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To all in the Uplands Community,
I am writing this message today in Kuala
Lumpur as I attend the Association of
International Malaysian Schools (AIMS)
Principals’ network meeting. AIMS is a
valuable network allowing International
Schools to discuss issues of mutual
interest, share practices and information,
as well as working together to provide
support and development for the students, staff and
schools in the association. Today’s meeting has a very
detailed agenda and includes items such as AIMS Young
Musician of the Year competition, Gifted and Talented
Students, Leadership programmes for Staff, university
entrance, overseas trips, and not surprisingly, the current
air quality ‐ a topic that is on every school’s mind at the
moment. Being part of this association enables us to
ensure that we share and match the best practices
available here in Malaysia.
Next week the Experiential Learning Programme depart
for their six different locations. It will be an exciting week
of adventure challenges. Please read the information
carefully in this newsletter about each trip as well as the
information that will be sent home today with your child.
This will include the contact information with the school
and how we will be communicating the news from each of
the trips during the week.
Have a great weekend.
Yours sincerely,
Matthew Bristow
Principal
Contents Message from the Principal Secondary News Uplands Roar Co‐curricular Activities IB Psychology News Primary School News Mola Designs from Panama Experiential Learning Programme 2015 Keys to ICT Academic Excellence Year 7 Edible Colour Wheels CAS Action Bus Transport UPTA News Upcoming Events
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Progress Reports: Today sees the Secondary Progress Reports being distributed. Reports are addressed to parents and therefore upon arriving home this afternoon, students should hand their parents / guardians a sealed envelope containing these grade sheets. Please note that this is a progress report and only contains attainment and effort grades. Parent Teacher Consultations: There will be no timetabled secondary classes taking place on Tuesday 27 October, as this day has been set-aside for our first Parent Teacher Consultation for this academic year. It is extremely important that all parents attend the day to meet their child’s teachers and to discuss their progress. Each consultation lasts for a maximum of five minutes and all appointments must be pre-arranged by parents, using the new Online System, School Bookings. You will receive more information about this in the coming weeks. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further concerns. Key Stage 3 Information Evening Thank you to those parents and students who attended last night’s Key Stage 3 Information Evening. I was very impressed with the turn out and the involvement of parents asking extremely important questions. The new Key Stage 3 Handbook was distributed and comments were very positive. Thank you to Mr Rose and Ms Easton for organising the evening and also all of the key staff who gave valuable input to the handbook. Experiential Learning Programmes Next week sees all of the secondary students in Year 7-12 head off on their Experiential Learning trips, accompanied by a majority of the academic staff. Mr Bill Mitchell and the Heads of Year have worked extremely hard to organise these trips and I have full confidence in them being a huge success. Can parents please ensure students are dropped off and picked up at the advised times. It is very important that everyone respects each other and punctuality is necessary when dealing with large groups. I will be leading the Year 11 trip to Krabi and therefore will not be in school next week, however there will be three members of the Secondary Management Team on campus; Mr Paul Rose, Mr Bill Mitchell and Mr Andy Cartlidge. Have a great weekend Craig Skinner
Head of Secondary School
craig.skinner@uplands.org
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Primary Curriculum News
A very busy first half term has seen students taking part in a range of activities during curriculum
time; Table Tennis and Touch Rugby at the start of the term, Badminton and Hockey at the
moment. With the half term coming to a close we will be finishing with a week of games based
activities to end the units.
After the break all students from Year 3 to Year 6 will be looking at an 8 week unit of Athletics in
preparation for their Sports Morning on Thursday 17th December. Hopefully with the added
time we are giving this unit this year we will see some significant progress both in terms of
understanding and performance.
Next Monday see’s our first Inter‐House event of the year with the Year 4 to Year 6 Aquathlon.
