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Please note that the following after school clubs will not be running this week:
Wednesday 3 May – VEX Robotics and Sports Club
Thursday 4 May – Multi Sport
Extended Study will run after school on Wednesday and Thursday as normal along with Thursday’s Nature Club.
Our first case studies in our new expeditions started well last week. On Monday, expedition guiding questions were revealed after much curiosity and speculation from our students.
Our G28 students have one expedition this term, ‘Should I stay or should I go?’ with the guiding question ‘Is migration worth the risk?’. Students will study push and pul factors of migration with specific case studies in India and using Of Mice of Men as an anchor text against the backdrop of the Great Depression in the USA. Students will also study energy production and how more sustainable processes can reduce forced migration, especially important as part of our curricular seam of the Climate Emergency. Students will interview migrants to hear and honour their stories as part of their final product for this expedition. More details in due course.
Our G29 students’ expedition is called ‘Hold back the river’ and has the guiding question, ‘How does water shape our world?’. In this cross-curricular expedition students will explore physical processes in rivers and coasts and the impact that this has on humanity. We will also look at the importance of rivers and coasts as habitats for species. Students will carry out important fieldwork, collecting live research data on oysters and water voles to help local conservationists to work out how better to protect these species and their habitats.
Last week, we published our transition plans for our new G30 students and their families.
As you know, we had a lot of applications for places this year and we are delighted to be welcoming the next cohort (G30) to our crew. We ask that you will support these new families too as they sign up to the ‘Parents of XP Gateshead’ facebook group. I’m sure you will remember what a big step starting secondary school felt like, so your friendly advice is most welcome.
Thank you to all who responded to the consultation on term dates put out on our website last week. Your comments gave a real insight into how families currently manage holidays and how having different term dates to other Gateshead schools affect our students. We will share our decisions for term dates 2023/24 and 2024/25 with you in the next week.
We would like to congratulate our cleaners Carol and Karen who had an inspection last week and passed with flying colours. Their work was commended and they gained 100% in the grading. We are really lucky to have such a great support team at XP Gateshead who go over and above for our students and staff – true craftsmanship and quality!
When students are not in school they can work independently on extended study tasks. There will be extended study after school on Tuesday, but no sports due to the strike action.
Due to timetable changes and a shortened week, there are no PE sessions for students this week.
To mark the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort we will be enjoying a picnic lunch on Friday, weather permitting. Our catering team, Suzanne and Cheryl, will be working their usual magic to make our lunch special.
School closed for all.
As usual, if you have any questions please contact your child’s crew leader in the first instance.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Julie Mosley
Co-Principal
Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across our Trust this week!
For more stories, make sure you visit http://xptrust.org/stories #WeAreCrew
Olivia produced this stunning artwork on her iPad using the sketchbook app. She started out curious if she could represent the unusual colour of her eyes and then continued to match her skin tones and hair colour with some beautiful strokes of the digital brush. She has then gone on to do some more images of her family too. Amazing work Olivia.
Felling Magpies have done it again, winning the league with a game in hand after this week’s 11-1 win against Prudhoe. Connor scored two goals and was nominated as man of the match by the opposing team. Lewis had a few great shots but the keeper made some fantastic saves to keep him out. Great work boys!
Hello everyone!
During our Crew Day last week in Crew Angelou, we did some extensive research about our crew charity Young Minds. Young Minds is a UK based children’s mental health charity that provides things such as advice, a 24/7 text helpline and many articles made specifically for every child’s individual and unique struggles.
For example, there are multiple links that lead to information and advice on individual experiences and feelings. There is guidance for a myriad of experiences on the Young Minds website meaning hopefully everyone at our school and anyone else that may find it useful. Children will most likely be able to find a story or piece of advice they can relate to or use. Not only are there reassurances for different mental health issues but there is also information and advice for children struggling with their gender, sexuality, race, body and kinds of discrimination they may be facing.
There are also lot’s of resources for parents, carers and teachers! These are mainly focused around how to help and support a child in your care who is in need of it. If you feel that you will find it beneficial please check out the website. YoungMinds | Mental Health Charity For Children And Young …YoungMindshttps://www.
We are currently planning a fundraiser within our crew to raise money for Young Minds, so keep an eye out for those announcements. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Crew Angelou
Deadline for response to our consultation is 3pm tomorrow.
We would like to gather feedback from all of our families around future XPG term dates 2023/24 and 2024/25. Please click here for more information about our consultation, and how you can give your views.
This week, students be shown their new updated snapshots with attendance, HoWL and academic information. These will be shared with you at home soon.
Before we share these with you at home and in advance of SLCs (Student-Led Conferences), students will look at this information and make new pledges which will also be shared with you. This is an important part of students being leaders of their own learning. Students will then show evidence of their work towards these pledges in their next SLCs.
We will have more information on the next set of SLCs in due course. These will take place in the fortnight commencing 19th June.
We’re looking for a Leading Learning Coach (HLTA) and Teachers at Plover School! Find out more and apply here to #JoinOurCrew
Winnie made the ‘Swim England Regional Championships’ this weekend. Winnie keeps on getting better and better with some new personal bests in the pool. Great work Winnie.
