Dear Families

Over the next few weeks we will be fully into preparation for Presentations of Learning (PoLs).

At XP we make our work public. One of the most important ways we do this is through PoLs. They are used as an opportunity for students to showcase their learning from their most current learning expedition. PoLs enable students to grow their character and further embed their learning through presenting their work in front of a range of authentic audiences and in a variety of contexts. In addition, students develop oracy skills by presenting to different audiences and in different contexts which builds confidence and further allows students to grow their character whilst developing key skills.

We look forward to seeing all families at the following Presentations of Learning for their children:

• G32’s PoL will be on the evening of Tuesday 16th December 2025 at St. Mary’s church in Heworth from 4:30pm until 5:45pm
• G31’s PoL will be on Thursday 11th December in school at 4.30pm
• G30’s PoL is on Tuesday 9th December – starting at 4pm at The Farrell Centre in Newcastle.
• G29’ PoL is on Wednesday 10th December at 4.30pm in school.
• G28’s PoL will be on Wednesday 17th December in school at 4.30pm

Staff Days

Over the past two staff days our staff teams have spent time focussing on long and medium term planning for term 2 expeditions and our wider support and pastoral provision for all students.

The Week Ahead

G30 Student Led Conferences

This week sees the second week of SLCs for Year 9 students. All families should have booked their SLC slot. Please contact [email protected] if you need more support with this.

G28 Teacher/Student-Led Conferences

Following their recent round of mocks, G28 students will begin the preparation needed to reflect on their progress and at their next round of Teacher Students Learning Conference (TSLC). Students will sit alongside their subject teachers to present their learning and share their revision plans and readiness for KS4 exams. 

Slots will be available from 4pm – 7pm on each evening.

• G28 Class 1 will have their TSLCs on the evening of Thursday 4th December.
• G28 Class 2 will have their TSLCs on the evening of Monday 8th December.

Each student has a booking sheet which has been shared with them through their Google Classroom.

Students in Class 1 that are attending Further Maths at RGS on Thursday are able to attend on Monday 8th December instead of this Thursday.

PE sessions this week

Our PE sessions this week are as follows. Please ensure that your child has their  full PE kit.

• All G32 students (Year 7) have PE on Wednesday.
• All G31 students (Year 8) have PE on Tuesday.
• All G30 students (Year 9) have PE on Thursday.
• For G29 students (Year 10) and G28 students (Year 11)
  • Due to the staff day there is no PE session this week.

As usual if you have any questions about your son or daughter please get in touch with your child’s Crew Leader in the first instance or email general enquiries to [email protected].

Julie Mosley

Dear Families

As always, weeks go by at XP Gateshead and they are filled with high quality, beautiful work from our students and staff alike. The cold weather has brought its challenges but these have been made easier in a school community who support each other, showing compassion and care and it’s been wonderful to see this during delayed morning starts due to travel disruptions. A special thanks goes out to Kenzie, Connor, Ryan and Francis who helped us to grit our car park and paths, keeping students, staff and visitors safe on site.

Updates from the week in brief

It has been such a bumper week with Crew Day being a sharp focus and great way to end the week, but so much more has been happening too.

This week Year 11 students have started their 1:1 guidance meetings with Mrs Burns – Careers Lead across our trust. By Wednesday of this week every student will have had personalised guidance about Pos-16 and beyond.

Year 8 have carried out fieldwork this week at Byker Wall in quite challenging conditions. Despite this, the majority of students showed the resilience needed to make the most of the experience. Students worked with experts to gain an understanding of the importance of Byker Wall to Newcastle and how they have tended to the local community.

A Culture of Crew

On Friday we had our first Crew Day of the year which gave all crews the chance to ‘tend’ to and strengthen Crew, to support and challenge each other to be the best versions of ourselves and carry out some important work together.  As you know, Crew is our support network at XPG and key to the continued success of everyone at our school.

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G32 students (Year 7) continued their work on researching suitable people after whom to name their crews – people who have achieved great things and who display our character traits of courage, integrity, respect, craftsmanship and quality, and above all compassion. I’m pleased to introduce our four Year 7 crews:

• Crew Booth – (Miss Bennett’s Crew)
  • William and Catherine Booth were the founders of The Salvation Army.
• Crew Thomas Hepburn – (Mr Allan’s Crew)
  • Thomas Hepburn was a leading figure in the Mining Trade Union Movement, and is the person for whom our school building was named.
• Crew Robson (Miss Ross’ Crew)
  • Named after former England and Newcastle United Manager, Sir Bobby Robson.
• Crew Swan (Mr Diamond’s Crew)
  • Named for Joseph Swan, a prominent physicist and chemist and pioneer of electric lighting.

Year 7 have also taken up the advent challenge. Each Crew will create a ‘Reverse Advent Calendar’. The idea being that they will spend the next few weeks in the run up to Christmas, bringing donations for the Gateshead foodbank so that families across our region can have something to look forward to, and can spend the Christmas period knowing that they have been thought of and that people care.

It was great to see our Year 7 students working hard in crews to support each other through their presentation and the advent challenge throughout the day and hear their appreciation for each at the end of the day in our community meeting. 

G31 students (Year 8) worked on their pitches for which charity they wanted their crew to support. I’m pleased to introduce our Year 8 chosen charities are:

• Bliss – Crew Pankhurst (pitched by Lucy, Sadie and Yosh)
• Cancer Research UK – Crew Curie (pitched by Leila)
• Greggs Foundation – Crew Windsor (pitched by Pearl)
• Malan Syndrome Foundation – Crew Shakespeare (pitched by Amelia Y)

It is a real testament to the strength of Crew when students share personal connections to charities and why they matter to them and their families. Students really step up when they know that their work matters and it was wonderful to listen to the reasons for the choices of charities in our community meeting.

Students also completed an initiative as a Crew to tackle an escape room, requiring strong communication, collaborative skills and a creative mindset to be successful.

G30 students (Year 9) had the chance to work in the kitchen alongside experts  from Nourish Food School on Friday morning. Our visitors were full of praise for the hard work and commitment shown by all students and the high quality food they prepared. Students tried new flavours and for some, really pushed themselves out of their comfort zone in terms of tasting new foods. I hope that families enjoyed the stir fry that was made (if it managed to get home and not eaten before that). 

Year 9 also spent time on preparing for their Student Led Conference (SLCs) which start next week, gathering together work to share with their families from different subject areas.

