The ski trip to Italy is on its way – lots of happy excited children and staff.
Off they go to Italy
Sharing our Stories: 23/01/2026
Beautiful work this week
Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust!
To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.
Top of the Blogs
Weekly Update for Families @ XP Gateshead
Crew Hamilton: Orienteering Extraordinaires @ Norton Infants
Academic Thursday in Crew White @ XP East
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Ski Trip Notice
1 more sleep until the Ski trip departs. Hope everyone is excited.
Quick notice regarding departure time from XP. Can you get to XP School at 12.30pm. This allows us to load the coach at 1pm and depart at 1.30pm. Please enter through the normally car park entrance.
Students will need to wear their ski hoodies to travel in.
Please make sure you have all your child’s medication clearly labelled with a copy of their prescription.
See you all tomorrow.
High Energy and Big Wins: A Thrilling Week of School Sports
It has been a fantastic week of sport and leadership at XP. We started the week with badminton practice where we saw some great shots from students across all year groups. In PE lessons students in Year 10 and Year 11 took part in glow in the dark zumba with Abbie from Legacy Sport, some even led their own routine.
On Wednesday we hosted The Laurel Academy who played our year 7 and 8 netball team. Year 7’s started with a fast paced game with lots of goals but unfortunately could not quite catch the year 7 Laurel team, we had some outstanding performances and never gave up. Well done to our Sport leader who umpired the whole game. The year 8’s were up next and what an exciting game it was, both teams delivered some excellent plays. XP had the final edge and won 7-6 with some great teamwork performances. Well done to our players of the match.
On Thursday XP hosted Legacy Sport for their primary basketball event with the support of our Year 10 BTEC Sport leaders. Not only did the students show teamwork, communication and a positive motivating attitude they were also fantastic role models.
Thursday also saw the Key stage 3 badminton team go to the finals at Outwood adwick where a mixture of year 7-9’s played a variety of school. There were some fantastic shots played and outstanding teamwork performances.
The year 7 football team also took a trip to Outwood Adwick to play a variety of school. The first game saw a great goal as Mr Currie said an “absolute belter of goal” and a winning 1-0 victory.
Next week in PE W/C 26th Jan
Wednesday- Netball practice 3.30-4.30
Thursday – Year 9 netball tournament away return at 5.30. Cheerleading practice 3.30-4.30
Have a lovely long weekend.
Team PE
We’re looking for a School Caretaker at XP Gateshead!
We’re looking for a School Caretaker at XP Gateshead:
https://xptrust.org/xp-gateshead-school-caretaker/
It’s a role for someone who takes pride in keeping a school safe, welcoming and running smoothly.
There are more details via the link above – you can apply by sending your application form to vacancies@xptrust.org and please share to help us reach the right person.
PE update and what’s coming up next
Winning Streaks and Leadership Peaks! It has been another standout week for our PE department. On Wednesday, our Year 7 and 8 Girls Footballers dominated the pitch at Hayfield. They secured a massive 9-0 victory against Don Valley, followed by a gritty 0-0 draw against the hosts. It was a masterclass in both clinical finishing and rock-solid defending!
On Thursday, our Year 9 Sports Leaders took charge, mentoring younger students during a primary school basketball event. Their leadership and maturity were a credit to the school—we can’t wait to see them in action again soon.
The Week Ahead:
- Monday: Badminton Practice. 3.30-4.30
- Wednesday: Year 7/8 Netball (Home).(5:00 pm pickup).
- Thursday: A double-header away! KS3 Badminton Finals and Year 7 Boys Football. (5:30 pm pickup).
- Thursday: Cheerleading Practice! 3.30-4.30
Sharing our Stories: 16/01/2026
Beautiful work this week
Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust!
To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.
Top of the Blogs
An awesome first week back! @ XP
G32 Expedition Reveal @ XP Gateshead
The Bus was for Us! @ Norton Infants
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Write to us at comms@xptrust.org – we want to hear about it, write about it and celebrate it!
Netball match cancelled
The netball match on Wednesday 14th Jan has been cancelled and re arranged. There will be no netball practice this week.
Thanks Team PE
X32: An Awesome First Week Back!
X32 have had an excellent first week back, throwing themselves into immersion with curiosity and purpose. Students worked hard to uncover what their new expedition will be about, following clues, asking questions, and heading out on fieldwork to support their enquiry.
This expedition focuses on World War One. From that point on, learning quickly moved from discovery to action!!
Students began crafting formal letters to the government, taking on the role of active citizens by lobbying MPs to support a project creating boards of commemoration for Hyde Park Cemetery. These boards aim to honour and remember those connected to the cemetery and ensure their stories are not forgotten.
In just one week, X32 have shown focus, maturity, and a strong sense of responsibility. A brilliant start to an expedition that is already shaping up to be meaningful and impactful. We are now starting our first case study: A Call to Arms! Take a look at the awesome work so far this term…
