The children have had a fantastic time today celebrating World Book Day. Everyone came to school dressed as a fantastic array of book characters including Mary Poppins, Fantastic Mr Fox and Cat in the Hat. The children spent the day immersed in books.

 

Among the highlights of the day was a 'Swap Shop' where children could exchange one of their unwanted books for another child's.

 

The staff were all dressed as characters from Alice in Wonderland, and each child helped Alice to tell and write their own stories.

 

A fantastic day was had by all!

 

The half term break is nearly over, but we have been delighted to see how many children took up the teachers' 'Muddy Challenges' over the holiday.

 

The children have been out and about building dens, looking for minibeasts, jumping in muddy puddles, playing Pooh Sticks and much, much more.

 

Take a look at the video below to see what fun they have been getting up to:

 

 

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.

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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!   

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.