In the final community meeting of the day, G30 shared some of their work from the day on plans for charity events for their respective charities, connecting back to and developing the plans that they made in their first week back in September. 

G29 students (Year 10) Crew Day attended to their wellbeing (mind, body, soul) alongside improving their skills of collaboration. Working successfully with others is key to success in school and beyond and as our students move towards GCSE the support of everyone around them is vital. Year 10 Crews  enjoyed challenge sessions including badminton. cake decorating, creative expression and problem solving. Across the whole day, crew leaders observed how well they collaborated against success criteria set at the start of the day. I’m really looking forward to our community meeting on Monday when crews will find out final results. 

Year 10 also spent some time on their Crew Day returning to thinking about Careers, and possible avenues for exploration around Work Placement which will take place in the Summer Term. Mr Said will talk to all Year 10 families about the practicalities of these placements in the upcoming presentation of learning.

G28 students (Year 11) came together for an inaugural XPG Traitors which started on Wednesday morning and has had us all guessing. After their hard work over the last weeks getting ready for a set of mocks, it was great to see our students relaxing and enjoying their time in crews together. As well as the conclusion of Traitors, students were also working together on activities which supported their preparation for this term’s PoL which will take place on Wednesday 17th December. Each crew was set a challenge to perform a key scene from An Inspector Calls and it was great to see the creativity they showed from drama performances to stop motion play dough modelling. This was a great opportunity for students to reconnect with plot and characters from the play and their work will be put together as a high quality revision resource for themselves and other students to use.

After a busy morning, Year 11 enjoyed a RSC screening of Romeo and Juliet which gave plenty of inspiration for their own acting endeavours.

For all of our students, Crew Day was an important reminder that:

“We are Crew, not passengers, strengthened by consequential acts of service to others.”

Christmas Advent Charity work 

Christmas can be a challenging time for many people and every year at XPG we work together to show our care and support to others and support the work of local charities. Our advent challenges were launched on Friday so please talk to your son or daughter to get more details.

As you have seen above, our Year 7 Crews will be taking part in a ‘reverse advent’ food bank collection. Details will follow from Mrs Ross and the Year 7 team.

We have launched a shoebox Advent Challenge for our Crews in Years 8–11 to support the Children’s Heart Unit. Each crew have been asked to put together a shoebox of small comfort gifts—treats, toiletries and other thoughtful items that will be collected in the final week of term and delivered to the Children’s Heart Unit. We aim to gather boxes suitable for a range of ages and are especially keen to include some for parents, who we know often need just as much care and encouragement during long hospital stays.

Our week ahead 

G30 Student Led Conferences

This week sees the start of SLCs for Year 9 students, which are taking place over the next couple of weeks. All families should have booked their SLC slot. Please contact [email protected] if you need more support with this.

PE sessions this week

Our PE sessions this week are as follows. Please ensure that your child has their  full PE kit.

• G32 students (Year 7)
  • G32 Class 1 students have PE on Monday
  • G32 Class 2 students have PE on Wednesday
• All G31 students (Year 8) have PE on Tuesday.
• All G30 students (Year 9) have PE on Thursday.
• All G29 students (Year 10) have PE on Monday.
• All G28 students (Year 11) have PE on Monday.

Staff Days – Friday 287th November and Monday 1st December

We have a staff day this coming Friday and next Monday. The focus for these staff days are forward planning, especially our exciting new learning expeditions for term 2 from January. On staff days our students do not attend school and there is no expectation that they complete work beyond their regularly set extended study (homework). Students will find this work on Google classroom.

Looking ahead – important dates

G28 Teacher/Student-Led Conferences

Following their recent round of mocks, G28 students will begin the preparation needed to reflect on their progress and at their next round of Teacher Students Learning Conference (TSLC). Students will sit alongside their subject teachers to present their learning and share their revision plans and readiness for KS4 exams. 

The system for booking slots will be shared soon. Slots will be available from 4pm – 7pm on each evening.

• G28 Class 1 will have their TSLCs on the evening of Thursday 4th December.
• G28 Class 2 will have their TSLCs on the evening of Monday 8th December.

POLs (Presentations of Learning) this term – dates for your diary 

• G32’s PoL will be on the evening of Tuesday 16th December 2025 at St. Mary’s church in Heworth from 4:30pm until 5:45pm
• G31’s PoL will be on Thursday 11th December in school at 4.30pm
• G30’s PoL is on Tuesday 9th December – starting at 4pm at The Farrell Centre in Newcastle.
• G29’ PoL is on Wednesday 10th December at 4.30pm in school.
• G28’s PoL will be on Wednesday 17th December in school at 4.30pm

As usual if you have any questions about your son or daughter please get in touch with your child’s Crew Leader in the first instance or email general enquiries to [email protected].

Julie Mosley

Dear Families

“There is more in us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less” 

Every week we ask students to push themselves and step out of their comfort zones, as part of our relentless focus on the development of character alongside beautiful work and academic success. With this in mind, G28 have stepped up again in terms of their attitude and approach to their latest round of mocks, supported by Years 7 – 10 in their calm movement around the school to ensure that G28 could focus on the task at hand.

At XP we work to ensure that our students grow their character, create beautiful work and achieve academic success. We develop our curriculum so that learning is relevant, purposeful and authentic and we encourage our students to be compassionate citizens, expanding opportunity so that they can impact positively on others both in the school and in the wider community. We work hard to nurture and develop an understanding of how kindness, empathy and concern for others must define us, as both individuals and also as part of society, if we are to create a more just and compassionate world. Students work hard, so that they can get smart, so that they can go out into the world and be kind.

Here are some of the highlights from this last week:

G32 Fieldwork at Beamish Museum

G32 have this week completed fieldwork which supported their guiding question of “What’s the story of our community?” and their’ studies of the Industrial Revolution and the importance of coal in shaping life in the Northeast. The workshops encouraged speaking, listening, and historical investigation, helping students make meaningful connections between their Human studies and their work in STEAM where students have been building on their understanding of state changes and how George Stephenson applied these principles to experiment with the development of steam engines and machinery that powered the Industrial Revolution.

G31 Expert Session – Live from Kathmandu

Students in G31 this week met with Mr Sadan Dhodari, Vice Principal of Nagarjuna Academy in Kathmandu. This expert session was focussed on Hindu beliefs and teaching about the value of life, what it means to live a good life and the afterlife in support of their guiding question: “What does it mean to be Human?”.

