Wear red and run for fun for the British Heart Foundation

One more week until I can eat chocolate again!

Thank you to everyone who has supported me so far in raising money for the British Heart Foundation – I pledged to go the whole of March without eating chocolate for the British Heart Foundation’s Dechox 2024 campaign. It is a cause close to my heart, and I appreciate every penny and every kind word in support. Some students have also joined me in giving up chocolate – thank you so much!

On Monday 25th (for Y7/Y8) and Tuesday 26th March (for Y9/Y10), students have been invited to bring a pound (or any amount they feel they can donate), wear red, and run for fun (a great way to keep your heart healthy) during crew time in order to show further support for this great cause. Y11s are also more than welcome to participate! Your academic crew comes first as you are very close to exam season, but if you can spare the pennies or the time to run with us, you are more than welcome!

If you would like to donate to this great cause, please follow this link to the JustGiving page, or scan the QR code in the poster below: https://www.justgiving.com/page/natalie-barton-1708372948129?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fnatalie-barton-1708372948129&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share

Thank you!

Miss Barton

Crew O’Grady

It was great to see the students in crew working hard in PE this week. You are all demonstrating the HOWLS, work hard, get smart and be kind. We have had some amazing praises this week from teachers to members of crew. Students have been performing their music in front of the class, working hard in HUMS and being amazing on fieldwork.

What a crew we are. WELL DONE.

Sharing our Stories: 22/03/2024

Beautiful Work This Week

Beautiful Activism at Plover

As part of their Expedition ‘Once Upon a Time’, students in EYFS at Plover have raised money to provide boxes of books to local community organisations, including Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospital Trust. They posted this update on their social media this week from their Children’s Ward, thanking students for their generous donation.

Genius of Steam and Speed

Across the Trust we have always researched and celebrated Doncaster’s railway story through expeditions. Lots of our students’ work is already out there in the community – including railway stations and parks. Our latest book, Rail City, is also on sale in Waterstones and the Danum Gallery, Library and Museum.

On the 23rd April a remarkable new exhibition – Gresley: Genius of Steam and Speed – will open at DGLaM, featuring artifacts, letters and stories about the man who engineered the Flying Scotsman and the Mallard in Doncaster.

Students from the Trust will be co-creating an audio guide which will be accessible through an app for the exhibition. We will also be helping to create rail related resources for the summer holiday programme of children’s events at DGLaM.

More on the story in the Doncaster Free Press here

Top of the Blogs

Crew Parks Tree Planting @ XP Gateshead

Easter Maths Hunt @ Norton Infants

Class 6 read anywhere, any table, any chair… @ Green Top

Crew Tubman Year 10 Beautiful Work @ XP

Festival of Football @ Plover

The beat goes on @ Carcroft School

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!

Upcoming C26 GCSE Spanish speaking exams

C26 (Y11) students will have their Spanish speaking exams on Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th April, which are worth 25% of their overall GCSE grade in Spanish. Our Y11 students have been working hard to prepare for these – the next few weeks will be crucial for continuing this preparation and revision.

To prepare, students should be practising past paper role plays and photo cards, and they should also be practising their General Conversation questions. To support them at home, friends and family could test them on these questions, and also reassure them about any anxieties they have about the exam.

We wish our Y11s the best of luck in these exams – ¡Buena suerte!

X27 Admiral – Being more Sheila Birling and taking responsibility for their English assessments

This week English sessions for X27 Admiral have been intense. Expectations have been sky high as you completed your first forty mark English Literature GCSE question. This is all fantastic preparation for your mock exams after Easter.

You all worked incredibly hard for the preparation work and the assessment itself. It has really shown how well you know the play which makes me very excited for year 11.

I am really proud of you all.

Mrs Desborough

PE extra curricular this week

Monday– Year 7 Netball tournament back at school at 5.45

Year 7 and 9 football match away, back at school at 5.30

No girls football practice

Tuesday– Cheerleading practice 3.15-4.30

Wednesday – Year 8/9 netball match at home, finish at 5pm

Year 7 and 9 boys football fixture, home, finish at 5pm

Thursday– C26 learning labs and C27 catch up.