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We had the last of our cricket workshops this week, delivered by Hampshire Cricket club. The children have really enjoyed these sessions and hopefully learned some new skills too. As part of the provision, 4 children in Class 4; Ivy, Ellis, Rosie & Ronnie were trained up as cricket sports leaders to help organise cricket games at playtimes. The coach has been so impressed with how our children have approached cricket and wanted to be involved, they have nominated us for their ‘best school’ award from all of the Hampshire schools they work with. Have a read of what the coach Ben Pockness wrote about our school, I am sure you will feel as proud as I do:
For school of the term, I would like to nominate Upham Primary. I've had the pleasure of working with this school 3 times now, cricket is at the heartbeat of the school. From weekly mentions in their newsletters to endless games of cricket on the playground at breaktimes Upham have pushed cricket within the school so well. This term all teachers got fully involved in lessons, their confidence levels have been a joy to watch improve. The CPD session we had they practiced their delivery skills to each other, the following week they delivered the activities we practiced to the children and they were brilliant. Out of all the schools I've worked in since I took on this job I've never felt more welcome than at Upham, couldn't think of a more deserving school to win the award with how engaging they are in the programme.
Ben Pockness, Community Cricket Coach, The Ageas Bowl
On Wednesday morning we had a visit from a local author, Gina Rees who shared her book ‘My Special Place’ with Class 1 and 2. She prepared lots of fun activities with props and objects that
helped to bring the characters alive. Everyone really enjoyed the story and had lots of fun. It is also great to have someone who makes a living from writing showing the children where their writing skills could progress to. It was a particularly lovely visit as she used to teach at Upham School many years ago and her children came here and she enjoyed seeing the school again.
We had a lovely Harvest Festival in the church this morning. I was so pleased the work to secure the roof issue was completed on Wednesday – the church wardens rushed to get this done so that we could use the church. My thanks to them for their swift work! All of this meant our preparation time was limited but the children performed well and those Class 4s who volunteered to share some readings, spoke about what Harvest means.