Excitingly, we have also discussed with Sadan. and the Principal Mr Sunil Sijipati, future partnerships, especially around our curricular seam of Protecting the Planet, which is a major focus of the curriculum at Nagarjuna, Nepal being particularly exposed to the consequences of climate change.

NHS Careers Webinar

A group of students this week met with Ålliance Healthcare workers from the NHS this week to learn more about some of the roles in the NHS that are typically less well-known but just as integral to supporting us all to live healthy lives. Expert speakers included physiotherapists, podiatrists and a dietetic assistant.

G29 Geography GCSE fieldwork

Students in G29 braved the weather to complete fieldwork in the Ouseburn. They collected data to investigate the regeneration of the Ouseburn area in Newcastle. Students were joined by Northumbria University geographer Michael Jeffries, who provided valuable insight into the history and geography of the Ouseburn. In the coming weeks, students will analyse their findings and answer the fieldwork question: “Has regeneration had a positive impact on the Ouseburn?”

G28 Post-16 provider carousel

Following their mocks, G28 had a range of speakers in school on Friday morning from local Post-16 providers: Cardinal Hume Sixth Form, Gateshead College, Newcastle College and Newcastle Sixth Form College.  These sessions prompted further thought and discussion from our students about next steps. More on this below, as G28 prepare for their 1:1 careers guidance interviews starting this week.

Our week ahead 

G28 1:1 Careers guidance meetings

Over the next two weeks, all students in G28 will have a 1:1 meeting with Kathryn Burns, our Trust Careers Lead for impartial advice on their next steps at Post-16 and beyond into their career.

To support students in preparing for this, please continue to have conversations at home around your child’s next steps; you can use our Careers Website to start conversations. It is important at this stage in the academic year for all students in Year 11 to start preparing for and putting together applications. The message from all providers  that spoke to students on Friday was to keep options open and put in multiple applications to a range of providers. We will reinforce this message and continue to support students through Crew.

Post-16 Open Evenings this week for G28

• Thursday 20th November 5.00pm – 7.00pm at Lord Lawson Sixth Form
• Thursday 20th November  5.00pm – 7.30pm at Cardinal Hume Sixth Form
• Wednesday 19th November 2025: 5:00pm – 7:00pm at Energy Academy Wallsend (for courses related to sustainable energy and associated engineering)

G30 Byker Wall Fieldwork – Tuesday 18th November 

G30 students will be carrying out fieldwork to support their guiding question “How can structures help us to explain our world?” Please Miss Jones’ post for further details.

G31 Expert session – Tuesday 18th November 

G31 will this week have another expert session where they will have the opportunity to talk to individuals whose lives have been impacted by organ donation. This has been a wonderful session in previous years and really propels students to invest in the quality of their work to promote organ donation through their artistic final product.

Crew Day – Friday 21st November

This Friday will be a Crew Day for all cohorts from Year 7 to Year 11. Each cohort will have a different focus, ranging from supporting charities and local partners, to crew identity.

Each Crew Day is an opportunity to tend to Crew and return to the principle that: We are crew not passengers, strengthened by acts of consequential service to others.

This time invested reaps dividends not just in terms of strengthening Crews, but also in our wider Culture of Crew which is evident in classrooms on a day to day basis.

PE sessions this week

Our PE sessions this week are as follows. Please ensure that your child has their  full PE kit.

• G32 students
  • Class 1 have PE on Monday
  • Class 2 have PE on Wednesday
• All G31 students have PE on Tuesday.
• All G30 students have PE on Thursday 
• All G29 students have PE on Monday.
• All G28 students have PE on Monday.

Looking ahead – important dates

G30 SLCs

Year 9 will be carrying out SLCs in the fortnight commencing Monday 24th November. If you have not already done so, you should receive an invitation to book a slot from your child’s Crew Leader.

Staff Days – Friday 28th November and Monday 1st December

We have staff days each term at XP so that our teachers can collaborate across the Trust to create and deliver the high quality curriculum that our students study. These are shown in blue on our calendar. On staff days our students do not attend school and there is no expectation that they complete work beyond their regularly set extended study (homework). Students will find this work on Google classroom.

POLs (Presentations of Learning) this term

• G32’s PoL will be on the evening of Tuesday 16th December 2025 at St. Mary’s church in Heworth from 4:30pm until 5:45pm. 
• G31’s PoL will be on Thursday 11th December in school at 4.30pm.
• G30’s PoL will be on the evening of Wednesday 10th December at the Farrell Centre in Newcastle University Campus. Start time is to be confirmed.
• G28’s PoL will be on Wednesday 17th December in school at 4.30pm.

As usual if you have any questions about your child please get in touch with your child’s Crew Leader in the first instance.

Julie Mosley

Dear Families

Our students have returned well after the half term break and quickly got back into the swing of things, working hard and enjoying the great learning opportunities they have had this week. We’ve had some amazing expert sessions in school which continue to feed into current expedition work supporting our students in their response to their guiding questions.

Working with experts

G31 – What does it mean to be human?

Our Year 8 students interviewed Humanist experts in school on Monday. Our experts  supported students to build on their learning about the golden rule of humanism, and uncover more about Humanist beliefs.

Our students enjoyed their session with the Humanist experts who spoke to them about the Humanist belief that we have one life and therefore should ensure we make the most of our time on Earth by living the best life possible for ourselves and others, including future generations. As is always the case, the experts praised the high quality questions and discussions they had with our students and the maturity they demonstrated.

G32 – How are structures important in helping us to explain our world? 

On Thursday our G32 students had an expert session with Kate Osborne Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow and Gateshead East as part of their current expedition  ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ with students working to answer a guiding question ‘How are structures important in helping us to explain our world?’. As part of their work students have been looking at political structures in Government and been investigating housing policy of the Labour Party and other major political parties in the U.K. Our Year 9 really took the opportunity to ask Kate questions and discussions covered climate action, sustainability, housing policy, immigration along with more personal questions around Kate’s passion for politics and the North East.

Beautiful work

G32’s handmade poppies in preparation for Remembrance

G31’s stunning Memory Lane Radio broadcast 

I think that the biggest highlight of the week though must be our G31’s final product from their 7.2 expedition ‘Do your bit‘ radio broadcast. This was played on Memory Lane Radio on Sunday 9th November as part of a programme of their Remembrance programme. The segment features excerpts from students’ creative writing on the theme of unheard voices from World War I. Their work explores and responds to the guiding question: ‘Why is it important that we honour all who sacrificed in WWI?’

