Celebratory Party Lunch
Movement for Mental Health
Being active is important for our mental health. Check out the movement calendar below with some fun ideas of how you can keep active every day to support your mental health.
Please share any photos with your teachers so we can celebrate in our crews!
Share a Story Month!
Don’t forget this month is ‘Share a Story Month’ and we are encouraging you to enjoy lots of stories together!
Please send me any photos of your children enjoying reading (feel free to get involved yourselves!) so I can make a video of our school community sharing stories this month! This is for everyone to get involved in and photos can be emailed to teachers or to me on [email protected]
Thank you to those that have already shared some lovely photos!
Headteachers Weekly Newsletter – issue 28
Pyjamarama Day!
We will be celebrating Pyjamarama Day on Friday 17th May to help raise money for BookTrust to help spread the magic of reading to the children and families who need it most. We can’t wait to spend the day in our pyjamas!
Share a Story Month
May is National Share a Story Month and we’d love for you to celebrate it at home with your children through reading together and sharing your favourite books! Also check out the reading bingo card for some of the fun activities you could do.
We’d love to create a video to celebrate all of your wonderful reading at home so please send any photos of your reading to [email protected] by the end of May.
Have fun reading this May!
Sharing our Stories: 10/05/2024
Beautiful Work This Week
XPGPHC – How can we continue to make progress in public health?
Year 9 students at XPG have embarked on their “You Give Me Fever” Expedition, which has culminated in their inaugural Public Health conference, addressing the challenges of public health amidst the cost-of-living crisis. Through three case studies examining historical and current health influences, they explored the impact of living conditions, government structures, and scientific advancements on people’s well-being.
This comprehensive analysis has also resulted in a formal report that presented key health risks for Gateshead’s residents, particularly in the context of the cost-of-living crisis. The report will be shared with the Health and Social Care Committee in Parliament.
Art takes flight at XPG!
Freya, a Year 7 student at XP Gateshead has created a beautiful piece of work that has been awarded a place in one of the most prestigious art galleries in the world. The Royal Academy is famous for showcasing new and established artists, bringing their work to a whole new audience.
The Young Artists Summer show, which is open for submissions to students studying in the UK aged from 4 – 19, opens in London on the 16th July and runs until the 11th August.
Freya’s painting Mr Pigeon was part of the expedition ‘Do your bit’ and honours the sacrifice that carrier pigeons made during WW1 and has been chosen from 21,500 other submissions. A remarkable achievement for a clearly talented and inspiring young artist.
We’ll follow up this story when Freya’s artwork is in place at the Royal Academy!
Is Science enough to save lives?
As part of their Expedition ‘You Give Me Fever’, C28 celebrated their learning this week – complete with a gallery of their incredible artwork. They shared scientific writing about diseases and their impact on society, dating back to the middle ages.
They sold their prints to raise money for their DofE Expedition – and the content will also be made into a book later in the year!
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Mindboggling Mayans @ Norton Junior School
Visit to the National Holocaust Museum @ XP School
Year 9 Sharing Portfolios with Visitors @ XP East
Join our Crew – we’re looking for a Maths Teacher at XP Doncaster!
Share your stories with us!
Key stage 1 family learning
Key stage 1 would love to invite parents and carers to come on a local walk with their children to look at various landmarks and use maps to support their learning they have been doing in geography this term. If the weather is kind to us we may even have a chance to draw some of these beautiful places and buildings as we go along our journey.
Year 1 family learning will take place on Tuesday 21st May
Year 2 family learning will take place on Wednesday 22nd May
We will be leaving school at 9 o clock but you are welcome to come into school and join the children for their morning activity from 8.30 or come back to the office for 9 o clock.
We hope to see you there, thanks, from the key stage 1 team x x x
KS1 Community Crew Assembly
Big well done to our Crew Champions, we had so much to say about our superstars this week! We had some super steward shoutouts too, thank you for always helping to keep our school clean, tidy and organised.
This week in year 2 we have had a few more children getting those sparkly pencils for beautiful craftsmanship and quality in their work, presentation and handwriting.
