We’re looking for Maths Teachers and Maths Leaders to work with us at XP Trust!
Visit xptrust.org/vacancies to find out more and apply!
#JoinOurCrew
We’re looking for Maths Teachers and Leaders at XP Trust!
We have put together an Open Evening Website with additional information and videos to accompany our in-person events held last week. This site has been set up to support families with children in Year 6 in making a decision on their choice of secondary school for September 2023.
The Open Evening Website can now be accessed by clicking here.
We have also updated the frequently asked questions section of our website to address the great questions we received on those evenings. We hope that you find the information here useful in helping you to make your decision.
We would like to pass on our appreciation to all of the families that came to our events these last two evenings. Over the two evenings we were visited by over 300 people. Our students led the events with presentations on important aspects of our model, as ambassadors taking visitors on tour and answering questions about their school.
We are so proud of the way that our students demonstrated how they can lead their learning with over half of our students involved in the event.
Again thanks to all of the families that attended as this gave our existing students another opportunity to learn that there is ‘more in them than they know’.
We are sorry that given our temporary accommodation we were not able to host more families across the two nights. A reminder that we will be posting a series of associated videos and answering questions from the evening on our website next week.
We’ve got Vacancies across XP Trust!
We’re looking for Primary Teachers, Secondary STEAM Teachers, Admin Assistants and EYFS Learning Coaches to #JoinOurCrew across XP Trust – visit xptrust.org/vacancies to find out more and apply!
Sharing our Stories: 14/10/22
Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust this week!
To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit http://xptrust.org/stories
Here is the perfect example of how we get smart at XPG!
Jason in Y7 received some feedback on a recent assessment and decided to take this away, check the rubric and have another go at it, taking that feedback onboard to ensure he could securely meet the learning target.
Well done for getting smart by taking responsibility for your learning, Jason!
If you are attending our open evenings on Wed 12th and Thu 13th October could we please request that you are considerate of our neighbours when parking. Please make sure you have not parked in front of a drive or a dropped kerb.
Please do not arrive more than 10 minutes before your booked slot – this will help with getting other groups out of the building in an orderly fashion.
We have lists of the families that have signed up. Our temporary accommodation for this year is limited in size. We regret that we could not accommodate more families, but we must stress that we ask you not to turn up if you do not have a booked slot.
We are looking forward to welcoming many families over the next couple of evenings and will be in touch with those other families with information and videos which support the two evenings.
Dear Parents/Carers
Welcome to the final week of this half term!
It is hard to believe that we have only been together for 6 weeks having achieved so much!
The work of our Comms Team brought this to light last week after installing some new displays. Seeing more beautiful expedition work showcased and more student images has been great and enjoyed by all.
Our weekly community meetings continue to be a highlight of every week. These are a time when each year group comes together to share key messages and make appreciations, apologies, stands and pledges.
In the G29 community meetings we have continued to ‘tend to’ our new community and students are now confidently using their voice in these sessions. G28 community meeting this week was a special one, students who have been completing a personalised research project during their Common Mission time took the opportunity to present their work to the rest of the year group. Our students showed real courage in doing this and their work was high quality – we learned about subjects such as :
- The ‘life cycle’ of stars and what evidence there is to support this
- Forensics and the importance of treating crime scenes very carefully
- The world of macro photography of the very small
- The threats faced by curlew and how conservation efforts are helping
Congratulations to all who presented on Friday and a huge appreciation from all staff and students for the new learning you shared.
This week:
G29 fieldwork
As part of their ongoing expedition, ‘From the Ground Up’, G29 students will be carrying out fieldwork at the location of the former Whitburn Colliery and Marsden Village near to Souter Lighthouse in South Tyneside. More details on kit etc. were shared in this post last week. They will be working alongside geological experts and carrying out a historical enquiry at the site of the former pit village, including a visit to Souter Lighthouse to see their exhibition with excerpts from former residents of the village.
Open Evenings
As you know, we are hosting open evening events for Year 6 families on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th October. Many of our students are working with us to prepare for these evenings and getting ready to present their school to the wider world. Keep an eye on our website for short films about XP and the work we do here.
HoWLs
Students will continue to discuss their Habits of Work and Learning in academic crew this week. We are really proud of how honest and reflective our students have been during this process and look forward to sharing some teacher reflections on HOWLs with them after the half term break.
Early closure this Friday
Don’t forget that we will be closing early this Friday at 1.30pm to allow us time to “de-gunge” 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.
Extended Study and Clubs this week
Please note that there are no clubs taking place this week. We ran taster sessions last week so our students got a real flavour of what’s on offer. Clubs will start after the half term break.
Extended study this week will run on Monday and Tuesday only. This is due to our Open Evenings on Wednesday and Thursday.
Thank you for your continued support through this half term and we hope everyone has a good holiday. We are looking forward to the next half term where we will be focussing on our academic work and adding work to our “beautiful” work portfolios. We will also be organising our student-led conferences 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 please do not hesitate to contact your children’s crew leader in the first instance.
Julie Mosley
Co-Principal
XP Gateshead
We are pleased to be holding two opening evenings on 12th and 13th October for prospective parents interested in considering XP Gateshead as a destination school for their children in the next academic year (from September 2023).
UPDATE: These events are now fully booked. Please do not try to attend the events if you do not have a place confirmed.
If you are interested in attending either open evening at XP Gateshead you can still complete the google form linked here . If places do become available we will use the information you provide to make contact with you.
We will be signing families into the school based on this sign up information – again, please do not attend if you do not have a place confirmed.
We are holding two evenings due to our limited space in our current temporary building and we want to ensure that families have time to find out as much about our school as possible.
As we are anticipating high interest in these evenings we will be running two sessions each evening with the first starting at 4.30pm – 5.45pm and the second from 6.15pm – 7.30pm.
Our website is also a valuable source of information and will give you a real flavour of our school and the beautiful work our students do.
Frequently asked questions can be found here.
We look forward to meeting you.
Julie Mosley and Mark Lovatt
Co-Principals, XP Gateshead
UPDATE: Wednesday 12th October’s 6.15-7.30pm slot is now fully booked.
Sharing our Stories: 07/10/22
Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust this week!
To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org/stories