Great success at the London Youth Games and in Girls' football

Rugby - 3rd at the London Youth Games

Our sport continues to go from strength to strength and last week our rugby team finished 3rd in the London Youth Games. 

This is a huge result for Upminster Junior School. To reach the games the team had to win the Havering competition, which we did for the third year running! Then faced with the best rugby teams from across London they managed to finish a fantastic 3rd!  3rd best school in all of London!

Well done to all the boys and girls that took part and thank you to Mr Stanley's and Mr Waskett's continued effort to raise the profile and the standard of sport in our school.

Girls' football on the verge of the Havering championship for the 2nd year running

Whilst we are on the subject of sporting achievements we can also announce that our girls' football team won their semi-final of the Havering Champions' League (8-0) and will play in the final on the 16th April - Good luck girls!

Please come and support our team!

Mr Woodford

Edith's Wartime Scrapbook

Edith's Wartime Scrapbook

It's been a busy few weeks for Year 5! The children (and the teachers!) certainly deserve a restful weekend. 

They have recently returned for their 1940's Experience at the Lincolnsfield Centre and this week they have been putting on a fabulous production - which was enjoyed by all. In fact, I think it was more entertaining than a visit to the West End. The children were all brilliant. They said their lines perfectly and sang their lines beautifully!

Here is a short clip of one of their songs:

I can't wait for the next one!

Mr Woodford

Young People, ICT and e-safety

e-Safety flyer for parents and carers

Keeping children safe online is a priority for us all. This links to a short flyer from the London Grid for Learning

Blood-Hound SSC

On 21^st-23^rd of February Year 6 had a talk with a man called Mr Cook; he spoke to us about Blood-Hound SSC. Blood-Hound is designed to be the world’s fastest car going at a top speed of 1,050 mph; this can cover 4 football pitches in 2 seconds! In 2016 it will be tested for a World Land Speed record.

Mr Cook spoke to us about how maths and science are involved in the Blood-Hound project. We learnt this by using one of Newton’s laws: mass x acceleration=force. Also we looked the amazing features of Blood-Hound and all of the different types of Land Speed Record cars and how they are different.

He presented for about 45 minutes before we went down to the hall and got into groups of three or four. We were told to make a cardboard model of the Blood-Hound using a pack we got with instructions and resources. We made them by folding the cardboard into shape, then sticking the wooden axles down for wheels the finally putting the straw into the balloon and sticking it down. This took us around ten minutes to do. If our car was to be fast it would need to be aero-dynamic like the Blood-Hound, we had to try to improve it. There were lots of ways people done this like sticking a straw at the front or folding the front over to make it pointy.

One of Newton’s laws is a force must act on another force to make it move. Using that rule our cars worked by blowing a straw which blew up the balloon, then the air from the balloon deflated and came out the straw to make the car move. After our cars were complete and had a test run, we had a big race. We had to nominate one member of our team to race our model.

Everyone had a brilliant afternoon!

          

                By RH 6D

World Book Day

On Thursday the 5th March 2015 Upminster Junior School all dressed up a a character from a book that they are familiar with. This was in aid of World Book Day. They all thoroughly enjoyed the day, and looked absolutely Brilliant.

Written by ES, Year 4 4C/4H