KS1 Fieldwork Deadline

28th May 2025Stuart Longley

Good evening,

The deadline for payment is June 1, 2025. This is to confirm that the trip can proceed with the coach company and venue.

Please can any outstanding payments be completed as soon as possible to allow us to decide whether the fieldwork is able to go ahead.

Unfortunately, if we don’t receive enough money, the trip will be unable to go ahead.

Thank you for your support

KS1 Team

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As part of our Summer Term expedition, North, East, South and West: Where will my journey take me?’, we would like to take the opportunity to take our KS1 children to complete fieldwork at the Yorkshire Air Museum.

Year 2 will visit on the 13th June 2025.

Year 1 will visit on the 3rd July 2025.

Payment and consent details are available on Parentpay. The cost of the trip is £22.00.

Please could we ask that payment and consent are completed as soon as possible to allow us to decide if the trip is viable to go ahead. Deadline for payment is 1st June 2025.

Unfortunately, if we don’t receive enough money the trip will be unable to go ahead.

If you have any questions, please speak to a member of the team.

African day

23rd May 2025Amy Woods

F1 have enjoyed learning all about Africa today. We had lots of fun tasting the orange cake and juice we made yesterday, using African instruments, doing African dancing and African colouring. Thank you to all the parents that supported us by sending their child dressed up, everyone looked amazing.

Mrs Williams

#lovePlover

Reading Superstars

23rd May 2025Mrs Lewis

The children in my Reading group have been working so hard with their reading fluency and comprehension and together have read over 1,250,000 words!
Today we had a fruit party to celebrate and the children had a great time.
We’re already working towards our next target of 1,500,000 and planning our next reward.

Mrs Lewis

#LovePlover

Sharing our Stories: 23/05/2025

23rd May 2025Geoff Hewitt

Beautiful Work This Week

Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust from this week. To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.

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Amazing Experience in Class 6 @ Green Top

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Astronaut Experience Day @ Carcroft School

Weekly update for families @ XP Gateshead

Friendship blocks @ Norton Infants

This week in PE @ XP

Share your stories with us!

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!

Sail away, sail away, sail away!

22nd May 2025Rebecca Bubb

Today, some children made their boats to help the gingerbread man cross the river! Some children wanted to add safety features so the fox could not get to him! They selected their own resources and used all their own ideas. It was lovely to hear them communicating and extending their ideas together. We are engineers!

Be Part of Something Bigger – Learning Coach at XP Gateshead

22nd May 2025Geoff Hewitt

At XP Gateshead, we believe that every child can achieve extraordinary things — and every adult in the building plays a part in making that happen.

We’re looking for a Learning Coach who is passionate about helping young people thrive. Someone who brings positivity and the belief that relationships are the foundation of great learning.

If you want to make a real difference, work in a strong and supportive team, and be part of a school that values kindness, collaboration and creativity — this is the role for you.

Apply here: https://xptrust.org/learning-coach-teaching-assistant-xp-gateshead/

School Photography – Class Photos

22nd May 2025Sarah Shaw

We had a great morning in school yesterday and the children were fantastic having their class photos taken.  Your child has been sent home with a letter with a QR code on.  Please scan the QR code today with the camera on your phone, or go to www.pics4schools.com and enter your security code then enter your email address in the box shown.  You will receive an email shortly telling you that your photographs are now available in a gallery for you to view. This new system has replaced the old proof cards so please make sure that you look for the letter and register your email address today.  Thank you.