We’ve finally got the GCSE certificates in school for C26, and so we can now formally invite you to the presentation evening for this.
This will be held at XP East on Thursday, December 5th 2024, beginning at 5pm until 6:15pm. Please mark the calendars – it would be awesome to catch up with you all!
Cheerleading club cancelled tonight.
Another busy week on the PE front! With the start of the new term, Badminton has made appearance on the extracurricular timetable and it got underway with over 30 students in attendance. This was great to see ahead of the KS3 competition next week against other Doncaster schools!
Netball, girls football and cheerleading have all continued, along with the year 7 and 8 girls attending a football tournament at Hayfield school which saw them go unbeaten with two wins and two draws, whilst only conceding one goal in the whole tournament!
The year 10 boys were also in action this week as they narrowly missed out on advancing to the next round of the national cup, only to be beaten on penalties by Snaith school.
In lessons all learners have been working away on their final week of their current sports in preparation for the next sporting block starting. We have also had the continued pleasure of students from Club Doncaster Sports College coming in and doing some lesson delivery as part of their level 3 BTEC in Sport Coaching and Development.s with CDSC.
Finally we look forward to another busy week on the PE front next week.
Regards,
The PE team.
This October half term, 9 members of staff from across XP Trust travelled to San Diego to work with the best project based learning teacher in the world – Jeff Robin. Each teacher brought with them a personally crafted exemplar – a tangible product of their passion and planning – to refine and inspire transformative future Expeditions.
Inspired by Jeff’s groundbreaking work at High Tech High, the school that inspired XP, they sought to elevate their teaching through creativity, activism, and lasting legacy. Away from the familiar, they embraced new ideas in a setting that ignited their imagination…
Stay tuned for the full length documentary and story of Jeff Tech High…
Fun in the autumn leaves @ Norton Infants
Investigation Friction @ Green Top
Air Resistance – Parachutes @ Carcroft School
Celebrating 70 Years of Lord of the Flies @ XP School
Norton Remembers @ Norton Juniors
Beautiful Work from Danny in G28 @ XP Gateshead
Crew White Supports the Eve Merton Trust @ XP East
We now have a new dedicated news email so that you can send your stories, updates or ideas about potential news articles directly to us in Comms.
It might be something you or your students have achieved, a charity you’re supporting or anything at all that deserves a wider audience.
Write to us at [email protected] – we want to hear about it, write about it and celebrate it!
Year 10 students have worked incredibly hard to create thoughtful and detailed poetry anthologies, and their effort deserves recognition. These anthologies not only showcase their personal connections to the poems but also reflect a deep understanding of literary techniques and themes.
Each student has carefully selected and annotated their poems, ensuring the anthology will be an invaluable tool for revision in Year 11. With attention to detail and creative insight, these anthologies are a true reflection of their growth as writers and thinkers.
Well done, Year 10! Your hard work will pay off in the year ahead.
Miss Buckley
Tuesday – Badminton and girls football practice 3.30-4.30
Wednesday- Netball practice 3.30-4.30
Thursday- KS3 Badminton fixture away back at school at 5.15pm
Any questions please speak to the PE team
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Lord of the Flies, students in X29 have been working hard on their own creative interpretations of this classic novel. They’ve completed excerpts of graphic novels, each illustrating some of the novel’s most powerful and key events. Through these graphic depictions, they’ve been able to express both the intensity and deeper themes of the story, combining visual creativity with literary analysis.
It’s been fantastic to see their work come together as they bring Lord of the Flies to life in a fresh, new way!
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Thank you to all who attended last night’s Post 16 event, it was lovely to see Year 10 & 11 parents and students there and the feedback from our local schools and colleges was really positive and they are looking forward to welcoming XP and XP East students as year 12s in September. They were really positive about the conversations they had with our young people last night and both our alumni students’ character and dedication to learning that students have and are showing as they progress through their next steps.
I’ve attached a copy of the presentation from last night which has links to all the post 16 providers. The expectation for year 11 students is that they apply for more than one college/6th form/apprenticeship with a recommendation of at least 3 different places. Students don’t need to commit to chosing one specific place and do not need to make any final decisions until results day in August.
Here is also the different minimum expected grades that are needed for each level of course, the school/colleges website will have their own guidance. Some schools and colleges also use grade averages so all GCSEs count towards their entry requirements.
As always any questions please email me at [email protected]
Thankyou for supporting your student and the school in this
Kathryn Burns XP Trust Careers Lead
This week in our wise Wednesday time we looked at online safety. students were asked to write down ‘helpful’ and ‘unhelpful’ online behaviours and display them on the board. Here are just a few of the examples that were added. The discussions around this were great and all of crew were active members in this task.
