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Hi Plover Crew
Just a gentle reminder, can all children bring in their sponsorship money/forms by next Monday 21st May!
In support for the Sports for Champions campaign, then we can count our whole school total and give out prizes for the highest fundraisers in each KS1, before the half term holidays! #LovePlover
Students at XP in Year 11 have been preparing for their GCSE English Literature Exam studying a range of different texts. One of these was A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
As we learn predominantly through Learning Expeditions at XP Trust, students embarked on a Humanities based expedition entitled Is Charity Enough? Students studied A Christmas Carol whilst considering the work they had completed, and were continuing to study, as part of their GCSE History in the thematic module Health and Medicine through the Ages. Students focussed on A Christmas Carol considering what life was like particularly social conditions at the time the novella was written.
Students then began a detailed study of the Dickens classic by reading and writing about characters, themes and the intent of the novella. This was the foundation for the study guide that includes this content as well as beautiful artwork, interviews with Lucinda Hawksley (the Great Great Great Granddaughter of Dickens himself) as well as curators from the Dickens museum in London.
The result of this work is a fantastic guide for the students to use to help them in their GCSE revision as well as a beautiful product that reflects the students authentic voice and deep engagement with the text. However, this guide isn’t just for our students and their studies – it’s available to everyone studying A Christmas Carol at GCSE, as well as anyone else with a keen interest in Dickens!
You can buy your copy of the guide here!
All students in X25 were given a copy of the guide and further copies can be purchased through our website.
LKS2 Recount Writing @ Carcroft School
Weekly update for families @ XP Gateshead
Investigating tectonic plates @ Norton Juniors
Year 8 Spanish fashion topic @ XP
Our Coronation crown winners @ Plover
Celebration Crew @ Norton Infants
Our coronation crown winners are these fabulous four! Well done to everyone who took part and I hope the worthy winners enjoy their prizes!
-Miss Blackham
#LovePlover
The Plover pantry will be running 2-3pm as a one off this week die to SATs. We have refrigerated goods this week so please ask when you arrive!I have attached examples above!
-Miss Blackham
#LovePlover
It’s @ELeducation‘s #BetterWorldDay! Here’s a beautiful example of how the community at Plover School are stepping up and doing their bit to make the world a better place with their Plover Pantry food bank.
Year 7 students at XP Gateshead carried out a day of fundraising! Working together in Crews, our students carried 5 litre bottles of water around as many laps of the 400m track as they could…
Be sure to follow #BetterWorldDay on Twitter to see schools around the world sharing their stories!
Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across our Trust this week!
For more stories, make sure you visit http://xptrust.org/stories #WeAreCrew
We hope to see you at 9am tomorrow!
-Miss Blackham
#LovePlover
