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.

• Big Dig Finds

  Tue 18 Feb 2020 M Davis

  On Friday we were very pleased to welcome Sheila Kohring back to school to look at our 'Big Dig' finds from the Autumn. Sheila had sorted through our bags of finds to search out the artefacts that would tell us more about what was happening in Exton in the past.

   

  Sheila talked to us about how we work out what things are. She looked at the importance of asking questions. We started by looking at whether things are natural or made by humans, and sorted rocks, soil, plants and bone from plastic, glass metal and pottery. There was also a debate about whether things can be both natural and made by humans, which allowed us to talk about the flints that were found. Many things are natural, then shaped by humans so that we can use them.

   

  We found quite a lot of porcelains, pottery and terracotta, which tells us that there were people on the land that the school is built on. This may well have been farm workers, or other local people. There were also some shaped pieces of flint. There was much debate about a marble, which was found well under the surface, so could not belong to a child currently in the school, and must have been there for some time.

   

  Sheila tells us that there was evidence of Roman settlements found under what is now Campden Close, so it is not entirely impossible that some of our terracotta is from Roman times!

   

  A huge thank you to Sheila for sifting through the many 'treasures' that we found (alas, the 'dinosaur egg' found by one of our EYFS children turned out to be a stone!) and for returning to talk to us again. Our 'Big Dig' has certainly bought history to life and shown what archaeology can teach us about the past.

   

   

  

• Virtual Reality Morning

  Wed 12 Feb 2020 M Davis

  The children had been excitedly guessing what the VR morning on our calendar might be - today the secret was revealed!

   

  Our ICT support, Ark, came to visit the school with 30 virtual reality headsets, enabling us to really bring our curriculum learning to life. 

   

  Aqua class were first to have a go, and were able to explore the Arctic getting close to polar bears and other wildlife. It was great to see them able to look around and experience what it would be like if they were really in the Arctic (if a little warmer!)

   

  Cobalt class then had a 'wow' start for their topic after the holiday looking at the Rainforest. They were able to explore what it is like in the Rainforest, and look at some conservation work linked to orang-utans.

   

  Finally, it was the turn of Teal class, who, having spent the term learning about dinosaurs, were able to walk amongst them and experience their size! There were lots of gasps and sounds of amazement!

   

  Thank you to the team at Ark for bringing in their equipment. It was a fantastic way to bring our learning to life.

  

• RSSP Swimming Gala

  Mon 03 Feb 2020 M Davis
  A huge congratulations to Hannah for representing the school at the RSSP Swimming Gala. Mrs Ranson reports that Hannah swam brilliantly in her first gala, gaining good times in her backstroke and front crawl heats!