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.

• Easter Celebrations

  Thu 29 Mar 2018 M Davis

  What a fantastic end to term 4! 

   

  Our day of Easter Celebrations began with a very moving service at Greetham Church. Children from Class 3 took us through the Easter story and the whole school interspersed the tale with songs. Cathy then talked to us about what really symbolises Easter. It was lovely to share in hot cross buns and drinks after the service, before setting off back to school.

   

  At school there was just time to decorate our hard boiled eggs before we ate our delicious Easter lunch, cooked beautifully by Lizzy.

   

  The afternoon was an afternoon of egg-citing fun! We began with our traditional Exton Egg Rolling competition in the hall - always noisy, but great fun! It was then time to go outside for our Easter egg hunt. Thank you to FOEGS and the teaching assistants for setting this up. Finally we had our egg and spoon races on the playground before it was time to go home. 

   

  Thank you to all the parents who came to the service and who came to watch our egg-straordinary activities in the afternoon. 

   

  Happy Easter everyone!

• Spellathon!

  Thu 29 Mar 2018 M Davis

  Well done to all of the children who took part in the Spellathon earlier this term. The final bits of sponsor money have been collected in and we are pleased to announce that a grand total of £619.70 has been raised from improving our spelling!

   

  The children's council are currently deciding what this money should be spent on, and we will update you as soon as spending has been decided. 

   

  This is a phenomenal amount of money for a small school to raise and we are proud of each and every one of you for your hard work. 

• Sports Relief

  Fri 23 Mar 2018 M Davis
  Sports Relief was celebrated at school by dressing up in our favourite sporting outfits. We had dancers, footballers, horse riders and many other sports represented. Having recently completed fundraising for our Spellathon, we collected donations only, and received a grand total of £35.30 which will be sent to Sports Relief.

• Year 3/4 Tag Rugby

  Fri 23 Mar 2018 M Davis

  On a slightly windy day, our year 3/4 Tag Rugby team set off to Oakham Rugby Club to take part in the RSSP Tag Rugby tournament. We were taking part in the 'Osprey' league, for slightly smaller teams. The children all played very well and there were many tries and lots of tagging. Mrs Ranson said she was very impressed with how well the children played as a team, working together to help each other get tags and get the ball across the line. After some hard-fought games we ended up coming 3rd. We were very proud of the children and how well they played.

  

• RLT Maths Challenge Day

  Thu 22 Mar 2018 M Davis

  Four of our year 5/6 children set off to Whissendine on Thursday to take part in the year 5/6 Maths Challenge Day. The children worked alongside other children from RLT schools to solve a range of mathematical problems and challenges. Miss Bevins says that she was very impressed with the children's focus, resilience and concentration in tackling some new ideas.

   

  Congratulations to all those who took part.

  

• Mother's Day Tea Party

  Fri 09 Mar 2018 M Davis

  It was lovely to have a packed hall on Friday afternoon for the Mother's Day Tea party. All of the children came to the hall to share tea, coffee, squash and cake with those mums and relatives who were able to join us. It was lovely to have some aunts and grandmas, as well as mums and dads. 

   

  Thank you to all those who bought and made cakes to make the event so special. 

  

• Austin's Butterfly.... a lesson in resilience, perseverance and improving our work!

  Tue 06 Mar 2018 M Davis

  On Tuesday afternoon the whole school worked together on a project based on a project developing children's ability to give critique and feedback on work. This project is known to many in education as 'Austin's Butterfly'. 

   

  Before we came together as a school, each class was asked to try and draw their own butterfly. They were also shown a picture and asked to recreate it as best as they could. For class 1 this was an owl; for class 2, a wolf; and for class 3, some flowers. 

   

  We then met together as a school and watched and talked through the clip of 'Austin's Butterfly' which follows how a child in an American school was encouraged to develop and improve his pictures of a butterfly. We talked about which butterfly was closest to what we had drawn ourselves, and which one we would have been 'happy' with. We also talked about the critique and feedback that Austin was given as he drew each draft, and how this helped him. We also had a real focus on progress - part of our EPIC learning - and how we could see the progress that Austin had made over each draft as he looked and reviewed alongside his friends. 

   

  Then it was time to go back to the classrooms, reflect on our own first drafts, and see what we could do. This was not as easy as we thought it would be! We needed to focus on our own resilience and perseverance, making sure that we didn't give up when things got tricky. We also had to work on not being satisfied with 'good enough' and keep persevering to be even better. Persuading the children that this was not about creating a fantastic end product, but was about being able to see the journey through learning was easier said than done! However, it was a good opportunity for the children to reflect on their own and others work and to see what real progress could look like when we don't settle for average. 

   

  Below are some photos of the children hard at work. Pictures of some of the progress made will follow shortly. 

  

• We are officially part of the Rutland Learning Trust!

  Thu 01 Mar 2018 M Davis

  We are delighted that from Thursday 1^st March 2018 we officially became part of the Rutland Learning Trust. Being part of the Rutland Learning Trust means that we are able to work alongside other schools to develop fantastic teaching and learning for the children, whilst retaining those things that we love about our own school and that make it unique.

   

  For the children and parents being part of RLT will make very little difference to what you see at school currently from day to day. We have already been working alongside RLT since November 2016, with the trust providing support and professional development for all staff and helping us to develop our curriculum offer for the children and improve our teaching and learning.

   

  For the staff, we are now employed by RLT, and for the leadership team and governors this now means that we receive our support, advice and guidance from RLT rather than from Rutland County Council. We also have more autonomy over our budget as it comes directly to the school rather than to the local authority.

   

  We are very excited about the changes that have already taken place at school and about plans into the future. Working alongside other local schools as part of RLT is already allowing us to offer our children more opportunities and experiences that would be more limited were we to remain a local authority school. Over the past year we have taken part in joint events for the children including: athletics at Corby Stadium, the Music Festival in the Summer, shared trips and sporting events, sharing in School residential visits, shared swimming and year group development days to name just a few. There are more opportunities planned for the remainder of this academic year. As staff we have been able to work alongside other colleagues to share good practice and take part in shared training opportunities.

   

  We are looking forward to all the exciting things planned for the school and the whole Trust into the future.