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Y6.

Upwood
News & Views

Inside this issue:

Astronomer	2
Harvest Trip / for	2
DT Week	3
Touring Tuba	3
School / Council	3
Cake Stall	3
Coaching session	4

On Monday, Wednesday and Thursday we held our much enjoyed Christmas play which was described as a huge success. The seven year groups each performed a breath-taking play so they could celebrate the festive holiday of Christmas. Foundation enthusiastically performed the Nativity which explained the true meaning of Christmas. But years 1,2,3,4 and 5 showed their favourite things about Christmas. However year 6 were the hosts of the play

December 2013

Christmas Play

and gave a Christmassy feel in the atmosphere. But we could not have our performance without the hard work of our teachers and of course Mrs J who helped with the props, our confidence and reminding us all how there is always room for improvement.
Merry Christmas!

Upwood Girls meet England Champions

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On Tuesday 24th September 2013, some girls in Year Six were chosen to meet the legendary Charlotte Edwards (the Captain of the England Female cricket team) and the amazing Jenny Gunn (Vice Captain). The girls were so excited to meet a local hero at Ramsey Cricket Club.
The event was filmed by ITV and all the girls were very proud to have a moment in the spotlight, as the event was shown on the news broadcast for that day.

The session began with some fun warm up activities. The England stars then ran a coaching session for the girls and they were given tips and advice on how to improve their game.
After the session, Charlotte and Jenny spent time with the pupils taking photographs and signing autographs. The children clearly had an amazing afternoon spending time with these two inspirational cricket stars.
Thank you to Mr Vincent for organising this special event.

Harvest Time!

Astronomer

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Year 5 went to Manor House on 7th October 2013, at 9:15am and got back at 11:35am. They enjoyed seeing all of the residents. The whole school collected gifts to help the people living in Manor House. Everyone had a chat to one of the Manor House residents. They got a biscuit and/ or a cup of orange squash or if they were lucky they got lemon juice. There were some residents who had disabilities. Lots of the class would just not stop talking to the residents. Year 5 had a really good morning seeing people within their local community. They would like to thank all of the helpers.

Our amazing harvest table!
Thank you so much for all the donations.
We know the residents will really enjoy them!

On the 25th of October an assembly ,for D.T. week, was held to see all the amazing designs and products each class had made.
Reception made brilliant birds from cardboard tubes!
Year 1 made monster milkshakes!
Year 2 designed clever sock puppets and paper puppets!
Year 3 created wonderful roman chariots and broaches, using dried pasta, cardboard and foil!
Year 4 mixed some lip-licking scones, packaging, fruit salad and jam tarts!
Year 5 sewed together some cosy hot dish pads!
And finally Year 6 put together some amazing pop-up books!
The whole week was organised by Mrs Scarrow. The children really enjoyed their week.

Delightful DT Week

Year 5 have been studying ‘Earth and Space,’ as part of their Science work. On 24th September they were visited by an Astronomer, Mrs Crawford. Mrs Crawford is a professor of astronomy at Cambridge University so we were very honoured to have her in Year 5. She showed the children a fantastic powerpoint about the solar system and some real artefacts from space. The children kept her very busy with lots of questions. Thanks were given to Mrs Crawford for giving up her free time.

D/T Week Pics

Year 4 Trip

The very lucky Year 4 got the exciting opportunity on Monday 11th November to meet and see lots of amazing people and planes at the Imperial War Museum, at Duxford. They saw the Concorde plane and French Spitfires (ooh la la ! ) and when they thought the excitement was over they even got to see a soldier at work. When Lauryn interviewed Ella, Sam and Lewis they stated that the whole trip was an adventure! They are thankful that Mrs Hart gave them the time out of school to see things many people would love to witness. Besides seeing planes and soldiers they of course had the 2 minute silence in honour of the courageous soldiers in their graves who fought in the deadly war.

French Role Play
With an amazing range of food and drinks it could only be the French Café! On the 12th of November a delicious café was put on for Years 5 and 6 which was also run by Years 5 and 6. The children had to speak in French requesting their choices of both food and drink to their waiter.
The Year 5 children even had the opportunity to taste a chocolate éclair, made by Charleigh’s Mum! Yum! The children all agreed that the skills they had learnt would be very useful to them if they ever had a holiday in France.

Year 5 Cake Stall

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Year 5 are raising money for a special History Day in February with Nick King. The children organised a cake sale, that all pupils were invited to. Year 5 worked out that they sold nearly 400 cakes and made £80. They would like to thank everybody who bought/donated cakes.

Great Fen Assembly
On the 12th of November 2013, Alistair from the Countryside Classroom came to Upwood Primary School to talk to us about the Great Fen Project. He also came to our school to persuade us to help and protect the wild life around us. He showed us some amazing photos of all the creatures and species we can see locally, including a variety of deer. The talk was really interesting and we thank Alistair for giving up his time.

Cool Council!

Travelling Tuba
On the 6th of December 2013, two gentlemen called Chris and Stuart came to show us a variety of musical instruments. Lots of people thought it was really fun and interesting. They played same Christmas Carols and some of the pupils even joined in. We thanked them for coming to Upwood.

Lauryn attended the school
Council meeting on Tuesday the 15th of October to find out what our council have been planning to make this school an even better place.
Katie Kostenko (the chair) told me that they are planning to place a Golden Table in the
dining hall which only one boy and one girl will be allowed to sit on and this will take place every term. They also know that the girls toilets are missing an item which is the mirror and they are striving to organise this. Lauryn also asked the question “Do you enjoy your job?” and Owen answered" It is a fun role because we get to make a difference and help.” If you have any questions or suggestions talk to your councillors Katie, Jake, Owen, Abbie, Aaron, Thomas and Charleigh.

Marie Curie Fundraising

Marie Curie’s Community Fundraiser, Hannah Steele, visited our assembly on 22nd October. We were lucky enough to have her visit and share lots of information about the charity, including the ways Marie Curie fundraise. She explained about the Daffodil Appeal in March and the Blooming Big Tea Party!
Our school has raised an outstanding £922.57 for Marie Curie over the last two years.
Well Done Upwood Primary School.

Our School Council

Fantastic Football - By Jake A

Sports News

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Sports Reporter

We would like to wish all our readers , a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
From
Lauryn, Anna, William and Benjamin

On a very wet Friday the 8th November, representatives from Years 4, 5 and 6 went to a football match against Thongsley School Football Team . In goal we had Carlo. In defence we had Samuel B, James, Alfie and Travis. In Midfield we had Alex, Harry and Samuel W. The striker was Jake A. They played very well but unfortunately they lost 9-0. The team were not disheartened and it has encouraged them to do even better next time. Well done team!

What a Wash Out- By James B

On a windy and wet 27th
of November pupils in Years 4 and 5 from Upwood played a tough football game against Priory Junior School. We had a 7-a-side team with Samuel B as striker, Aaron and Alfie as midfielders , Harry H, Samuel B and Owen as defenders and Carlo in goal. The final score was 4-0 , unfortunately. The team played well. Better luck next time time !!!
Written by James B.

Coaching Sessions

During the first half term we had Chris, a sports coach, in to do some P.E. with Years 1-6. Chris taught the Year 6 to do hockey ,Year 5 tag -rugby, Year 4 football, Year 3 rugby, Year 2 football and Year 1 did multi-sports including : hockey ,baseball ,tennis ,rounders and football.
The whole school has really benefited from these coaching sessions. We will be having some more after Christmas. Thanks to Chris and to Mrs Wilkinson for organising them.
Our skill level has really improved!