A passion for poetry has seen children of all ages embracing the wonders of the written and spoken verse at Upton Juniors in Broadstairs. The school has once again embraced National Poetry Day as a key part of its literacy and oracy (talking and listening) drive with pupils of all ages enjoying e...

Team building exercises and discussions on friendship are just some of the activities that pupils joining Team Upton have been enjoying in their first weeks at the school. The exciting start for the new Year 3 group has seen the focus very much on supporting children forge positive relationships...

Upton Junior’s Year 6 group made a real song and dance about leaving school this summer – with a sparkling musical production rated as one of the best produced by the school. The production of Aladdin staged at St Lawrence College was an energy-packed extravaganza full of musical favo...

Pupils at Upton Junior School in Broadstairs are enjoying an imaginative project celebrating the Olympic Games and diversity. Each class in the school has been assigned countries that are among those taking part in this summer’s world sporting spectacular in Paris. Year 3 represented Arg...

World sporting superstars inspired more than 1,000 children competing in Thanet’s biggest festival of primary school sport. Lizzy Yarnold OBE, double Winter Olympic gold medallist from Sevenoaks and Kent women’s cricket captain Megan Sarah Belt who comes from Margate sent personal vid...

The importance of being safe on the railway is a crucial lessons learnt by children from Upton Juniors in Broadstairs. A Year 5 group discovered how a busy travel hub operates when they took part in workshops at the Travel Safe and Travel Smart centre at Margate train station. Run by Netwo...