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 2025-26.

• Year 5/6 Football Osprey Tournament

  Tue 17 Sep 2019 L Bevins

  A huge well done to our year 5/6 football team, who this evening represented our school in the Rutland schools’ football tournament. 

   

  They played 3 matches in total and won all 3. We were very impressed by their determination, tactics discussions and team work on the pitch. Great communication by everyone and it was brilliant to hear them giving each other tips and calls throughout the matches. The boys all showed brilliant sportsmanship too, congratulating the other team on good goals and rushing to help when a player on the other team was injured. 

   

  Miss Bevins and Mrs Ranson were very proud of all the boys, they were a pleasure to be with and a credit to the school - roll on next week!

  

• Year 5/6 Bikeability

  Wed 11 Sep 2019 M Davis
  Year 5/6 children began their Bikeability training this week with level 1 training on the playground. This important activity allows the children to learn the right skills for cycling safely on the roads. This week they were on the playground practising skills such as signalling and stopping safely, as well as some basic bicycle checks. Over the next few weeks they will set out onto the roads of Exton and eventually go into Oakham to practise cycling round roundabouts and in more busy traffic. 

  

• Year 6 Residential

  Tue 10 Sep 2019 M Davis

  Our Year 6 children had a fantastic time last week on their residential with St Nicholas and Whissendine schools. The children went to Whitehall in Derbyshire, spending three days taking part in a number of outdoor activities, including, rock scrambling, canoeing, mountain biking, high ropes and zip wire to name just a few!

   

  Mr Bates reported that the children from Exton & Greetham school were a credit to the school and their parents and were a pleasure to have with them. Mrs Davis visited on Thursday and enjoyed watching the children face fears and take part in new activities and adventures - she's not sure she'd have been brave enough to go down the zip wire!

   

  It was a great way to start the academic year, and gave the children a chance to put all 6 Rs into practice - making sure they were ready for each activity, behaving responsibly, being respectful, being resourceful when they needed to work something out, being resilient when challenged and reflective at the end of the day.

   

  What a great start to the year!

  

• Leavers' Assembly

  Thu 18 Jul 2019 M Davis

  There were tears and laughter in the hall on Thursday afternoon as we gathered for our leavers' assembly. 

   

  The children started with their leavers' play, based on their memories. This year, this took the form of an imagined reunion in 20 years time. Mrs Almond was most surprised that the children think she may still be here in 2039 welcoming people in! There was also an amazing dance to 'Don't stop me now' with gymnastics and flips, as well as some great dance moves. 

   

  Mrs Davis shared some of her memories of each of the year 6 children and they were presented with a class photo each and a gift made for each child by Miss Bevins. Anthony and Cathy came from the church to present each child with their own Bible. 

   

  As always, the assembly was full of opportunities to sing and the children raised the roof with a rousing chorus of Lord of the Dance at the end. 

   

  We wish all of our year 6 children well as they move on to their respective secondary schools. You have all truly taken every opportunity to 'explore and grow' whilst you have been with us - now take your wings and fly, who knows what you can achieve?

• Sports Day 2019

  Mon 15 Jul 2019 M Davis

  What a fantastic morning we have had this morning!

   

  The morning started with a 'round robin' of mixed aged groups taking part in a variety of sporting activities: shuttle running, hockey, football dribbling, skipping, bean bag throwing and an obstacle race. There was great sportsmanship and team spirit shown by all of the children.

   

  The children then took part in team relays and year group running races before the nursery joined us for a couple of races. There was time for a quick parents race, with beanbags on their heads, before we shared the winning scores. Well done to team 5, who were the winning team!

   

  A huge thank you to all the staff for their organisational help and to all the parents and carers who came to join in the fun.

  

• Fort Henry Walk

  Fri 28 Jun 2019 M Davis

  The weather was glorious today for our annual walk to Fort Henry. 

   

  Miss Bevins led the way and the children were able to walk at a pace to suit them, as long as they didn't try to walk behind Mrs Davis! Parents and relatives joined us to walk, and some of our new starters for September were there too. It was lovely to have them with us.

   

  The fields across to Fort Henry were beautiful, and the path was bordered by beautiful poppies, both red and purple. We made super-quick time, arriving in 40 minutes, leaving time to roll down the hill before  Mrs Wardle arrived with the packed lunches. The children enjoyed spreading out in the field to eat their lunches, before we walked further down the hill to catch a glimpse of Fort Henry itself across the lake. The trees are growing up around it now... I wonder if we will still be able to see it next year?

   

  We were a little slower on our return to school (!), but everyone made it back in one piece, before we retired to classrooms for a drink and a rest after a lovely walk. 

   

  More pictures to follow on Monday.

  

• French Day

  Thu 27 Jun 2019 M Davis

  What a fantastic day we had on our French Day!

   

  Mrs Honorez had arranged a day of different activities for us all to learn a little more about France. After a French assembly, we split into mixed-aged groups to take part in various activities in rotation. During the morning there was the opportunity to visit a French Cafe and try some French food; an activity to explore the geography of France and find all the places that are being used for the Women's Football games; a DT activity trying to recreate different French landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower; and the children also learnt how to play boules. 

