Dear Families
These last two staff days have been a great success, with a teaching a learning conference on Friday in Doncaster, and today colleagues across secondary school were working from our building in subject crews – further strengthening our curriculum. Crew is as important to staff as it is to students at XPG and taking time to work in our wider teams across Trust has allowed us to strengthen our relationships, develop our understanding of teaching and learning and collaboratively plan high quality work. It was also a chance to see how our work is part of something bigger and everyone I spoke to after the event had a real sense of pride in what they do and the Trust they work for – I certainly did and also enjoyed our time away as a staff crew.
On Friday, all staff received their copy of XP Trust Core Practices, a resource for guidance, reflection and touchstone where we reference all aspects of our model.
“Crew challenges and supports all of us to be ethical human beings who recognise their own value and the value of community.”
Crew is the cultural heart of XP Trust, built on the foundational principle that, “We are crew, not passengers, strengthened by acts of consequential service to others.” This principle permeates every aspect of our community, starting with our staff. The ethos of mutual support and shared challenge is modelled first and foremost in Staff Crew, ensuring that adults live the same values we expect of our students.
We also got a chance to try out our new XP transport and are looking forward to housing one of the minibuses here in the North East. This will allow us more flexibility and cost effective travel especially around sporting events.
The week ahead
As is always the case, it is a packed week for students with experiences that enrich their learning:
DT Workshop installation
Work is ongoing around installation of high-spec kit for our DT workshop. This is scheduled to be completed on Wednesday of this week. It does mean some changes for students for e.g. the dining tables will be in a slightly different place to usual tomorrow morning to allow for equipment to be delivered safely. THere are also some room changes so please do encourage your child to look at their timetable carefully.
G30 Into University Session – Tuesday 27th January 2026
Our cohort of G30 students working with Into University will have a further session with our partners in school on Tuesday morning. Into University provides learning experiences designed to inspire young people to consider university, especially when they are from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the wider university population.
G30 Diptheria / Tetanus / Polio Immunisations – Wednesday 28th January in school
These will be taking place during the school day on Wednesday morning.
G31 RVI Hospital Student leadership Group – Wednesday 28th January
A small group of G31 students will be visiting the RVI Children’s Hospital on Wednesday during the school day. Students will build knowledge around the impact and work that occurs in a hospital setting, aligned to their interest in health careers, and also to support expedition aims and further develop partnerships with the NHS for future expeditions in Year 8.
G30 Family Information Evening – Wednesday 28th January at 5.30pm
For more details of this event click here.
G28 Mocks start this Thursday
For more details, including the exam timetable please click here.
G31 Theatre Royal Fieldwork – Friday 30th January
For more details please see Miss Tatters post: click here.
Student-Led Conferences for G31 and G30
SLCs continue for G31 and G30. Families of Crew Windsor should now have an email from Mr Said to book a telephone conversation with him.
PE this week
- G32 Class 2 have PE on Wednesday of this week
- Due to the staff day today, Class 1 do not have PE this week. We will seek to make this up in a future week if possible.
- G31 have PE on Tuesday of this week
- G30 have PE on Thursday of this week.
- Due to the staff day today G28 and G29 do not have their core PE session this week. We will seek to make this up in a future week if possible.
As usual if you have any questions please contact your child’s crew leader in the first instance. Thank you as always for your ongoing support.
Julie Mosley
Principal