Can all students from Year 4 to Year 6 please remember to bring PE clothing as well as their usual
Swim Kit. All who remember their kit and take part will score 1 point for their house, with
additional points being awarded for those finishing 1st to 5th Boy and Girls respectively. The
distances involved are:
Year 4 = 100m Swim & 600m Run
Year 5 = 150m Swim & 600m Run
Year 6 = 200m Swim & 800m Run
Roar Sport
Fixtures are coming thick and fast at the moment. It is great to see so many involved representing
the school, and with the busy October/November period now upon us I am sure the work put in
on the practice field will see our squads perform with their usual levels of skill, understanding,
fitness and sportsmanship.
Good luck to our O15 Boys and O15 Girls footballers in action tomorrow in their respective PSAC
Tournaments.
Results
Wed 23rd Sept – PSAC Sec Swim Meet
For full results go to: http://uplandsroarsport.webs.com/uplands‐swim‐squads
Tues 29th Sept – O15 Girls Football ‐ Uplands B 0‐2 Dalat B
Tues 29th Sept – O15 Girls Football ‐ Uplands A 0‐2 Dalat A
Wed 30th Sept – PSAC Sec Swim Meet
For full results go to: http://uplandsroarsport.webs.com/uplands‐swim‐squads
Phuket 7s Football
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Congratulations to the following students for successfully negotiating the very competitive trials
held during CCA sessions over the past 2/3 weeks. Travelling to Phuket from Nov 5th to Nov
8th are:
U18 Boys – Oliver M, Amit, Jackson, Henri, Kengo, Oliver R, James, Elias, Mahon & Ong
U18 Girls – Victoria, Hannah, Marcella, Trisa, Jia Wen, Jasmin, Logan, Karen, Shinta & Vanessa
U13 Boys – Umar, Denis, Tylor, Oliver C, Paul, Carl, Jake, James, Jonah & Daniel
U13 Girls – Laili, Ella R, Saskia, Ella C, Rebekkah, Julieanne, Cassandra & Sophia
For more information regarding our Roar Sports Programme please go to:
www.uplandsroarsport.webs.com
And for the most up to date information regarding things like pick‐up times, late cancellations
please use our Roar Sport Twitter page at: @UplandsSport
Weekend Sports Programme
There are 3 remaining sessions for this term:
Sunday 4th October Sunday 25th October
Saturday 31st October
Dean Metcalfe
Head Faculty PE
Next week with the Secondary out on their Residential Trips we have many CCA Cancellations:
All Secondary CCA’s Cancelled for the whole week
Tuesday Cancellations
2:40‐3:30 Y1/Y2 Mixed Football
2:40‐3:30 Y3+ Sci Fi Club
Wednesday Cancellations
3:30‐5:15 Stand Up Paddle Boarding
2:40‐3:30 TBall
2:40‐3:30 Silver Swim
Friday Cancellations
2:40‐3:30 Touch Rugby
All other CCA’s are running as usual. Many thanks for your continued support of the Uplands
CCA programme.
Dean Metcalfe
Head of Faculty PE
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IB Psychology – Psych News
It has been an exciting and busy first half of the term in Psychology. The Year 13 IB Diploma
students have completed their Internal Assessments whereby they conducted ethical
psychological experiments with the great support of many of the Uplands student body. On
behalf of the Year 13’s we thank you for participating in a variety of memory and sense perception
activities. There will be other opportunities for students to get involved in psychology related
pursuits as the year progresses.
The Year 12 IB students have just begun their journey into the world of Psychology. Their current
focus is on the biological level of analysis that is used to investigate human behaviour. They have
explored the workings of the human brain and nervous system and have just learnt about how
hormones impact behaviour. Be it oxytocin influencing love, trust and generosity or the
importance of listening to your body when melatonin flushes the body at night to indicate that it
is time to go bed. These chemicals play a big part in who we are and how we function.
To learn the parts of the human brain the students made their own playdoh and constructed
models of this amazing organ. Below is an example of how the ‘boys’ interpreted the task.
