During the Easter break Emily and Macie took advantage of the opportunity to take part in the Health and Care Youth Academy, working alongside health professionals such as paramedics and nurses. This is a great way to learn more about careers and to get the edge when it comes time to apply for next stages in employment and training.
Well done girls!
During our G30 Presentation of Learning, students had to show lots of discipline backstage whilst waiting for their moment to shine on the stage. Savannah chose to work on some digital art – and created this beautiful rose. Great work Savannah.
Welcome back, we hope you have enjoyed your Easter break.Β We are looking forward to welcoming our students back tomorrow for the start of a new term at XP Gateshead.
We would like to gather feedback from G29 and G30 families following last termβs PoLs so would appreciate your time in completing the following questionnaires which include some school wide questions too:
If you are a G29/30 parent or carer please click here to complete the short form which should take no more than 5 minutes.
School opens at 8:00am every morning. Students should arrive between 8:00am and 8:25 am and there are spaces available for socialising, reading or completing extended study. Students must be on site for 8.25am for the call to Crew. A calm start to the day is really important for students to settle into learning so we ask that parents support their child with this.
Please refer to our website post for full details on our dress code. Can I remind parents of the following expectations around daily dress within school and ask for your full support around this as we move in to a new term. In simple terms we ask students to dress appropriately and modestly. We have highlighted some of the areas where students have been challenged more frequently last term around what is not appropriate/modest for school.
For a normal day within school, we do not think it appropriate that students wear:
As always, all students need to be fully equipped for school and bring a school bag with the below. Generally students do well in this regard and we can support if you are having problems sourcing these at home. iPad charge is the most frequent issue we deal with each morning. Whilst iPads are not needed for every session, they are needed daily, and without charge, this means that students are at a disadvantage.
A new term means new and exciting expeditions for our Y7 and Y8 students. Immersion will take place this week and our students will be working hard to find out what their new guiding questions are and the challenges and new learning their expeditions will bring.
G28βs bumper 16-week long new expedition with the guiding question: βHow can we continue to make progress on public health?β continues this term. Our students continue to look at public health over time and investigate health inequalities in Gateshead today, looking at the correlation between disease and deprivation.Β We will update you with the rescheduled date for Geography fieldwork soon.
This will be another step up for our students, hosting a conference , delivering keynote speeches with an audience including families and more. We appreciate this is an earlier than normal start, however this has been carefully considered and will allow us to make use of professionals as part of the process and end the week and expedition with a bang!
The theme for the conference relating to public health is βHealthy Food for All?β. Students will be working with and putting forward a case for change to local experts and politicians.Β More details to follow.
Our PE sessions this week are as follows. Please ensure that your child has theirΒ full PE kit.
As is usually the case at the start of a new term there will be no extended study or after school clubs running this week. After school sessions will all start again next week.
If you have any questions please contact your childβs crew leader in the first instance.Β
Thank you as always for your ongoing support.
Julie Mosley
Β Β 
Happy Vaisakhiβ to our Sikh friends at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha and Rav Singh from Little History of the Sikhs.
Eid Mubarak to our Muslim students, families and friends of XPG.
Happy Easter Sunday to all our students, families and friends who celebrate today.
Here we are at the end of another fantastic term at XP Gateshead and what a term it has been!Β
Over the last week we have enjoyed two amazing PoLsΒ and our students have dazzled sharing their learning for this term and answers to their guiding questions.Β
Year 7 students presented their βDo Your Bitβ expedition on Tuesday in our school theatre. This was the first time we have used this venue for a PoL and G30 have set the standard. The depth of knowledge, quality of writing and drama performance was stunning. We were all so proud of the courage and confidence our students displayed sharing their learning to an audience.
Year 8 students presented their βWhat is Power?β expedition at Caedmon Hall, Gateshead Central Library on Wednesday. We were all blown away by the quality and depth of their understanding – performances of Macbeth intertwined with insights into the meaning of the word power in society, science, history, geography and art. Our students’ artwork also took centre stage with every student creating an image about an aspect of social justice they feel strongly about.
Β Β 
This weekβs PoLs have been a real challenge for our students and they have shown real courage in terms of presenting to an audience and being part of a drama performance. It has been wonderful to see the pride in our students today reflecting on the mountain they climbed this week, especially those who thought they couldnβt (and there were many). Students are definitely starting to see that there is more in them than they know!
Can I thank you all for your attendance and support at PoLs. We will share online feedback forms with G30 parents in the coming weeks so that we can collect your exit ticket feedback from the βDo Your Bitβ expedition.
On Tuesday, the Lego Robotics team competed in the regional First Lego League tournament. Our students had a great day competing with other young people in the region and came back with our first trophy (itβs not silverware, itβs made of lego).
