Dear Parents/Guardians
What a fantastic week we had last week as our G28 students presented their learning to an audience of their parents and talked about their work in more detail sharing connections they made between different subjects in their expedition “Being Human”. Students were attempting to answer the age-old question – ‘What does it mean to be human?’ and I have to say I was blown away by the quality of their presentations and their work. Thank you to all of our parents for attending and helping to make this such a special evening.
Feedback from parents was overwhelmingly positive and some praises from parents who attended G28 POL were as follows:
“Impressed at the deep level of understanding, compassion, and appreciation.”; “praise the confidence of pupils”; “impressed by student confidence and the way they presented their knowledge – shows real listening and progress in school”; “the confidence of all the students is astounding – it takes real courage to talk to an audience”; and “the depth of knowledge and thinking is wonderful”
This week
G29 PoL (Presentation of Learning) – Monday 12th December – live streaming event
This coming week we are equally excited about G29’s very first presentation of learning which will be live streamed on Monday evening. This is the culmination of G29’s very first expedition – From the ground Up and students will be answering the guiding Question – ‘What do communities of North East England owe to the miners?’ Our students have been working very hard on preparing for this and we are all excited to see the results.
You can join the live stream by clicking on this link on Monday Evening at 5.30pm.
Clubs and extended study
Please note that there will be no after school clubs or extended study on Monday 12th December because of the G29 PoL however clubs and extended study will be running as normal throughout the rest of the week
PE this week
We apologise for the short notice, but there has been a change that means we need to move PE sessions for this week.
Year 8 this week will be tomorrow: Monday.
Year 7 will have their PE sessions on Tuesday this week.
Early finish this Friday 16th December
Just a reminder to parents that students will be finishing early this Friday. They will be registered after lunch in crew rooms and then will leave school at 1.30pm. This is to allow staff to “de-gunge” and prepare for the start of next term.
Return to School on Tuesday 3rd January
students will be returning to school on Tuesday 3rd January at the normal time and we look forward to seeing our students again in January and starting some new expeditions.
Thank you
Thank you to all our parents and guardians for your ongoing support and trust. We are delighted with the progress your children are making in terms of their beautiful work, character growth and academic success – and know that we will continue to go from strength to strength in the new year. From all at XP Gateshead please have a Happy Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.
Best wishes
Mark Lovatt
Co-principal