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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.
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Quadkids
Thu 24 May 2018I wonder if any other school have over half of their KS2 children representing their school in a single sporting activity?! We had 63% of KS2 taking part in Quadkids Athletics on Thursday after school!
Mrs Ranson and Miss Bevins were very impressed with all the children who attended.
Mrs Ranson writes: "Congratulations to our team of 15 athletes who attended the Quadkids event at Casterton College yesterday. All participants competed in a sprint, long distance run, throw and a jump. We had some amazing throwers, one even threw it beyond the length of the measuring tape! Everyone launched themselves with a spring into the sandpit for their jumps, the sprints were fiercely contested and, even though the distance races around the athletics track were tough, every Exton pupil ran around and made Miss Bevins and Mrs Ranson very proud. Thank you to the team and to the supporters."
We received the results on Friday afternoon which showed that both our Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 teams came third! We also had some individual triumphs, with Declan coming 2nd overall for the Year 3/4 Boys individually, and Skye coming 3rd overall for the Year 3/4 Girls individual competition.
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What makes our school special?
Mon 14 May 2018Our enrichment writing group were asked to write some reasons why children and parents should choose our school. The following are completely unprompted - but the staff are very touched by their kind comments!
"You should come to our school because our school has all the best teachers and the best learning methods. If you tell them that you don't understand then they will find a way for you to understand. There are the most kind people. They give the best education."
"Our school is good because all the kids are very nice, kind and helpful. All the teachers help encourage all the kids to enjoy and move on in their learning. We all get along and play well. I like the school because it encourages me in my learning and to get along with everyone."
"The teacher are organised and I love every lesson! Our headteacher is the best one I could ask for! If I had to pick any school in Rutland, it would for sure be this one. All of the kids are so nice and empathetic."
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Cross Country Success!
Thu 03 May 2018We were delighted to receive a Bronze Medal in the post today for Declan, who had represented the school and the county in Rutland and Leicestershire Cross County Competition a few weeks ago.
Once the team scores had been added up, the Rutland team had come 3rd overall. Well done to Declan for his contribution to the Rutland medal!
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Young Carers' Assembly
Thu 26 Apr 2018Today we were visited by the people who run the Young Carers' support groups in Rutland. They, along with a pupil who is a young carer, introduced the children to what a young carer was, and what the groups do to support young carers.
The assembly started with a game where we had to stand up if we were in a particular group. This highlighted that sometimes people do things that we don't know about, and that we perhaps don't know everything that someone is going through.
We then watched a short video presented by Young Carers about the Young Stars group and the activities that they do. It all looked lots of fun!
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FOEGS Taskforce
Sat 21 Apr 2018The sun shone down on us on Saturday morning - the perfect weather for our Taskforce morning!
A happy band of parents worked together for most of the morning to re-stain the outside covered area from a very faded green to a more vibrant blue. A particular thank you to those who realised we could eke out the paint to finish the last couple of panels! The greenhouse was also cleaned out to make it more useful for gardening club.
Inside, Mr Chalkley, our Chair of Governors, was hard at work rebuilding shelves in our paper store, having taken them apart the previous day to make the space more useful. Miss Bevins sorted the contents of the cupboard so that we now have a more user friendly space.
The children who came watered flower beds and kept the adults provided with refreshments as well as having a little go with the painting.
It is mornings like these that remind me what a wonderful school community we have, with everyone pulling together to help keep our school the wonderful place that it is. Thank you to all involved.
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Year 5/6 TAG Rugby tournament
Tue 17 Apr 2018Today was the postponed year 5/6 TAG Rugby tournament at Oakham Rugby Club. Our intrepid team set off in high spirits to take part in the Osprey League - seeing an osprey on the way there felt like a good omen for our chances in the matches!
In some closely fought battles we lost our first two matches. We learnt from our mistakes and won our second two matches. There was some great teamwork to grab TAGs and to make sure that the ball made it safely across the line. We all found our inner 'grr'!
I was very proud of all of our team, not only in how well they played, but how they worked together and supported each other as a team. Fab work!
A huge thank you to Drew's mum Ruth for accompanying us and acting as referee. Your expertise was much appreciated by not only our school, but also the other schools that you refereed for.
As an entirely year 5 team, the future looks good for next year's tournament!
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Easter Celebrations
Thu 29 Mar 2018What 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!
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Spellathon!
Thu 29 Mar 2018Well 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.
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Sports Relief
Fri 23 Mar 2018Sports 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 2018On 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.
