We are delighted to invite families and our wider school community to the Year 8 XP Presentation of Learning, taking place on Tuesday 14th April from 4:30pm to 5:30pm.

This event is an opportunity for students to showcase their learning from their most recent expedition, We Are the Power. Throughout the expedition, students have explored important ideas about influence, leadership, responsibility, and the ways power can shape societies and communities.

During the Presentation of Learning, students will share the high-quality work they have produced, reflect on their learning journey, and demonstrate the knowledge and skills they have developed.

They will also be responding to the expedition’s guiding question:

What is power?

We look forward to welcoming parents, carers, and guests to celebrate the hard work, creativity, and achievements of our Year 8 students.

C32, Year 7’s final expedition of the year launches this week- we will be revealing the Title and Guiding Question by the end of Immersion!

During this expedition, our geography content is focusing on river characteristics from source to mouth, river processes, formation of landforms as well as the cause, impacts and responses of flooding and open water. As part of this, we are applying the theory of river processes and characteristics to the field. Our maths content will require us to calculate speed, distance and time.

On Thursday 16th April, students will visit Endcliffe park in Sheffield. They will work together to collect data regarding the width, depth, velocity and load of rivers. We will also be capturing the beauty of a river by completing artwork. This data collection will allow us to accept or reject our hypothesis.

In order to attend the fieldwork, students must have the consent form completed. You can do this using the link here. Please email Miss Johnson or your child’s Crew Leader if there are any issues with this- njohnson@xpschool.org

Students will need to arrive at school no later than 8.00am so that the register and kit check can be completed before leaving school.

It is also essential that all students bring all of the kit on the KIT LIST so that they are fully prepared for the fieldwork; this includes a packed lunch and water to drink. Students who receive free school meals will be provided with a lunch.

Students will need to ensure they have suitable walking boots/trainers as well as wellies or a pair of trainers they can get wet – we’ll be going in the river to collect the data! If there are any problems in getting the appropriate kit before this, please email your child’s Crew Leader. 

Students will be returning to school by the end of the school day (traffic dependent). We will keep you updated via the blog and social media pages.