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Read below to find out more about some of the different activities we have been getting up to; from sporting and musical activities, to visitors and 'wow' days. We are looking forward to helping our children 'explore and grow' further in 2023-24.
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Easter in a Day
Wed 27 Mar 2024What a fantastic 'Easter Day' we had!
'Easter in a Day' is a great Exton & Greetham tradition, and this year was as successful as previous years, despite the variable weather!
We started the day with a visit to Greetham Church, where Cobalt class led us through the Easter story, interspersed with lusty singing from the whole school. A huge thank you to the church for providing delicious treats and drinks afterwards!
We then returned to school to decorate our eggs, before settling down for Easter lunch.
In the afternoon, we had our traditional egg rolling in the hall. Well done to everyone for remembering to hard boil their eggs. There were some closely fought contests in each year group, and some very agile children moving out of the way of the unpredictable rolling eggs!
It was then time to hunt for creme eggs in the classrooms, before the sun came out to enable us to partake in egg and spoon races before hometime.
An 'eggciting' day for all!
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Artsmark Discover Award
Sun 24 Mar 2024Just before Christmas, alongside children from Glapthorn and Polebrook schools, our Year 6 Arts Ambassadors took part in the Artsmark Discover Award. This consisted of them exploring different art forms, and then choosing one to explore in greater depth. They then looked to create their own piece of art work and then worked with others to review the work they had done. All three children did a fab job, and received their certificates from Trinity in our celebration assembly. Well done to all!
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Football Tournament
Fri 22 Mar 2024Mrs Ranson reports some superb football playing by both our year 3/4 and our year 5/6 football teams in the March round of the RLT football tournament. Whilst there were no wins- everybody agreed that the children's performance was much improved. They very much held their own and only lost by one or two goals in each match. Mrs Ranson reports that passing was more accurate and there was fearless tackling. There were a number of shots at the goal, which were artfully defended by opposing goal keepers.
With five matches for each year group, and only 1 sub for each team, our outfield players kept going with amazing stamina. There were also some amazing saves by our goalies. Well done to everyone concerned.
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Purim Assembly
Tue 19 Mar 2024On Tuesday, Mrs Edward (one of our school governors) came to join us for an assembly about Purim, a Jewish festival. We enjoyed hearing the story of Queen Esther - and especially enjoyed using all of the musical instruments to cover up the name of Haman! Mrs Edward often visits to share with us the stories behind different Jewish festivals, and it was lovely to hear a new story this morning!
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Visit from Alicia Kearns MP
Fri 15 Mar 2024We had a visit today from our MP, Alicia Kearns, who came to talk to Teal class about democracy as part of their PSHE. She also took the opportunity to look around the school. She was very impressed with how calm and productive the classrooms were and with the questions that Teal class asked. Maybe we have some futurepoliticians in the making!
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Comic Relief
Fri 15 Mar 2024A huge thank you to our school council for all of their hard work sorting activities for fundraising for Comic Relief today.
We all enjoyed wearing red or our home clothes for the day, and lots of children took part in the 'comedy shoot out' at lunchtime.
All of the jokes entered in the competition were gratefully received - and the winners are below, for your entertainment!
We raised just over £170, which is fantastic for our little school!
Winning Jokes:
Aqua
Knock, Knock.
Who's there?
Who.
Who who?
An owl.
What time is it when a lion walks into a room?
Time to leave!
Knock, Knock.
Who's there?
Some bunny!
Some bunny who?
Some bunny has been eating all my carrots!
Teal
What do you call a hippo with chicken pox?
A hippo-spot-amus!
What type of flower grows on your face?
Two-lips! (tulips)
What's a cat's favourite colour?
Purrrrrrple.
Cobalt
My friend said I couldn't build a car out of spaghetti. Should have seen herface when I drove right pasta.
It wasn't King Arthur who made the round table.
It was Sir Cumference! -
World Book Day
Fri 08 Mar 2024Exton & Greetham CE Primary School celebrated World Book Day a day late this year, to prevent dressing up clashing with swimming!
This year the theme was 'bedtime stories' and all of the children were invited to come in their pyjamas or onesies for the day. The day started with a reading breakfast in the hall, where there were many books to read and toast to share. Parents were invited to join us, and it was lovely to see the hall so full of people sharing and enjoying books together.
The rest of the day was spent in activities in the classrooms.
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Lion King Trip to London
Wed 06 Mar 2024Yesterday saw Cobalt class set off for the West End to see the production of The Lion King. The children were amazing, coping with long bus journeys each way, and the musical itself did not disappoint! From the amazing costumes and props to the singing and performing, there was much to watch and gasp at. The children particularly enjoyed how the animals were brought to life through clever use of masks and costume creation. There were many quiet ‘wow’s! Thank you to Ketton for including us on their school trip - hopefully the first visit of many in the future!
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Cricket Workshops
Tue 05 Mar 2024On Tuesday we were visited in school by Leicestershire County Cricket Club. We started the day with an assembly all about playing cricket and some of the physical and life skills it can develop. There was even a physical challenge for some of the staff - well done to the winners, Mrs Gould and Mrs Ranson!
Each class then enjoyed a cricket workshop on the playground, developing their skills, including throwing, catching, batting and fielding, as well as concentrating on working as a team.
If your child really enjoyed this taster session, they can join more cricket activities at Market Overton Cricket club. Links to this can be found at https://www.ecb.co.uk/play/all-stars for the ‘All Stars Cricket’ for 5-8 year olds and on https://www.ecb.co.uk/play/dynamos-cricket for ‘Dynamos Cricket’ for 8-11 year olds.
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Farmer Time!
Fri 01 Mar 2024Mrs Redshaw has introduced Teal class to ‘Farmer Time’ this week. This initiative links schools and farmers, allowing children to understand about the growing cycle and where their food comes from, linking it with learning to put it into a real life context. Each fortnight, the class will link with Andrew Mahon, a farm manager near Wellingborough, and hear about what is happening on his farm. This includes not only the growing cycle, but also looks at food distribution and environmental schemes. There are opportunities to see him planting, trees, learn about the special trees he grows for cricket bats (!) and how he harvests rain water for crops. Some of his wheat is grown for Warburton’s bakery, and his oats even make their way into our porridge!
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