FXP will be announcing the winners of the Easter hampers tomorrow morning around 10:30am. There are 3 prizes to win! Students and staff can buy raffle tickets from Miss Mitchell at £1 a strip for a chance to win one of these prizes. If you haven’t bought yours yet, you still have time. Tickets will be on sale up until the announcement tomorrow, so get your tickets quick!
FXP will also be doing another tuck shop tomorrow. There will be lots of goodies to buy including fruit pots, sweets, crisps, hot food and cans of pop. Please bring in some money to purchase these at break time tomorrow (cash only).
This half term all Year 9 classes have been taking part in the Faster Reader Scheme, with the goal of increasing students’ reading ages. All of Crew Pasteur really enjoyed their novel ‘Legend’, and half of the crew increased their reading age by well over 6 months. Here are Bella, Summer, Neave, Ellis, Caleb and Kacper. A special mention MUST go to Bella, as her reading age improved by over FOUR YEARS!! Impressive Bella!
You can also see beautiful Maths work from Neave, and Science work from Kacper.
We had an AWESOME morning in crew today… after earning some reward time for 100% attendance, high amounts of praise points, and just being INCREDIBLE…
We took on a game of ‘corner football’! We also took part in a crew mile to raise some money for the British Heart Foundation to support Miss Barton’s ‘dechox’ challenge – where Miss Barton isn’t eating any chocolate for a whole month. She’s got more will power than we have!
It was hard to get good photos this morning… crew are SO fast! It was lovely to see crew working as a team, communicating well, and showing integrity when their teams were out! A special shout out to the red team (Aaran, Emma & Paddy) and the yellow team (Leo, Lewis and Charlotte) who came out on top of the corner football points table!
Thank you to everyone who has supported me so far in raising money for the British Heart Foundation – I pledged to go the whole of March without eating chocolate for the British Heart Foundation’s Dechox 2024 campaign. It is a cause close to my heart, and I appreciate every penny and every kind word in support. Some students have also joined me in giving up chocolate – thank you so much!
On Monday 25th (for Y7/Y8) and Tuesday 26th March (for Y9/Y10), students have been invited to bring a pound (or any amount they feel they can donate), wear red, and run for fun (a great way to keep your heart healthy) during crew time in order to show further support for this great cause. Y11s are also more than welcome to participate! Your academic crew comes first as you are very close to exam season, but if you can spare the pennies or the time to run with us, you are more than welcome!
If you would like to donate to this great cause, please follow this link to the JustGiving page, or scan the QR code in the poster below: https://www.justgiving.com/page/natalie-barton-1708372948129?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fnatalie-barton-1708372948129&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share
It was great to see the students in crew working hard in PE this week. You are all demonstrating the HOWLS, work hard, get smart and be kind. We have had some amazing praises this week from teachers to members of crew. Students have been performing their music in front of the class, working hard in HUMS and being amazing on fieldwork.
As part of their Expedition ‘Once Upon a Time’, students in EYFS at Plover have raised money to provide boxes of books to local community organisations, including Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospital Trust. They posted this update on their social media this week from their Children’s Ward, thanking students for their generous donation.
Genius of Steam and Speed
Across the Trust we have always researched and celebrated Doncaster’s railway story through expeditions. Lots of our students’ work is already out there in the community – including railway stations and parks. Our latest book, Rail City, is also on sale in Waterstones and the Danum Gallery, Library and Museum.
On the 23rd April a remarkable new exhibition – Gresley: Genius of Steam and Speed – will open at DGLaM, featuring artifacts, letters and stories about the man who engineered the Flying Scotsman and the Mallard in Doncaster.
Students from the Trust will be co-creating an audio guide which will be accessible through an app for the exhibition. We will also be helping to create rail related resources for the summer holiday programme of children’s events at DGLaM.