XP East

On Friday 11th July, the XP Festival of Arts and Culture returns to XP Doncaster, bringing together students, families, staff and artists for a joyful celebration of creativity and community.

Throughout the day, you’ll experience live music, powerful performances, vibrant art installations, and the beautiful work that defines XP. Students from every XP Trust school will be contributing, sharing their talents and passions through exhibitions, dance, storytelling, and more – all designed to connect, inspire and make a difference.

The festival is a key moment in our XP Live programme – a growing Trust-wide initiative that gives young people authentic opportunities to produce, perform and create. It builds on our commitment to purposeful learning and supports our belief that every child can do meaningful, creative work that impacts the wider world.

More details on the line-up will be shared soon – we can’t wait to welcome you.

Well done to a member of the XP East community who is always striving for excellence. Her determination and attitude to succeed in football is admirable. We are extremely proud of all her hard work and effort and we look forward to hearing about next season.

Well done.

Huge well done to one of our students at XP East who’s football team were league champions. We love celebrating the success of students at XP Doncaster. Well done and congratulations.

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

Y5 Mining Expert visit was amazing! @ Green Top

Pompeii and Pebbles @ Plover

Consolidating Maths Learning @ Carcroft School

Weekly update for families @ XP Gateshead

Once upon a time… @ Norton Infants

Phoenix Dance Theatre Project 2025 @ XP

When NJS met a Gladiator @ Norton Juniors

Share your stories with us!

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!

Tuesday- Cheerleading practice 3.30-4.30

Wednesday-Year 7 and 8 rounders fixtures away. Return to XP school at 5.15. Please tick your name off the team sheet.

Wednesday – Cricket practice 3.30-4.30

Thursday – Year 7/8 cricket fixture away return to school at 5.15. Please tick your name off.

Thursday – Athletics practice 3.30-4.30 and Year 7/8 cricket fixture away, please tick your name off and speak to Mr Currie.

Any questions please email [email protected] and [email protected]

Thanks Team PE

Year 7 and 8 rounders has been cancelled tonight.

thanks Team PE

I popped into Science yesterday to see how some of my Crew were getting on during their expedition ‘9.3 It’s Not Easy Being Green’. They were diving into photosynthesis – and it was awesome to see how much they’ve learned.

There was a quiz at the end of the session, and they absolutely smashed it! I also had a flick through their books, and the quality and craftsmanship really stood out – detailed, neat, and clearly a lot of effort put in.

Loved seeing them so engaged and proud of their learning. Great job, Crew White!

Mrs Fowler

Please see our new school menus.

Tuesday- Cheerleading practice 3.30-4.30

Wednesday – Cricket practice 3.30-4.30

Thursday – Year 7 and 8 rounders fixture away at Armthorpe. Return to XP school at 5.15.

Any questions please email.

This week, we had the fantastic opportunity to welcome Phoenix Dance Theatre back into school to work with some of our students — and what a brilliant start it was!

We kicked off the session by getting to know each other and meeting our inspiring instructor, Emma, who brought great energy and expertise to the room. From there, we moved onto contemporary dance technique, focusing on fluidity and using our whole bodies to express movement.

The students then explored their creativity through collaborative tasks, experimenting with intricate shapes and physical storytelling with their peers. We wrapped up by reflecting on the idea of community — sharing thoughts on what it means to us to be a part of a community and how we might bring this theme to life through movement.

We’re already excited for our next session, where we’ll begin shaping our final performance piece for the XP Arts Festival in July. Watch this space — something special is in the making!

Miss Mitchell