A crime was comitted!

This week, 2P investigated whether their scientific designs would be good enough to protect Humpty Dumpty from being harmed when he falls off the wall. We carried out the fair test and had somewhat disastrous results! Poor Humpty was more than injured by some of our designs! We reflected that the egg needed to be more fully surrounded by soft materials and that maybe a parachute would have been better than balloons.

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Fact Families

2P have been working hard to create fact families using manipulatives in Maths. We explored the parts and wholes and worked out the different positions they can be in when we write adding or subtracting number sentences. Great work 2P!

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Sharing our Stories 11/10/2024

Beautiful Work This Week

Beautiful Curation at Green Top!

Have you seen these beautiful newly curated areas at Green Top – awesome spaces for students to learn and play in!

A great sporting week at XP Doncaster!

On Monday, students met a few of the Doncaster Rovers first team players and were able to have photos and get autographs from the players. Students asked questions about the life of a professional athlete and the journey that the players have been on playing for different clubs. It was great to hear the players speak about our character traits and how these character traits link to sport. 

Then on Tuesday students visited Hill House school to listen to Olympic gold medal GB hockey player Sam Queck. Her experience as an athlete and the ups and downs she has faced really helped our students to understand that if you want something in life you have to work hard for it! Students were able to have a photo and ask questions to Sam at the end – they even held her gold medal. 

We’re looking for an Art Teacher at XP Doncaster!

Find out more and apply now to #JoinOurCrew

Top of the Blogs

Creating Beautiful Work @ Norton Infants

American Themed Day @ Green Top

We Care Wednesday – Crew Chain @ Plover

XP Outdoors @ Carcroft School

Crew KBA – what makes up our identity? @ XP School

Working on a different planet! @ Norton Juniors

Beautiful work from Brooke @ XP Gateshead

Crew Rashford getting smart-er @ XP East

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!

Flu Vaccinations – 13th November

Flu vaccinations will take place on 13th November for all children except F1.
Please complete the E-link provided before the 11th November.
https://systems.rdash.nhs.uk/eConsent/131265FLU243451

Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust are also offering all children who are vaccinated the opportunity to be entered into a prize draw to win either an iPad or ‘Love to shop’ vouchers.


Any forms completed between 11th-13th will be included in the catch up session on 4th December.

Viewing your child’s photos

We’ve had a great morning in school and the children have been fantastic having their photo taken. This year there is a slightly different way to see your photos.  In 2 to 3 working days you will receive an email from our photographer 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 email (it may be in your junk folder).  We will send you a message when the photos are available to view so that you know to look for the email with your child’s photos. Thank you. 

We Care Wednesday Crew Chain

As a crew, we have been thinking hard about what makes a good friend and reflecting on how each of us show this. I have been assured by my friends that I give the best hugs. Other crew mates always include people in their games or help people if the look sad by making them laugh. We have each designed a link to create our own ‘Crew’ friendship chain. I look forward to adding the final product to our Crew board.

Keep on being amazing, Crew Haycock and remember: we all need a great friend to help us through our experiences. You might be that special person for someone who can help them in their time of need. Whatever that need may be.

Mrs Haycock

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We are being kind

Well done to everyone who has helped a friend out at some point this week. You are all so kind!

I hope your kindness is paid back at some point and that others follow your great examples of being Crew in the classroom!

Mrs Haycock

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We are persevering with dictionary dilemmas!

Finding words in a dictionary can be a tricky skill to learn; but with weekly practice, we are getting there. Some children are even ready to take on ‘Haycock the Hustler’ and compete to be the quickest to find all of our Speedy Reading key words.

Can any one beat my record times? Who’s up for the challenge, 3H?

Mrs Haycock

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