<![CDATA[Upham Church of England Aided Primary School News Feed - Latest News]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk%2Flatest%2Dnews Juniper Education Content Management System (CMS) Version: 4.5 (junipereducation.org) Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:05:27 GMT Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:05:27 GMT <![CDATA[ Visit to the Farm ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=70 Dormice Class (Yr R) had a lovely day at the farm yesterday. It was a beautiful day so a picnic lunch in the shade of the trees was very welcome. They met lots of different animals; fed the goats, collected eggs from the chickens, held chicks, bottle-fed calves, held guinea pigs and saw a family of pigs and piglets! All of this learning is about building awareness of farms and farming as a process, an important thread that runs through our whole school curriculum. I hope they told you about all the experiences they had when they got home!

]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:05:27 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=70 <![CDATA[ Welcome Back to the Summer Term! ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=69 Welcome back to the Summer Term and it is feeling very spring-like. Leaves and blossom are on the trees and it has been dry enough to play on the field. I spoke to the children about all the life which is suddenly so evident in worship on Monday. I then checked the bird box camera which I had put up just before the holidays and it had a fully built nest with 11 eggs! I showed the children the live video stream on Tuesday and we saw, live, the parent bird come in – a blue tit. At lunchtime, the children have been watching the video and observed both adult birds switching places to incubate the eggs, watch the adults feed each other whilst sitting and also been able to count 11 eggs! Over the next few weeks they will be able to watch the eggs hatch, the babies fed and hopefully fledge successfully!

]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:17:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=69 <![CDATA[ Science Day ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=68 The children enjoyed ‘Science Day’ on Tuesday, I hope they talked to you about it. We reorganised the children into groups with children from each class – these groups then rotated around the four classrooms. In each class they explored some different experiments (pictured above)– trying to use pegs to build a bird’s nest but using a peg to represent the bird’s beak, chromatography on ink blotches to solve a mystery, testing fabric for absorption and find the best paper plane design for the longest time in the air. A cornerstone of our curriculum design is to create these cross-age opportunities for collaborative learning. The younger ones benefit from having learning behaviours modelled to them and the older ones have to think about how they adapt language to think of others.

]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:15:38 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=68 <![CDATA[ Signs of Spring ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=67 What an amazing week’s weather – can’t remember the last time I wrote that! Dormice Class (Year R) took advantage of this on Wednesday by going on a spring walk around the village. They walked the same route that they did in the Autumn and Winter so the signs of spring were obvious and seasonal change is more apparent. They saw lots of emerging flowers, leaf buds on the trees, blossom and a few bumble bees and butterflies enjoying the warmth!

]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:12:42 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=67 <![CDATA[ Vocal performance at Thornden Hall Theatre ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=2 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=2 <![CDATA[ Brilliant costumes for World Book Day ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=3 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=3 <![CDATA[ Plans for World Book Day ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=4 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=4 <![CDATA[ Year 5 Bikeability ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=5 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=5 <![CDATA[ Ask from School Council ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=6 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=6 <![CDATA[ Road Safety ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=7 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=7 <![CDATA[ Our new iPads, thank you FUS! ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=8 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=8 <![CDATA[ Squirrels Class Trip ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=9 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=9 <![CDATA[ School start time ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=10 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=10 <![CDATA[ Happy Snow Year ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=11 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=11 <![CDATA[ Christmassy end to the year ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=12 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=12 <![CDATA[ Christmas Church Service ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=13 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=13 <![CDATA[ The next few weeks ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=14 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=14 <![CDATA[ How is it nearly December? ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=15 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=15 <![CDATA[ Four seasons this week ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=16 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=16 <![CDATA[ Day as a Viking ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=17 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=17 <![CDATA[ November ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=18 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=18 <![CDATA[ Multicultural week ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=19 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=19 <![CDATA[ The pupils have chosen.... ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=20 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=20 <![CDATA[ Harvest Festival ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=21 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=21 <![CDATA[ Plans for Harvest Festival ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=22 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=22 <![CDATA[ Here comes Autumn ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=23 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=23 <![CDATA[ Dormice meeting Maggie ]]> https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=24 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:03 GMT https://www.upham.hants.sch.uk/news/?pid=31&nid=2&storyid=24 <![CDATA[ Welcome to our new Year R families! 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