Yet another sporting event took place at Upton today. Mike and Charlie from Sturminster Marshall Golf Club came to visit the children and showed them a variety of fun golfing activities. The children loved the competition but still adhered to the respectful golfing traditions (well..apart from mocking the coaches' "pyjama" trousers!

A free hour session is available at Sturminster Marshall Golf Club over the Easter Holidays.

We have had a fantastic Sports Relief day at Upton Infant School. All children showed true grit and determination in running the 'Manor Mile' around Upton Rec on what was a bitterly cold day. Thankfully, parents were able to keep warm with a hot drink and a piece of cake from the very welcome refreshments tent.

After lunch was the grand final of the Dorset Puddle Jumping Championship. A finalist from each class was selected from the morning's heats, judged on their athletic prowess and style. You can see a super video of this on the Bournemouth Echo's website.

The money raised throughout the day will be divided between Sports Relief and Clic Sargent, which is the charity Miss Dominey is supporting when she runs the London Marathon in April.

Well done children - super sporting efforts today!

The first Bournemouth Echo School's Awards took place last night. A variety of categories recognised the achievements of people from school communities across Dorset. Mr Helm was delighted to have been nominated by a number of parents in the leadership category.

At the glittering award ceremony, Mr Helm was very pleased to receive the award for school leadership.

Congratulations, Mr Helm!

The school was a hive of activity today as each year group kick started their new topics.

Unfortunately, Reception's topic didn't quite get off to the start they were hoping for. Mr Williams had burnt his toast, triggering the fire alarm. Mr Helm noticed that the school trophies had all been taken and a thief was spotted running off with a bag of loot. Meanwhile, Mr Mace fell off the ladder whilst cleaning a window. Thankfully there were some genuine super heroes at hand to help out, and it led the children to think about other people who help us, which is what their new topic is all about.

In Year One, the children's day started with an aeroplane trip to Kenya where they met African drummer Noah. The children thoroughly enjoyed joining in the drumming themselves. They also found out lots of facts about Africa and created some super chalk drawings of Kenyan wildlife.

And as if the sound of African drums wasn't enough, Year Two started their Indian topic by inviting Punjabi drummer Vijay in to school to teach them some incredible dance moves. They also enjoyed tasting Indian food and creating Diwali Diyas, which are small clay pots filled with oil, lit during the Hindu festival of Diwali.

What a super start to the new half term we have had.

As we came to the end of the half term, all year groups celebrated the pupils' achievements with fab finishes and open afternoons.

The Reception children held a dinosaur fashion parade, where the children spent the afternoon producing some incredible dinosaur costumes out of junk, and then paraded them down the catwalk.

In Year One, the children put into practice the skills they had been developing throughout the topic. Some children decided to use their DT skills to plan and make healthy pizzas, whereas other children used their new found drawing skills to create some woodland art. Other children produced Julia Donaldson inspired computer animation.

The Year Two pupils ended their Roald Dahl topic by making some 'marvellous medicine' with some weird and wonderful ingredients.

Children across all year groups had also been busy creating some fantastic creations in their home learning.

Take a look at the photographs below to see for yourselves.