Hi everyone,

With us not being able to run sports day this year we have decided to give our students the opportunity to take part in a virtual competition hosted by Yorkshire Sport. The emphasis is on participation and all students who take part will gain points for their crew with additional points awarded accordingly for the top 3 scores in each year group. There will also be bonus points for the crews who have the most participants for each event. Share evidence of your scores with your crew leader who will pass it on to me. I have attached the details around what events to expect here. The link to the love event video feed is here. (This will be live on Friday)

Please also submit your scores via the link on the youtube video so that we can compete against other schools. It is hosted live on Friday 10th July at 10am and scores should be submitted no later than 12pm on Monday 13th July.

If you have any questions then don’t hesitate to email myself or Miss O’Grady. Thanks and good luck!

Hi everyone,

please find below the student overview for this week. All staff are in school today (like last Monday) finalising expedition plans for next year. As mentioned here, we are also busy implementing the new Government guidance for students returning to school next academic year.

From August we are encouraging as many of our students to walk, bike or be dropped off in a car to get to and from school due to the current risks. However, we know that this is not always possible so some of our students will still need to use public transport.

For those who will need to use public transport, we advise parents and students to familiarise themselves with the government advice on using public transport and the use of face coverings.

We will be providing the details of this survey to the public transport providers so they can plan for the demand. We will be advising them of any changes to our start and end times also.

All students from all year groups including our new year 7’s should fill this in.

Deadline is Wednesday 9th July 2020 for all responses.

Good afternoon. We are really looking forward to welcoming our new students to school via google hangouts tomorrow on Friday 3rd July.

We know that some families have been having problems accessing the Google Classrooms which have been set up by the Local Authority. This is understandable given that we have never set up this type of provision across the whole of Doncaster before, and we would like to thank the Local Authority for the huge amount of work they have put into the transition events across all schools in the borough.

We have come up with a solution using our own Google apps. Students in each group should be able to use the same link to join our hangouts throughout the day tomorrow.

The first session will start at 10.00am on Friday 3rd July

The second session will start at 1.15pm on Friday 3rd July

Both sessions should last around 45 minutes.

To find which group your child is in, please look for your child’s initials alongside their Primary school.  Children from the same Primary school have been put in different groups where possible to enable them to meet other new students.

XP School: X27 group 1 – Use this link to join the Google Hangouts throughout the day.

XP School: X27 group 2 – Use this link to join the Google Hangouts throughout the day.

XP School: X27 group 3 – Use this link to join the Google Hangouts throughout the day.

If you have any queries about your son or daughter’s group, please email gvayro@xpschool.org .

Am a very proud Crew Leader this week with Zack in crew Attenborough and his twin Logan taking part in a charity bike ride raising money for Sheffield Children’s Hospital by cycling 40 miles between football stadiums along with a group of fundraisers. The boys raised over £600 between the 2 of them which will make a massive difference to the hospital and the children who will benefit from the kindness and generosity of the boys and their sponsors. What a fantastic achievement from them. Was lovely being a part of the send off team on their epic journey. They can also benefit from being able to use the volunteering and physical as part of their Duke of Edinburgh award, which XP are supporting by encouraging students in finding different ways of achieving their goals while socially distancing.

James in our crew has also been fundraising, carrying out 30 minutes of exercise for 30 days in an effort to raise money for a charity that supports families living through breast cancer. He’s already raised his target but still going. Well done James and again all towards your DofE.

As we near the end of the year please encourage your student to keep going and dig deep, COVID 19 might keep us apart but we will always be together as Crew.

Today has been about reflection for me as Crew Leader of Attenborough. 5 years ago I started at XP and as part of that I did a staff outward bound followed by an expedition. I then had to write a speech about who I wanted to be at XP, I hope I have done my best for my students but most of all for my Crew, I hope they are as proud of me as I am of them.

“Having debated the question of whether we are important in the grand scale of things, it is my belief that although we are here at XP School; on a tiny planet in a vast universe, we can still choose to make a difference, we can still choose to be significant. In our ability to make education something to be enjoyed, embraced and proud of, we can fill our students with that same joy of learning and a deep understanding of whatever subject matter they encounter; because we as educators are now making the same journey.

Dr Kurt Reinhardt had a motto “Grow to be what you are.” This I have now done, so my dream job when I grow up has become a reality, and I have discovered that I am the sort of educator and the person inside who works best alongside my new family of inspiring colleagues and students, at XP School, in collaboration with leaders and members of the community, to educate each other, in order to produce courageous and respectful young adults, who are ready to take on the next challenge that life has in store. I am proud to be part of this school, I am proud to be Crew XP.

Hi everyone,

please find below the student overview for week beginning Monday 29th June.

There will be no subject-specific hangouts taking place on Friday 26th June and Monday 29th June due to the staff days. Members of staff will be taking part in planning and training activities in preparation for the new academic year.

Thanks for the continued support.