X25 took part in a selection of sports activities on Friday afternoon which will contribute towards their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award scheme. Students had to pick from futsal, rounders or a 5km walk/run. The weather stayed nice and dry with even a bit of sunshine coming through the clouds.
All the students were amazing and everyone took part in something. It was great to see on a Friday afternoon.
Crew Piper have been supporting and leading this week in crew. Students have been offering support with others passage and helping me so I can read through everyones. Brilliant teamwork everyone.
We have been chatting in crew about students mental health and how we can support each other. We came up with a bank of ideas to help over the weekend and next week.
We have also decided as a crew to make Fridays into FUN FRIDAYS and are taking it in turns to lead a fun activity in crew. Can’t wait for our first session next week.
In crew students having been creating some beautiful pieces of artwork. Here are some examples. Its lovely to see the different hobbies we have as a crew.
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Have a fab weekend everyone
Crew Piper have made a great start back during these strange times. Attendance to lessons and input into sessions has been very positive, well done.
We have been working hard as a crew looking at our passage presentation and reflecting on the last 2 1/2 years at XP.
I would like to say thank you to the students who have been helping others out in crew and to the other crews for also supporting.
We all as a crew are demonstrating the XP HOWLS
WORK HARD, GET SMART and BE KIND.
Students have also been completing some beautiful work in lessons. Here is some work from a student from their Spanish lesson. Well done, keep it up.
From Crew Piper
Following the closure of our Y9/X25 bubble, we will now move to an online educational provision as shown below – this has proved to be highly effective in supporting students in other year bubble closures as engagement rates have regularly been above 95%.
Here is our protocol for online learning:
3 words that sum up our week
PROUD– Proud of my crew for the amazing efforts during their isolation and the fantastic pieces of work they produced at home. They have had a fab first week back, I am one proud crew leader.
PIPER– Our crew and they are just amazing.
PASSAGE– It has been a few weeks of reflecting on the last 2.5 years at XP and the journey we have been on as a crew. It has been lovely to hear what students did and how they felt in year 7, 8 and the start of year 9. Here they are working hard and looking through their portfolios of beautiful work. I know we are going to have some really strong presentations and I am excited to hear them all.
Well done Crew on winning an afternoon of treats. Crew Piper got the highest attendance and HOWLS and decided to have a pizza afternoon.
We also celebrated 2 birthdays this week Jake and Macey. HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM CREW.
Have a good weekend.
Crew Piper have been working hard, getting smart and being kind in HUMS lessons. Learning interesting facts about the industrial revolution and how to write and format a letter. Here are some examples.
Here is another example of a fantastic piece fo work in art Excellent effort Piper
We has some great discussion this morning on how we can challenge ourselves to achieve above our MEG by asking for those extension tasks and contributing to group discussions.
Well done Crew Piper its amazing to see all this beautiful work.
What a great return to XP for Crew Piper. They have all settled into routines and work showing commitment and enthusiasm.
We have made our first pledges of the year as a Crew our pledge is to listen and support each other in crew.
Here are some of the pledges from Crew Piper:
I pledge to not get distracted by others.
I pledge to get to know everyone in Crew.
I pledge to bring my equipment in everyday.
Hopefully we can stick to these pledges for the next term. I have had some fantastic feedback from staff about how well Piper have been in lessons and how settled they are. BIG WELL DONE everyone. Keep it up.
It is wonderful to welcome back our students in Year 8 and 9 today, they have certainly returned with renewed energy and enthusiasm!
Today, is all about Crew. Students have been spending their time today reflecting on the past few months, learning how to keep themselves safe whilst in school and most importantly reconnecting as a Crew.
I have had the pleasure of spending time in each of the Crew’s and it is great to see the students engaged, working collaboratively and happy!
What a way to start the year! #Comingbackstronger
This week I set a challenge for Crew to write their own blog post about what they have been up to and the beautiful work they have been designing. Here are some examples that Ilinca has collected over the week.
Beautiful work from Grace.
We have also been completing the PE challenges to try and get as many points as we can for sports day. COME ON CREW WE CAN DO IT.
Keep up all the beautiful work.
Remember hangouts this week
Miss Robinson Tuesday 1pm
Miss O’Grady Tuesday 10.30 and Friday 10.30
