Information regarding London 2025

We are asking children to be in school on Thursday 3rd July at 7am for a prompt departure at 7:30am.

Children are required to provide a packed lunch on day one which will be eaten when we stop off at the services.

We aim to arrive in London at approximately 12 o’clock and this is when we will embark on our river Thames cruise. At approximately 5pm, children will go for their tea at Pizza Express (they have already pre ordered their meals). After their meal, they will go to the theatre to watch back to the future the musical. Children are welcome to bring an additional drink and one bag of sweets/bar of chocolate for the show. We will then head back to the hotel and aim to arrive at 11:30pm.

The following day, children will head to the all you can eat breakfast before departing to Legoland at 10am. They will then spend the day there, have McDonalds for their dinner (funded as their end of year treat) and will then set off home. We expect to be back for 7pm but you will be communicated via text with updates.

As always, photos and updates will be blogged throughout the trip and shared on our school Facebook page.

Unfortunately, children are unable to take phones or spending money.

If your child requires medicine whilst they are away, these must be taken to the Mrs Carter and you must sign a medical form so it can be legally adminsitrated.

I would advise children taking conformable shoes, a water bottle, a sunhat, possibly a coat incase it rains and comfortable clothing.

If you have any further questions, please pop me an email.

Thank you for your continued support.

-Miss Blackham

LovePlover

Year 6 leavers hoodies and photos!

All hoodies have been ordered. Thank you so much to all parents and carers for their prompt responses regarding sizes.
I still need photos of your children when they started primary school. The deadline for this is Thursday afternoon to give me enough time to complete the video before I go on maternity.

Thank you in advance!

-Miss Blackham

#LovePlover

SATs breakfast Mon-Thursday next week 8:15am

All Year 6 pupils are invited to join us in the hall Monday to Thursday morning next week for a breakfast before SATs. We will have a range of cereal to choose from sells toast and bagels. We encourage all pupils to attend.

-Miss Blackham

#LovePlover

We are Artists

In 2L we have been busy getting our Final Product ready. We have been drawing our self portraits and critiquing and improving them after every draft. The children have been developing and practising their sketching and shading skills and have done a wonderful job!

Mrs Lewis

#LovePlover

#BetterWorldWeek at XP

At XP Trust, we’re proud to be long-standing partners and friends of EL Education. We take part in Better World Week every year – not as a one-off event, but as an extension of the work we do every day in our schools. Like EL, we believe that learning should be purposeful, rooted in community, and driven by the desire to make a positive impact. It’s a shared mission that sits at the heart of our relationship and everything we do.

In every XP school, students take on meaningful work that matters to real people. From campaigning for local change to producing high-quality expedition products that leave a legacy, our young people learn not just how to succeed – but how to contribute. Better World Week gives us the opportunity to shine a light on that work, celebrate the voices of our students, and stand alongside a global network of educators who are committed to doing things differently…

Click ‘read more’ below to see our students’ beautiful work from this year…

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Sharing our Stories: 02/05/2025

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.

Every year, our friends and partners at EL Education invite schools across the world to take part in #BetterWorldWeek – a celebration of student work that makes a meaningful difference in the world.

Just like at EL, at XP this isn’t a one-off event – it’s the work we do every day. But this week gives us a moment to pause, reflect, and share the incredible ways our students have stepped up.

In the last year, they have:

  • Hosted tea parties to tackle loneliness
  • Campaigned for safer streets around their schools
  • Created environmental art with purpose
  • Challenged inequality through powerful public products
  • Brought communities together

…and that’s just the beginning.

You can read all about their beautiful, purposeful work here:

https://xptrust.org/betterworldweek-2025/

Top of the Blogs

Class 8 Monarch Sketches @ Green Top

Self portraits @ Plover

Memory Jars @ Carcroft School

Weekly update for families @ XP Gateshead

If you go down in the woods… @ Norton Infants

Magnificent Magma @ Norton Juniors

Cheerleading competition @ 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!