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New to Y6- Camp/ Rother Valley Kit list
Hello Y6,
I hope you are having an enjoyable Summer break and you’ve had chance to recharge. The Y6 staff are really excited to welcome you back next week; in the meantime I am sending out a kit list in preparation for our exciting plans for your first week in Y6! As you will remember, we have an action-packed day planned at the gorgeous Rother Valley Country Park followed by an overnight camp on the school grounds. Here is a list of the items you will need in preparation for a day of fun and crew building:
Enjoy the rest of your week 🙂
Mr Mumby
Start your child’s learning journey with us!
Celebrating Learning – 2022/23
Green Top Picnic
We had a fabulous picnic yesterday in the sunshine on the school field. Thank you so much to all of the parents and carers who came and enjoyed it with us!
Have a fantastic Summer everyone and let’s hope that the sunshine returns soon 🤞
Stay safe, from all of the Green Top Staff 💚
A few words before we head off for the summer break:
Sharing our Stories: 21/07/2023
Beautiful Work This Week
G29: From The Ground Up – launch at Seven Stories!
G29 Students at XP Gateshead launched their book ‘From The Ground Up’ which answered the guiding question ‘What do the communities of North East England owe to the miners?’ at Seven Stories in Newcastle!
They also celebrated all of their beautiful work from their first year at XPG – you can view a collection of it here!
Plover’s Mining Gala
Year 5 and 6 Students at Plover School launched their awesome new Poetry Anthology ‘At the Coalface’ at a Mining Gala they hosted for their local community – beautiful work!
Beautiful Curation at XP Gateshead
Plover Early Years: Transport Day
Celebrating Success at Green Top
Over 5 years ago Miss Stewart and Miss O’Neill started their journey with us at Green Top as apprentices. They then progressed and secured Learning Coach positions whilst studying towards a degree in Education. Over the last two years they have both completed their degree and qualified as teachers! We are so unbelievably proud of them both and grateful that we were a part of their special journey. Sadly we didn’t have any teaching positions for them at Green Top so they have secured teaching positions in other schools. Again, we are so, so proud of them! We wish them both lots of luck in their new schools and know that they will be wonderful teachers inspiring many children in the future!
School Cook retires after 30 years at Green Top
This year we say goodbye to Sue, one of our school cooks. She has been looking after us all for 30 years and we will be sad to see her leave!
We presented Sue with flowers and gifts today and celebrated her time at Green Top!
Good Luck Sue!
XP Students gift their gorgeous terrariums to care homes in Doncaster
Year 9 students from XP and XP East gifted 30 terrariums they created for the residents of the Oaklands Care home this week. The home on Bawtry Road was delighted to accept the miniature indoor gardens, which the residents will look after and keep.
Darren the Oaklands manager is pictured here accepting the terrariums – all of which are low maintenance and were happily handed over to residents.
Ed Miliband praises XPCC23
Ed Miliband shared an update from his Facebook page about XPCC23, praising students for their awesome work and involvement in the conference.
Top of the Blogs
Pizza Party! @ Carcroft School
Weekly update for families @ XP Gateshead
Red Carpet Celebrations @ Plover
Products at the Picnic @ Green Top
Ahoy there, Shakespeare? @ Norton Juniors
Year 10’s Final Year Group Community Meeting @ XP
Jeff’s Law – exciting Expeditions on the horizon! @ XP Comms
Thank you for joining us for another great year of beautiful work and stories from across the XP Trust – we hope you have a wonderful summer!
We’ll see you in September!
XP Comms Crew
Sharing our Stories: 21/07/2023
Beautiful Work This Week
G29: From The Ground Up – launch at Seven Stories!
G29 Students at XP Gateshead launched their book ‘From The Ground Up’ which answered the guiding question ‘What do the communities of North East England owe to the miners?’ at Seven Stories in Newcastle!
They also celebrated all of their beautiful work from their first year at XPG – you can view a collection of it here!
Plover’s Mining Gala
Year 5 and 6 Students at Plover School launched their awesome new Poetry Anthology ‘At the Coalface’ at a Mining Gala they hosted for their local community – beautiful work!
Beautiful Curation at XP Gateshead
Plover Early Years: Transport Day
Celebrating Success at Green Top
Over 5 years ago Miss Stewart and Miss O’Neill started their journey with us at Green Top as apprentices. They then progressed and secured Learning Coach positions whilst studying towards a degree in Education. Over the last two years they have both completed their degree and qualified as teachers! We are so unbelievably proud of them both and grateful that we were a part of their special journey. Sadly we didn’t have any teaching positions for them at Green Top so they have secured teaching positions in other schools. Again, we are so, so proud of them! We wish them both lots of luck in their new schools and know that they will be wonderful teachers inspiring many children in the future!
School Cook retires after 30 years at Green Top
This year we say goodbye to Sue, one of our school cooks. She has been looking after us all for 30 years and we will be sad to see her leave!
We presented Sue with flowers and gifts today and celebrated her time at Green Top!
Good Luck Sue!
XP Students gift their gorgeous terrariums to care homes in Doncaster
Year 9 students from XP and XP East gifted 30 terrariums they created for the residents of the Oaklands Care home this week. The home on Bawtry Road was delighted to accept the miniature indoor gardens, which the residents will look after and keep.
Darren the Oaklands manager is pictured here accepting the terrariums – all of which are low maintenance and were happily handed over to residents.
Ed Miliband praises XPCC23
Ed Miliband shared an update from his Facebook page about XPCC23, praising students for their awesome work and involvement in the conference.
Top of the Blogs
Pizza Party! @ Carcroft School
Weekly update for families @ XP Gateshead
Red Carpet Celebrations @ Plover
Products at the Picnic @ Green Top
Ahoy there, Shakespeare? @ Norton Juniors
Year 10’s Final Year Group Community Meeting @ XP
Jeff’s Law – exciting Expeditions on the horizon! @ XP Comms
Thank you for joining us for another great year of beautiful work and stories from across the XP Trust – we hope you have a wonderful summer!
We’ll see you in September!
XP Comms Crew
Celebrating Arts Week
A massive shout out to Jersey and Dexter for sharing their art work with me. Well done guys – it looks like you have spent a long time doing this and it is lovely to see you got the whole family involved!
Touch down on a fantastic history week.
On this day 54 years ago Neil Armstrong became the first human being to set foot on the lunar surface and children from all of our year groups watched this historic event on the final day of our moon landing history week. Armstrong’s now famous words – That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind – really struck a chord with me and how relatable this was to the first steps our children have made this week into their new year groups during their transition days. As adults we probably see this event as a small step, but to our children it can be a hugely scary giant leap. Thankfully, with the love and support of their families and the wonderfully nurturing way we do things at Green Top, their tentative first steps have been a fun and positive experience, leaving them excited to begin the next chapter of their education.
I really hope this week has inspired the children to aim for the stars, just as Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins did all those years ago.
Wishing you all a wonderful summer break.
Miss R x