In the discipline of Psychology students try to unpack many of the mysteries of human behaviour
and dispel some of its myths through investigating phenomena using the scientific method. Stay
tuned to the newsletter for more ‘Psych News’ next term.
Mr D.G. Peake Teacher of Psychology
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The photos included in this week’s newsletter reflect another eventful week throughout
Primary. To finish the week, today Year 6 were Batik‐making in Teluk Bahang and Year 5
children were presenting their summative assessments to complete this unit of inquiry. Today I
also met with the Class Parents Reps as we begin planning for the Primary Halloween Party
now that October is here.
Congratulations to Ms Sielina and husband Andriy. Their baby boy arrived on September 25 at
2:57pm, weighing 3.415 kg. While Ms Sielina is on leave, we welcome back Mrs. Debbie
Howard.
Next week most Secondary students and many Secondary staff will be off campus for their
Experiential Learning trips. The campus will be less crowded but no less noisy as we utilize the
extra space available.
We hope you can join us on Monday for our Primary Sharing Assembly hosted by Year 4,
beginning promptly at 2:00pm in the Mesra area.
Mathletics and Reading Eggs: We have registered Primary children to use “Reading Eggs” and
“Mathletics” for this academic year. All students should have, or will very soon, receive user
names and passwords to access the sites. Reading Eggs and Mathletics are online reading and
maths programmes that children can use at school and at home.
Students in Year 6s have had a successful start with their Mathletics, achieving: Top Class in
Asia for 2 days, 9th in the world, Daisy Top Student in Asia, Angel 4th, Mike 8th, Ritsuko 9th,
Toshiki 10th in Asia. Well done!
Future Events
Monday, 5th October – Sharing Assembly hosted by Year 4 – 2:00pm – Mesra Area
10th ‐ 18th October – School Closed – Half‐term break
Thursday, 29th October – Primary Halloween Party – 5:00‐7:30pm
Friday, 30th October – Reception–Year 3 – “The Way Back Home” performance, PPAC, Straits
Quay (am)
Friday, 13th November – Year 5/6 Production – Penangpac Theatre, Straits Quay
Tuesday, 24th November – An Introduction to the IB PYP – for parents new to Uplands
Primary – 7:00pm
Wednesday, 16th December – Whole School Christmas Concert – 6:30pm
Have a pleasant weekend.
Alison Nicholson
Head of Primary
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In Art this week, the students in Yr. 5 researched ʺMola Designs from Panamaʺ as part of their
Unit of Inquiry on different cultures. The designs were made using oil pastels and dyes.
Natalia Rose
Primary Art
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Experiential Learning Programme ‐ Behavioural Expectations
As we approach one week to go before departure the Heads of Year are continuing preparation
and sharing information with students. One such message is about behavioural expectations.
Uplands expects students to uphold, ʺRespect for Self. Respect for Others.ʺ As we will be outside
the school environment, students must listen closely and follow through on directions from
support staff and the supervising teachers. If a student endangers themselves or others we will
be contacting the parents to arrange transportation for your child back home, domestically or
internationally. Safety is the essential ingredient here and it must be ensured for the individual
and the group.
Bill Mitchell
Head of Pastoral
Experiential Learning – Communication
As mentioned at the Parent Information Evenings we are requesting that students increase their
time spent away from electronic devices and engaged with their peers. The Trip Leaders will be
sending updates on each trip and Mr. Bristow and I will update the Uplands School Facebook
page to keep you posted. https://www.facebook.com/uplands.school
For emergency purposes only, Mr. Bristow or I will be available at 012 975 3911 when school is
not in session for the day.
Bill Mitchell
Head of Pastoral
Year 7 ELP trip reminders:
Last Monday, I gave all students a copy of the itinerary and a more detailed packing list which
details what students need for each activity. This is to assist with packing.
We will be leaving school by bus on Monday 5th October at 9 am. Students should come to
school at the normal time of 8am in order to register and to get onto the bus on time. Please leave
all large baggage at the bottom of F‐Block so that students are not hauling their bags around.
