Junior Reflections Week 30 May 2025

Our pupil, L/Cpl Abigail, U5 RAF Section and i/c Team 2 writes about her experiences on the Nitex expedition recently:
"Upon arriving on Woodbury Common, we had a briefing on a rescue mission to set out our assignment for the night. After an introduction to set the scene for the night’s events, we sat with our teams and had our ration packs. The food was surprisingly tasty and filled us up.

Before the main event, we started off with some lessons to work on skills to help us prepare for the NitEx event. These skills consisted of camouflage, map reading, field signals, observation, and keeping direction at night and were enjoyed by all of the M5 and U5.

For the main event, we got sorted into our teams while myself and all the other team leaders received our first set of coordinates. For my team, we actually ended up going in the complete wrong direction at the start, but soon realised and corrected ourselves.

Then, after finding the right way to the first checkpoint (without being caught by the sixth formers), we received our first task. After completing all the tasks, while getting caught a few times by the sixth formers, we started to make our way back to base camp to free the captive. My team was definitely feeling the pressure as we had a tight five minutes to crack the code that stood between us and victory. Once we successfully cracked the code, we celebrated with some well-earned drinks and snacks for everyone, and a special prize for the NitEx winners.

I feel I can confidently speak for everyone when I say that NitEx is the highlight of the RAF calendar, and I was ecstatic to win this year’s NitEx with the help of my winning team members."

#woodburycommon #nitex #ccf #combinedcadetforces #gcseyears #leadershipskills #realworldready ...

Exeter Junior School`s team is doing an amazing job in the international @primarycodingleague currently, coming in 9th - well done to the Executioners! This is quite a challenge due to the various programming languages you have to use for each task and remember, these are our younger pupils taking part.

A huge thank you to Mrs Morgan for all her support in inspiring our pupils to aspire and flourish across the globe.

#primarycoding #juniorchallenge #codingleague #independentschools @dess_doha @bisboston ...

Recently, a group of Year 11 chemistry pupils researched a topic of their choice and presented their work in the form of scientific posters at an academic conference. Staff and pupils came to view the posters while the group discussed their research. The standard of the entries was excellent and the topics were diverse from the medicinal properties of bee venom, chemiluminescence, the chemistry of modern warfare, water cremation and artificial sweeteners.

We`ve included a few of the posters in these pictures but head over to our News posts on our website if you`d like to see more 🤓

#chemistryGCSE #academicconference #funscience #appliedscience #independentschool #schoolscience #schoolchemistry #chemistryreallife #researchposters #appliedlearningsciences ...

After the sports gala dinner last Friday, some pupils headed straight out again the same night to take on the 1633 Challenge on Dartmoor. We heard from pupils who had helped out their classmates by pitching both sets of tents for their fellow late arrivals - their service and collaboration virtues working well there.

This important event allows us to recognise the commitment, effort and progress shown by all pupils involved in @armytentors training, including those who may not be able to take part in the final event itself because of the limited number of places. It is a reminder that character is built as much in preparation and perseverance as in participation. It is also a memory that many Exonians hold dear - @exeterschool_alumni . Well done everyone. We hope you`re putting your feet up this Sunday 😊

Photos - @marklockettphotography

#fordfarm #1633challenge @exeterschooltentors #dartmoorwalk #endeavourandchallenge #welcomeandserve #aspireandflourish ...