Rugby League World Cup

13th September 2022Web Blogger

Good evening, as a school we are delighted to have the opportunity to secure tickets for our students and parents for the upcoming Rugby World Cup matches at the ECO-Power Stadium on Monday the 17th and Monday the 31st of October.

On the google form below you can fill out the how many tickets you would like and the cost of each the tickets. Tickets will be charged to the parent pay accounts. For those ordering ticket you will be contacted about payment from the week commencing the 19th of September.

Please note that this is not school led fieldwork. If you purchase tickets, it is your responsibility to get to and from the stadium.

Any questions please contact Mr Stables- [email protected]

If you would like a ticket please fill in the google form below,

https://forms.gle/krGjvKhjT1EHvRmj7

Sporting Success

13th September 2022Web Blogger

Here at XP we are always looking for our students to achieve and strive for amazing things and we are lucky to have some very successful student athletes, no other than C28’s Sophia Hunter of Crew Boseman.

Sophia is a golfer who spends most of her free time practicing and playing in tournaments around south Yorkshire and she has been competing all summer. Recently, at the Peter Cowen Gold Academy Awards night, Sophia picked up 6 trophies which means Sophia is the current leader for the over 12’s tour.

The Crew and whole school are incredibly proud of Sophia and look forward to hearing of more success in the future.

Mr Stables and Team PE

Praise for 11 Pioneer History

13th September 2022Web Blogger

Year 11 have been thrown straight back into it in history – we’ve started our new history unit ‘The People’s Health’ that is a thematic study focusing on how factors such as beliefs, technology, government, wealth and poverty impacted public health from 1250-present day. I’ve been so impressed with Pioneer – particularly in our lessons this week as they have been so focused and motivated to do well. It seems like everyone has their eye on the end of the year and there is definitely an atmosphere of determination and motivation to do well – I’m pleased that they are taking everything in their stride whether it is the mountain of content and knowledge they need to learn or practising their exam technique each lesson, it is all attacked with hard work and a maturity that seems to have developed over the summer.

It’s been wonderful to watch your personalities and academic skills grow over the years since our first lessons in year 7 and I’m sure all this hard work will pay off – and yes Charlie, I may still have my Miss Battle-Axe moments, you’ll thank me for them later!

Miss Hickson

What a Wonderful Week for Crew Parkinson!

13th September 2022Web Blogger

I am absolutely thrilled with the attitude that Crew have got now they’re in year 11 – everyone is 100% focused on the end goal and working really hard in sessions to achieve the best they can! It’s been great to know that many of crew are attending after school revision sessions and I’m hearing really positive things about their conduct from teachers. Keep this momentum going – I’m so pleased with you all and you deserve to do well after all the effort you’re putting in to your education. Everyone has already got at least one praise point so far and here’s just some of the praises for Dylan, Lacey, Bob, Callum and Toby have got since the start of term:

The Queens Funeral and upcoming Staff Days

13th September 2022Web Blogger

The official date of the State Funeral for The Queen is (Monday 19th September).

This day will be a Bank Holiday and settings that are normally closed on a Bank Holiday should close on this day as a mark of respect. Therefore School will be closed to staff and children on this day.

Please be reminded that School will also be closed for the upcoming Staff Days
Friday 23rd September and Monday 26th September.

Thank you for your continued support, XP East Office

Lost property

12th September 2022Web Blogger

Last week Crew Boseman went through all the lost property at the XP East office

Please see the pictures below and if any of these look familiar please go to the office to have a look and collect it

Many thanks

Mr Stables

Parent Governor vacancy

11th September 2022XP East

As part of our continued school improvement work we are looking for parent governors to join our local governing committee. As a parent governor you will be expected to attend 3 meetings at 8am or 3pm each year (1 per term) and also conduct a governor visit each term (1-3 hours per visit). Parent governors will be given support to complete their duties in terms of training and guidance.

If you are interested in joining XP and XPE LGC please email Mrs Salter to express your interest by Friday 16th September at 3pm.

Please note: If we are overwhelmed with expressions of interest we will have to run a selection process. Thanks for your continued support

Mrs Claira Salter

Principal

Crew Anoa’i: First Full Week Complete!

10th September 2022Web Blogger

After a great start last week, Crew Anoa’i have continued to amaze me this week. I’ve  heard nothing but praise for our Year 11s. Crew Anoa’i have had another fantastic week! 

On Monday we took some time to relax and enjoy some seasonal colouring. On Tuesday we completed our ‘to do’ list full of little jobs, ensuring we were ready for the week ahead. 

Wednesday was a great morning! Despite some grey clouds hanging over our heads, we went outside to take part in some team building activities, including: The Human Knot, Crossing The Line and Buzz Off. We even had a few members of Crew Turing join us. It was amazing to see everyone getting involved and having a good laugh with each other. Thank you for joining us Callum, Ralph, Lewis and Tyler!

On Thursday, we had our first Year 11 community meeting where we shared our appreciations with each other. And on Friday, we had our first whole school community meeting, the perfect opportunity to share more appreciations. 

A special shout out to Jacob Sutton for his hard work this week. He has started Year 11 with such determination and a fire to succeed. I’m so pleased to hear so many positive comments around his work ethic and contributions in sessions. Keep up the good work, Jacob!

Crew Anoa’i are smashing it so far, let’s keep going. Here’s to next week!

 – Miss Mitchell

#SmashingIt

C26 (Y10) & C25 (Y11) – what a cracking start!

10th September 2022Web Blogger

What an absolutely cracking start to the year. Both year groups across both schools have been absolutely on it! Some of our Y10 students are already getting smart by creating revision resources to help them over the next 2 years, whilst our Y11s have come back ready to work hard for their GCSEs.

This week we held our first year group community meetings and, as you can see from the slides below, we already have lots to celebrate!

Year 10 Appreciation Slides:

C26-Community-Meeting-07_09_22Download

Year 11 Appreciation Slides:

C25-Awesomeness-Community-Meeting-08_09_22Download

Crew blogs:

Your child’s Crew Leader will keep you up to date with what’s happening in crew via their crew blogs. You can find these here:

X26E26
Crew Blessed Crew Frank
Crew KahloCrew Obama
Crew PankhurstCrew Mercury
Crew ThunbergCrew Rowling
X25 E25
Crew PiperCrew Ali
Crew Rosa ParkesCrew Anoa’i
Crew Stan LeeCrew Parkinson
Crew TomlinsonCrew Turing

A couple of reminders:

We have asked all students to re-familiarise themselves with our dress code policy. We understand that our lack of uniform allows students to express themselves, however we do still have guidelines. If students persistently break the dress code guidelines, they will be challenged and required to complete after school reflections. We want to avoid this, so they can attend revision sessions instead to achieve their best grades at GCSE level!

Could we also ask for your support please in ensuring your child comes to school every day with appropriate equipment. This should include a pen, pencil, ruler, water bottle, and fully charged device (we don’t allow students to work on mobile phones). In Y10/Y11 we find devices are used a lot more, so please make sure students are bringing their chargers to school too! It’s vital that they have access to these devices to achieve their full potential through work in sessions and revision. Students may find it beneficial to have a notebook for revision material too, but that’s personal preference!

As ever, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions and we look forward to meeting some of our Y11 parents at our work experience launch on Wednesday 14th September 🙂

Mrs Parker (E25/E26 Phase Lead, XP East) and Miss Cocliff (X25/X26 Phase Lead, XP)