Sharing our Stories: 02/10/2026

Beautiful work this week

Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust!

To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.

Top of the Blogs

Colour Run, Scientists, Lincoln Castle and more with Class 6 @ Green Top

Special Old Bears @ Plover

Number of the day @ Carcroft School

Wise Wednesdays: celebrating Diversity and Belonging @ XP

Showing care for our nature nook @ Norton Infants

Let there be light @ Norton Juniors

Weekly Update @ XP Gateshead

Crew Dufton: starting monday right @ XP East

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Crazy Hair Day!

Crew Colclough had a blast during our FUN afternoon! To celebrate our Crazy Hair Day, the pupils dove into a variety of exciting activities—from making playdough from scratch and following along with directed drawing videos to playing games together. It was a brilliantly fun, high-energy afternoon!

Exploring Books!

In Crew Ramsay, we have been exploring books and our reading corner this week! The children have been trying to earn their rainbow challenge stick through sharing stories and choosing books by looking at the blurb and front cover. Here we are reading for pleasure with our friends!

Grammar day

As part of our writing unit, the children have been exploring the story The Lion and the Unicorn. We have been developing their narrative writing skills by creating our own sentences.

This week, we have been focusing on fronted adverbials. The children have been learning how to use these at the beginning of sentences to explain when or where an action takes place. They have enjoyed experimenting with different fronted adverbials and using them to add detail and variety to their writing.

We are looking forward to seeing the children apply these grammar skills as they continue developing their own narratives!

Times table fun

Crew FI got into 2 groups and each had a go at filling in the times table wheel. The first group to fill in the wheel were the winners!