Today we experienced cleaning our planet just like Bob cleans the Moon in our book Man on the Moon! Great teamwork CrewRobson!
Cleaning up like Bob!
Category : Front Page News
Post inside this category will show up on the front page
Forest School
Crew Haddock and Crew Godley had a lovely time in the sun in our forest area today, doing leaf rubbings and swinging in the hammock.
magic maths
working on are doubles today in magic maths and we found this very helpful using labybirds.
Sharing our Stories: 16/05/2025
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.
Top of the Blogs
Activism in action – the second annual public health conference @ XP Gateshead
Fully immersed in Wordsworth @ XP
Arts Festival 2025
Share your stories with us!
Telling the time to one minute
In maths, we consolidated telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes before we moved on to telling the time to the minute. We used the clocks to show the time. We started with showing the minutes past the hour and then moved on to minutes to the hour. We found minutes to tricker, but we persevered and managed to do this by the end of the lesson!
We’re Hiring: Join the Green Top Crew!
We’re looking for two incredible Learning Coaches to join the team at Green Top School!
This is an opportunity to be part of a school where relationships come first, learning is purposeful, and every child is known, supported, and challenged.
You’ll work side by side with teachers to help deliver beautiful, meaningful learning experiences as part of our expeditionary learning curriculum. From Early Years to Key Stage 2, you’ll support children to grow academically, socially and emotionally – helping them become thoughtful, capable, and kind individuals.
Find out more about the roles here: xptrust.org/vacancies
Art continues in Crew MT!
Today, we carried on with our acrylic art pieces. We added more lava to our volcano, added the lava plume and the volcanic ash cloud above the volcano. We persevered with this as adding the cloud was quite tricky! We stippled the paint onto our artwork and then used a sponge to blend it out. We are really enjoying seeing the picture develop as we continue to add more detail!
Exploring acrylic paint in MT
Today we moved onto exploring acrylic paint. This was a real contract to the water colours we had used yesterday. We explored the techniques needed and practised how we paint using this type of medium. We learnt that building layers is important when using acrylic paint and how it adds to texture.
From here we started our first draft of our art work. We used a video clip to help support the steps needed. First of all we used our knowledge on sketching to build the shape of our volcanoes. Then we started to add our paint, using the techniques we had explored earlier in the day. We built the paint up in layers, adding more texture. We used both acrylic paint and acrylic pens. We are really looking forward to finishing our piece tomorrow where we will add more layers along with a smokey effect for the sky.
Art continues in MT
Today we recapped the skills and techniques needed when using water colours along with the complimentary colours that go together and also show contrast. We recapped our artist Andy Warhol before using a video clip to recreate our own piece of art work in the style of Andy Warhol. We used sketching techniques we had previously used to help us create our art work. We then applied water colours to our drawing using complimentary colours, always thinking about Andy’s style and what he wants from his art work. We then took part in a gallery walk where we admired the art work of our peers. We then gave some critique to our partners work. We explained what we liked about their piece then gave wonders on how they could improve their piece in their second draft. We have really enjoyed using water colours and are excited to compare to acrylic paints tomorrow.
Identifying Features of a Map
Today, Crew Hamill began their first lesson for Case Study 2 – Geography. We became geographers by looking in detail at maps, identifying what they are, why they are used and what they help with. We also looked in detail at the different symbols that can be found on a map and what they mean. We worked in pairs to match up the symbols to their meaning. Once we had more of an understanding on this, we worked in pairs to identify the symbols on a map of our local area, identifying schools, buildings, dual carriageways, water, railways and more.
