Owl Babies 🦉

To link to our work on the text ‘Owl Babies’, Crew McGlone have been drawing their own mummy owl following a step-by-step instruction sheet. They used crayons to make sure that each part of the owl was the correct colour, and once finished they used a starting dot to trace over the word ‘m-u-m’. The children have worked hard at remembering everything they need to show that they are ready to write, including; bottoms to the back of their chairs, tummies touching the table, 6 feet on the floor, 2 hands ready to write, and pinch parrot.

🎨 Creativity and Multitasking! 🎶

Last week, we took some time out of our afternoon to get creative and make some artwork for our upcoming Presentation of Learning. We also put our multitasking skills to the test by practising our songs along the way! We’re working hard to get everything ready and can’t wait to share our learning with you all!

Carcroft Celebrates Walk and Wheel Challenge 2026, we won!

Carcroft School was delighted to welcome Olympic medal-winning cyclist Ed Clancy and the Bikeability team for a fantastic day of cycling activities, after we worked so hard during last year’s Walk and Wheel Challenge!

Our children had the opportunity to take part in exciting cycling sessions, build their confidence and learn more about the importance of cycling safely. Meeting Ed Clancy, a three-time Olympic gold medallist, was a brilliant opportunity to be inspired by someone who has achieved so much in the world of cycling!

The sessions helped promote active lifestyles, road safety and cycling as a fun, healthy and environmentally friendly way to travel. It was wonderful to see our children getting involved, developing new skills and enjoying such a memorable experience.

A huge thank you to Ed and the entire Bikeability team for visiting Carcroft and helping to make the day so special. We are incredibly grateful for this fantastic opportunity and the lasting memories created for our children.

What a brilliant way to celebrate all of the children’s effort, walking and wheeling to school!

Sharing our Stories: 09/10/2026

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

Class 6 Family Learning @ Green Top

Comparing numbers in maths @ Plover

Our beautiful work @ Carcroft School

C29 and C30’s fieldwork to Cambridge University @ XP

Sensory Play Crew @ Norton Infants

Year 5/6 boys football champions @ Norton Juniors

G31 Farrell Centre Fieldwork @ XP Gateshead

Netball Update: Brilliant effort and a first win! @ XP East

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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!

STIK Inspired Artwork

Today, Crew Godley stepped into the world of street art as we explored the work of British graffiti artist STIK.

We began with a gallery walk, carefully looking at STIK’s artwork and sharing our thoughts and ideas about his use of colour, shape, movement and expression. We then became artists ourselves, experimenting with different ideas and creating several drafts before developing our final designs.

The Crew showed creativity, craftsmanship and resilience as they refined their ideas and turned their initial sketches into some fantastic final artwork inspired by STIK. We are so proud of the care and thought that went into each piece and can’t wait to see these on our final product.

World Poetry Day

We had lots of fun celebrating World Poetry Day in our crew session this week! Each mini crew worked together, chotting down interesting words and creative phrases to capture the meaning of our crew.

We then used AI as a creative tool to help bring our words and phrases together into a beautiful poem. We were amazed and rather impressed with what we created!

After reading our poem, we gave it some thoughtful critique and made improvements together. Our finished poem is now proudly displayed on our Crew Wall for everyone to enjoy and read. 📖✨