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

• Fairytale Fiasco

  Fri 23 May 2014

  The Year One children held their 'Fab Finish' on Thursday 22nd May. The mischievous Lord Farquaad was eventually caught after steeling all the fairytales. They were returned to the school after Shrek won an obstacle course race with the dreaded Lord!

  
  The staff and children looked fantastic and really enjoyed the day.
  
  
  
  

  

• School Council meet MP

  Fri 16 May 2014

  Next year, all infant school children in the UK will be offered a daily free school meal. This week, our School Council had been finding out about the hot school meals. They spent the week keeping details of the hot meals, photographing and describing them, and surveying the pupils to find out their opinions.

   

  They also compared the hot meals with the packed lunches which children brought in from home. They found a big variety in the packed lunches. Most children had sanwhiches and fruit with crsips, biscuits and squash. The School Council found that some packed lunches were very healthy and balanced, whereas others had more snacks, chocolates and crisps.

   

  The School Council came to the opinion that the hot school meals provide a healthy lunch. Today they met with Mrs Brooke, our MP, to share their findings. Each of the School Councillors talked through the menu each day and the proportion of chilren who liked or disliked their lunches (the overwhelming majority of children enjoyed their lunch).

  

• World War One Community Event

  Fri 16 May 2014

  Our school choir recently performed at a community World War One event held outside the library.  Alongside children from the Junior School and the Yarrells School the choir sang a selection of World War One songs to an audience of MPs, councillors, war veterans, community leaders and parents.  Congratulations to everyone involved, including Mr Cole and Mrs Smith (our Choir Masters), as the children sang beautifully.

   

   

  

• Disco Fever

  Fri 16 May 2014
  The children donned their glad rags today for the school disco. Judging from their fixed grins, the children had a great time and showed some very impressive moves. Mr Cole even managed to pick up a few tips...

  

• Grandparents' Day

  Wed 30 Apr 2014

  Today was Upton Infant School's annual Grandparents' Day. Over 100 grandparents joined their grandchildren for some of their lessons in the morning and for a tour of the school. The children took the opportunity to show off their school, and also found out a little bit about what school was like in the grandparent's day.

   

  It is always a pleasure to welcome family into our school, and we hope the granparents enjoyed themselves as much as the children and staff!

   

   

   

   

  

• Swimming Success

  Fri 25 Apr 2014

  Our Year Two Swimming Team (see pictures below) recently took part in a gala against the nearby local schools as part of the Harbour Schools Sports Challenge.  The first half of the gala was spent doing water activities such as swimming through a hoop and collecting objects from the pool floor.  At the end of these activities we were lying in second place.  The second half of the gala was a series of relay races and the grand individual finale.  As Oliver Davis and Evie Pryor finished 1st and 2nd in the individual final we won the races element of the gala.

  This meant that overall we were joint winners alongside Lytchett Matravers Primary and so we will share the swimming shield for six months each.

   

  Congratualtions to all the team for their tremendous efforts and success.

  

• Incredible India

  Fri 04 Apr 2014

  Year Two finished their Incredible India topic with a 'Mega Mala' festival. The children performed a Bhangra dance, Indian drumming, sang an Indian song and showed off their ability to count in Hindi.

   

  Parents and children were given the chance to sample some Indian recipes designed by the children for their home learning project.

   

  We were very grateful for support from Taj Indian Restaurant in Corfe Mullen and Wimborne based Tea India for providing prizes for our raffle. Also, friends of the school Mr Cole (no, not the Squirrels teacher!) and Mr Steinwaltz also kindly made generous donations towards our 'Mega Mala' festival to help raise funds for Project Mala.

   

  

• Fire Station Visit

  Thu 03 Apr 2014

  A number of Year Two children were lucky enough to be given the opportunity to visit Poole Fire Station today, kindly organised by firefighter Warren Hathaway.

   

  Judging by their huge grins, the children thoroughly enjoyed the visit, where they got to ride in a fire engine, dress in firefighters kit and even use the hoses to put out a fire.

   

  It was also evident that Mrs Oldham and Mrs Samways, who accompanied the children, also greatly enjoyed the trip! 

   

  

• Mega Monster Maths

  Mon 31 Mar 2014

  Our half termly 'Mega Monster Maths' day started with the opening of our new outside maths zone. The area has been created to provide a stimulating outdoor environment in which children can further develop their mathematics skills. Mrs Garrett, chair of the PSA, officially opened the area. We are very grateful to the PSA who helped to fund this super new outdoor learning area.

   

  The children then spent the day carrying out a variety of maths investigations around the school involving number, measure and directions. Take a look at the photos and video to see what we got up to.

   

   

  

• Sport Relief 2014

  Fri 21 Mar 2014

  Congratulations to everyone for their superb efforts in running a mile around the Rec in aid of Sports Relief and the Poole Hospital Trauma Unit.

   

   

  The children looked great in their ‘Loud and Crazy’ outfits and the warm up stage organised by the Junior School was a lively addition to proceedings.  Our Year Groups paired up with one from the Juniors and the competition was fierce as the children, accompanied by some parents and younger siblings, raced to the finish line.  Well done to all the runners and we look forward to raising lots of money for these worthy causes.

   

   

   

  After school, a number of staff headed for Hamworthy Park Junior School to defend Upton Infant School's Netball Champions title. The Upton Infant Team won every game, but a peculiarity in the scoring system resulted in the runners up, Twin Sails Infant School, lifting the trophy this year. Well done to Twin Sails, and to everyone who took part to raise money for Sport Relief.