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

• Mr Martin's Manor Mile

  Fri 20 Mar 2015

  Today, as the sky darkened during the solar eclipse, the children of Upton Infant School each ran a mile around 'the rec' to help Mr Martin, one of our lunchtime supervisors, raise money for Forest Holme Hospice. The fastest finishing children in each year group will go on to represent the school in the 'Manor Mile' cross country competition.

   

  Mr Martin will also be running the London Marathon in a few weeks time to raise money for this very worthwhile cause. 

   

• Science Day

  Wed 18 Mar 2015
  This week the children at Upton Infant School had great fun on Science Day. We started with an assembly all about science, and then went off to year groups to do lots of investigating. Have a look at what we got up to...

  

• Are you smarter than a five year old?

  Wed 18 Mar 2015

  We were pleased to welcome many of our parents into school on Tuesday evening to find out how children learn mathematics at Upton Infant School. Parents tried out a range of strategies for themselves to solve a variety of calculations. They also pitted their wits against the children and took part in an 'Are you smarter than a 5 year old?' quiz, which highlighted the expectations we have of the pupils throughout the school.

   

  We will shortly be sending home a guide for all parents which will explain the strategies taught at school.

   

   

  

• Urn 'n' Learn

  Fri 13 Mar 2015
  Last Friday we were happy to welcome lots of parents into school to watch the childrens' learning and to have a cup of tea or coffee. The children raised money for Comic Relief at the same time by wearing non-uniform and making a donation. Many thanks to all of you that were able to attend - we were delighted to welcome so many of you into school.

  

• World Book Day

  Sat 07 Mar 2015

  Upton Infant School celebrated World Book Day in style today, with all children and staff dressed up as their favourite book character - some very inventive costumes were on display.

   

  The children took part in a range of activities based around books - take a look at the photos at the bottom of the page to see for yourself.

   

  Some of the Year One children even created their own story based around the characters they had come dressed as - watch the video below to find out more.

   

   

  Whatever your favourite book character, you are sure to see them in the video below:

   

   

   

  

• Ferry Fun

  Fri 27 Feb 2015

  The Owls Class had a super time on their trip on board a Condor Ferry.  Please click here to read an article about the visit in the Dorset Echo, or click here to read more on Condor Ferries website.

   

   

   

• Fantastic Poetry

  Mon 23 Feb 2015

  In the new 2014 National Curriculum the government has emphasised the importance of children being able to perform poetry.  The Foxes performed a great poem about Fantastic Mr Fox for their recent class assembly.  Click on the link below to hear the Foxes class in action!

   

  http://youtu.be/BNkE0NDzl48

• Pancake Race 2015

  Fri 13 Feb 2015

  One of the most prestigious events in the school calendar took place today - the annual Great Upton Pancake Race.

   

  Two representatives from each year group donned their fancy dress to tackle the fiendishly tricky obstacle course in pouring rain to fight for the coveted Pancake Race trophy.

   

  This year, Year Two munched their way to victory, stealing the trophy from Year One. Well done!

  

• Swimming Gala

  Thu 12 Feb 2015

  On Friday, 19 children from Year Two took part in the second Harbour Sports event of the year, the Swimming Gala. After a rotation of fun activities with qualified swimming coaches Mr Mace and Miss Close, the children participated in a variety of races. These culminated in 3 separate finals of 25m.

   

  The children enjoyed the event immensely and took home the Harbour Swimming Shield for their excellent effort.

  

• Do you want to build a snowman?

  Tue 03 Feb 2015
  Fun in the snow at Upton Infants!