We know it can be a tough period of time but they are all showing great resilience and compassion to each other.
Great work – keep it up!
Y11 Crew leaders
Great Exam week
Category : X25
Crew Tomlinson and Stan Lee worked really hard this morning in crew working on their poetry ready for their English Literature exam. Crew members had to try and remember which poems linked together and then they worked in groups to remember the context and content of the poems including any quotes they can remember.
All crew members contributed and were focused all crew- great work!!
Mrs Burnitt and Mrs Pulham
Super Crew Piper
Huge well done to Crew Piper on making a great start after half term. Crew have been working hard this week preparing for their English speaking exam, academic crew in Spanish and completing science practice questions. I am really proud of how hard they are working and the effort they are putting in.
Keep going Crew Piper.
Working hard in crew
Crews focus this week has been revision for upcoming GCSE assessments. On Monday we looked at History revision-focusing on People’s Health for a mock assessment.
Tuesday the Spanish students had a targeted Spanish session which students found really useful.
And Wednesday crew look at ways to relax to ensure they don’t burn out!
As always crew are working their socks off.
Great work!
Mrs Pulham
X25 (Y11) Fieldwork – Doncaster Plant Works
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].
X25 Get To Work!
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 Praises from Community Meeting
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!
We’re super proud of you 🙂
Miss Cocliff & Mrs Parker x
X25 Working Hard and Getting Smart
X25 have made a fantastic start to the academic year. They have started to read A Christmas Carol in English making some brilliant notes about the start of the book and analysing the description of Scrooge. In Science they have been completing an experiment to observe a cell using a microscope, creating some great diagrams of what cells look like.
Students have done really well at bringing their equipment to sessions which is imperative to make sure they are competing the work to the best of their ability.
Keep up the good work X25!
C26(Y10) & C25 (Y11) – what a cracking start!
What an absolutely cracking start to the year. Both year groups across both schools have been absolutely on it! Some of our Y10 students are already getting smart by creating revision resources to help them over the next 2 years, whilst our Y11s have come back ready to work hard for their GCSEs.
This week we held our first year group community meetings and, as you can see from the slides below, we already have lots to celebrate!
Year 10 Appreciation Slides:
Y11 Appreciation Slides:
Crew blogs:
Your child’s Crew Leader will keep you up to date with what’s happening in crew via their crew blogs. You can find these here:
| X25 | E25 |
| Crew Piper | Crew Ali |
| Crew Rosa Parkes | Crew Anoa’i |
| Crew Stan Lee | Crew Parkinson |
| Crew Tomlinson | Crew Turing |
A couple of reminders:
We have asked all students to re-familiarise themselves with our dress code policy. We understand that our lack of uniform allows students to express themselves, however we do still have guidelines. If students persistently break the dress code guidelines, they will be challenged and required to complete after school reflections. We want to avoid this, so they can attend revision sessions instead to achieve their best grades at GCSE level!
Could we also ask for your support please in ensuring your child comes to school every day with appropriate equipment. This should include a pen, pencil, ruler, water bottle, and fully charged device (we don’t allow students to work on mobile phones). In Y10/Y11 we find devices are used a lot more, so please make sure students are bringing their chargers to school too! It’s vital that they have access to these devices to achieve their full potential through work in sessions and revision. Students may find it beneficial to have a notebook for revision material too, but that’s personal preference!
As ever, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions and we look forward to meeting some of our Y11 parents at our work experience launch on Wednesday 14th September 🙂
Miss Cocliff (X25/X26 Phase Lead, XP) and Mrs Parker (E25/E26 Phase Lead, XP East)
C25: Coastal Walk on 30th August 2022
As ever, we will be kicking off our first week back at school by regrouping and rebooting Crew.
On the very first day back – Tuesday 30th August – our C25 (new Y11) students will be going on a coastal walk to Flamborough.
Students should arrive at school between 8am-8.15am so that we can leave at 8.30am. We are aiming to be back at school by 3.30pm, but will keep you updated on the day.
All students will be expected to bring the Outdoor Kit listed below:
- Appropriate rucksack for walking.
- Packed lunch (those on FSM will be provided with a school pack lunch.)
- Water bottle: approx 2 litres (no energy drinks, milkshakes or fizzy pop)
- Waterproof jacket
- Appropriate walking trousers/shorts/leggings for the weather.
- Walking top/base layer; made from synthetic, man made material (polyester, nylon etc). This type of material removes sweat away from your skin keeping you cool in hot weather and warm in cold weather
- Appropriate outdoor shoes (sturdy trainers, walking shoes or walking boots are compulsory – no open toe sandals, canvas shoes or sliders)
- Sun hat/Sun cream
- Medication
For further information or questions please email your child’s crew leader.
Thanks!