We are really proud of our team –Β Harrie, Lucy, George, Elina, Evan, Dylan and James
Our final community meeting of the term was full of celebrations as we got this termβs Accelerated Reader roundup. This termβs lottery winners were Rafa, Penny and Molly. We also gave a special appreciation to Leo, who in this shorter term was our one word millionaire. All crews have been challenged to up their game next term, for this term our champion Crews in each cohort were Darling, King and Parks!Β Β
Β Β Β 
I am sure that you will all agree that our students have continued to rise to the challenge – they continue to work hard, get smart and be kind on a daily basis producing beautiful work, developing their character to achieve academic success.
Thank you so much for your continued support.Β
We look forward to seeing you after the holiday on Monday 15th April at the usual time where we will be starting on our next exciting expeditionary adventures.
Happy Easter from all the staff crew at XP Gateshead.
Julie Mosley
We are delighted to be able to announce the calendar of transition events that we have planned to welcome your children and your family into our community at XP Gateshead.
More details on each of these events will follow in due course, but here is an overview of the activities so that you can plan ahead and discuss this with your child.
This week we will send details of how to sign up for an online family meeting. Meetings will be in the fortnight commencing 29th April. These take place via Google Meet during the evening and are with a senior leader in the school. The meetings are a first chance for us to meet you and your child, to find out about them and discuss our expectations as a school. Your meeting will last up to 30 minutes. We will send details of how to book an appointment to you on 16th April.
We aim to visit every child in their Primary School starting from the week commencing 20th May. This is done by members of our transition team and means that as well as seeing your child in an educational setting, they get to know another friendly face before they come to us.
We will be holding an In-Person Information Evening at our school on 23rd May at 6pm.
It is important that all families attend as we will give important information about the Outward Bound course that takes place for all students at the start of Year 7 as well as our iPad scheme. In addition, we will address some of the misconceptions about our school so that families are completely clear on what we are: βA mainstream school with a relentless focus on beautiful work, character growth and academic successβ, and also what we are not. There will be an opportunity for you to ask us questions too of course.
Your children will join us in school on Tuesday 2nd July and Wednesday 3rd July. Again more details of these days will follow in due course. Like a regular school day, students can arrive in school from 8:00am but need to be present by 8:25am. Our school day finishes at 3:15pm.
Your child will follow a typical day at XPG on both days which include some crew sessions, expedition sessions and a community meeting.
Following the transition days, on Tuesday 9th July we will invite parents and carers into school in the evening to meet your childβs new Crew Leader. We expect all families to attend this event. We are proud of the strong relationships that we form with families at XP Gateshead and this is an important opportunity for you to begin to build that relationship with the person that will be the key adult for your child when they start with us. As well as our cross-curricular learning expeditions, our pastoral structure Crew is what sets us apart from other schools.
We start school earlier than other schools in the local authority to allow for the Outward Bound experience. Our first day of term is Tuesday 27th August. More info on our term dates can be found by clicking here.
A huge thanks to all of those families that have completed the Google Form to let us know about you and your child. Please can all families complete this form as soon as possible.Β
We will also gather information from Primary Schools over the coming term so that we build a clear picture of your child and how we can support and challenge them to be the best version of themselves and see success.
The Young Women’s Film Academy are have an Easter Holiday Club – researching and developing ideas for films on the topic for this year.
This year participants will be looking at climate change, creating and producing a film about an aspect of climate change that students want to tackle – in particular how issues of climate change affect women.
Following this there will also be weekly sessions at the @newcastle_arts_centre (weekday TBC depending on group availability) that will work towards a project to shoot in August 2024! However you do not need to commit to the weekly sessions to attend during the Easter break.
The dates in the Easter break are April 10th – April 12th, from 10am – 4pm each day at Newcastle Arts Centre, Westgate Road.
To sign up for the event, click here.
Last week was Sign Language week in the UK – so all the students at Green Top have made this video, singing and signing the song ‘True Colours’ as part of the celebration!
As part of their awesome POLs this week, every single Year 3 and 4 child has planted a tree at Norton Junior School, with support from Murphy’s and their Roots Programme.
They also celebrated their product from last term (more on this next time!) and unveiled their awesome digital artwork, made from images of recycling – this will be on display in school after the Easter break!
KS1 at Plover have just finished their Expedition ‘The Blue Planet’. Their final product has provided a lasting legacy for the community – a lovely eco garden that will develop across future Expeditions to provide a range of habitats and food sources for a variety of insects, birds and mammals.
Students dedicated the trees to community heroes who have helped to improve the lives of people across Intake and Doncaster at their POL yesterday – including Mrs Ogle and Dame Rosie Winterton!
On Friday, KS1 and LKS2 at Green Top celebrated their learning for their two Expeditions – ‘The Blue Planet’ and ‘There Is No Planet B’
The celebration included an interactive art gallery, a visit from Reptile Rendezvous and showcasing awesome family learning.
Weekly Update for families @ XP Gateshead
Finding the magic in Science @ Norton Infants
UKS2 Celebration of Learning @ Carcroft School
The French Revolution at Campsmount @ Norton Juniors
We’re looking for Cleaners and a Cleaner in Charge to #JoinOurCrew at XP Doncaster – find out more and apply here!
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!
