Another amazing week of PE and extra curricular. 13 of our students participated in the Doncaster cross country competition with 3 of them qualifying for the South Yorkshire finals in January. We look forward to them competing in the next round.
Thursday saw 6 of our KS3 students compete in the Doncaster badminton competition.
Another very busy week next week:
Tuesday –
Girls football practice
KS4 Badminton practice
Wednesday –
Y7/8 Girls netball away – Pick up at Hall cross lower school at 5pm
Y7 boys football away – Pick up at 5.30pm from XP
Y9/10 Girls football at home – Pick up at 5pm from XP
Check out how incredible this independent revision work is from Danni in X28 – Revising now for your English Literature texts is awesome – what a way to Get Smart! Well done, Danni!
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!
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.
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…
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.
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!
