Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Merry Christmas!

  Fri 17 Dec 2021

  As the term came to an end today the sky was filled with flurries of snow (only directly over Upton Infant School though!).

  We would like to thank all our children and families for their support in this first term and wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

  

• Starting the day with a champion...

  Thu 16 Dec 2021

  This morning, our children kicked off the day with an Olympic champion.

   

  Following last week's fantastic sponsored Festive Fun Run, our top three fund raisers went with Mr Churchill to open the new Aldi store.

   

  Kate French, gold medal winner at the Tokyo Olympics, cut the ribbon and then followed up with a 'virtual assembly' at school where the children got the chance to ask her questions. You can see Kate French crossing the finish line here.

   

   

  

• Year Two's Blog

  Fri 10 Dec 2021

  Welcome to Year Two's blog. 

   

  It's been a busy week at school as we head towards Christmas.

   

  What we have been doing this week

   

  This week in literacy, the children have written their 'Superhero Writing' to show what they have learned over the last couple of weeks whilst we have been looking at the story of 'The River'.

   

  In maths, we completed our work on money. Children have been finding and adding to make totals.

   

  In science we completed our work on materials, with the children planning and carrying out their own investigation into waterproofing. 

   

  What we are learning next week

   

  In maths, we will be doing some Christmas - themed 'elf maths' each day next week. The children will be carrying out problem solving activities involving the four operations.

   

  In our writing lessons next week we are going to be reading and writing Winter poems.

   

  Next week, we will be honing our singing skills in readiness for our Christmas singing after school on Wednesday. We will also be doing some seasonal art activities.

   

  There are no new spellings to learn for next week.

   

  Wow Work

   

  They've done it again!  Well done Woodpeckers for topping the Reading and Doodle charts again.

   

  Doodle Maths Stars (total number of Doodle stars earned per class)
  Woodpeckers    Extra playtime	Foxes	Squirrels
  491	249	203

   

   

  Weekly Reads (How many children in the class have read 3 times)
  Woodpeckers      Extra playtime	Foxes	Squirrels
  17	9	11

  

• Festive Fun Run

  Thu 09 Dec 2021

  Today the children took part in their sponsored festive fun run. It was a cold and crisp day, perfect for running laps around the school. They looked very festive in their Christmassy running outfits.

   

  The children's laps and total distance was recorded, and each child will be bringing home a certificate to show how far they ran.

   

  Sponsorship money is still coming into school, but the total raised so far is £1500.

   

  Well done children for your super running and fund raising, and thank you to our families for your generous sponsorship.

  

• Cheeky elves alert

  Tue 07 Dec 2021

  Since the beginning of December, cheeky little elves have been spotted all around Upton Infant School. They seem to be getting into a lot of mischief wherever they go...

  

• Year Two's Science Investigation

  Tue 07 Dec 2021

  The Year Two children have been learning about materials in science over the last couple of weeks. Today, they heard the story of the Little Pigs and the Gingerbread Man and helped the pigs to investigate the best material to use to make the Gingerbread Man an umbrella to stop him getting soggy.

  

• Year One's Blog 3rd December

  Fri 03 Dec 2021

  Welcome to Year One's blog. 

   

  As of Monday we will start filming our Christmas play, please can all costumes be in by Monday morning. If there are any issues or questions please let us know and will be do the best we can to help. 

   

  What we have been doing this week

   

  This week in literacy we have extended sentences using 'and'. The children wrote some fantastic sentences based on 'Stick Man'.

   

  In maths, we have been recapping everything we have learnt so far in Year One. We have also explored numbers to 20 and represented it in lots of different ways. Please see the knowledge and skills organiser.

   

  This week we have been extremely busy rehearsing for our Christmas Play and we have continued to be 'brilliant artists'. 

   

  What we are learning next week

   

  Next week in literacy, we will be writing a letter to Santa to persuade him to put our new friend called Holly onto the nice list. 

   

  In maths, we will be focusing on numbers to 20. Please see the knowledge and skills organiser.

   

  Next week we are going to film the Christmas Play, remember to keep practising your lines! 

   

  Wow Work

   

  WOW Frogs! You have earned yourselves 2 extra play times this week because of your brilliant Doodle Maths score and reading score. Well done Frogs!

   

  Doodle Maths Stars (total number of Doodle stars earned per class)
  Otters	Frogs Extra playtime	Ducks
  254	684	118

   

   

  Weekly Reads (How many children in the class have read 3 times)
  Otters	Frogs   Extra playtime	Ducks
  4	16	10

• Year Two's Blog - 3rd Decmber

  Thu 02 Dec 2021

  Welcome to Year Two's blog. 

   

  It was lovely to see the children and staff in their festive jumpers today and starting to get into the Christmas spirit. Our Christmas tree is looking very colourful now!

   

  What we have been doing this week

   

  This week in literacy, we have been continuing our writing using the story 'The River'. The children wrote their own stories based on the river in the present tense, ensuring the use the correct  tense in their writing.

   

  In maths, we began  to learn about money. We familiarised ourselves with the different coins and notes, and used them to make different amounts of money.

   

  In science we began to learn about materials - how they are used for different purposes, their properties and how they can be changed. You can see the 'knowledge and skills organiser' here.

   

  What we are learning next week

   

  In maths, we will continue to look at money. We will be finding totals, working out change and finding the difference between amounts.

   

  In our writing lessons next week we are going to apply our learning from the last two week about 'The River' and invent our own stories, thinking about adjectives, adverbs and interesting vocabulary.

   

  In our science lessons we will continue to learn about materials. We investigate which materials are waterproof, planning a fair test, making predictions and drawing conclusions. You can see the 'knowledge and skills organiser' here.

   

  There are no new spellings to learn for next week.

   

  Wow Work

   

  Once again, we have had some fantastic learning across the curriculum. See some of the super work in the photos below. 

   

  Guess who's done the double again this week? Well done Woodpeckers for topping the Reading and Doodle charts again.

   

  Doodle Maths Stars (total number of Doodle stars earned per class)
  Woodpeckers    Extra playtime	Foxes	Squirrels
  733	217	203

   

   

  Weekly Reads (How many children in the class have read 3 times)
  Woodpeckers      Extra playtime	Foxes	Squirrels
  16	10	15

  

• Pantomime

  Thu 02 Dec 2021

  On Tuesday we had a visit from the pantomime. (Oh no you didn't.....  Oh yes we did!). 

   

  Unfortunately, due to current restrictions, only our Year Two children were able to watch, but they had a fantastic time.