This week in Crew, we are focussing on the Wicked Musical and will be enjoying lots of different songs and music from both the musical and film adaptation.
What a perfect chance to listen to and learn one of this years Young Voices songs!
Enjoy!
Reception: Christmas Photo Shoot – Tuesday 14th October
On Tuesday 14th October, Reception will be holding a Christmas Photo Shoot Day. The photos taken will be professionally printed and made available for purchase at our upcoming Christmas event – a perfect keepsake or gift for family and friends!
Please send your child to school on this day dressed in the outfit you would like them to wear for their photo. This can be a festive outfit, smart clothes, or anything special you’d like them to be photographed in.
We’re looking forward to capturing some lovely, festive memories!
Hello Yellow – World Mental Health Day
Friday 10th October is World Mental Health Day; we are joining Young Minds and inviting you to wear something yellow!
Please don’t go out and buy anything special (it isn’t a non-uniform day). You can wear an item of yellow clothing or wear a yellow bow, socks or even make your own badge to wear!
If you would like to donate to this charity, here is their website: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/
At Green Top, we place a strong emphasis on wellbeing, ensuring that every child feels valued, supported, and heard. Our culture of crew underpins this commitment, giving all children a voice and fostering a sense of belonging and togetherness across our school. Through our crew curriculum and focus on key character traits, we help our children develop kindness, compassion, and the confidence to share their thoughts and feelings openly. We also recognise the powerful role that creativity and movement play in wellbeing — our vibrant culture of the arts and active learning nurtures both emotional and physical health. Together, these elements create a happy, supportive environment where both children and staff can thrive.
Year 3: RE – Why do Jews celebrate Pesach?
In our Religious Education session this week, we continued our learning about Moses and the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. We learned about their hurried meal of lamb and a flat bread called matzah, and we found out that the Jewish faith remembers and celebrates this important time in their religion via the holiday of Passover (or, Pesach in Hebrew). To consolidate our learning, we sorted reasons for the Exodus into True and False … luckily, we weren’t caught out by any of the red herrings!
We have really been enjoying learning all about the stories of the Jewish religion, why not ask us about how the Jews were told to protect their first born sons from the tenth plague of Egypt?
Year 1: Phonics
This week in phonics Miss Schön and Miss Rodgers group have been learning /ie/ ‘Tie your tie’.
Ou® new red words or Mr, Mrs, work, can’t and class.
We have been reading the book ‘Let’s Sort it Out’. We have discussed the the vocabulary and the meaning of different words and phrases.
We now know 2 differerent /ie/ sounds
/igh/ as in high, light and bright – We know that the igh sound is only Followed by a ‘t‘
/ie/ as in tie, cries and lied
We have also learned that words can end in il and al make just a ‘l‘ sound at the end of a word
Don’t forget to practice as often as possible so that you can beat your ‘word count per minute’ scores!
Crew Knowles: Reading around the room!
In reading today we tried to be more active by finding our inference questions around the room! I was really impressed with everyones efforts in reading today and their skills to find appropriate evidence!
Autumn DISCO
NEON Themed Autumn DISCO
Wednesday 15th October 2025
EYFS 1:30pm – 2:30pm
KS1 3pm – 3:45pm
KS2 4pm – 5pm
£2 entrance to the DISCO will include a hotdog and juice. Additional drinks and sweets will be available to purchase.
Neon items will be available to purchase!
Uniform / clothes:
Nursery and F2 children are welcome to come to school in their DISCO clothes.
Y1 and Y2 will be in school uniform and will get changed in class before the DISCO begins.
KS2 will be in school uniform for the day and change at home or during their club (if they attend a Wednesday club).
Children will be collected from their usual doors after the DISCO
Thanks
Sharing our Stories: 03/10/2025
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.
G29: What makes a great education?
Last term, students in G29 at XPG were challenged to give a keynote at the MTEM conference on what makes a great education. Over a week they drafted and put together an incredible speech which they have now recorded back in school.
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Y5/6 Legacy Football
Well done to our Y5/6 footballers who took part in our first Legacy competition of the year yesterday. Despite their great effort throughout the tournament we lost out 1-0 in the quarter finals. Well done boys!