Listening to the beautiful voices and words of all 50 of our students was simply stunning, their writing was powerful and really emotive. If you didn’t get the chance to tune in on Sunday,  I highly recommend you get a cup of tea, sit back and enjoy the programme.

You can listen here.

Charity work 

Crew Stanton’s Halloween Disco 

On Tuesday, Crew Stanton ran another successful school disco to support their crew charity Tiny Lives. Tiny Lives is a charity in Newcastle that supports premature and unwell babies and their families. Crew Stanton have supported Tiny Lives for the past 3 years, running a range of charity events. They were very keen to run a final event before they leave XPG. I would like to appreciate the students for really leaving a strong legacy at XPG for what Crew charities can really achieve. Across the last 3 years, they have raised over £3000! Crew Kahlo also be ran some additional Day of the Dead and Frieda Kahlo themed games to raise money for their Crew Charity,

It was a great evening, enjoyed by students and staff alike and there were some fantastic halloween outfits on the evening

Our week ahead 

Anti-Bullying Week 2025: Power for Good

Every November schools right across the UK take part in Anti-Bullying Week. This is an opportunity to highlight bullying and consider the steps we can take together to stop it. Anti-Bullying Week 2025 takes place from Monday 10th – Friday 14th November with the theme ‘Power for Good’ . It is coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, which is based at leading children’s charity the National Children’s Bureau. This year the organisation has worked with children and young people up and down England, Wales and Northern Ireland to decide the theme. This Anti-Bullying Week they urge adults and young people alike to come together to have discussions about how we can use the power we have for good, to bring bullying to an end. 

Please see the Parent and Carer pack for more details

G28 November Mock Exams

This week our Year 11 students will undertake a set of mock GCSE exams:

Please note that students will not sit an exam for every component of their examinations in this mock window. There will be another mock session for G28 in February where all components will be examined.

G32 Fieldwork to Beamish – Wednesday 12th November

As part of G32’s current expedition of learning, students will be taking part in important fieldwork at Beamish Museum in County Durham on Wednesday 12th November.

This visit will provide an authentic and immersive learning experience, supporting students’ studies of the Industrial Revolution and the importance of coal in shaping life in the Northeast. The workshops will encourage speaking, listening, and historical investigation, helping students make meaningful connections between their Human studies and their work in STEAM where students have been building on their understanding of state changes and learning how learning how George Stephenson applied these principles to experiment with the development of steam engines and machinery that powered the Industrial Revolution. The visit will allow them to see these concepts in action and understand how scientific innovation transformed industry and everyday life.

For full details, see the website post

G29 GCSE Geography Urban Fieldwork – Friday 14th February

G29 Geography students will investigate the regeneration of the Ouseburn area in Newcastle, building on their first unit of study, where they explored the question: “Is Newcastle a city of opportunity or challenge?” We will be joined by Northumbria University geographer Michael Jeffries, who will provide valuable insights into the history and geography of the Ouseburn.In the coming weeks, students will analyse their findings and answer the fieldwork question: “Has regeneration had a positive impact on the Ouseburn?”

Students will spend the full day conducting fieldwork. They should bring their regular kit, including their iPads, a packed lunch and be prepared for the weather. The current forecast is cool with a strong chance of rain.

PE sessions this week

Our PE sessions this week are as follows. Please ensure that your child has their  full PE kit.

• All G32 students (Year 7) have PE on Monday..
• All G31 students (Year 8) have PE on Tuesday.
• All G30 students (Year 9) have PE on Thursday
• All G29 students (Year 10) have PE on Monday.
• G28 Class 1 students (Year 11) have PE on Monday.

Extended Study and Clubs

Our clubs will all run this week (see schedule below) along with extended study sessions every day except Friday. 

As usual if you have any questions about your son or daughter please get in touch with your child’s Crew Leader in the first instance or email general enquiries to [email protected].

Dear Families

Welcome back after what I hope has been a restful and safe half term holiday.

We are looking forward to seeing all of our students back this week, raring to go and ready to continue their hard work on current expeditions.

As always, a return to school gives us all the opportunity to make a strong start in terms of getting into good habits and being organised. I would like to remind everyone of the importance of punctuality, attendance and being fully prepared for learning and ask for your support in this to make sure that all of our students are getting it right.

Punctuality

All students need to be in school for an 8.30am start so they must arrive by 8.25am at the latest. A minority of students were regularly late for school last half term which impacted on the learning of others (staff and students). Please talk to your child about their punctuality and ensure that they are arriving on time every day. 

Attendance

At XPG we celebrate attendance and will support those students and families who need to improve their attendance. Snapshots will be shared with you this half term which include attendance information and Crew Leaders will be talking with students and their families  about how important attendance is to academic achievement and success in school.

As you may have seen in the news, school attendance continues to be a concern across the country. At XPG, we were pleased that our attendance figures were higher than local and national figures last year and  there is no doubt that this was down to the hard work of all – students, parents/carers, Crew Leaders and our inclusion team. 

We all understand that school attendance is vital to the life chances of young people and that being in school improves health, wellbeing and socialisation throughout life. We will continue to work hard on attendance and punctuality this half term and will be in contact with families where this is a concern and put supportive improvement plans in place.

As the winter approaches, we are all more susceptible to mild respiratory illnesses including general cold symptoms. It is usually appropriate for parents and carers to send their children to school at these times but it can be tricky making these decisions. The following NHS guidance includes information which may be useful – NHS ‘Is my child too ill for school?’ guidance.

Please share any worries you have around attendance or punctuality with your childs’ Crew Leader. 

Being organised

As always, students need to bring a school bag every day with the following items

• • A filled water bottle
  • Pencil case including: pens, pencils, ruler, eraser and pencil sharpener

• A fully charged iPad

• Headphones – ideally not expensive ones
• A healthy snack for break (no confectionery (sweets), fizzy drinks or energy drinks, nut products)
• A notebook
• A reading book (e-reader book, school library book or book from home)
• A glue stick
• A purple biro pen
• A highlighter pen

Please make sure your son/daughter is fully equipped for learning and contact us if there are any problems.

Our week ahead 

Working with experts 

G31 – What does it mean to be human?

G31 will have sessions with our longstanding humanist experts on Monday, who will help students to build on their learning about the golden rule of humanism, and uncover more about the Humanist belief that we have one life and therefore should ensure we make the most of our time on Earth by living the best life possible for ourselves and others, including future generations.

