Another busy week on the PE front for our students. Another week with multiple practices across badminton and cheerleading, whilst our KS3 badminton team went and competed at Rossington All Saints and our year 8 boys football hosted Ash Hill.
As we round off this week, we have another busy week coming up
Next week
Tuesday- KS4 Badminton practice, no girls football practice
Wednesday – Year 7/8 girls football at home finish at 5pm. Year 7 and 8 girls netball fixture at home finish 5pm.
Thursday – KS4 badminton fixture at home finish at 4.45pm
Shaun the Sheep is helping us make Christmas Jumper Day 2024 the best day ever!
As the charity’s new ‘Head of Wool’, Shaun has collaborated with Save the Children to make the world better with a sweater and wants children across the UK to join the flock
Christmas Jumper Day will take place on the 12th December 2024.
Put on your favourite Christmas jumper, donate £2 to Save the Children and help kids everywhere get the best future ever.
On the same day, the school kitchen will be cooking Christmas dinner for staff and pupils and our fabulous PE department are running a ‘Santa Dash’ (so please also bring a Santa hat for the day).
If you can, please donate via our school just giving page rather than bringing in cash in on the day.
Looking forward to seeing you in your Christmas jumpers.
Save the date! C28 are delighted to invite you to a Celebration of Learning as the conclusion to their expedition ’Raiders and Invaders’. The celebration will take place at XP East on Tuesday 17th December.
E28 (Y10 XP East) will present their learning from 4-4:45pm, and X28 (Y10 XP) will share their learning from 5-5:45pm.
Save the date! C28 are delighted to invite you to a Celebration of Learning as the conclusion to their expedition ’Raiders and Invaders’. The celebration will take place at XP East on Tuesday 17th December.
E28 (Y10 XP East) will present their learning from 4-4:45pm, and X28 (Y10 XP) will share their learning from 5-5:45pm.
We have lots of different talents in Crew Peake – from football to rugby, to gaming and art! Some of this talent has been showcased over the past couple of weeks in art sessions. Check out the incredible craftsmanship & quality from Emma – it’s like she’s almost GCSE ready already – and we’re in Year 8!
A huge well done to the Year 9/10 girls football team who completed in a tournament on Wednesday and won. Fantastic achievement and some great goals scored. Our Year 7’s and 8’s played Hall Cross at netball, some incredible games being played no win’s but the teams demonstrated some great teamwork. At the end of the week our KS4 badminton team played Hayfield and Rossington we had a few wins, well done. Lets continue the wins in the next tournament.
W/C 25th November
Tuesday- Girls football practice 3.30-4.30 and KS3 badminton practice 3.30-4.30
Wendesday – Year 8 boys football at home 3.30-4.45 and Netball practice 3.30-4.30
Thursday- KS3 badminton fixture away return to school at 5pm
EYFS pupils from Green Top embarked on a cross-curricular expedition to explore the guiding question, “How do we show we care?” Through engaging activities and three case studies, they learned about kindness, empathy, and their place in the world. Immersion began with The Everywhere Bear, inspiring children to care for a crew teddy bear and fostering classroom environments of love and kindness. Hook week focused on settling children into school while emphasising kindness as a superpower.
Case studies included visits from the school nursing team, exploration of stories like Dogger and The Smartest Giant in Town to examine feelings and actions, and activities like kindness pledges, litter picking, and porridge-making tied to Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Celebrations like Bonfire Night and remembrance activities deepened understanding of history and empathy. In the final case study, children compared global settings through books like Elmer and participated in charitable actions, including creating a board for the DRI children’s ward with the message “You are special. You are loved. We care,” alongside donations from their sponsored walk.
Gifts from our Visitors!
Since our first XP school opened we have been welcoming visitors from all over the world. In the last three years the number of global delegates across our Trust has run into the thousands.
Whether sole visitors or part of a group; for example twice in the last year over 60 students from Hong Kong joined us in one day; what these guests bring to our schools is invaluable.
Our students love to take them on Ambassador tours and our staff deliver CPD that allows us to share what we do and how and why we do it.
Sometimes we are presented with thoughtful gifts, which form part of a display in our Comms area shop at XPE.
A boomerang from Australia, a lucky panda drawing from a school in Hong Kong, biscuits from the Netherlands, Chocolates from Switzerland, pens from Australia and beautiful textiles from India are just some of the special thank you’s we have received.
Thursday Night Live!
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Year 8 have the amazing opportunity to take part in a day of art workshops in Leeds for fieldwork to do with their ‘Being Human’ expedition.
One of the basics of humanity is our ability to create, and the students will be involved in practical workshops from the Leeds Art Gallery and the Henry Moore Institute on Wednesday the 27th of November.
This fieldwork will take place during the school day so it is important that your child arrives on time for the coach which will leave during crew.
Please make sure your child brings a packed lunch, as they will be eating in the gallery spaces. Free school meals will be provided for students who usually have them.
