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 Rounders

  Thu 29 Jun 2017 M Davis

  Year 5/6 (and some year 4 to make up the team!) set off to Casterton College on Thursday to take part in the Rutland Sports Partnership Osprey Rounders tournament. This is a small sided Rounders tournament that enables schools such as ours to field a team. 

   

  Mrs Ranson reports that our team were fantastic: working together, fielding, batting and running for their lives, as well as being great sportsmen and women.

   

  The team came 2nd in the Ospreys tournament and we are proud of them all. Well done!

  

• RLT Athletics Festival

  Wed 28 Jun 2017 M Davis

  What a fantastic day KS2 had at Corby Athletics Stadium for the inaugural RLT Athletics Festival!

   

  It was wonderful to be able to take the children to experience running and field events at a proper track, with proper stands. What an atmosphere there was!

   

  We may be the smallest school to join the trust, but the children did us proud and were fantastic competitors, whether they came first, last or somewhere in-between. The sense of sportsmanship was amazing too, with children not only cheering on each other from Exton, but also friends and relatives from the other participating schools. 

   

  It was nerve-wracking for some to be out in front of so many children (around 500 attended!) and Mrs Davis was really proud of people who faced their fears and gave it a go. What resilience you showed! 

   

  We had children placed in 1st, 2nd or 3rd in some of their races and events, but were proud to have every child in KS2 take part in at least 2 events.

   

  Congratulations to:

  Leighton - 3rd Place year 3 boys 50m

  Georgie, Olivia, Hannah, Kate - 3rd Place year 4 girls relay

  Drew - 2nd Place year 4 boys 50m

  Georgie - 3rd Place year 4 girls 200m

  Georgie - 3rd Place year 4 girls 50m

  Drew - 3rd Place year 4 boys javelin

  George - 2nd place year 4 boys long jump

  Daniel - 3rd place year 4 boys long jump

  Aimee - 1st place year 6 girls 75m

  Aimee - 1st place year 6 girls javelin

  Aimee - 2nd place year 6 girls rounder's ball throw

  Aimee - 1st place year 6 girls long jump

   

  A huge thank you to Mrs Lyons from St Nicholas and her team for organising such a fantastic event. We are already looking forward to next year!

   

  Photos to follow.

  

• Rutland Music Hub Singing Morning

  Thu 22 Jun 2017 M Davis

  Class 3 set off to Oakham School Chapel on Thursday to join with children from other local primary schools in a Rutland Music Hub Singing Morning led by Alison MacFarlane and Peter Davis.

   

  As ever, the children sang beautifully and helped create some beautiful renditions of songs from well-known children's musicals, including 'Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang' and 'Feed the Birds'. 

   

  Miss Bevins and Mrs Wardle said that a fantastic time was had by all and the children were a credit to the school and their parents.

   

  We are looking forward to receiving a CD of the final performances to share with the rest of the school.

• Tri-Golf

  Fri 16 Jun 2017 M Davis

  After enjoying coaching from a professional golfer here at school, class 3 set off to take part in the Rutland Sports Partnership Tri-Golf Festival.

   

  All the children did really well and produced some amazing shots between them. Our year 3/4 and our year 5/6 both came 5th - though a special mention must go to the year 4 children playing in the year 5/6 tournament - Well Done! We are especially pleased to have come first in the small schools section for both year 3/4 and year 5/6. 

   

  Every child in year 4/5/6 had the opportunity to take part and represent the school, and they all did us proud. Well done!

• Class 3 Sailing

  Wed 14 Jun 2017 M Davis

  Class 3 had a fantastic time at their sailing taster morning. They all enjoyed getting into the boats and sailing out across Rutland Water. We are so lucky to be close to such a great facility. 

   

  Pictures are on the Class 3 page.

• Quadkids Athletics

  Thu 25 May 2017 M Davis

  Our Quadkids squad did really well on Thursday - especially in the heat! A huge thank you to Mr Saunders for putting up his gazebo to give the children some shade. 

   

  Mrs Ranson reports that the children threw and jumped really well, and did brilliantly in the sprints against some quite tough opposition. She was particularly proud of their long distance run. We are still awaiting final results.

   

  Thank you to all the parents who transported the children so that they could take part and to Mrs Ranson for leading the squad. 

  

• Letter from an Author!

  Thu 11 May 2017 M Davis

  Class 2 were very excited today to receive a letter from Julia Donaldson, author of 'The Gruffalo', 'The Smartest Giant in Town' and 'A Squash and a Squeeze' amongst other many well-loved children's books.

   

  As part of their literacy topic last term, they had written letters to the author asking her about how she writes her books and telling her about what they enjoyed in her books.

   

  Julia replied to many of our questions, and added a personal note to the children, as well as sending some stickers for them. We hope this will inspire some young authors in our school!

   

  Thank you Julia, and keep writing your fantastic books! 

• FOEGS Easter Egg Hunt

  Fri 07 Apr 2017 M Davis

  A huge thank you to FOEGS, our parents and friends association, for organising their annual egg hunt. A good time was had by all hunting for plastic eggs, to discover who had the magic golden tickets.

   

  Thank you to Alan, John, Penny and Sheila for giving up their time to give the children so much fun.

• Easter in a Day

  Thu 06 Apr 2017 M Davis

  What a fantastic day we had on Thursday!

   

  We started our Easter day by walking up to St Peter and St Paul's Church in Exton to share our Easter Service. Class 3 children told the story, and we all joined in with the lusty singing. Thank you to Mr Davis for coming to play the organ, and to Marcus for coming and talking to us about Easter.

   

  Once we returned to school there was just enough time to decorate our hard boiled eggs before lunch in time for egg rolling in the afternoon.

   

  We had a fantastic time rolling eggs down the ramp to see whose would go the furthest - and all were hard boiled this year! The nursery came to join us too. Then it was outside into the sunshine for an egg hunt and egg and spoon races. The weather was very kind to us this year - warm enough to hunt, but not so hot as to melt the chocolate!

• Spotlight Dance

  Wed 05 Apr 2017 M Davis

  What a triumph! All of the children who took part in our Spotlight Dance performance this year should be very proud of themselves. You were amazing!

   

  This year we looked very smart in our blazers, shirts, ties and dark glasses. We were truly 'men in black'. You worked so hard to ensure the choreography was perfect and that the dance was polished and confident. On the first night it was lovely to see children giving it a go, and stepping out onto the stage, even though they were very nervous, to discover that wonderful feeling of adrenalin when you finish performing and have done well. The second performance was equally good, and nerves had gone.

   

  Thank you to Hayley for choreographing our routine, to Miss Bevins for supervising rehearsals, to Mrs Watchorn for finding a source for the blazers and to Mrs Wardle for sewing ties!