G30 – How are structures important in helping us to explain our world? 

This week our G30 students will have an expert session with Kate Osborne Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow and Gateshead East as part of their current expedition ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ where they are working to answer the guiding question ‘How are structures important in helping us to explain our world?’. As part of their work students have been looking at political structures in Government and been investigating housing policy of the Labour Party and other major political parties in the U.K. 

PE sessions this week

Our PE sessions this week are as follows. Please ensure that your child has their  full PE kit.

• For G32 students (Year 7)
  •  G31 Class 1 students have PE on Monday.
  • G31 Class 2 students have PE on Wednesday.
• All G31 students (Year 8) have PE on Tuesday.
• All G30 students (Year 9) have PE on Thursday.
• All G29 students (Year 10) have PE on Monday.
• All G28 students (Year 11) have PE on Monday.

Extended Study and Clubs

Our clubs will all run this week (see schedule below) along with extended study sessions every day except Friday. 

Important dates for your diaries 

Presentations of Learning (PoLs) this term:

• G32’s PoL will be on the evening of Tuesday 16th December 2025 at St. Mary’s church in Heworth from 4:30pm until 5:54pm. 
• G31’s PoL will be on Thursday 11th December in school at 4.30pm.
• G30’s PoL will be on the evening of Wednesday 10th December at the Farrell Centre in Newcastle University Campus. Start time is to be confirmed.
• G28’s PoL will be on Wednesday 17th December in school at 4.30pm.

PoLs are used as an opportunity for students to showcase their learning from their most current learning expedition. PoLs enable students to grow their character and further embed their learning through presenting their work in front of a range of authentic audiences and in a variety of contexts. We expect for every child to have a family member there to support them at a PoL.

As usual if you have any questions about your son or daughter please get in touch with your child’s Crew Leader in the first instance or email general enquiries to [email protected].

Thank you, as always, for your ongoing support.

Julie Mosley

Dear Parents/Carers

We have come to the end of another full and busy half term and, as always, our whole community have worked together demonstrating courage, respect, craftsmanship and quality, integrity and above all compassion.  We have continued to work hard across this first half term, welcoming new students and staff,  continuing to build our culture through crew. It is hard to believe what we have achieved in 8 weeks together!

Important dates for your diaries for next half-term

G28 mock exams: Monday 10th to Thursday 13th November

Our Y11 students will continue mock exams next half term in the week beginning Monday 10th November. Please see the provisional timetable on the website. 

Presentation of Learning (PoLs) – Term 1

PoLs are used as an opportunity for students to showcase their learning from their most current learning expedition. PoLs enable students to grow their character and further embed their learning through presenting their work in front of a range of authentic audiences and in a variety of contexts. In addition, students develop oracy skills by presenting to different audiences and in different contexts which builds confidence and further allows students to grow their character whilst developing key skills.

Below are the dates for our PoLs (Presentations of Learning) next term. It is important to note that we expect for every child to have a family member there to support them.

• G32’s PoL will be on the evening of Tuesday 16th December 2025 at St. Mary’s church in Heworth from 4:30pm until 5:54pm. 
• G31’s PoL will be on Thursday 11th December in school at 4.30pm.
• G30’s PoL will be on the evening of Wednesday 10th December at the Farrell Centre in Newcastle University Campus. Start time is to be confirmed.
• G28’s PoL will be on Wednesday 17th December in school at 4.30pm.

Have a wonderful break with your children and families

I think that we can all agree that it’s time now for a well deserved rest!  Have a great half term break and we look forward to seeing all of our students on Monday 3rd November at the normal time.

Thank you, as always, for your ongoing support.

.Julie Mosley

Dear Families

Welcome to the final week of this half term. It is hard to believe that we have only been together for 7 weeks having achieved so much! 

This is the first year we have been a full secondary school of five year groups, 7-11, and this half term we have successfully transitioned our G32 cohort into school along with 10 new staff who have joined our team. Our students have continued to work hard to develop their beautiful work, character and academic success and they, like staff,  will be ready for a well deserved rest and our two week half term break when we finish this half term on Friday 17th October.

G28 working hard in their final year

G28 students have started their final year with us at XPG and have stepped up to the challenge! Last week we met G28 families for an Information Evening where we went through important dates and information on the year ahead, post 16 pathways and shared our plans for end of year celebrations including a final Passage presentation from students. We also shared the final exam timetable with families. Please see the website post for full details and the slides which were shared on the evening. Thank you to G28 parents and carers for their attendance on Monday 6th October and Mr Said and G28 staff team for their work on this event.

G29 and their start to GCSE and Key Stage 4 courses

G29 students have made a good start to their GCSE courses and staff working with this cohort have commented on their mature approach to learning, their resilience and willingness to take risks with their learning and appetite for challenge.

In particular it has been really impressive to see G29 and G28 students working alongside each other to support each others’ success in their LOOL (Leading our own learning) sessions after school on Wednesdays:

• Geography
• Religious Studies
• Health & Social Care
• Sport

Growing maturity of our G30 students 

This half term G30 have made a great start to their first expedition with GQ “How are structures important in helping us to explain our world?”. Students will present their learning on structures that impact our world such as the atom, governmental structures and structures of habitation at their PoL at the Farrell Centre in December.

All of our Y9 students complete the DofE bronze award as part of our curriculum. G28 have started working on the physical section through sessions including badminton, basketball, yoga and urban-walking. This term we will focus on the physical section of the award and then in the coming months we will work on the skills and volunteering section before their assessed outdoor expedition in the final term of the academic year.

G31 responding to their guiding question

G31’s expedition is a long-standing favourite of ours with the guiding question “What does it mean to be human?”. In support of the artwork that they will produce, this week students will hot some experts from the NHS to discuss the importance of raising awareness around the need for organ donors. G31 have been praised in particular for their writing so far this term, and also their musical responses to stimulus material associated with The Blues.

G32 learning what it means to be Crew whilst studying in learning expeditions 

G32 have had an incredibly successful start to life at XPG and studying through learning expeditions. We are so proud of the culture in lessons, and students are producing very high quality work. This term their final product will be a book on the local history of Gateshead and its place in the wider history of the UK. We will be able to share the students’ writing and artwork at the presentation of learning in December and their book will be published in time to launch at the end of the academic year. It is our intention to launch this at Seven Stories, the national centre for children’s literature. All of our children in Year 7 will be able to say by this time next year that they are published authors and artists. They fully deserve this accolade!

