Summer Term 2020 Week 8

Upton

News 12th June 2020

Welcome back It is a delight to hear the children’s laughter in school again. The children are the life of the school and we miss them very much.

We now have Nursery, Form 1 and Form 6 back at school - though numbers vary greatly in each year group and attendance is not mandatory.

Next week we welcome back Pre-Nursery and Transition.

We still, however, have the vast majority of our children at home.

UptonHouse@Home continues to be at the forefront of our educational provision at this time, delivering content at a rapid daily pace. 15,000 documents viewed to date and 30,300 documents created!

Thank you to all our assembly presenters this week; Madame Morris, Mrs Hewitt, Mrs Newcombe, Mrs Broad and Miss Broad. I do hope you were breathing deeply and relaxing with Mrs Hewitt, singing happy birthday with Mrs Newcombe and dancing like crazy with Mrs Broad and Miss Broad. Our whole school assemblies each morning, with Upton coming together, will stand out as one of my favourite parts of this unusual time. Please do remember that assembly from Monday will start at 9am promptly. We have allowed a little later arrival but we now need to ensure each form time and lesson starts on time. We have many more exciting lessons to cover before the end of term.

Tomorrow we are hosting Upton’s very first virtual Open Morning. We have a dynamic and exciting package to share with prospective parents in a Question Time format! We have a high number of attendees booked and it will be our pleasure to share with them a little taste of Upton life.

As we move through a changing lockdown situation, with rules and restrictions in place still but evolving, I hope the Upton spirit is still shining through for you all. It is certainly shining through at school. Yesterday Mrs Lewin stood in the rain all day to distribute the Peter Pan back drop materials. It was so lovely to wave to and see lots of you in the car park throughout the day. That’s the Upton spirit. We are all busy behind the scenes to deliver the very best for your children in these different times.

Mr McEvoy, as you will have read in his letter yesterday, will be changing his role from September. Music Technology comes to Upton and we are all so excited about this. I can see great things happening as Miss Shafikova and Mr McEvoy combine their immense talents for the benefit of the Upton children. More wonderful Upton spirit and creativity on the musical horizon.

Wishing you all a very good weekend, Rhian Thornton

Congratulations!

What an amazing achievement by all our children in Forms 1 - 6 who took their LAMDA exams last term, with 100% pass rate and 78% distinctions! We are so proud of you and thank you Miss Duncan.

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Pedal Push total Well done to all our Nursery children who took part in our sponsored Pedal Push just before half term. Between them, they managed to raise £2722 for the Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice charity. They have sent us this certificate, along with a big THANK YOU! Well done Nursery.

Upton House Pedal Push

£2722

raised for Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Service Your support makes such a difference to the lives of local children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, and their families.

THANK YOU! Reg. charity number 1118947

Ahoy, me Hearties!

Over the new few weeks the children in Form 2 will be learning about and writing their own pirate stories. In preparation for this the children were asked to carry out some research over half term. The children got into character and dressed up as they presented their findings to the rest of the class.

The Ickabog In Madame Morris’ assembly on Tuesday she talked about creativity and mentioned an illustration competition that JK Rowling is running to accompany the online launch of her new book The Ickabog. It’s a lovely opportunity for children aged 7-12 to get really creative and come up with their own illustrations for the book. Winning entries will see their illustration printed in the book later in the year as well as winning a copy signed by JK Rowling herself and £500 worth of new books for the school library.

Full details of the competition can be found at https://theickabogcompetition.com The competition is open now and closes of Friday 17th July, so please do encourage your children to get involved.

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