This week’s stand out student in English has to be Leoni Hughes in Explorer. The effort, resilience and focus she has applied to her assessments has been outstanding. She has clearly shown that if you work hard in sessions and listen to feedback you will succeed.
Leoni’s recent language assessment saw her achieve almost full marks in two of her questions. Overall this section of the paper would have seen her get a grade 9! You should be so proud of yourself Leoni.
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
If there is a better way for C25 to revise for A Christmas Carol, I don’t know it!
Last Thursday we took the students of C25 to the Savoy cinema for an exclusive private screening of Mark Gatiss’ National Theatre Production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in preparation for their mock exam on Friday. The students’ behaviour was superb and the production was excellent. It showed the disparity between the rich and the poor in Victorian society whilst giving clarity to the students on both plot and character development. We hope to be able to replicate this event with future production.
A special thanks to all the staff at the Savoy cinema who were so friendly and patient with both our staff and students.
What a fantastic two days students across XP and XP East have had!
On Tuesday, Citizenship students, who have been studying the role of the police, and their year group were involved in 3 seminars from Doncaster Police and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue. These included Road Safety, Gun and Knives and Exploitation.
After a fantastic Tuesday, things only got more exciting here at XPE today…
Students listened to a talk regarding Dog Handling and were introduced to not one, but two real life police dogs! Isn’t Hudson wonderful?
If that wasn’t enough, students were given time to ask all their pressing questions in a Q&A session. Students also experienced all the equipment police officers are trained to use, including riot gear and operating police cars.
A fantastic two days had by all students and staff! #WeAreCrew
8th March 2022K Burns
This time, the beautiful work has come from E25 Explorer in Science!
Explorer have been working hard on understanding DNA – And these are just some examples of the Craftsmanship and Quality of learning taking place in Mr V’s classroom this morning.
This is an example of a quality diagram from Kris of a DNA Nucleotide – a building block of our DNA.
And some beautiful examples of the double helix that DNA molecules form, from Lucie, Billy, Faith, Lewis and Caiden !
Keep up the fantastic work!!
Miss Cocliff & Mr Voltaire 🙂
I’ve been SUPER impressed with E25 since I’ve worked with them this year! The quality of work being produced is astounding – both in sessions, and outside of the classroom too!
Check out some examples below from Denim in History, and Mollie and Fin in maths, demonstrating excellent Craftsmanship & Quality across subjects.
I’ve also experienced a wonderful gallery walk – Miss Cross transported us to the silent floor of Brumley Museum – some great silent conversations, excellent notices, questions, and wonders!
And finally, I wanted to highlight a beautiful piece of work from Jess R. Jess has been working on this in her own time, as horses are a big interest – but look at the detail on this artwork. Phenomenal – excellent work Jess!!!!
Keep it up, year 10 – I look forward to seeing what you achieve this year!
Miss Cocliff x
