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  • 27/04/23

    Upton are Thanet Rugby Champs

    Upton Juniors in Broadstairs are helping pioneer rugby in primary schools across the area. The school are currently celebrating winning the recent Thanet Passport Rugby League tournament held at Minster School. Young players from Years 3 and 4 competed including teams representing these school...
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  • 18/04/23

    Creative Easter fun at Upton Junior School

    Easter fun at Upton Upton Juniors showed their creativity when Year 3 children dreamed up entries for their Easter competitions. Weird, wonderful, imaginative and original ideas creating a cracking line up for the specially-decorated hard-boiled eggs. These included a king in hi...
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  • 18/04/23

    Upton pupils experience life in underground wartime tunnels

    Delving deep into the Ramsgate tunnels – known as the town beneath the town – has added an extra dimension of Upton Junior School pupils learning about World War 2. Year 6 children experienced life in the former 150 year old Victorian railway tunnels that were developed as a safe have...
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  • 18/04/23

    Eye-opening science topic for Upton pupils

    Discovering the wonder of sight has been an eye-opener for pupils at Upton Juniors in Broadstairs. As part of their Year 6 science topic children have been investigating all aspects of the eye and how it reacts to light. To help bring their studies into focus, teacher Maisie Prescott took opti...
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  • 17/04/23

    Skill and Passion at VAT Public Speaking Competition

    Children demonstrated their love and enthusiasm for the spoken word at the Viking Academy Trust’s challenging annual public speaking competition. Representatives from each of the Trust’s schools - Upton Junior, Chilton Primary and Ramsgate Arts Primary – were selected following...
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  • 24/03/23

    Science Under The Microscope at Upton

      From panning for gold to creating chocolate bars and working with robots, children from Upton Juniors in Broadstairs have explored the wonderful world of science. Year 5 pupils have investigated augmented reality by using a QR code (a quick response scannable matrix barcode) to bring a...
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  • 14/03/23

    Upton Junior pupils success at British Schools Modern Biathlon Championships

    Upton Junior School athletes flew the flag in style at the British Schools Modern Biathlon Championships. Facing top competition from around the UK, Year 4 boys came second in the team competition while individual performances also highlighted Upton’s high standard of performance. These...
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  • 14/03/23

    Upton pupils share school life with youngsters from Italy

    Children at Upton Juniors in Broadstairs have been sharing their school life with youngsters from Italy. The group from Annalena Tonelli middle school in Forlì, a city in Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region, settled in well during the week-long stay and the visitors were partnered...
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  • 06/03/23

    Reading and rainbow colours for World Book Day at Upton

    Sharing stories at Upton Upton Junior School’s love of literacy added a fresh chapter with this year’s World Book Day celebration. Children of all ages went to school dressed as a favourite story character or dressed in bright rainbow colours to celebrate the book Rain Before Rainb...
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  • 28/02/23

    Upton pupils explore Vikings, Saxons, shields and longboats

    Invaders and Settlers topic for Upton pupils Youngsters at Upton Junior School in Broadstairs became Viking warriors to find out more about the Norsemen and women. To understand how they lived the Year 5 group made their own Viking longboats and shields as part of their topic about Invader...
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  • 23/02/23

    Flipping great fun at Upton as pancake races return

    Pancake race fun at Upton The traditional Upton Junior School pancake race made a welcome return on Shrove Tuesday. The popular event has been off the menu due to pandemic restrictions since 2020 but the return event was a recipe for fun. Children of all ages were invited to take part a...
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  • 21/02/23

    Upton pupils study life during World War II

    Wartime dogfights in the skies above London have been captured in stark images by young artists at Upton Junior School in Broadstairs. As part of their We’ll Meet Again work about how World War II affected the lives of children, adults and families in Britain, the Year 6 children produced d...
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