On Monday our pupils enjoyed Mrs Marsters Numbots & Times Table Rockstars Assembly Launch to roll TTRS out across the school. Pupils from Year 1 to Year 6 were thrilled to finally have access to the program we’ve built so much excitement around over recent months.
At the start of the Year, our Year 5 pupils can put themselves forward for the role of Lunchtime Buddy. Miss Stacey leads the team who are timetabled to support in the dining hall and outside at various times in the week. They are an integral part of school-life and play an active role in supporting our younger pupils and being great role models. Well done Year 5!
Roald Dahl Story Day is celebrated every year on his birthday, the 13th of September, and people all over the world come together to celebrate the magic he brought to, and continues to bring, children everywhere.
As you are aware, schools are not obliged to set homework. However, we believe in providing opportunities for our children to widen their knowledge and understanding independently through encouraging our children to practice these skills regularly at home. Class Teachers will award Dojo points for weekly submission to children's Class Dojo Portfolios.
We are very pleased to share further details of plans for continued development of our wonderful outdoor spaces at Upwell Academy. Since January 2024, Our Pupil Leadership Team have worked closely with our designers at Pentagon Play to select the outdoor play equipment and resurfacing…and now the design and project details are finally here! Works commence on 27th September and will take approximately 2 weeks to complete.
Last academic year, through pupil discussions and voting, our PLT Team worked with Miss Payne and Miss Ellington to further develop our lunchtime offer. Funds were raised and the votes are in!
At Upwell Academy we introduced our Eco Warriors in the 23/24 year. Pupils were able to have their say in how to address environmental issues within school and introduced recycling bins to each class as well as litter picking within the academy grounds. Pupils have been involved in completing tasks and programmes on Energy Sparks, as well as understanding more about energy use in school. We enjoyed a visit from James from Energy Sparks who told us the importance of caring for our planet through an assembly about polar explorers, and pupils took part in a workshop exploring energy usage using thermal cameras.
This week our many of our Year 4 pupils took part in Norfolk County Council’s Level 1 Bikeability course. We were extremely proud to award all participants with their badges and certificates in our special celebration assembly. The feedback from the instructors was that our children’s attitude and behaviour was exemplary!
As you all know our Head Pupils were elected by the children in July. They were presented with their badges in this week’s Welcome Back Assembly. This week all pupils voted for their Pupil Leaders in their classes, and we now (almost) have our full complement of Pupil Leaders which will form our Pupil Leadership Team for 2024-2025. Later in the Autumn Term, EYFS will also join. Well done to everyone that put themselves forward for the role.
Our Early Aces Breakfast Club is from 7:50am-8:35am Monday to Friday. This is extremely popular and is bookable via the Pupil Asset Portal.
After school sports clubs and our wrap around care is delivered by Premier Education. This half term, Dodgeball will be offered on a Monday, Netball on a Thursday and Gymnastics on a Friday. Wrap Around Care is available Monday to Friday and runs from 3:15 to 5:30pm. Please visit their website for more information and to book.
Our Summer break started with 2 full weeks of offering the Holiday and Food Program at school. This was followed by 4 weeks of exceptionally hard work by staff, volunteers and contractors. It’s been so wonderful to see all of our children return and enjoy these continued developments at the Academy. The learning environments have continued to be further TRANSFORMED for our pupils, visitors and staff. A special thank you to everyone that has helped us to achieve so much again!
Our Holiday Fun program ran again between the 22nd July to the 2nd August. This was a huge success with Upwell Academy pupils and pupils further afield visiting daily to enjoy fun-filled days which included a vast range of activities including archery, rounders, team games, arts and crafts, dance and more.