Category : Crew Piper Blog
Y11 GCSE Revision Support
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.
Y11 GCSE Information Evening
We would like to remind all Y11 parents that we are holding a Y11 GCSE Information Evening at XP East this Thursday, 26th January, 5pm-6:15pm.
This evening will focus on providing information about exam layout/content, exam dates, revision/work required for each exam and component. Subject leads and teachers will also be around if you have any questions.
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday!
Mel & Angella
Y11 – D6 is on this week!
Our Saturday provision, D6, is still on this week despite the staff days today and Monday!
XP East School will be open from 9:30 – 12pm! Our student coaches (ex year 11s!) are in attendance to support with revision techniques, practice questions, or any content you need support with. Alternatively, you are more than welcome to just come and use the space to study independently!
We had a good turnout of students last week who enjoyed their morning and gained lots from it.
We hope to see you here in the morning! 🙂
C25 [Y11] Mock Results
Year 11 students will receive their mock exam results tomorrow morning (Tuesday 10th January) during crew time in the style of a results day.
They will receive a transcript with their results before returning to crews to debrief.
Please discuss these results with your child – they will be reported home formally along with student snapshots of HoWLs in the coming week – these snapshots will include a narrative around the exams which have been administered.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child’s crew leader in the first instance, subject teachers, or Miss Cocliff/Mrs Parker/Mrs Poncia.
Please be aware that all revision sessions have now resumed – and our Saturday provision, D6, will be starting on January 14th.
Thanks!
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
C25 Careers fair
C25 students attend a careers fair and Elland Road. Students had the opportunity to speak to various universities and other career pathways. Hopefully this has given them an insight to what careers are out there.
X25 shaking it off!
X25 Crews have been working really hard. We have started to revise An Inspector Calls on Tranquil Tuesday recapping what we know about the characters and key facts about the play. We are also reading the play in crew. Yesterday crews also started to look for where they can complete their work experience, thinking about where they want to go and then crafting emails to contact them.
Due to their hard work in crew last Thursday we decided to wake everyone up with an exercise class. Members of X25 joined in with Just Dance- which was fantastic!
It was a great way to start the day….Keep up the good work!!
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!