This year we will continue to celebrate 100% attendance at the end of each term and children can earn a bronze certificate at the end of term 1, silver at the end of term 2 and gold award and 100% badges and certificates at the end of the school year. Children who earn the gold badge will automatically join Miss Ellington's 100% attendance team. Every week we celebrate the class with the best attendance in Key Stage 1 (including Reception) and Key Stage 2. The winner each week gets a certificate, awarded in assembly, which can be proudly displayed in their classroom. A huge congratulations to our children that were presented with their badges this week!

On Monday our pupils enjoyed Mrs Marsters Numbots & Times Table Rockstars Assembly Launch to roll TTRS out across the school. Pupils from Year 1 to Year 6 were thrilled to finally have access to the program we’ve built so much excitement around over recent months.

Roald Dahl Story Day is celebrated every year on his birthday, the 13th of September, and people all over the world come together to celebrate the magic he brought to, and continues to bring, children everywhere.

We are very pleased to share further details of plans for continued development of our wonderful outdoor spaces at Upwell Academy. Since January 2024, Our Pupil Leadership Team have worked closely with our designers at Pentagon Play to select the outdoor play equipment and resurfacing…and now the design and project details are finally here! Works commence on 27th September and will take approximately 2 weeks to complete. 

At Upwell Academy we introduced our Eco Warriors in the 23/24 year. Pupils were able to have their say in how to address environmental issues within school and introduced recycling bins to each class as well as litter picking within the academy grounds. Pupils have been involved in completing tasks and programmes on Energy Sparks, as well as understanding more about energy use in school. We enjoyed a visit from James from Energy Sparks who told us the importance of caring for our planet through an assembly about polar explorers, and pupils took part in a workshop exploring energy usage using thermal cameras.