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Reptile Rendezvous @ Norton Juniors
Poetry Superstars in E29 Pioneer @ XP East
Weekly Update for Families @ XP Gateshead
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This term, Crew White’s Wise Wednesdays topic is “Where will we be three years from now?” guided by the question: “How can we ensure we’re heading in the right direction?”
We’ve had some really mature conversations about what the next few years might look like, the steps we need to take, and how work experience, college open days, and Mrs Burns, our careers adviser, can support us in finding our paths.
It feels crazy to think three years ahead, but we know how fast time goes — so it’s important to start planting those seeds now.
We also reflected on our childhood dreams and asked: “What did you want to be when you grew up — and is that still the same?” There were lots of classics — hairdresser, firefighter, police officer, vet — but only one student still wants the same job they dreamed of as a child!
It’s exciting to see how our ideas for the future are starting to take shape as we look ahead together as Crew White.
In Y10, we’ve been discussing the importance of revising early and so we’ve been building active recall and revision into our lessons to make sure we don’t forget the poems we studied back in Year 9. These students came out top of the class in their recall, showing fantastic knowledge, focus, and enthusiasm for the anthology.
A huge well done to Jude, Arlo, Jolie, Ella, and Edie, who have been absolute poetry superstars this week! I’m so proud of how hard they’re all working, it’s lovely to see their confidence and understanding growing with every lesson.
Miss Buckley
Last term was an exciting and successful one in PE and after school enrichment programme! We were thrilled to see so many students getting involved, with over 40 students taking part in clubs, practices, and fixtures each week.
From energetic fitness sessions to competitive team sports, our students showed great enthusiasm, teamwork, and school spirit. A special congratulations goes to our Year 7 netball team, who celebrated their first-ever match win – an incredible achievement that reflects their hard work and commitment during training sessions.
We’re so proud of every student who took part, tried something new, or represented the school with pride. Here’s to building on this momentum and making next term even more active, inclusive, and fun!
Please can you have look at lost property this week at XP East. It will be located in XP East reception area. This will be cleared on Friday so please collect before then.
Netball practice is cancelled this week. Practice will be back on 12th November.
thanks Team PE
Reminder for all parents and students that the Ski trip parents evening is on Monday 10th November
6-7pm at XP East school. Please check your emails with regards to what you will need to bring.
Badminton will start on Monday 10th November due to mock exams
Wednesday- Netball practice 3.30-4.30 , Year 10 boys football fixture at home. Finish at 5pm
Thursday- Cheerleading practice 3.30-4.30. Girls football practice 3.30-4.30. Year 7 boys football match away, please tick your name off.
Any questions please email team PE
To celebrate the last week of term, Crew Anning was joined by Crew Lewis for a fun and creative morning of pumpkin carving and a delicious crew breakfast!
The activity gave everyone a chance to show off their artistic skills, enjoy some teamwork, and share a few laughs along the way. It was also a brilliant opportunity to pause and reflect on the first half of Year 9 — thinking about how far we’ve come, what we’ve achieved so far, and how we can continue to grow and support one another in the next half term.
Well done to everyone for their effort, enthusiasm, and teamwork. A great way to end the term on a high note!
We hope you are all having a lovely half term and can’t wait to hear all about it on our return!
See you soon – Miss Askin and Miss Barton
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