This morning, Miss Taylor kindly organised a ‘noodle adventure’ during crew… and wow, were our horizons broadened; with different flavours and noodle types!
Following a conversation in crew around pot noodles being the best things ever, Miss Taylor decided to do an ‘around the world’ noodle tour! Students enjoyed a range of noodles… but stay away from the Jollof Chicken ones if your spice tolerance is low, eh Morgan?!
Thank you to Miss Taylor for organising this morning’s crew session; it was lovely to sit and enjoy some noodles together! And thanks for inviting me along, too, crew!
As the weather is starting to get warmer and the sun is shining we advise that students bring suncream to school for PE. Students will also need to make sure they have a water bottle filled up.
Last week, Crew Pasteur took part in their 7 mile walk from Wadworth to XP – in a temperature of 24 degrees! Needless to say, there were a few sun – reddened faces by the end of the day, but Crew demonstrated excellent map reading skills, and above all, compassion for each other by checking in regularly, sharing sun cream and a joke or two. You will be AMAZING on the qualifying experience at the end of June, Crew!
Crew Barnes helped the XP community by litter picking around the school and futsal court outside. Despite the hot weather, we persevered working as a crew to keep our environment clean, taking it in turns to collect rubbish. This goes towards our DofE Bronze Award, bettering our chance of achieving it.
I was excited to join my Crew last week for their practice walk (from a distance) for their Bronze DofE award. Crew Darling displayed great teamwork, support and compassion for one another on a hot, humid and challenging day. They even tried their hand at some sheep herding! Take a look at the fantastic day that was had, especially impressed with their cooking skills!
Another hectic week of extra curricular. Our cricket teams were in action this week, being involved in a festival at Doncaster town and home fixtures against Hayfield and Campsmount. The uptake in cricket has been fantastic. Students showed real character and were phenomenal both on and off the pitch.
Next week will be as follows:
Monday – Athletics practice
Tuesday – Cricket and cheerleading
Wednesday – Y7/8 Cricket fixture and rounders practice
Since 2019 we have been working with the educational charity The Wood Foundation, which is based in Scotland. Dozens of educators from schools in the Aberdeen area have been visiting our Trust as delegates for the last four years – learning about Crew, expeditions and Leadership.
This week for the first time colleagues from our Trust, including our CAO Andy, had the opportunity to deliver CPD to teachers in Aberdeen, visiting schools and meeting students. It was heartwarming and humbling to see Crew – sometimes called Squads and Clans north of the border – being delivered in Scotland.
We look forward to welcoming more delegates to our Trust schools in the future and travelling back to support our new friends as they continue their Crew journey.
There Is No Planet B – Product Curation at Norton Juniors
The beautiful work from LKS2’s Expedition ‘There Is No Planet B’ is now curated outside the school! The awesome artwork, created from digital images of discarded waste, depicts various different animals whose habitats are being destroyed in the local community. To further reinforce the notion of climate emergency, through their literacy cycle, pupils also wrote persuasive speeches about how we can all bring about positive change if we work together.
Over the last two weeks History and Ethics have taken C27 to the Holocaust museum. We are so proud of the compassion that was shown by all students and appreciated having the opportunity to meet with survivors of the Holocaust and hear their stories.
