Crew Malala continued their Duke of Edinburgh Voluntary Stewardship yesterday by taking the time to pick up litter around XP East. They have it down to a science, splitting into four teams of three to cover the whole site in around ten minutes. Good work Crew Malala!
Mrs. Collinson & Mrs. Batty
Members of Crew Malala have started preparing for the passage presentations in the new year. Passage is where students have the opportunity to show how they have grown and that they are prepared for starting their GCSEs. This morning students reflected on their time at XP East and started preparing what they want to talk about during their Passage presentations.
Mrs. Collinson and Mrs. Batty
Please have a look through the pictures and claim anything that belongs to you from lost property. Lost property can be claimed at XP East Office. Any unclaimed items will be donated to charity in the following week.
Every other Wednesday Crew Malala get their high viz vests on and head out to do their litter pick towards their Bronze D of E award. Crew splits into four teams of three, we use a timer for ten minutes, and divide and conquer the site into zones to make the most efficient use of our time. During debrief of the activity, Crew said that they found these ten minutes really productive, and because they have a fixed amount of time, it goes really quickly and everyone has a job to do. Crew agreed that Pickers of the Week are Will, for retrieving the most amount of litter, and Deanna for taking responsibility for the bin bag. Nice work Crew Malala!
Mrs. Collinson & Mrs. Batty
It is wonderful to see crew Da Vinci revising and revisiting ‘A Christmas Carol’ in crew each Wednesday. They are producing some beautiful work that they can use as revision guides next year.
I am really proud of the work you are putting in. Trust me this will really help with your revision ahead of your mock exams and your GCSEs next year!
Well done – Mrs Desborough
Students in E30 Year 7 will be visiting the National Coal Mining Museum on Wednesday 4th October. This fieldwork will be part of students expedition “From the Ground up”. We will leave school at 8.30am and return by 3.15pm. Students will need to bring a bag with:
A packed lunch (students on free school meals will be provided with a lunch), a pen / pencil / pencil case to complete work during the day and a warm coat as part of the day is outside.
If your child needs to take any medication, please inform their crew leader so that any necessary arrangements can be made.
Crew Malala spent some time creating colourful posters to decorate their Crew space. Each student created one letter or star and included a pledge for this term. Pledges include:
Every week members of Crew Malala will look at their praises and conducts from the week before, and reflect on how these might help them work to meet their pledges. Brilliant work Crew Malala!
Mrs. Collinson & Mrs. Batty
I am so proud of these guys! It feels like forever ago we had to work together as crew like this! I loved watching you all be kind and compassionate as well as maybe argue a little! That is what crew is for though, the good and the tough!
I have to sneak selfies with the boys now because apparently they are too cool for a picture with me now!
Crew White have hit the ground running this term, straight back to school and into immersion for their next exhibition. They have returned with a great attitude to their learning and arrived at school every day with their equipment and a charged device ready to go-yey!!
During Crew time we are working hard on SLC prep, it is great to see how committed they are to getting this right, and to showcase to parents and carers their beautiful work whilst also showing off their academic progress. To see them actively be leaders of their own learning, and their drive to better themselves blows me away. I often forget they have only had 1 term here at XP, they are like old pros. A special mention has to go out to Dania, she has been working so hard on the most beautiful script, seeking critique, then going away and improving, only for it to be lost in cyber space and have to start all over again. Dania hasn’t moaned once, she just went away and grappled to catch back up. What a super star, I’m really proud of her. I can’t wait for you to hear them all next week.
Proud Crew Leader
Mrs Fowler
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.
Merry Christmas.
Mrs P and Miss C x
