculey at home in their opening league game.
Y11 Boys V Astrea Woodfields- 21/9/22 Meet at the changing rooms at 3:15pm- Pick up from XP at 5:15pm
KS3 Girls V Maculey- 22/9/22 Meet at the changing rooms at 3:15pm- Pick up from XP at 4:30pm
Both team sheets are now up on the PE notice board, if you have any questions ask see Mr Stables
Please find attached the enrichment timetable for this term. All session will start on Monday 12th September. Any questions please ask crew leaders.
