Sharing our Stories: 20/06/2025

Beautiful Work This Week

Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust from this week. To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.

Top of the Blogs

What’s happening at the XP Festival ’25? @ XP Trust

KS1 Community Crew @ Green Top

Turn up the volume! @ Plover

KS2 Girls Football Tournament @ Carcroft School

Stay and Read in the sunshine! @ Norton Infants

Beautiful work @ XP Gateshead

Crew Sinfield – back and getting SLC ready! @ XP

DofE Update @ XP East

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Crew Pearson – Judaism

In crew today we were focusing on British values and looking at another religion Judaism.

The children read different stories and were able to discuss and share what they had read in their groups. They also were able to make some connections and similarities to other regions that they have learnt too. Well done guys!

Key stage 1 community crew

Congratulations to all of our winners today! It was so hot in assembly but you sat beautifully and sang amazingly! We had stewardship winners, howl point winners, healthy eating superstars, maths certificates and reading certificates too. On top of that I need to say congratulations to Crew Schon for a fantastic win again for the weekly attendance…you are all doing so well!

A huge well done to my football superstars at Club Thorne who won their tournament and came away with a superb trophy! Well done guys x

Wizard of Oz – Costume Reminder

Please can all costumes for The Wizard of Oz be in school by Tuesday 24th June. This is so the children can have a full rehearsal in club on Tuesday before they perform to school next Thursday.

Thank you so much for your continued support with this – it’s greatly appreciated!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Class 12 – developing Vocabulary

In reading this week they were developing their own individual vocabulary knowledge. Focussing on a chapter from our class text and pulling out words unfamiliar to them. Then, using a dictionary, finding and defining the words they chose.

To show their understanding had improved, they then had to use these words in their own independent sentences.

Great work! It was lovely to see how you dictionary skills and speed has also improved this year too!