Sharing our Stories: 03/03/2023

Beautiful Work This Week

Beautiful Work on the horizon – ‘Lest We Forget’

In September 2022, Year 3 and Year 4 began their Learning Expedition focusing on World War Two. The guiding question was, ‘Lest We Forget: How does war change lives?’

The expedition has culminated in the creation of a series of books to celebrate the stories of local community members who were alive during the Second World War. We were able to hear stories of both soldiers who were caught up in the fighting as well as those who were just children at the time, offering a wide-range of experiences for the children to reflect upon. The books are made up of biographies, poems and artwork and will be going to print very soon!

An Inspector Calls – World Book Day at XP

To celebrate World Book Day 2023 and all things related to literature, the English and HUMS team decided to dress as characters from JB Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’. The students were left in the dark as to what staff had planned. This was a fantastic opportunity for Years 10 and 11 to put their own investigative skills to the test and deepen their understanding of this key GCSE text. As this is the anchor text for the current Year 10 expedition they quickly rose to the challenge identifying every character apart from the illusive Inspector Goole. This has really sparked imaginations across the schools meaning Years 7-9 are keen to know more about the Birling family.

XP and XPE Athletics Superstars!

XP University – Whose responsibility is poverty in our city and how can our community be part of the solution?

As part of an Expedition slice, staff from across the XP Trust put together boxes of food to be donated to Plover Pantry – the Plover community foodbank.

Staff designed recipes influenced by Jack Monroe’s ‘Tin Can Cook’ including affordable meals for families of four to make together for three days. We then made recipes cards to put in the boxes for each meal and made them available from Plover Pantry.

Top of the Blogs

Checking in on our plants @ Carcroft School

Parents’ Update @ XP Gateshead

Year 4 Dodgeball Drama @ Norton Juniors

Year 11 GCSE Spanish Revision! @ XP

Who are we? @ Plover

Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum! @ Norton Infants

Thackray Museum Fieldwork @ XP East

World Book Day! @ Green Top