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

• Fantastic Fossils

  Tue 07 Feb 2017

  Our Reception children had a fantastic day out at The Etches Collection in Kimmeridge today. They were blown away by the superb centre and the incredible collection of fossils which has been a super way to round off their topic.

  

• Storyteller Visit

  Wed 01 Feb 2017

  As it is coming to end of their Roald Dahl topic, Year Two had a Big Finish Gathering this afternoon with a visit from a Brilliant Fun Guy who got the children Bursting From Giggles as he retold the story of the Big Friendly Giant.

   

  The children have enjoyed the many stories of Roald Dahl and his fantastic characters, and this was a great way to finish their topic.

  

• Fantastic Foxes

  Mon 30 Jan 2017

  It was not just a case of 'Fantastic Mr. Fox', but 'Fantastic Foxes' today as it was the turn of the Foxes Class to put on an assembly for their parents.

   

  The children did a superb job in sharing their love of all things 'Dahl' in their superb assembly which showcased many of Roald Dahl's characters.

   

  Well done Foxes!

  

• Tag Rugby spectacle

  Tue 24 Jan 2017 Mr Antell
  On Tuesday 24th January some excited Year Two children took the short walk across Upton to the Yarrells to play 'Tag Rugby'. In a scene comparable to the film 'Gorillas in the Mist', our teams played extremely well. They have only been learning the game for a short period and the progress they all made across the one hour session was noteable. Some great tries from William Vernon and Jack Whittingham were some of the many highlights. At the end of the game all players shook hands and we all eagerly await the next fixture in March. Well done everyone who attended!

  

• New instruments!

  Tue 24 Jan 2017

  As part of making our school CD, we have been sent a set of beautiful African class percussion instruments. The choir got the first go on them today. Here they are having lots of fun making music with them.

  Thank you to My School CD!

  

• A Marvellous Assembly

  Mon 23 Jan 2017

  Today was the first of our class assemblies of the year. 

  To kick us off, the Frogs did an absolutely marvellous job of showing off their learning from the past few weeks of their Roald Dahl inspired topic.

   

  The children included many of the characters they have discovered from the various Roald Dahl books that they have been reading, but also gave a flavour of the depth of their literacy learning as well.

   

  The costumes were incredible, the singing and acting was fantastic and there were lots of smiles and laughs too. 

   

  Well done, Frogs!

  

• A Sparkling Start to the Year

  Fri 06 Jan 2017

  It has been a sparkling start to the new year for all our children with a variety of exciting events taking place.

   

  Reception came to school today to find some dinosaur footprints on the front lawn. They were then contacted by Professor Green from the Dorset palaeontology department who asked them to go on a hunt around Upton looking for further clues. They saw a variety of things such as scratch marks, ripped shrubs, strange egg-shaped things and large flattened areas of ground. Some roaring noises were even heard before each class stumbled on a dinosaur egg! The children took the eggs back to school and kept them warm and by the end of the day the eggs had hatched and each class had a baby dinosaur to look after. What an exciting day!

   

  The Year One children spent the day finding out about the wonderful books of Julia Donaldson. This included reading The Gruffalo and creating some strange recipes inspired by the book, such as 'scrambled snake'!

   

  Year Two started the day by experiencing a range of Roald Dahl stories being told by the teachers before heading off around the school on their very own story walk. They found five story areas and created  their own unique stories before planning and writing them. The stories are now published in our classrooms' reading corners in one giant book!   

  

• Christmas Concerts

  Thu 15 Dec 2016

  One of the highlights of the school year is the Christmas Nativity play.

   

  Our Reception children did a fantastic job in their three packed performances of ‘Christmas with the Aliens’. The audiences were impressed by their super singing, dancing and clear speaking.

   

  Year One children equally impressed the crowd with ‘Christmas around the World’ in which we found out about some different Christmas traditions from all corners of the globe.

   

  After a soggy start, Year Two’s lantern parade was an absolute delight with some incredible singing and a packed house at Upton Methodist Church. It certainly got us in the Christmas spirit! We hope you enjoyed the performances - well done to all of our pupils.

   

  

• Carols at the Crossroads

  Thu 08 Dec 2016

  The annual Carols at the Crossroads event took place this evening, led by Rev Jean de Garis with a little help from the big man himself, Father Christmas.

   

  There was a super turn out, with lovely singing from Upton Infant School and Upton Junior School children. Thanks to Mrs Gdesis and Mr Welcomme for organising the choir.

  

• Year Two Football Tournament

  Wed 07 Dec 2016
  Upton Infants held a football tournament at Upton Recreation Ground, consisting of 6 teams, from Upton Infants, Lilliput Infants and Sandford Primary. The games were played in a tremendous spirit and good skills and teamwork were on show. Upton A ended the tournament victorious with a 4-0 victory in the final. All children who participated were unfailingly polite and a credit to their schools.