Shoutout for those children engaging beautifully with Numbots and TTRockstars, we can really see the hard work paying off. KS1 also had some reading certificates to celebrate too, with lots of children working their way quickly through reading lots of different things. Don’t forget, it doesn’t have to be a school book to be recorded in our reading diaries!!
Finally, a big well done to Crew Shaw who won our attendance competition this week with a whopping 99%! It is so great to see the children so excited for this award, I wonder if we can get 100% next week….
We’re looking for a Maths Teacher at XP Doncaster!
Year 2 spellings
Y3 XP Outdoors reminder!!
Tomorrow is Year 3s XP Outdoors day.
Please can we remind all parents/carers to ensure that the children bring their XP outdoors kit with them tomorrow. This includes a change of clothes and footwear suitable for spending time outdoors (weather appropriate) as well as sunscreen / hat and a water bottle during particularly warmer weather.
Thank you! Year 3 + Mr K!
Y6: SATs 2024
Dear Year 6 Parents,
As we approach the end of the academic year, it’s time for our Year 6 students to undertake their SATs. SATs week starts on the 13th of May and finishes on the 16th of May. On these days, doors will be open from 8:15 with all children expected to be in school by 8:30 as usual. We will provide some breakfast options such as cereal bars to ensure they start their day well and are ready to tackle the challenges ahead. It’s essential that they arrive on time to reduce any stress that they might experience from rushing.
We understand that this can be a stressful time for both students and parents, and we want to reassure you that we will be on hand to provide guidance and support throughout the week. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any concerns or questions.
We would also like to let you know that on the 17th May (Friday), to acknowledge the hard work of our Year 6 students, we have arranged for the children to have bacon sandwiches at the start of the day in addition to a visit from the ice-cream van on Friday afternoon. Y6 fundraising will cover the cost of these treats, so you do not need to send any money.
We believe that it’s important to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of our students, and this treat is just one small way of saying well done for their effort and commitment.
Thank you for your ongoing support. You will find a brief overview of the week below:
| Day | Assessment |
| Monday 13th | Grammar, punctuation and spelling |
| Tuesday 14th | Reading |
| Wednesday 15th | Arithmetic- maths paper 1 and Reasoning- maths paper 2 |
| Thursday 16th | Reasoning- maths paper 3 |
| Friday 17th | N/A |
Best regards,
Mr C Mumby
Sharing our Stories: 03/05/2024
Beautiful Work This Week
We’re celebrating EL’s #BetterWorldDay at XP Trust!
Better World Day is EL Education’s annual event showcasing student learning that contributes to a better world. Students work in partnership with each other and their local communities on this day to engage in and celebrate meaningful student work that positively impacts the world around them.
As a partner and friend of the EL Schools Network, XP Trust contributes to this every year. Like students at EL, all of our students are active citizens who engage in acts of service to their community – so naturally we have lots of Activism to share with the EL Crew.
This year, we’re celebrating all of our schools and their collective work. They’ve planted trees, created artwork for hospitals and raised money for worthy causes. Here’s just a few examples from this year of XP Schools making the world a better place.
Visitors from Northern Ireland!
Last week we welcomed a delegation from Catalyst Schools, an organisation in Northern Ireland that supports school leaders and teachers by exposing them to innovative educational experiences. Over the visit, they learned all about Crew and Expeditions from our awesome students at XP and XP East – including going to see world from across the Trust in Doncaster City Centre. As always we are delighted to welcome visitors into our Crew and share the beautiful work our students do every single day with the world.
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KS1 Arts and Crafts club
Arts and crafts club managed to find some sun yesterday! The children sat out in the sun for the chance to draw something that they could see, before we headed back in to colour them in. They focused on all the little details around us and worked so hard to create beautiful pieces of art work! Hopefully the sun will return next week so we can get back outside.
Year 4: Mayans and chocolate!
Year 4 have been learning all about the importance of chocolate to the Mayan culture. They looked at how the warriors used chocolate, how the Mayans used it for trade, and how it linked to religion.
Did you know the Mayans thought chocolate was a gift from the gods and was more valuable than gold?
