We 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!

A 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!

Exton & 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.

Yesterday 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! 

On 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.

Mrs 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!

Cobalt recently enjoyed a visit from Dr Nigel Bannister, senior lecturer in astrophysics at Leicester university. This was part of their science topic on space. They had a fabulous day and were particularly excited to hold the core of an asteroid that was 4.6 billion years old, rock samples from the moon and a rock sample from mars. They also looked at a camera that had been to space. Throughout the day they did a combination of watching videos and discussion as well as practical activities exploring the effect of pressure on water and astronauts. The day concluded with a demonstration of how rocket fuel ignites and burns inside the tanks.

For the past year we have been fundraising to buy an outdoor reading chair and stools for our nature area. This has finally arrived, and we are looking forward to the RLT premises team setting it outside once the weather becomes a little drier!

A huge thank you to all those who have contributed towards this, whether through our collections at Carols Around the Tree, through our cake raffles, or through any other fundraising event!