Merry Christmas
Thank you for the best Christmas week ever!
We would like to wish our wonderful children and their families a very Merry Christmas!
Enjoy every minute and we will see you all very soon!
And the name of the elf is …
Pickles! Congratulations Bobby on winning our cheeky little elf - I am sure you will look after him and give him lots of cuddles! 
It’s a Christmas Friday
Good morning
What a week! We’ve had an amazing time celebrating Christmas with our children!
- Carols around the Tree will take place at 1pm on the KS2 playground (near the gazebo). Children can be collected from their usual doors following the carols (around 1:20pm)
- Carols around the tree letter: Carols around the tree (2).pdf
- We will be selling refreshments at Carols around the tree
- NO CLUBS – School closes for Christmas at 3pm
Thank you once again for your continued support and engagement with everything we do for your children and our community. Have a wonderful Christmas!
A Seasonal Message from XP Trust
A number of deaf and hearing pupils from Plover School and the ARChi team have been working collaboratively on a British Sign Language version of the Twelve Days of Christmas.
This is another example of diversity and belonging that runs through our schools and is a concrete example of our culture of Crew.
On behalf of XP Trust, we would like to wish everyone a peaceful Christmas and New Year.
Andy Sprakes
Chief Academic Officer
XP Trust
Sharing our Stories: 19/12/2025
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
Christmas Crafts @ Norton Juniors
G32 Reverse Advent @ XP Gateshead
A Very Special Visit from Santa @ Norton Infants
Share your stories with us!
Write to us at [email protected] – we want to hear about it, write about it and celebrate it!
Christmas update
Reminder for tomorrow:
- Green Top’s Christmas Jumper Day
- Carols around the Tree will take place at 1pm on the KS2 playground (near the gazebo). Children can be collected from their usual doors following the carols
- Carols around the tree letter for details: Carols around the tree (2).pdf
- We will be selling refreshments at Carols around the tree.
- The weather looks better tomorrow…fingers crossed!
NO CLUBS TOMORROW – School closes for Christmas at 3pm
Class Spetch’s special visitor!
Yesterday we had a special surprise visit from Santa! He brought us lots of presents – we must have made it to the nice list!!