Our ongoing professional development for staff

As you know, we are a school invested in learning for staff and students alike. Like our students, our staff complete induction, present Educator-Led Conferences (ELC’s), and plan collaboratively to produce a high-quality curriculum.

Each week and across the whole year we offer professional development (CPD) opportunities for staff, which this term has included:

• A focus on the holistic nature of our teaching and learning model
• How to plan and deliver effective explanations
• Instructional rounds – an affirmative process where we learn from observing each others’ practice with an expert facilitator to help participants unpack their learning
• A training programme for Early Career Teachers in partnership with Three Rivers Teaching School Hub
• Leadership of learning expeditions
• Development opportunities for staff for e.g.
  • Participation in Networks within our wider school trust.
  • Working with industry partners such as Into University, Beamish Museum, Tyne & Wear Museums The NHS, North East Diversity Education and Solidarity, and The Farrell Centre to raise aspirations and develop authentic products for expeditions.
  • Participation in national programmes such as Maths Mastery, STEM centre training.

As you know, we are a very small team, which is part of a relatively small school trust. I just wanted to take this opportunity to commend our staff for their commitment to our students and our school, this is evident in the way that we support each others’ development, providing capacity for each other to attend trining or opportunities, which in turn provide great opportunities for students through carefully crafted learning expeditions and not least the wide offer of clubs and opportunities. Our staff really are exceptional in their commitment to your children and are relentless in their hard work, the care and compassion they show.

The 2025 Thomas Hepburn Memorial Service

This weekend I attended the annual Thomas Hepburn memorial service at St Mary’s church in Heworth with Mr Said and two of our choir, Lyra and Molly . Each year the NUM and Reverend Lucy coordinate a service which pays tribute to Hepburn’s commitment to working people and the trade union movement. Aside from the connections to our character values, local history and students’ first learning expedition in year 7, we continue to keep the connection to our community. 

This year Lyra and Molly with accompaniment from Mr Said were included in the service, performing one of G31’s songs “Start a Union Boys” which was written about the life of Thomas “Tommy” Hepburn and invoked a wonderful reception from the attendees. 

Our students laid a wreath to honour Hepburn alongside wreaths from many other dignitaries. Local MPs and former MPs were in attendance alongside local councillors and members of the education community. All were full of praise for Lyra and Molly’s performance and the quality of the music that G31 had written last year. It’s important to note the courage these students demonstrated especially when their numbers were down.

All in all a wonderful way to spend a Saturday morning and I’d encourage everyone to look out for next year’s Thomas Hepburn memorial service which takes place in October.

In addition, G31’s songs from their first expedition are now on the final stage of editing before they will be released globally via streaming sites such as Spotify and Amazon Music. Very soon our G31 students will be published songwriters!

Our week ahead 

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service 

On Monday we have experts from the Fire Service joining students in G32, G31 and G30 to give important fire safety briefings as part of our safeguarding work at XPG.

Expert with G31

On Thursday, we welcome Specialist Organ Donation Nurse Dominic Manning into school. Dominic will field questions from the students about the importance of organ donation. Dominic works for NHS Blood and Transplant but is based at Newcastle’s hospitals and helps people throughout the North East through the decision to donate organs.

G28 mock exams in Spanish and Art

This week our Y11 students start their mock exams with a focus on Spanish speaking and Art. Students will build their ‘exam muscle’ by once again experiencing the conditions in which they will work when it comes to their final practical examinations in the Spring term. Spanish speaking trial exams take place over Monday and Tuesday and then on Wednesday and Friday all students in Art & Design, both fine art and photography pathways, will work on their portfolio of work in exam conditions.

Extended Study and Clubs

Over the last two weeks we have offered Club tasters to our students over lunchtime and after school. It has been great to see the appetite for enrichment opportunities and special thanks goes out to staff and our student leaders who have offered clubs to our students. All clubs will run this week (see schedule below) along with extended study sessions every day except Friday.

Our before-school G28 fitness and revision clubs on Tuesday and Thursday, with fitness from 7:15am and then revision sessions starting at 7:45am. Also please remember that a free breakfast is on offer to all students from 7:45am onwards every morning.

PE sessions this week

• G32 students (Year 7) 
  • Class 1 have PE on Monday
  • Class 2 have PE on Wednesday
• G31 students (Year 8) have PE on Tuesday
• G30 students (Year 9) have PE on Thursday
• G29 students (Year 10) have PE on Monday
• G28 students (Year 11)  have PE on Monday

Early closure this Friday 17th October

Don’t forget that school finishes at the earlier time of 1.30pm this Friday. This is to allow us time to “degunge” and set up for the next half term. Please make arrangements to pick up your children at the school gate for 1.30pm this Friday. As always, please be conscientious of our neighbours if parking as it is always very busy when students all leave school at the same time.

We return to school on Monday 3rd November 2025. 

Thank you for your continued support through this half term. We hope everyone has a safe and restful holiday. We are looking forward to next half term where we will be continuing to focus on our culture of beautiful work, character and academic success. Students will be adding work to our “beautiful” work portfolios and getting ready for student-led conferences and presentations of learning which will be an opportunity for you to see some of the work your children have been doing – more on this later.

As usual if you have any questions about your son or daughter please get in touch with your child’s Crew Leader in the first instance or email general enquiries to [email protected].

Thank you as always for your ongoing support.  Together we are stronger #WeAreCrew.

Julie Mosley

Dear Families

I returned to school on Friday after a whistle-stop tour of Denmark where I had the honour and privilege of sharing the work of staff and students at XPG with education leaders from Denmark and beyond. I visited six intentionally designed schools and talked to colleagues who, like us, are working hard to design curriculum where students engage with real-world problems on local, national and global levels. The shared belief that by tackling authentic societal issues, students develop a deeper understanding and stronger connection to their education was held by all educators I met and their students too. XPG students took centre stage at the LEAPs conference where I shared photographs of their beautiful work and videos captured across the years where our young people talk about crew and character development, beautiful work and academic success. I returned to the UK full of inspiration, especially around school design but, after 4 days away, I was keen to be back home at XPG with our students and staff – they truly are magnificent!

Open Evening

On Tuesday we held our Open Evening and welcomed over 400 people to our school. As you know, on evenings like this our students take centre stage and as always, they shine.