   

  The afternoon was then spent studying some French artist in classes. Aqua class looked at the work of Matisse, Teal class created artwork inspired by Monet, and Cobalt class created animal pictures based on the words of Henri Rousseau. 

   

  A huge thank you to Mrs Honorez for organising the activities - a fantastic day was had by all!

  

• Year 5/6 Rounders

  Wed 26 Jun 2019 M Davis

  Our year 5/6 children all took part in the RCC rounders tournament on Wednesday. They showed fantastic team work and sportsmanship, supporting each other and congratulating the other teams when they scored a good rounder or hit the ball.

   

  We played two matches, and both closely fought, but unfortunately the other teams pipped us to the post. 

   

  As ever, behaviour was impeccable and Miss Bevins was very proud of them all.

• Year 5/6 Sleepover

  Fri 21 Jun 2019 M Davis

  What a fantastic two days we had with year 5/6!

   

  We woke on Thursday with our prayers answered, to find glorious sunshine for our day at Rutland Water. The children all arrived at school excited and ready to go!

   

  Thursday morning was spent on Rutland Water building rafts and kayaking. After wrestling their way into their wet suits, the children were faced with their first challenge. Split into groups of four, and given four barrels, four ropes and four pieces of wood, the children were tasked with making a raft. After ten minutes of experimenting, they were given a few pointers on how to make a successful raft, and soon we had four rafts ready to launch. The next challenge was to get them into the water, with all the team on top and paddle around two buoys before returning to the shore. The winning team was the one that managed this and were the first to dismantle their raft. Many fell in, but lots of fun was had!

   

  Kayaking followed with more team games. Those who managed to work together as a team found that they were much more successful! We finished our water sports with a water Mexican wave and a jump from the pontoon for those who wanted to.

   

  Once we were showered and dried it was time for lunch and some down time. The children enjoyed exploring the bushes and trees by Rutland Water, as well having the opportunity to try out some of their playground gymnastics in a new location! We then went over to the outdoor gym for a bit more exercise - the staff even joined in! After a couple of games of Capture the Flag it was time to wend our way back to school. 

   

  The children were very keen to set up their beds, even though it was only 4pm! A little bit of Dr Who (following their English topic!) and there was time for a bit more running around on the school field before tea. Following pizza, a quick whistle stop lesson on the Vikings before our trip to York on Friday and sandwich making for Friday lunch,  the children got ready for bed and climbed into sleeping bags to watch Roald Dahl's 'The Witches'. 

   

  Teeth brushed and ready for bed, we began to settle down for the night at 10.45pm. Most were asleep by midnight, with the last few lulled to sleep by the gentle tones of Stephen Fry reading Harry Potter! 

   

  Apart from some gentle reminders that it wasn't time to get up at 4am and 5am(!), all was quiet until we got up ready for our trip to York at 6.30am. A quick breakfast was had before we got on the coach at 7.30am. 

   

  On arrival at Jorvik we were met by a Viking, who was somewhat surprised at how tired we all were - this was a theme across the day! The children enjoyed finding out more about Viking York, though were not enamoured of the authentic smells! We then walked to Jorvik DIG for a workshop on Viking medicines -this made us very glad that we live in modern times!

   

  By now breakfast seemed a long time ago and the children were all a little 'hangry' (a mixture of hungry and short tempered!) so we stopped in a pretty park on our way to the National Railway Museum to eat our lunch. 

   

  The children enjoyed exploring the different trains at the Railway Museum and being allowed to go and explore in small groups. It was lovely to be caught by an American visitor to be told that he was a retired teacher, and was so impressed with how lovely our children were - how kind and respectful they were to each other, and to other visitors to the museum. We wouldn't expect anything less of them!

   

  Soon it was time to leave... we were all shattered after a busy two days! Some children were asleep before we left York, and twelve out of the fifteen were asleep for much of the drive back.

   

  A huge thank you to all of the staff who accompanied some of or all of the trip. Your support was much appreciated. We would not be able to give our children such lovely experiences if it were not for the fantastic staff team we have here at Exton.

   

  The final word should be to the children. I am so proud to be your headteacher. You were a delight to be with (even when you were awake late at night!). Your good humour, kindness, courteousness and independent spirits shone through. You are all a credit to your parents and to the school. 

  

• RLT KS1 Athletics Festival

  Thu 23 May 2019 M Davis

  What a fantastic day we had yesterday at Corby Stadium for the RLT KS1 athletics festival! The weather was kind to us, and the sun shone down as we arrived at the athletics track. 

   

  During the morning, the boys took part in their field events: the tennis ball throw, target beanbag throwing, and standing jump. The girls, meanwhile, were taking part in their track events. In the afternoon, events were reversed.

   

  All of the children tried their hardest in all the events they took part in, and should be proud of how they got on. One or two people even won their heats and made it to the finals! The level of sportsmanship was fantastic, with all of the children not only encouraging each other, but also cheering for people from other schools. A particular congratulations to Evie for coming second overall in the year 2 girls bean bag throw, Bibi for coming first in the year 1 girls tennis ball throw, Howie for coming third in the year 2 boys tennis ball throw and Pippa for coming third in the year 2 girls 40m sprint.

   

  A huge thank you to all the children for a fantastic day, and to the staff who accompanied us for all their hard work.

   

  There are a few pictures below - but we were so busy, it was hard to get many!