Year 1 and Year 2 will be holding a family learning session where we invite parents, carers and grandparents into school to support the children with their learning! We will be doing some DT that links to our castle expedition and we think the children will love it! I hope lots of you can make it into school.
Year 1 – Tuesday 15th October 2024 – 1.30pm
Year 2 – Thursday 17th October 2024 – 1.30pm
Today, Arnie has made a visit to the war memorial in Thorne Park. Whilst he was there, he managed to find his great-grandfather’s name on the memorial wall!
Thanks to our Year 6s for reading a story to Class 7! 🙂
This week, in writing, we have been working on the Three Little Pigs. As part of science, we thought that the story linked perfectly to materials and building. We decided to test the best materials to build a house to withstand the Big, Bad Wolf. Some materials were far better than others. Other materials were tricky to build a house with. This required great collaboration, which became better and better as our experiment went on! The wooden and plastic blocks were the best material to use.
#OgdenTrust
Check out these beautiful highlights from C28s DofE Expedition last academic year! They had an awesome POL to celebrate their success this week.
On Monday, our dedicated Art Staff at XP Doncaster had the incredible opportunity to attend an enriching workshop organised in collaboration with The National Gallery, made possible through the support of Right Up Our Street. This was part of a larger initiative, as The National Gallery prepares for their upcoming visit to Doncaster on 19th October, which is an exciting stop on their nationwide Art Road Trip. In the lead-up to this highly anticipated visit, the Gallery has been offering a series of free CPD sessions aimed specifically at art teachers. These sessions are designed to enhance teaching practices, and we were fortunate enough that our staff could participate in one of these invaluable opportunities.
“It was really amazing to work with the National Gallery on the Staff Day at XP. They will be coming in to launch the Articulation prize for XP C28 students. Staff had the opportunity to take part in the workshop as a sneak peek before the kids get a chance!”
Kat Taylor – Art @ XP Doncaster
The focus of the workshop was particularly inspiring, centring on the importance of art commentary and how educators can empower students to express their own unique interpretations of artworks. It delved deeply into the ways students can be encouraged to find and use their own voices, providing them with the tools to articulate personal responses to visual art. The session explored various strategies for prompting thoughtful engagement with art, ensuring that students feel confident in offering their perspectives, regardless of the artwork’s complexity or the student’s prior experience. By fostering a more inclusive and supportive environment, the workshop aimed to inspire both teachers and students to approach art not just as observers but as active commentators, enriching their understanding and appreciation of visual culture. This experience was invaluable for our staff, equipping them with fresh insights and methods that will undoubtedly benefit our students in the classroom.
On our most recent Staff Day, Green Top School staff completed an awesome scavenger hunt around Snaith! Crews had to complete various challenges throughout the day and they built Crew and formed stronger relationships as a result! Go #CrewGreenTop!
We love welcoming visitors from all over the world to our Trust and this week it was a delight to work with our friends from the Wood Foundation with teachers from more than a dozen schools in Aberdeenshire. Our work with the Wood Foundation and the many schools they support, began in 2019 and has enabled us to share our story and how we work. We also travelled to Aberdeen this year to deliver CPD – including how we crew!
This week the focus was on creating and delivering expeditions and our visitors created some amazing food from our Plover Pantry recipe leaflets; originally created by the students. Part of this expedition was designed to bring the leaflets to life with a step by step video and photography guide.
Really purposeful and beautiful work.
Next week, Crew Council will be coming back around with our Halloween pumpkin!
Can you guess how many sweets there are? The winner gets to keep the pumpkin and the sweets inside!!
It is 50p a go! – I wonder who will be the lucky winner?!
Yesterday afternoon, the children enjoyed listening to some American Rock music! Thank you Mr Pickles, we had lots of inspired children!
Well done to all of our winners this week! It was fabulous listening to how great you’ve been this week. A huge well done to Crew Rodger’s again for having fantastic attendance and being our phase winners this week. I love our assemblies and hope all of the adults enjoy them too. Can’t wait for next week too!
Today in expedition we began our new art case study. We began by looking at the artist David Hockney and some of the artwork that has made him famous. We found out that most of his artwork consists of paintings, collages and even digital art, which is something we will be using ourselves in our final product. We created an artist page for Hockney that included different facts and pictures that we had researched. The children did an incredible job and should be proud of the effort they put into their handwriting and presentation!
Here are some of the final designs.
