This is just a reminder that the school will be closing for all students at 1:30pm today as it is the last day of term.This is so staff are able to prepare for the new term.
There will not be any provision for students to stay after this time so all students must leave at 1:30pm.
School reopens on Monday 6th January 2025.
Many thanks as always for your continued support. Have a lovely break and we will see you all in the new year.
XP Office
Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust for the last time in 2024! To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.
Our Wonderful Christmas Concert @ Norton Infants
Christmas Cards and Calendars @ Plover
Helping in the forest and having fun! @ Carcroft School
To Infinity and Beyond @ Norton Juniors
Another Brick In The Wall @ XP Gateshead
We now have a new dedicated news email so that you can send your stories, updates or ideas about potential news articles directly to us in Comms.
It might be something you or your students have achieved, a charity you’re supporting or anything at all that deserves a wider audience.
Write to us at news@xptrust.org – we want to hear about it, write about it and celebrate it!
The crew breakfast was the perfect complement to our Secret Santa exchange. We wanted to keep it casual, festive, and full of options to suit everyone’s tastes. From steaming hot chocolate in orange flavour, white chocolate and original and apple juice at crew’s request. For food we had some fruit with crepes, croissants, pains au chocolat to yum yums from Greggs. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all from crew Lovelace!
Crew KBA were thinking of ways we could raise money for our chosen charity ‘Helping Hands’ who help families around Doncaster. We came up with guess the penguins name. This was decided as this could be priced at 50p and also the person who guessed correctly would receive the penguin before Christmas. With 40 people guessing they raised £20 which is a great start to supporting our charity.
There was a lucky student who guessed correctly and this will be announced on student notices today 🙂
Exploring history through immersive learning! From Vikings at Murton Park to Shakespeare’s magic, C31’s Expedition journeyed through the Roman, Medieval, Early Modern & Industrial eras. With hands-on activities, creative writing, and expert insights, they connected past & present in unforgettable ways.
At their Presentation of Learning they recreated a historical timeline for parents and staff and a variety of drama performances as well as student led teaching sessions to demonstrate our learning.
Their knowledge culminated in a piece of narrative writing, independently written by students to reflect the life and experiences of a different person in history. The book is available to purchase here.
Dear Year 10 Parents and Carers,
We are writing to inform you of a change to the date for the Presentation of Learning (POL) for the Expedition titled “Raiders and Invaders.”
This important event will now take place on
Date: Monday, 13th January
Location: XP EAST School.
Timings: XPE Students 4pm – 4.45pm / XP Students 5.15pm – 6pm
Attendance at the Presentation of Learning is compulsory for all students, as it forms a core part of what we do at XP School. If a student is unable to attend on the day, it is our expectation that they will still complete their POL at a later date, which will be delivered in front of an audience.
We kindly ask for your support in ensuring that your child attends this important event, as it is an opportunity for them to showcase their hard work and learning to an audience of their peers, staff, and parents/carers.
Further details regarding the timing and location of the event will be shared with you soon. Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing you on the day.
Kind regards,
Y10 Teaching Team
This morning in crew we exchanged secret Santa presents. It was great to see crew had thought about the presents they had bought for each other and we had a fantastic morning all together. We also completed a Christmas Kahoot which was really close but right at the end Izzy and Kiera won!!
I have been so proud of crew this term. They have worked really well together and shown each other great compassion and worked hard throughout the term. They have received 196 praises between them, which is amazing. A special well done to Pixie who has received 38 praises- Well done Pixie!!!
I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and New Year and looking forward to the next term- I’m sure it will be the best one yet!
Mrs Burnitt
Items of clothing and a few accessories found around the school are shown here. Students can see these as they are put out for them to look at in the school main hall. If parents recognise them, please tell your child to pick them up by Friday.