We will be returning to school on Friday 9th October by approximately 2:30pm. Please collect
your child at that time from the school premises.
Students should have a bag with all their clothes/equipment for the trip and a day pack that has
their camera, book, snacks and water bottle for the bus trip down to Ipoh.
I will be ringing the school each day for updates, and to inform the school of our arrival and
departure. Communication to and from the sites will be centralized at Uplands where you will
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find updates on our Facebook page, and in an emergency, please contact me through Mr.
Mitchell, Head of Pastoral or Mr. Bristow, Principal.
Anna Martinez
Hear of Year 7
FINAL REMINDERS FOR YR 9 RESIDENTIAL TO PERHENTIAN ISLANDS
CLOTHING – Board shorts and modest clothing for girls please, board shorts and t shirts to swim
in, trainers advised for the hike. Old clothes to paint in.
TOILETRIES – Sun cream, mosquito repellant, water bottle are essentials.
EXTRAS – Remember journal and pencils to fill it in, camera if you wish, please bring an empty
2 litre water bottle (find out why when you get there). All packed in soft travel bag not a big
suitcase.
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION –
∙ If you are found with a phone or electrical device you will have it confiscated for the duration
of the trip.
∙ Bring up to 100rm for snack purchases whilst you are there plus lunch on the Friday which
you will need to provide for yourself when we stop for lunch at a rest stop.
MONDAY ‐ ARRIVE at school no later than 5.50am
FRIDAY – ARRIVE back at school no later than 4.30pm
Make sure someone is able to drop you off and pick you up.
FINAL REMINDERS FOR YR 8 RESIDENTIAL TO TAMAN NEGARA, MERAPOH
CLOTHING – Bring 2 sets of shoes, one set will get wet in cave. Bring clothes to hike in; you will
get wet and muddy.
TOILETRIES – Sun cream, sun hat, mosquito repellant, water bottle are essentials. Plus a towel
and a bag of washing stuff (toiletry bag) you can easily carry to and from the toilet block.
EXTRAS – Remember journal and pencils to fill it in, camera if you wish, torch for use after dark.
Bring a small pillow. All packed in soft travel bag not a big suitcase.
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION –
∙ If you are found with a phone or electrical device you will have it confiscated for the duration
of the trip.
∙ Bring up to 100rm for snack purchases whilst you are there plus lunch on the Friday which
you will need to provide for yourself when we stop for lunch at a rest stop.
∙ Label your sleeping bag and ground mat with your name to make it easy to identify from the
other 100 that will be on the coaches.
MONDAY ‐ ARRIVE at school no later than 7.15am
FRIDAY – ARRIVE back at school no later than 4.00pm
Make sure someone is able to drop you off and pick you up.
Lynsey Collis
Head of Years 8 & 9
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Study in advance: keys to ICT academic excellence.
I am a Year 10 student and have completed all the Years 10 IGCSE ICT work. I am
currently doing Year 11 assignments. In addition to those achievements, Mr Liao
also gave me the opportunity to participate in the International Scratch
Programming Competition. It was a delightful and worthwhile experience that
enabled us to explore our skills and challenge ourselves.
I think that the keys to academic excellence, for me, are independent learning and
hard work.
My ICT teacher, Mr Liao, once told me “It’s important to self‐teach yourself
course content in advance and it will help you to study the topics at least one week before your teacher
teaches it in class.”
ICT has impacted me greatly and I enjoy the subject. Besides practising the I.T skills in my own time, I
think that finding the actual subject fun really helps me in the area of I.T as enjoying it motivates me. I
feel that my effort and productivity will help me achieve my goal to become a programmer in the
future.
By Ervin Teoh, Year 10S
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Year 7 Edible Colour Wheels
This week, Year 7 have been learning about the colour wheel and learning about how to mix
secondary and tertiary colours. Instead of mixing with paints, we have been using icing sugar,
food colouring and biscuits. I think that they had a great time eating the final products!!
