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
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
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.
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
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! 🙂
