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X25 (Y11) Fieldwork – Doncaster Plant Works

5th January 2023Melissa Cocliff

As part of Y11’s History course, we have a wonderful opportunity to visit the site of Wabtec in Doncaster – which was formerly Doncaster Plant Works – a massive part of our heritage! One of the history GCSE papers Y11 will sit is based around this local site and we’re really privileged to be able to visit the birth place of both The Mallard and the record breaking Flying Scotsman – where students will gain a real insight into the site’s significance, both locally and nationally.

ALL of X25 will be attending on Tuesday 17th January 2023. Admiral’s fieldwork will take place in the morning, leaving XP at 9:15am and returning at around 11:30am. Admiral will be in sessions as normal in the afternoon.

Skipper’s fieldwork will take place in the afternoon – leaving XP at 1:30pm and returning back to XP for around 3:00pm. Skipper will be in sessions as normal in the morning.

Lunches should not be affected, but students may wish to bring a packed lunch. We have now secured a coach to take us to and from Wabtec.

If you have any questions/queries, please contact crew leaders, or the following:

Mrs Hannam – History Lead – at [email protected], or Miss Cocliff – X25 Phase Lead – at [email protected]

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C26 Viking Festival POL/COL

7th December 2022Melissa Cocliff

Tomorrow is the day that C26 present their learning from their current expedition, ch-ch-changes.

XP East POL will begin at 4pm, and last until around 5pm.

XP’s POL will begin at 5:30pm, and last until around 6:30pm.

The POL will take place at XP East – please ensure you sign in upon arrival.

Be prepared to go on a whistle stop tour of Scandinavia!

[Please come prepared with warm clothing – some of the POL may be based outdoors!]

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

The C26 Team x

C26 Viking Festival

24th November 2022Corrine Cross

Save the date! C26 are delighted to invite you to a Celebration of Learning as the conclusion to their expedition ’Ch ch ch Changes’. The celebration will take place at XP East on Thursday 8th December.

E26 (Y10 XP East) will present their learning from 4pm, and X26 (Y10 XP) will share their experiences from 5.30pm.

C26 (Year 10) Fieldwork – Monday 21st November

16th November 2022Melissa Cocliff

Please see the following information regarding Year 10 fieldwork on Monday 21st November.

If you have any questions, please contact Year 10 Crew Leaders, or Marc Voltaire (Fieldwork Lead) on [email protected]

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X25 Get To Work!

15th November 2022C Burnitt

X25 completed their work experience last week and it has been great to have a check in to see what they have all been doing. I think some members of year 11 really got an insight into the type of job they might want to go into within the next few years and also the working life. It was fantastic to hear such great feedback from their work experience employers who commented on how hard students were working, how they would offer them a job and how punctual they were to start the day!

X25 are now back on it- focussed ready for their Mock exams that are due to start in a couple of weeks.

Great work year 11 – keep it up!

C25 (Y10) – WHAT A WEEK!

11th November 2022Melissa Cocliff

We had the pleasure of holding our Y10 Awesomeness community meeting this week – and what a week it’s been for Year 10!

It took us AGES to get through all of the appreciations, along with a bit of a ‘cultural reset’ focusing on apologies and stands this week, too. Some Y10s showed great courage and integrity!

Check out the masses of praise postcards below – a special shout out to this week’s crew superstars!

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We’re proud of you, C26!

Miss Cocliff & Mrs Parker x

Manchester City football match

31st October 2022Charlotte OGrady

Wednesday 2nd November

Meet at XP East sportshall at 16.30.

Return after midnight, pick up at XP rovers car park, we will contact parents on the way home to let them know arrival time. There could be delays due to traffic coming out of the ground or on the motorway.

Students can bring a packed lunch for the coach or get food before. Students will need warm clothing and can bring money to buy refreshments in the stadium.

Any further questions please contact Miss O’Grady

[email protected]

C25 Praises from Community Meeting

13th October 2022Melissa Cocliff

Awesomeness community meetings are ALWAYS our favourites! It’s so lovely to see staff appreciating students for their hard work during the week, and to hear students making appreciations, apologies and stands! We also heard some great pledges for moving into next term – such as aiming to increase Work Hard grades, aiming to improve getting smart grades with revision, and attending learning labs during lunchtime and after school.

Check out the magnificent amount of praise postcards for Y11 this week, in our final awesomeness community meeting of this half term! Kyle stole the show this week! Well done!

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We’re super proud of you 🙂

Miss Cocliff & Mrs Parker x

Crew Kahlo putting the hours in at home

12th October 2022Miss Jones

I wanted to show some pieces of work that Olivia, Jessy and Nida have been working on at home.

All three girls have really impressed me with their work ethic and are showing how they ‘Get Smart’.

Olivias Hums work:

Jessy’s artwork:

Nida’s artwork:

Crew Blessed powering towards the end of this half term!

6th October 2022Marc Robins

It’s been another productive and hard working week from Crew Blessed.

Several students used Crew time effectively to do some Science revision and support each other. Zach was offering out his wise words as Alana and Luke absorbed as much information as they could.