Families attended 4 sessions – XPG The Facts (and the Myths), Beautiful work, Character and Academic Success. Every session, apart from the Mythbusting one, was a showcase ran by students who shared the work done at XPG and answered questions from their audience.

The positive feedback on exit tickets was stunning, our students definitely communicated our culture well with very few questions left unanswered. The confidence shown by our young people and their ability to articulate what we do and why we do it is stunning and we are extremely proud and grateful to all students who were involved. A thank you to families too who supported this event.

Mr Said will be posting an update for families of children in Year 6 that were not able to make it to the event.

Club Tasters

This week our students have had the chance to try some of the clubs on offer before school, at lunchtime or after school. Club tasters continue next week too. This week students have trialled book clubs, culture and language, Warhammer and games, photography and rock bands, school newspaper and drama . More to come this week!

As a small school, it can be challenging to offer a wide variety of extra-curricular opportunities but staff at XPG always go that extra mile and it is wonderful to see such a choice of clubs offered as well as daily extended study clubs. It is great to see real leadership in our students with some G28 student leaders running cheerleading and multi-spots sessions again this year.

Please encourage your son/daughter to get involved in clubs and try out some next week when club tasters continue.

National Poetry Day

On Thursday, we celebrated National Poetry Day and all took the chance to share in the pleasure of poetry. With over 1.5 million people participating on the day, XPG students stepped forward and got involved in the ‘I have a Dream’ national poetry competition for 11-18 year olds. 

And as always, we are working hard, getting smart and being kind

G28 Students preparing to debate “Who is responsible for the chaos in Romeo & Juliet?”

G28 Students preparing to debate “Who is responsible for the chaos in Romeo & Juliet?”

Portraiture skills building G31 art.

Portraiture skills building G31 art.

We continue to challenge our students in every session around our habits of work and learning (HOWLs). Our students reflect on their HOWLs each week during Thoughtful Thursday Crew session, setting pledges for the week ahead and challenging each other to be better and offering support to each other to get there. Over the next two weeks our staff will be entering their assessment of students’ current HOWLs and academic performance in each subject. This will be shared with students and their families after the half-term in preparation for our first Student-Led Conferences this year.

Our week ahead 

G28 Information Evening for All Year 11 Families

We are hosting an important information evening in school for all G28 families. This will detail:

• The year ahead and supporting your child
• Post-16 pathways
• Arrangements for the end of the academic year

Club Tasters continue

We will trial lunchtime and after clubs Monday to Wednesday this week. Clubs will then start fully in the w/c 13th October.

Extended study sessions run every day except Friday. If a student attends a club or an extended study session they must attend the full sessions until 4:30pm.

Breakfast Club supported by Magic Breakfast

Breakfast club continues each morning from 7.45am.

PE sessions this week

Please can parents make sure that their child has a PE kit  for PE sessions. We expect students to change into their appropriate PE kit, and not wear the same clothes they wear in school. Similarly, students must change out of PE kit afterwards, into their normal school clothes. For safety, jewellery must be removed and hair must be tied back.

• G32 students (Year 7)
  • Class 1 have PE on Monday
  • Class 2 have PE on Wednesday 
• G31 students (Year 8) have PE on Tuesday.
• G30 students (Year 9) have PE on Thursday.
• G29 and G28 students (Year 10 and Year 11) have PE on Monday

As usual if you have any questions, please get in touch with your child’s Crew Leader in the first instance or email general enquiries to [email protected].

Thank you as always for your ongoing support.  Together we are stronger #WeAreCrew.

Julie Mosley

Dear Families

What makes a great education?

You may remember that last term students in G29 were challenged to give a keynote at the MTEM conference on what makes a great education. Over a week they drafted and put together an incredible speech which we have now recorded back in school.

The words of our students are truly beautiful, and this week I have the honour and privilege of sharing their words at international conference in Denmark. As well as meeting colleagues across education with equally innovative learning models, I will also have the opportunity to visit LEAPS schools to see how they are making their buildings work for their models of learning.

On Friday I was able to share my (limited) progress in Danish with the students as we celebrated the European Day of Languages. The day was marked with readings from students, live linkup with The British Council, a themed lunch and El Classico football match and lots of students in red and yellow celebrating other cultures and languages. Thanks to all families that supported this event and a special thanks to Mohammed, Desiree and Chanel and to Miss Fielding for her work coordinating the day.

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We also had important fieldwork for LOOL groups, and for G30’s expedition and a student-led piece of fieldwork for Crew Darling, heart dissection in STEAM and our very first Axiom Maths club for Year 7.

We have another important week coming up with our Open Evening on Tuesday after school. Again, thanks to all families that are lending us your children for the evening. The students really do run the show from beginning to end and it is this that families remark upon year after year, the warmth, leadership and pride that students show in their school.

The importance of reading 

In recent weeks we have shared details of the Extended Study that is set for each year group. Reading is in many ways the most important part of the week’s extended study.

As you know, reading is a key focus at XPG. It is not only the first building block to allow students to access all areas of the curriculum but reading also plays a significant role in their life chances and their wellbeing. We know that to be good learners, students need to first be good readers. Studies have shown that ‘those who read for pleasure have higher levels of self-esteem and a greater ability to cope with difficult situations. Reading for pleasure is also associated with better sleeping patterns’. 

At XPG our students are exposed to many texts – reading in sessions, studying an anchor text in each expedition, a weekly Crew Read during Tranquil Tuesday and the daily 20-30 minutes reading expectation of their accelerated reader book. Over the last few weeks, students who are not currently reading at an age appropriate level have started attending intervention sessions. 

Please support us by monitoring your child’s reading, ensuring they are reading their accelerated reader book (which may be on ePlatform or a physical book they have borrowed from our in-school library) and reminding them to complete their daily 20-30 reading minutes.

Clubs

We will trial lunchtime and after clubs for a week, starting on Thursday and Friday of this week and then Monday to Wednesday in the following week. Clubs will then start fully in the week commencing October 13th.

The draft set of clubs can be found below. This may be adapted in light of the trial that starts later this week on Thursday.

Our week ahead 

G30 Class 1 – Fieldwork to the Farrell Centre

Students in G30 Class 2 will be travelling to the Farrell Centre on Newcastle University Campus tomorrow morning – Tuesday 30th September –  to learn more about their brief for their final project and to see the exhibits at the national centre for architecture. More details here.

