Chandra, Sputnik & Voyager Class Blog

After watching Magic Grandad, we have been busy this week writing diary entries in role. We could pretend that we were either Elizabeth the First, Magic Grandad or his great grand children Kimberley and Gary. We used our senses to imagine what it would have been like being imprisoned in

It has been yet another busy week in Year 3 and 4. In English, we have started work on writing a diary entry. We have linked this to our enquiring about the Tudors and we have been finding out more about the early live of Queen Elizabeth the First. We

Term 2 Welcome back after the half term break. As always, we have been busy this week. In English, we have been writing our own suspense stories. Previously, we had listened to and learned about Lara’s visit to the spooky manor house. We hot seated Lara so that we could

The Year 3 and 4 team would like to thank all of the parents who attended our parents evenings this week. If you were unable to attend for any reason, then please speak to your child’s teacher to arrange an appointment. We have had yet another action packed week. In

This week has been very exciting as we were visited by the courtier Jed. He had travelled in time to 2022 from the court of Henry VIII. Imagine our surprise when he popped out of the P.E. cupboard! He told us about Henry VIII and his amazing life. We discovered

We are now back into the swing of things and working hard. In English, we have been listening to the story, ‘The Queen’s Token’. This story is about a young boy called Hal, who lived in Tudor Times. We have enjoyed reading about the adventures he experiences whilst riding his

Welcome back to school! All of the teaching staff would like to take the opportunity to say thank you for the cards and gifts that we were given at the end of the Summer Term. They were very much appreciated. We also want to welcome back our Year Fours and

What a busy week it’s been! Despite the disappointment of having to cancel our beach trip, we had a fantastic day on Tuesday, with the children enjoying a whole variety of activities on the school field. We were pond dipping and scavenger hunting, finding a great variety of little creatures

Its been another very busy week, culminating in sports day on Thursday. The children had a great time and participated with huge enthusiasm and determination. It was lovely to see so many examples of great sportsmanship and the children finally being able to compete in front of their parents once

Its been another great week at Uphill with a number of new areas studied across the subjects. In English, we started our new book, ‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’. We have been exploring the main character and the children have been writing in role as Edward. In maths, Year