X29 Crew Lovelace helping the community
Crew Lovelace cleaned up the car park this morning with a litter pick, this act of service will go towards their Voluntary section of their Bronze DofE award.
C27/Y11 Prom
A massive appreciation to the parents who are already busy planning Prom for our C27 students!
If any more Y11 parents/carers would like to get involved with the organisation/venue ideas, or just keep up-to-date with plans, please join the dedicated facebook group. Just search: xp and xpeast prom
All queries should be directed to the organisers 🙂
Thank you!
E29 Crew Phase: Stewards of Our Community
This week, the E29 Crew Phase have stepped up to take on a new role as stewards of our school community. As part of their Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) journey, our Year 9 students have begun embracing additional responsibilities, including litter picking and managing lost property across both school sites.
These tasks might seem small, but they have a significant impact. Keeping our school environment clean and organised reflects the pride we take in being part of XP East. It fosters a sense of ownership, respect, and care for the spaces we all share.
We’re proud of E29 for their hard work and commitment to making our school a better place for everyone.
— E29 The Crew Leaders
Year 10 & 11 Fieldwork to the University of Cambridge!
On Friday 11th October, a group of fifteen Key Stage Four pupils were invited to visit the University of Cambridge. Places for this fieldwork were hotly contested. Pupils had to make a written application outlining their suitability for the visit, which was excellent preparation for future job and university applications. Mrs Poncia, our Key Stage Four Lead, was very impressed to read quality self reflection in the successful applications.
All pupils on the visit conducted themselves incredibly maturely, and we were especially proud to see the confidence with which they asked clarifying and probing questions of the Cambridge staff and students about what it is like to study there.
The day included a guided tour of Homerton College and Cambridge city centre. It was fascinating to see all the colleges and historical sites, such as Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree. During the afternoon, pupils were put to the test by a professor’s puzzles often used as part of the admissions process. These puzzles required lots of critical thinking, problem solving and quick mental arithmetic to solve a crime – with lots of our students (and Miss Cocliff!) being part of the winning teams! Pupils were in teams competing with each other and pupils from other schools to solve the crime.
Fortunately, the challenging curriculum at XP prepared our pupils well for this as they are well used to making lateral connections between subjects. Here at XP, we agree wholeheartedly with the professor’s assertions that “it isn’t enough to just know stuff”. You must be able to apply it to different situations too!
Miss Cross & Miss Cocliff x
PE this week
It has been a fantastic term for PE and extra curricular. There have been plenty of fixtures and we have much more going on this week.
Tuesday – Girls football training/ Y7/8 boys football training
Wednesday – Y10 boys football at home
Y7/8 Girls football at home
Y7/8/10 Netball away. We will return to school around 5.30.
Sharing our Stories 11/10/2024
Beautiful Work This Week
Beautiful Curation at Green Top!
Have you seen these beautiful newly curated areas at Green Top – awesome spaces for students to learn and play in!
A great sporting week at XP Doncaster!
On Monday, students met a few of the Doncaster Rovers first team players and were able to have photos and get autographs from the players. Students asked questions about the life of a professional athlete and the journey that the players have been on playing for different clubs. It was great to hear the players speak about our character traits and how these character traits link to sport.
Then on Tuesday students visited Hill House school to listen to Olympic gold medal GB hockey player Sam Queck. Her experience as an athlete and the ups and downs she has faced really helped our students to understand that if you want something in life you have to work hard for it! Students were able to have a photo and ask questions to Sam at the end – they even held her gold medal.
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Crew Rashford getting smart-er @ XP East
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Crew KBA- What makes up our identity?
This week in crew I asked crew members to find a piece of work or something they have done that they are proud of. Students sent both written work and art work either completed in school or in their free time. We noticed that these were really individual and that they gave an insight to their identity and who they were. This is a topic we have been looking at in our Wise Wednesday sessions so it was great to see this theme carried on.
A HUGE Thank You!
We’ve finally gotten around to delivering your very kind donations to the drop off point for the Clothing Bank!
During our first week back, Year 10 promoted this wonderful charity around school and around Doncaster City Centre; and we’ve managed 2 full car loads (which filled 2 of the drop off bins!)
If you get chance, please do check out their wonderful work: https://theclothingbank.org.uk
Hopefully we can continue this awesome work!
Mel x