Breakfast Club supported by Magic Breakfast

Breakfast club continues each morning from 7.45am.

Extended Study 

Our supervised extended study will run again this week after school from 3.30pm until 4.30pm. We will be starting tasters for clubs soon. More info to come in a separate post.

PE sessions this week

Please can parents make sure that their child has a PE kit  for PE sessions. We expect students to change into their appropriate PE kit, and not wear the same clothes they wear in school. Similarly, students must change out of PE kit afterwards, into their normal school clothes. For safety, jewellery must be removed and hair must be tied back.

• G32 students (Year 7)
  • Class 1 have PE on Monday
  • Class 2 have PE on Wednesday 
• G31 students (Year 8) have PE on Tuesday.
• G30 students (Year 9) have PE on Thursday.
• G29 and G28 students (Year 10 and Year 11) have PE on Monday

As usual if you have any questions, please get in touch with your child’s Crew Leader in the first instance or email general enquiries to [email protected].

Thank you as always for your ongoing support.  Together we are stronger #WeAreCrew.

Julie Mosley

Dear Families

At the start of last week we spoke to all students about the need to uphold our character traits in light of the multiple challenging situations that our society faces, where young people – often through social media – are more likely to be exposed to views which promote violence or discrimination.

Teaching through expeditions and having Crew at the centre of our work affords us the opportunity to go beyond the National Curriculum with our students and in addition pay close attention to making a stand for social justice, cultivating diversity and belonging and protecting our planet – key issues of our time and ones that we need the next generation of young people to continue to address.

Whilst the solutions to these issues are difficult, we know that as individuals, as families and as a community the way to face them is with respect, courage, integrity, craftsmanship & quality and above all…. Compassion.

As we have said many times before, our character traits are not just words on a wall. We expect each other to model them and support and challenge each other to do so – that goes for all members of our community: students, staff and families alike. 

Celebrating the development of character through beautiful work in the community

Every week our students demonstrate our character traits in spades, and every week we celebrate these and honour them through our community meetings and share updates here.

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We also take great joy in receiving messages from families about development of character and successes outside of school. Below are some recent achievements of our students, going above and beyond in beautiful work and developing their chacrater!

Will in Year 11 and his brother smashed their target to raise £500 for Crew Franks Charity Sir Bobby Robson thanks to some amazing support!

Harry in Year 10 gained a sliver in Teams Kumite and a bronze in Pairs Kata when competing in the Northern Open Classic International Karate Championship.

Brooke in Year 8 has achieved her maiden first place, and after stepping up to grade 3. This is a brilliant achievement.

Sylvia in Year 8  recently competed in a relay meet representing Gateshead Harriers, running in the 4 x 100m U13 relay team placing 3rd and then 2nd. Gateshead Harriers won the overall competition and secured the ‘cup’!

Hector and Josh in Year 7 also completed the Junior Great North Run, and Hector was awarded club member of the year for his trampolining club as well as receiving an award to recognise his success at national competitions throughout the season with his syncro partner.

Mia in Year 7 has been volunteering with Richmond Exotics, a local reptile rescue and education centre, for over a year. She’s raised almost £300 so far by making and selling homemade bracelets, crochet animals, keyrings, and sweets at stalls and events.

European Day of Languages – Friday 26th September

On Friday this week we will celebrate the European Day of Languages, focussing on the importance of valuing other cultures as well as where the study of language can take you in life, and the doors that a language opens.

Students are invited to come to school in Spanish themed dress on Friday, which could be as simple as a red or yellow item of clothing. We think Miss Fielding might well come dressed in full flamenco!

We will also mark the occasion with a range of events in school, many of which also have a Spanish focus, that being our taught language at KS3 and KS4:

• Spanish dancing before school
• A community meeting to discuss the importance of experiencing and valuing other cultures and languages
• An online workshop with the British Council for Year 9 and GCSE Spanish students.
  • This workshop will feature young adults speaking about their own study of languages and the opportunities this has given them in life.
• A Spanish themed menu at lunchtime.
• A game of ‘El Classico’ football at lunchtime.
• Competitions in school.

Our week ahead 

G30 Class 2 – Fieldwork to the Farrell Centre

Students in G30 Class 2 will be travelling to the Farrell Centre on Newcastle University Campus tomorrow morning – Tuesday 23rd September –  to learn more about their brief for their final project and to see the exhibits at the national centre for architecture. More details here. Class 1 will be doing the same fieldwork next week.

G28 LOOL – Geography Fieldwork to Seaham

Students in G28 Geography will be carrying out fieldwork on Thursday 25th September  to look at the impact of coastal erosion on Seaham’s beach.  They will be travelling on foot and by rail. Students will need to be prepared for the weather and will need a packed lunch. We will return to school by 3.30pm. More details to follow.

G28 LOOL – Religious Studies Fieldwork to a local Mosque

Provisionally we are also close to finalising fieldwork on Thursday 25th September  for GCSE RS students to visit a mosque, connected to their study of Islam for their final examination. This will be confirmed as soon as possible.

Crew Darling – Fieldwork to Northumberland and the Farne Islands.

Last year Crew Darling carried out sponsored work on a Crew day to be able to fund a visit to the Farne Islands and the coast where their Crew’s namesake Grace Darling carried out her incredible rescue. Crew Darling will be travelling to Northumberland via minibus and then weather permitting using Billy Shiels boats to tour the Farne Islands on Friday 26th September during the school day. More details have been shared with families in an email from Mrs Ross.

Breakfast Club supported by Magic Breakfast

Breakfast club continues each morning from 7.45am.

Extended Study 

Our supervised extended study will run again this week after school from 3.30pm until 4.30pm. We will be starting tasters for clubs soon. More info to come in a separate post.

PE sessions this week

Please can parents make sure that their child has a PE kit  for PE sessions. We expect students to change into their appropriate PE kit, and not wear the same clothes they wear in school. Similarly, students must change out of PE kit afterwards, into their normal school clothes. For safety, jewellery must be removed and hair must be tied back.

G32 students (Year 7) have PE on Wednesday.

G31 students (Year 8) have PE on Tuesday.

G30 students (Year 9) have PE on Thursday.

Due to our staff day on Monday, there is no PE for Year 10 or 11 this week.

As usual if you have any questions about your son or daughter please get in touch with your child’s Crew Leader in the first instance or email general enquiries to [email protected].

Thank you as always for your ongoing support.  Together we are stronger #WeAreCrew.

Julie Mosley