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