FUN RUN IN THE SUN

On Thursday Year 4 went to Coopers to do a fun run. We had to wear pink t shirts and line up in row D. Before we did the run we did some stretching and some dancing. Then we were allowed to go to the starting line and when they blew the whistle we started to run a one mile fun run.  We had great fun.

By Hana Blaney 4J

Assembly

We were celebrating a rather important birthday in assembly today. Crowns have been made, and Raps were performed in honour of Her Majesty.

There's been lots of other activity this week, check out the Twitter feed @UpminsterJS for picnics and non-uniform day.


Two pupils were out of school to attend a poetry workshop at this week. They read their poetry, which had a heathy lifestyle theme, to the school.

Poetry

Housepoint certificates were awarded - congratulations to our 100 & 200 winners.

Here are some of our Housepoint winners:

And not forgettting pupils with birthdays this week - Happy Birthday to all of you!

Science demonstration

This week's Coffee Morning was led by Mrs Latheron, Head of Science. Her Laboratory Assistants, dressed in Red White and Blue for the 90th birthday celebrations,y entertained the crowds.

Mrs Latheron's team of scientists

YR4 student Mitchell demonstrated how a flame uses oxygen.

Jack demonstrated what happens if you mix a mint with cola (watch carefully at 0:14 & 0:45 seconds):

Ruby demonstrated how cornflower and water can be both liquid and solid to some younger siblings. She'll be halfway through her secondary school career before they're in the Juniors.

Never too young for science 

Isabella's experiment demonstrated the properties of water - however, the practical demonstration involved some audience participation - and they all got rather wet!

The PA team watch the experiments

UJS appreciate the tireless support of the Parents' Association. Many thanks to all who came to the event, hosted by the PA in aid of the Essex Air Ambulance.

Foxes, Trolls and Fables

A group of children working with Miss Enoch read:
- Aesop's Fables
- Kipling's Just So Stories
- stories about trolls
- How the Whale Became & Other Stories by Ted Hughes

Then they drew and wrote to make this frieze:

Harry, Ronnie & Liam 5B
and
Emily & David 4L

Assembly

SATs are over! Year 6 have worked so hard, we are very proud of them.

Some amazing work was shown this week. Year Three (who are still in the Roman era) have been writing travel advertisements - anyone for a tour of the ampitheatre?

Come to Londinium for your next holiday

Amelia's persuasive writing

Year Four are with the Tudors. This week, they've been painting self-portraits. Here are Nell & Honey as Tudor Queens:

Year Five have been writing stories based on Kensuke's Kingdom.


Year Six have been making nets of some unusual shapes. The school were shown the nets as a flat sheet of paper and then as a three-dimensional shape.

Our two tennis teams aced the Havering tournament; the Borough final was fought out between UJS-A & UJS-B.

The amazing UJS tennis teams receive their certificates

And here they are in action

The competition between Houses is heating up. Two houses have broken through the 1K mark, with the others not far behind. Who will win the cup this year?

100 Housepoint winners

200 Housepoints

All children were reminded of the playground and field rules, and how to play safely and sensibly.

Well Done to Year 6

Well done to all of our Year 6 children who have now finished their SATs. They have all worked extremely hard and should be incredibly proud whatever the outcome - I am sure they have done their absolute best.

Thank you to all the staff, too, for their efforts preparing our current Year 6 for the next stage in their education and especially to our Year 6 team who have supported the children in their final year. 

Mr Woodford

Tennis Aces

UJS took two teams to the Havering tennis tournament today. Both teams topped their groups and won their semifinals to face each other in the final. 

UJS1 narrowly beat UJS2 to be crowned champions. Congratulations to all the players, Mr Stanley, and to Ray, Kane & the coaching team for all their hard work & dedication and early mornings & rainy lunchtimes!

Assembly

Some wonderful work was shared in assembly today. Each year group presented some work they were proud of.

Year 6 have been recreating scenes from 'Millions' and described the activity in each shot. Class members represented Damian, Anthony and other characters in a tableau.

Using Freeze Frame

Housepoint certificates were awarded. Blue House gathered the most this week, but Red House are winning for the term so far.

100 Housepoints

Maisie keeps missing the Housepoint photo because of her violin lesson:

100 Housepoints

Oliver ran part of the London Marathon, representing Havering
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The stories discussed in assembly today were:
Kensuke's Kingdom - Michael Morpurgo
Millions - Frank Cottrell Boyce

School Council visit Havering Council

The School Council went to the Town Hall to meet the Mayor of Havering & to learn about our local democratic process.

They were greeted by the Mayor & Madam Mayoress.

The Mayor talked about his role, his regalia and the links to Parliament. Pupils were able to try on his robes and hold the Mace.

The pupils sat in the Council Chambers, and learnt how to conduct an orderly, formal meeting. They learnt some techniques that they will bring back to their in-school meetings.

After refreshments, it was time to return to school on the train.


The current School Council will finish their term of office in July. New councillors will be elected in September by their classmates.

UJS School Council 2015-2016

Assembly

It was another busy assembly this morning. Visit the Twitter feed on Friday mornings @UpminsterJS for as-it-happens updates.

The art competition on the theme of 'Spring & Summer' has been judged. All entries are being exhibited - has your child seen them?

The winner: a 3D summerscape using seasonal items by Sia

Second place: 'Tree' by Maya

In third place: James' watercolour bluetit

Hundred Housepoint certificates were awarded - congratulations to everyone on their achievement

100 Housepoints

We also had a 200 certificate to award - will anyone make it to 300 by July?

