On Friday 30th June there will be a number of activities to celebrate Y11’s time at XP & XP East.
This will begin at 3:30pm at XP East and will end around 6pm.
Parents & Carers are also invited to attend this event, too. More information will be sent out shortly!
We hope to see you all there!
Mel & Angella x
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
We’ve kicked off the new term with Y11 students heading straight into their Art exam. Next week, Spanish students have their Speaking exams, and we then begin the final countdown to the full GCSE exam window.
We are going to keep you up to date with all our important information/reminders/messages leading up to the exams by publishing our weekly ‘what’s on our plate’ (WOOP) briefing. This is shared with students during Monday’s Crew session.
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
A reminder that mock exams commence this week for Y11 with the following timetable:
| Day | Morning (9.30 start) | Afternoon (1.30 start) |
| Monday 20th | English Language 9.30-11.30 | History 1.30-3.15 |
| Tuesday 21st | Spanish (Listening and Reading) Citizenship 9.30-11:15 | Science (Physics Paper 2) 1.30-2.45 |
| Wednesday 23rd | XP double art (exam prep) – Normal sessions otherwise | Normal Sessions |
| Thursday 24th | XPE double art (exam prep) – Normal sessions otherwise | Maths 1.30-3.00 |
| Friday 25th | English Literature 9.30-11.30 | LooL subjects: 1:30-3pm Geography GCSE PE (D.R) |
Any issues/questions please contact Crew Leaders, Miss Cocliff, Mrs Parker, Mrs Poncia, or Mr Voltaire!
Best wishes 🙂
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.
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
Crew Tomlinson have been working hard in crew- making the most of every minute. This week crew have completed some history revision- looking at People’s Health and Tuesday Spanish students had an academic crew session. Then today they were crafting their script for their English Language speech.
Crew have also had some great check in’s including ‘If you had to sing a karaoke song what would it be?’. Crew have also really enjoyed completing Heardle in a morning and there is competition between Danny and Nada to see who can get the answer quickest.
Great work crew- keep it up!
Mrs Burnitt
Good evening, this is to confirm that the dates for the above will be Monday 24th April for XPE, and Tuesday and Wednesday 25th – 26th April for XP, as stated at the GCSE Parents Meeting last term.
We would like to appreciate everyone who came to our GCSE Support evening. We hope you found the information useful and that you and your son/daughter feel more confident about where and how to access revision support for each subject.
We know there was a lot of information to take in on the night so we have attached the presentation for you to go through again in your own time.
As mentioned at the evening, the GCSE Revision Support website is now live with subject specific resources, links to Y11’s 2023 calendar, our current revision timetable and lots more information for students and parents. Please bear in mind that this is a work in progress with new links and information being added as we speak!
If you do have any more questions, here’s a reminder of who to contact (please include your child’s Crew Leader in any emails you send.)
| Citizenship | [email protected] |
| Spanish | [email protected] |
| English | [email protected] |
| Maths | [email protected] |
| Science | [email protected] |
| History | [email protected] |
| BTEC Sport | [email protected] |
| Art, Craft and Design | [email protected] |
If you have any other questions your feel weren’t covered in the presentation, please contact your child’s Crew Leader or Phase Lead: Angella Parker for XP East ([email protected]) and Mel Cocliff for XP ([email protected])
We’d also like to take this opportunity to say a massive ‘well done’ to all the Y11’s who have completed their Student Led Conferences over the past few weeks. This was their opportunity to reflect on their mock exam grades (which most did with honesty and integrity!) and discuss how they are going to keep focussed and motivated during the next few weeks leading up to exams.
Thank you all for your support.
Angella and Mel.
