Amazing Arithmetic Scores!

23rd March 2026Charlotte Newman

Miss Newman’s maths group have shown fantastic determination and resilience this half term, and it is truly paying off! They have been working incredibly hard on their arithmetic skills, practicing regularly and pushing themselves to improve. Many pupils have made significant progress since last half term. We are so proud of the progress they have made and look forward to seeing their confidence continue to grow as they build on this success. A special shoutout goes to these two children in particular who managed to double their scores! Well done everyone, keep up the amazing work.

Learning the Difference Between Healthy and Unhealthy Friendships.

23rd March 2026Charlotte Newman

Last week in caring crew, Crew McLoughlin explored the important topic of healthy and unhealthy friendships through an interactive activity. Around the classroom, they were presented with a variety of real-life scenarios. They worked collaboratively in pairs and they discussed whether each situation reflected a positive (healthy) or negative (unhealthy) friendship. They were encouraged to think critically, share their opinions, and listen to others’ perspectives before recording their decisions. After reviewing all eight scenarios, we came together as a class to discuss their ideas, giving everyone the opportunity to explain their reasoning and reflect on what makes a friendship supportive, respectful, and kind. This activity helped develop not only their understanding of relationships but also their communication and teamwork skills.

Flat Stanley

22nd March 2026Sarah Mcglone

Crew McGlone have been enjoying the story ‘Flat Stanley’ in their writing lessons. We have enjoyed getting to know the story, whilst working on our oracy skills. We took key events from the story and created verbal sentences to describe what was happening in each image. We thought about our sentence, before then ‘nesting’ our idea. We then shared this with our talk partner before Miss McGlone chose children to share their sentences to the rest of the crew.

LKS2 Sleepover

21st March 2026Shannon Colclough

The Year 3 and Year 4 sleepover was an absolute whirlwind of excitement from start to finish. The evening kicked off with a high-energy pizza party and a thrilling session of glow-in-the-dark dodgeball that turned the hall into a neon battlefield. After the adrenaline settled, the children put their thinking caps on for a series of competitive quizzes before winding down with a cozy film marathon. Following a night of (mostly) sleeping, the fun continued into the next day with a morning of games, leaving everyone exhausted but buzzing with fantastic memories.

Writing

20th March 2026Tracy Haddock

This week in writing we have been looking at adding describing words to our sentences . We also did some sentence builders and the children noticed that Ms Haddock had missed a full stop at the end of the sentence so they had to add it on. Ralphie got the post card this week for working hard and getting smart. Well done!

Red Nose Day

20th March 2026Nicole Tymon

This week, we have been baking and decorating some cupcakes for Red Nose Day, and while doing this, we had discussions around fundraising and how baking and selling was one of the many ways we could raise money. We used visuals and videos to explain what Comic Relief is, and the children completed tasks based on money and feelings.

Sharing our Stories: 20/03/2026

20th March 2026Geoff Hewitt

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.

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Mother’s Day

20th March 2026Nicole Tymon

Last week the children created beautiful Mother’s Day cards using their own handprints to form bright, blooming flowers, each one as unique as the child who made it. They also explored paint blowing, carefully guiding colours across the page to create some unique shapes. As they worked, we spoke about the special people in their lives—mums, grandmothers, and other loved ones. Showing off there progress with writing inside the cards themselves.