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Uplands Roar
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Primary News
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Operations
UPTA
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School Calendar
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Thank you also to all the members of the Uplands Community
for completing the Uplands Review School Survey. Over 1000
surveys have been completed. The survey data collection will be
closed at midnight on Sunday 9th November. If you have not
already done so please do complete a survey. Your opinions are
very important to us.
We look forward to sharing the news of this weekends activities
in next weeks newsletter with all the contributors being in the
same location.
Your sincerely,
Matthew Bristow
Principal
Follow us on Twitter: @ispuplands
I write this weeks newsletter from Phuket, where I will be coaching the U13 Boys Football Team at the BIS Phuket
7s Football Tournament. This is a wonderful experience for all of the Uplands students, giving them the
opportunity to compete against students from over thirty other international schools located in Asia, from as far
as India to Korea to Jakarta. As per last year, we have again brought six teams (three boys and three girls) and
have an entourage of sixty-seven people. Best of luck to all of our students involved and I do hope this is a
memorable experience for all of them.
It is encouraging to see many of the IB students taking advantage of the numerous university visits we have here
at Uplands. On Wednesday we had 12 students attend the presentation by Exeter University and another 14
students attend the Medicine / Medical Sciences in the UK talk. I strongly encourage all students from Year 11
and above to take advantage of these wonderful opportunities, to learn more about and to speak with the visiting
universities. For more information please refer to the School Calendar, which can be accessed by clicking on the
following link: Uplands School Calendar.
Last week I wrote about the IB Diploma Programme and how I believe it is the best course to prepare students
for entry into the top universities throughout the world. Unfortunately there is a misconception amongst many
students and families, as it is often believed that sitting A-Levels instead of the IB Diploma is easier and more
beneficial. As mentioned last week, the IB Diploma is now more widely recognised with more and more
universities preferring IB students, due to the holistic approach of the course. It was quite ironic that on
Wednesday an article was published in The Telegraph, "A Level reforms: a new level of confusion", which states
that A-Level students over the next few years are going to experience a particularly challenging time due to
fundamental changes to the course taking place. With this all happening over the next three years it means
students will need to juggle two entirely different programmes, causing quite a lot of confusion.
To find out more about the IB Diploma Programme please attend the Information Evening we are hosting here at
Uplands on Tuesday 9th December at 7:30pm.
It is extremely important that all secondary students get sufficient sleep each night. It is during this time that
teenage bodies release hormones which play significant roles in brain development and body growth, which in
turn, helps with puberty and also maturity levels. Sleep also has a significant impact on the way the brain
functions on a day-to-day basis, making it harder for us to concentrate if we do not have enough of it. There has
been direct links between the lack of sleep and problems at school with behavior, concentration and
achievement. As a result, a domino effect occurs; we become forgetful, we become irritable and we are prone
to making mistakes. Recent scientific evidence has shown that the correct amount of sleep for teenagers is just
as important for development as healthy eating and exercise. It is recommended that secondary aged students
should be getting between 8.5 10 hours of sleep per night. Please encourage your child to get as much sleep as
they can each night, so they are fully prepared for the following day.
Have a great weekend.
Craig Skinner
Head of Secondary School
craig.skinner@uplands.org
http://blogs.uplands.org/hos/
Follow us on Twitter: @UplandsSecSch
http://uplandsroarsport.webs.com/apps/blog/
Phuket Football
Good luck to our Secondary Football teams travelling to Phuket this weekend for the 13th Annual Phuket Soccer
7s. This is a highlight of our Football Calendar, and if you want to stay up to date with proceedings please use
our Roar Twitter account: @UplandsSport
Or the event Webpage: https://sites.google.com/a/bisphuket.ac.th/football/
National Honours!
We are delighted to report back on the success of Matthew Poon at last
weekends FINA World Cup Swim Meet in Singapore. Swimming in the
50m Breaststroke, and lining up alongside current 50m Freestyle World
Record Holder, Roland Shoeman, he clocked an impressive 30.44 to knock
a whole second off his current P.B. and finish 13th of the 25 entrants. This
is some achievement and I hope it acts as an inspiration to the rest of our
Swim Squads. With hard work and dedication to training great things can
be achieved!
As always, for all fixture/event write ups, photos, calendar and training
information please go to:
www.uplandsroarsport.webs.com
For more immediate Roar Sport updates you can follow us via Twitter at: @UplandsSport
Year 3 students began the week by hosting our Sharing Assembly on Monday. Based around the PYP attitude
commitment they were able to display what can be achieved with effort and responsibility. Well done, Year 3!
This week an inter-house football tournament organised by the Primary House Captains got underway with games
being played during lunch break. Year 6 teams from Crag, Hill and School Houses played against each other, with
Hill House winning both their matches. The tournament will continue next week with teams from Year 5. Good
luck!
It was great to see so many parents at school on Wednesday evening where class teachers shared specific
information about our PYP curriculum at each Year level. The feedback received has been extremely positive,
thank you.
Next Tuesday, Year 1 children will visit the Botanical Gardens as part of their current unit of inquiry, and a visit to
the Spice Gardens is planned for the following week.
Year 6 Langkawi Residential: On Wednesday, 12 November, there will be an information session for all parents
with students in Year 6 about the upcoming residential to Langkawi. This will begin at 2:45pm in E303 (Mr.
Naidoos classroom).
Book Sale: TEK Distribution will have both fiction and non-fiction books on sale in our foyer on Thursday, 13
November and Friday, 14 November. Books will be on sale between 9:30am 4:00pm each day.
Ali Nicholson
Head of Primary
Follow us on Twitter: @UplandsPriSch
O15 Basketball
Tuesday
11 November 2014
Tuesday
11 November 2014
Wednesday
12 November2014
Monday
17 November 2014
Wednesday
17 December 2014
U18 Netball
Thursday
20 November 2014
Friday
21 November 2014
Tuesday
9 December 2014
Tuesday
16 December 2014
Wednesday
17 December 2014
Friday
19 December 2014
Saturday
20 December 2014
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Monday
12 January 2015
Monday
12 January 2015
Term 2 Starts
Tuesday
13 January 2015
Friday
13 February 2015
Saturday
14 February 2015
Sunday
22 February 2015
School re-opens
Monday
23 February 2015
Thursday
2 April 2015
Friday
3 April 2015
Sunday
Term 3 starts
Monday
20 April 2015
Friday
1 May 2015
Friday
19 June 2015
Saturday
20 June 2015
19 April 2015
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