200 Housepoints

All members of the Girls' football squad stood up to receive a round of applause. Miss Beqiri and the entire school are very proud of them; they have played with 'grace & pace' all season to achieve some fantastic results, and are great role models for the younger girls.

Girls' Football Final

The girls have had an amazing season this year. And after the brilliant win against Elm Park Primary, the final against Parsonage Farm School was incredibly difficult. 

Miss Beqiri is especially proud of the outstanding effort, skill and sportsmanship shown by every single girl in the team.

We may have not won the Cup, but the grace, pace and the relentlessness with which the girls play is rarely seen even in the World Cup. UJS Girls are an astonishing team who works tirelessly together in every match, game and practice. 

Semifinal success

The girls' football team were outstanding on Tuesday 19th April in the home semi final game against Elm Park Primary. After a defence heavy first half, they got their confidence back and attacked from all sides.

The game ended with UJS girls winning 2-0 and through to the semi finals on Thursday 21st April. 

Assembly

Assembly was busy today, and for the first time we tweeted out what was happening 'live'. To see the full details visit our Twitter feed @UpminsterJS

Meanwhile, here's some highlights:

Stand up if you've achieved 100 or 200 Housepoints...

Housepoint certificates

We were also delighted to receive our Healthy School accreditation this week.  Staff and pupils have worked hard to gain this award. We thank all the families who are helping the children to understand and make healthy choices in their lives. Mrs Zweistra isn't happy to stop at Bronze though, in September we will be going for silver status.

Healthy School

This wasn't all; music certificates, charity donations, moving vehicles, cuckoo songs and much more were packed into the assembly before morning lessons.

Don't forget the Big Pedal starts this week. Older pupils remember when UJS won the challenge a couple of years ago, with the prize of a visit by a BMW stunt biker.

Spring term sporting success

The children have once again performed brilliantly during the spring term in many sporting events ranging from hockey to swimming and to representing Havering at the London Youth Games in both boys and girls football.

UJS Spring 2016

The results last term were:

• Year 6 hockey (2 teams) – Winners and runners-up

• Year 4 Hockey (2 teams) – Winners and 3rd in group

• Year 6 Tag Rugby (Oakfield’s Six Nations competition) – Winners

• Swimming Gala – Runners-up having made 7 of the 8 finals

• Tag rugby year 4 (2 teams) – Plate winners and Shield runners-up

• London Youth Games Boys’ Football – Joint 13th

• London Youth Games Girls’ Football - Joint 5th

                                                                  

Sport Relief 2016

We had a whole-school effort for Sport Relief on Friday 18th March 2016. The challenge was an obstacle race with a twist - tied to a friend.

Notable individual and group fundraising efforts include (in no particular order):

• Class 6W
• Zak Thake
• Teddy Wollard
• The staff cake sale
• Mrs Wyer
• Class 5Z
• Seb Lewis
• Niamh Pridie
• Frederick Cooper
• Lexi Attewell
• Sophie Lucas
• Holly Robins
• Florence Cooper
• William Mead
• Maya Bryan
• Chloe Kelly
• Grace Horne

We would like to thank all the pupils, staff, parents and sponsors for supporting our activity this week. Top marks to Mr Stanley for the organisation of the event. Final total: £1,476.67.

Assembly

It was a very busy assembly today.

Mr Woodford did some exercise to launch our Sport Relief activities.

After burning some calories he then judged the entries in the staff bake-off.

Mrs Mordew's entry

We would like to congratulate everyone who has achieved housepoint certificates this week

And we have a lovely big bottle for our Hearing Dogs collection. Can we fill it up? Loose change can be taken into class or put in the bottle at the Office Window

loose change for Hearing Dogs

London Youth Games - boys' football

On Wednesday 9th March the UJS boys' football team went to Crystal Palace to play in the London Youth Games football tournament. The boys were representing the borough as Havering Hurricanes.

UJS boys represent Havering

We were put into a group of four teams. In our first match we drew 1-1. Then in our second match we played Kingston and drew that match 0-0. Finally, we played Chelsea, and won that 3-0. In our group we finished joint first, but came second on goal difference.

We went through to the next round and were put into another gruop of four teams. In our first match in the group we lost 2-0. We drew the next march, and lost the last one.

Michael Tarbuck - 6R


The team were supported by staff, parents and Governors. Mr Fitzgerald, in a dual role of Governor and Grandad said: 'the boys played as a team, kept their shape and were aware of their own and others' positions. They played all of their games with a great team spirit, but made one or two errors which cost them overall. It was a wonderful day out for the boys, they were a pleasure to be with. The team were well behaved, respectful and polite, and coped very well with the chaos on public transport that day.'

The Owl and the Pussycat

Class 3C perform Edward Lear's poem.

Translating poetry

As part of poetry week, I translated a poem from English to Mandarin.

Selina Lu - 5Z

Celebration & Poetry Assembly

 What a busy assembly today! Here are some photographic highlights; performances of some of this week's poetry can be seen on the Facebook and Twitter feeds.

Mr Ansell performed some brilliant Michael Rosen poems 

- ask your child about 'Beans' and 'the Torch'

200 Housepoints by March is a major achievement. We were delighted to award three certificates this morning.

Sixteen children have achieved an impressive 100 Housepoints

Our amazing football teams have had a great week representing Havering at the London Youth Games

A talented young guitarist received a Merit in his exam

The swimmers had a great week in the pool

Year Six performed TS Eliot's 'Macavity: The Mystery Cat'

Year Five perform as a group

Year Four classes performed a verse each