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.

• Hard at work already!

  Mon 29 Apr 2019 M Davis

  Term 5 has started with a focus on being responsible. The children have been talking about how to be responsible for their learning and how to be responsible for the world around us. 

   

  Mrs Davis found lots of evidence of children working hard and taking responsibility for their learning this morning as she walked through the school! Please see the attached photographs for the evidence!

  

• New Roof!

  Sun 14 Apr 2019 M Davis

  We were very excited to hear at the end of term that we had been successful in a bid for money to replace the school roof. 

   

  Scaffolding will be going up during the Easter holidays, and work will begin at the beginning of term 5 - hopefully completed by mid June. Although this means that the outdoor play area for Aqua class will have to be rearranged a little, this is only for the short term. Hopefully this work will ensure that the school is watertight for a few more years, and that funds that have had to be diverted to repairs can be spent on teaching and learning. 

   

  We look forward to welcoming the roofers on-site and hope that the disruption to the school and the local community will be as small as possible. 

• Easter in a Day

  Tue 09 Apr 2019 M Davis

  Easter in a Day happened a little earlier in the last week of term this year, as our Year 4 were off on their residential on the Wednesday.

   

  This year our Easter service took place in Exton Church. We enjoyed the walk up to church in the spring sunshine, before Cobalt class led us in a re-telling of the Easter story. This was interspersed with Easter songs which helped bring the story to life. Rev. Anthony then shared some thoughts with us about Easter before we joined together in singing 'Lord of the Dance'. The church had very kindly laid on refreshments, and 'Real' Easter eggs for each of the children, from the church, were waiting back at school. 

   

  Back at school there was time to decorate our eggs before lunch, ready for the afternoon competitions.

   

  The afternoon kicked off with our now traditional egg rolling in the school hall. The competitions were fiercely battled and the children did well to move out of the way of the rolling eggs when they came in their direction. A huge thank you to all the parents who had made sure all eggs were hard boiled!

   

  We then moved outside for the FOEGS Easter egg hunt, which was laid out by Miss Lynch and Mrs Honan. There was much searching, but everyone found their three eggs, and one child from each class was lucky enough to find an egg with a 'golden ticket'.

   

  The day was rounded off with our egg and spoon races.... no prizes this time, but playing for the honour of crossing the finishing line with an intact egg!

   

  What a cracking day!

• Spotlight Dance

  Thu 04 Apr 2019 M Davis

  What an amazing two nights we had at the Spotlight Dance Showcase at the Corn Exchange in Stamford. We must be one of the few schools who have almost all of KS2 performing at once!

   

  This year our dance was based on James Bond. There were some fantastic moves, and it was lovely to see all of our year 4, 5 and 6 taking part and working together to produce a truly amazing dance routine. 

   

  Not only did we have many positive and congratulatory comments from people about the dance, but the behaviour backstage, and during rehearsals was impeccable.

   

  Congratulations to all concerned, and a huge thank you to Hayley for choreographing and to Miss Bevins for accompanying the children on both evenings.

• Understanding Christianity Day

  Tue 02 Apr 2019 M Davis

  What an amazing day we had on Tuesday at Langham School!

   

  It was lovely to partner up with Langham Primary School on Tuesday to explore one of our RE resources together. Staff from both schools worked together to create a range of activities that would enable children to explore what Christians believe and how Christians worship through music, art and discussion. 

   

  The day started with a shared assembly where we sang together and shared a thought for the day. We then split into mixed age, and mixed school, groups. There was a rotation of three activities through the day focusing on exploring Christian belief through 'Big Questions' and art, music and discussion activities. Not only was there some great RE going on, but the children also had the opportunity to put the 6 Rs that we focus on into action. 

   

  At the end of the day the two school congregated together again in the school hall to sing some of the songs we had learnt, and to tie the day together. It was lovely to move from a hall of separated blue and red tops to a mix of colours for the final assembly as children sat with newfound friends.  The sound of both schools singing was quite moving!

   

  A huge thank you to the  staff and children at Langham, who were so welcoming to us all, sharing resources, classrooms and ideas. A particular thank you should go to Allyson Ford (who some parents will remember as she taught at Exton briefly a couple of years ago). Mrs Ford is the SENDCO and RE coordinator at Langham, and the day was her 'brainchild'. 

   

  Whilst we learnt a lot of RE through the day, we also learnt much about developing our 6 Rs and our social skills in being in a new environment. The Exton staff were particularly proud of all the positive comments that we have received from Langham staff about how lovely the children from Exton & Greetham CE Primary are. We sometimes forget how lucky we are to be part of such a special school family - and this was commented on by many of those who met our children during the day.

   

  It was great to be able to work with another school in this way.... thinking hats are now on for what our next project could be!