This week we have been celebrating World Book Day by encouraging students to a fun and imaginative way of reading in an unusual place around school. The whole school got involved and the results have been fantastic and very creative.
Crew CSP rose to the challenge and had a lot of fun and giggles along the way.
Our very own Amelia was picked out for the best pose and won some sweets from Miss Desborough!
Update from E32 for ETA is 3:40pm
E32 ETA time for back at XPE is 3:30.
Once again, I’m donning my running shoes, together with my brother Michael, and attempting the challenging Sheffield Half Marathon on the 23 March to raise funds for our upcoming Music and Arts Festival in the summer term.
This year will be the third time we have brought together students from across the Trust to showcase their artistic and musical skills alongside community partners and professional artists. Take a look at the highlights from last year.
To make this happen again we need your support! If you could make a donation, however big or small, we can place music and the arts right at the heart of our mission to make ourselves, our community and our world a better place! And make the third Community Arts and Music Festival the best yet.
Just click the link here to make a donation.
Thank you for your continuing support.
Andy Sprakes
Co-founder and Chief Academic Officer, XP Trust
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.
World Book Day Crew Frost @ Carcroft School
Crew Peake – stewards of our community @ XP
Crew, Collaboration, Critique and Teamwork Tigers! @ Norton Infants
Multiplying our Maths Skills @ Norton Juniors
We now have a new dedicated news email so that you can send your stories, updates or ideas about potential news articles directly to us in Comms.
It might be something you or your students have achieved, a charity you’re supporting or anything at all that deserves a wider audience.
Write to us at [email protected] – we want to hear about it, write about it and celebrate it!
Our Crew has been busy sorting through lost property to help students find and collect any items they may have misplaced around school.
From water bottles and lunch boxes to jumpers and coats, we’ve gathered a wide range of items that are ready to be reunited with their owners. We know how important these belongings are, and we’re keen to make sure they make their way back home!
Please take a moment to look through the photos below and check whether you recognise anything that belongs to your child.
If you spot an item, please ask your child to collect it from the XP East office as soon as possible.
Thank you for your support in helping us keep our school organised and ensuring lost items find their way back to the right hands!
Thanks Miss Askin and Crew!
We are excited to announce that our upcoming fieldwork to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum is just around the corner! To ensure that all students are well-prepared for the day, please take note of the following important details.
Students should arrive at school promptly at 7:45 AM. This will give us time to organise the group and prepare for our departure. The group will leave school by 8:15 AM to travel to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum. Please ensure that your child arrives on time so we can adhere to the set schedule.
All students are required to bring a packed lunch for the day. For students eligible for Free School Meals (FSM), lunch will be provided. Parents should ensure that their child has a drink for the day. There are no cafe facilities on-site at the museum, so if a student forgets their drink or lunch, it cannot be replaced. The drink for the day should be water, as per our school policy, which prohibits fizzy drinks.
As the museum visit involves a bit of walking, we recommend that students wear comfortable shoes to ensure they can participate in all activities without discomfort.
A warm coat is also essential for the day, as the majority of the visit will be spent outside. The weather can be unpredictable, and we want to ensure that all students stay warm and comfortable.
Students will leave the museum at approximately 2:30 PM, and we expect to return to school by 4:00 PM, traffic permitting. Please be mindful that traffic conditions may cause slight delays, but we will keep parents/carers updated.
In Summary:
We look forward to a fantastic day exploring the history of the Staffordshire Regiment and experiencing everything the museum has to offer. If you have any further questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Thanks,
Year 7 Expedition Team
It has been an incredibly exciting and action-packed week for our Year 8 mathematicians! As part of our ongoing STEAM expedition, Crash Test Doncaster: How fast is too fast?, students have been stepping out of the classroom to see exactly how the maths they learn on the whiteboard is applied in the real world.
The week kicked off with a gripping presentation from a very special guest: Police Sergeant John Taylor from the Serious Collisions Investigations Unit at South Yorkshire Police.
PS Taylor spoke to the students about the crucial role mathematics plays in real-life police investigations. When a serious collision occurs, investigators rely heavily on maths to piece together exactly what happened. Students were fascinated to learn how equations are used to calculate vehicle speeds from the length of tyre skid marks, and how the scatter location of debris can help map out the exact point of impact.
By walking the students through a real-world case study from a previous incident, PS Taylor brilliantly demonstrated that maths isn’t just about passing exams—it is a vital tool used to keep our communities safe.
Inspired by PS Taylor’s visit, our students took on the role of data analysts and headed out into the local community to conduct their own primary fieldwork.
Their first task was to carry out a comprehensive traffic and pedestrian count at various locations around the Lakeside area. Students carefully categorised and recorded the flow of different vehicle types (cars, vans, HGVs, and motorbikes) alongside pedestrian footfall.
The most thrilling part of the fieldwork was putting compound measures into practice! Students set up observation points along Stadium Way to investigate local vehicle speeds.
To do this without police radar guns, they had to be resourceful. By using the uniform distance between the street lamp posts as their fixed distance markers, and stopwatches to record the time it took vehicles to travel between them, the students were able to use the classic mathematical formula: Speed = Distance ÷ Time to determine how fast cars were travelling around our local community.
Now that our Year 8s have gathered all this fantastic raw data, the real mathematical heavy lifting begins! Over the next few lessons, students will be taking their findings into the class rooms. They will be using Google Sheets to digitise their data, organising their counts into grouped frequency tables, and calculating averages to finally answer our expedition’s guiding question: How fast is too fast?
A huge thank you to Police Sergeant John Taylor for giving up his time to inspire our students, and a massive well done to Year 8 for their excellent behaviour and focus during the fieldwork.
Monday– Year 8 Netball tournament away pick up at Hall Cross lower school at 5.00pm
Year 9 boys football pick up at Hall Cross lower school pick up at 4.45pm
Wednesday– Year 7 and 8 football fixture away pick up at XP at 5.15pm
Thursday– Cheerleading practice 3.30-4.30. Badminton fieldwork.
Look forward to seeing you all there.
