Year 9 students Presentation of Learning will be held in XP East School on 11th December at 4.15pm.
Student’s will be presenting their learning from the expedition as well as showcasing their guide to their local areas. This term students have studied structures through the lens of history, geography, English and Science to answer the guiding question:
How are structures important in helping to explain our world?
On the evening students will need to remain in school before the presentation of learning and as a result may want to bring a snack or something to eat before the event.
We are excited to announce a fun-filled day of festive cheer and fundraising as we take part in Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 11th December.
This annual event is a wonderful way to bring our school community together while raising vital funds for a fantastic cause: Save the Children.
What is Christmas Jumper Day?
On Thursday, December 11th, we are encouraging all students to come to school wearing their favourite, most festive, and perhaps even most ridiculous Christmas jumper! It’s a great opportunity to embrace the holiday spirit and support children around the world.
How to Donate
To participate in Christmas Jumper Day, we ask that each student makes a small donation to Save the Children:
Cash Donation: Please bring a donation of £1 cash. This should be passed on to your Crew Leader.
Your generous donations will help Save the Children ensure every child has the chance to grow up healthy, safe, and educated.
More Festive Fun! Santa Dash, Christmas Crew Dinner & Bake Sale
The fun doesn’t stop with the jumpers! On the 11th of December, there will also be:
Santa Dash: Our fantastic PE teachers have organised an energetic Santa Dash for all students to take part in! Get ready to run, jog, or power-walk your way around a festive course. It’s a great way to get moving and add even more fun to the day!
Christmas Crew Dinner: Students will also enjoy their special Christmas Dinner with their Crew. This is a lovely chance to share a festive meal together and celebrate the end of a busy term.
Crew White’s annual Christmas bake sale supporting The Eve Merton Dreams Trust will feature festive treats and hot chocolates, with prices starting from £1.
We look forward to seeing the school full of colourful, sparkling, and fun Christmas jumpers! Thank you in advance for your support and generosity.
What a week for enrichment in PE this week. Start of the week students went on fieldwork to watch Manchester City V Bayer Leverkusen. Students were full of excitement about visiting the Etihad stadium, singing and cheering supporting the team. Even though the score wasn’t the outcome some of the students would have liked, it didn’t affect their buzz.
This week in PE we have had magnitude of extra curricular fixtures that students took part in. On Wednesday the year 7 boys football team played Outwood Adwick at home, the football game was a close game but unfortunately the end score was 6-4 to Adwick. The Year 7 and 8 netball team hosted Trinity for 2 amazing netball games. Both teams were amazing and displayed some fantastic skills against a tough side, winning both games. On Thursday we hosted KS3 Badminton against Armthorpe, some brilliant skills shown but unfortunately lost 4-2. Well done to the students who took part in extra curricular this week.
Next week in PE W/C1st December
Wednesday – Year 7 and 9 netball at home finish at 4.45. Year 7 and 8 girls football at home finish at 5pm.
Thursday – Cheerleading practice 3.30-4.30 and BTEC learning labs 3.30-.4.30
Over the past 2 weeks X32 have been getting ready for their SLC’s this is the first time they have delivered this important part of being a member of the Xp community. They have been given a whole crew day to prepare for their presentation and work on their script. During the day we also got the chance to work with a year 11 crew who came and spoke to us and gave us tips and advice on what works well. These students then grouped up with the x32 students and they spent a whole session helping students to prepare. This was a brilliant session and it was fantastic to see students at the start of their XP journey working with students who were right at the other end of theirs.
So far in Crew CBO
Simran, Kacper, Brandon, Harry T.S Harvey J, Heidi and Emily have all done their SLC’s and have all passed. It was great to meet parents at this event and we got to see my amazing crew presenting their learning.
Hopefully over the next week I can tick off the other 6 member of my crew, so please if you haven’t make your appointemnts.
Students in Crew donated £3 each to support the charity Samaritan’s Purse, enabling them to send a Christmas shoebox filled with educational supplies and toiletries. Their contribution will help provide a child—who may not otherwise have these everyday luxuries—with a thoughtful and meaningful gift this Christmas.
Crew Brunel kicked off the week in a calm and positive way with a mindful session in the sportshall. We spent some time burning off a little energy – kicking a ball around, skipping, playing throw and catch, and enjoying some relaxed time together before settling into the week ahead. It was a great way to start with focus, connection and a clear head.
On Tuesday, we continued our Passage work, diving back into our science books from Year 7 and 8. It was interesting to look back at how far everyone has come, identify the progress made, and reflecting on their learning journey so far.
Midweek, we explored our final Wise Wednesday topic for this term. With all our topics now finished, students will begin creating and refining their own presentations, bringing together the progress, insights, and reflections they’ve gathered throughout the term.
Later in the week, we looked at praises and conducts, checking out who has climbed to the top of our Crew praise leaderboard. It was great to see so much positive recognition being shared.
We rounded off the week with our whole-school community meeting, where we celebrated character traits and shared real examples of staff and students showing them in action. We also found out who topped the praise leaderboards across the school – huge congratulations to Liam, Matilda, Pippa and Ayden who all tied for the top spot in Year 9! A fantastic achievement. As always, there was time for apologies, appreciations and stands, strengthening our community spirit.
Another brilliant week for Crew Brunel – well done everyone!
Well done to all the students who have taken part in enrichment this week. Great effort from the year 9 boys football team who visited Outwood Adwick on Wednesday evening out in the cold. Cross country was another huge success this week where have had a number of students make it through to the South Yorkshire next round.
Well done to the year 7/8 girls football who have had a busy week. First fixture was against Hungerhill on a cold winter night, not the result we were hoping for but the girls did not give up. The girls then went on to compete in the EFL cup at the Keepmoat, where 21 school competed. The girls were fantastic and came top of their group with some outstanding wins against Hall Cross, Don Valley, South Axholme and many more. The girls then made it through to the semi finals but unfortunately lost 1-0 in what was a tight match. What an incredible achievement, well done to everyone who played.
We have another busy week next week so please read the what coming up next week blog post.
Monday – Badminton Practice 3.30-4.30. Cheerleading practice 3.30-4.30
Tuesday- Man City fieldwork, leaving school at 3.15. Return around midnight. Will contact parents on the way home. Students will need warm clothing, packed lunch for the bus and money if they would like to buy any food there. All letters have gone to parents/guardians whose child is on the fieldwork.
Wednesday – Year 7 and 8 girls netball game at home finish at 4.45. Year 7 boys football match at home finish at 5pm. Please tick your name off the team sheet.
Thursday – KS3 badminton fixture at home finish at 5pm. Please tick your name off.