Anna Martinez
Head of Year 7/Art Teacher
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Do Something Society leaders Kyling Saw, Vanessa Gehrig and Eashan Sharma invited Esther
and the children from Crystal Family Home here to Uplands for a visit last Friday after school.
Crystal Home is the DSS’s chosen charity this year, and the leaders wanted DSS members to
meet the children they will be supporting both practically and by fundraising throughout the
year.
Crystal Family Home, a non‐profit, voluntary, welfare organisation, was established in 2009 by
Esther and her husband Barnabas to help children who need a home. The children come from
difficult family backgrounds such as abuse, neglect, very poor, dysfunctional, or being raised
by grandparents who are no longer able. Esther and Barnabas provide residential care and a
family atmosphere for these children in their house in Air Itam. They currently have 15
children staying with them. Theirs is not a big house.
DSS members have already planned several events throughout the year – this afternoon’s DSS
Football Tournament and November’s DSS Relay Marathon being two of them, to raise funds to
help the home. When they asked Esther what they could do to directly support the children,
she wondered if they could provide weekly English sessions for the younger children whose
confidence in speaking and reading English is low. Not ones to hang about, plans are already
afoot to respond to this suggestion and sessions will begin shortly after half term!
Mel Cartlidge
CAS Coordinator
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Greetings from Bus Transport!
We wish to update a revised bus departure schedule. Also included are the details of personnel in‐charge
for bus transport & CCA for enquiries.
In order to operate the bus transport efficiently, we need your help to brief your children on the following:
1. To be early at the bus waiting area (Block F) after finishing school. The siren will be called 5
minutes before the buses depart. Buses will leave on time as scheduled and will not wait for late
students.
2. To follow the bus rules, refer to the school website www.uplands.org (services transport)
3. If a student wishes to exit at another designated drop off point they shall require a prior written
permission/or via email from their parent/guardian, and submit to the Bus Transport Coordinator
bustransport@uplands.org
Thank you.
BUS DEPARTURE TIME
1 Last Class Dismissal (p.m.) MON TUES WED THUR FRI
Primary 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:40 2:00
Secondary 3:20 2:40 3:20 3:20 2:40
2 Last CCA Dismissal (p.m.)
Primary 3:30 5:30 5:15 4:30 3:45
Secondary 5:30 5:30 5:30 5:30 4:30
Bus/Van Departing time (p.m.) Bus Marshall
BUS : Rec, Yr 1 & Yr 2 Students Letchemy ‐ ‐ 12:00 ‐ ‐
Bus A Letchemy 3:35 2:55 3:35 3:35 2:55
Bus B George 3:35 2:55 3:35 3:35 2:55
Bus C Adnan 3:35 2:55 3:35 3:35 2:55
Bus D Anba 2:55 3:55 2:55 2:55 2:15
Bus E Param 3:35 3:55 5:00 5:00 4:00
Bus Straits Quay Salwa 3:35 2:55 3:35 3:35 2:55
CCA Bus: Round 1 4:45 5:40 5:00 5:00 5:00
CCA Bus: Round 2 (Late Bus) ‐ ‐ 5:40 5:40 ‐
Bus Transport personnel in‐charge:
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Name Tel / Ext. email
8819777
Ratha Ramasamy, Operations Executive 202 bustransport@uplands.org
Tan Swee Guat, Head of Administration 228 sweeguat.tan@uplands.org
CCA Coordinator in‐charge:
Name Ext email
Dean Metcalfe, Head of PE 302 dean.metcalfe@uplands.org
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UPLANDS PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (UPTA) NEWSLETTER
Our next social gathering is now confirmed for a PIZZA EVENING at the Golden Sands on TUESDAY the
6th OCTOBER 6.00‐8.00PM. This is more of a social event compared to our Coffee mornings, children
are also welcomed. Please, if possible, RSVP to pizza@upta.my
Please find below the list of Clubs and Contacts if you would like to participate:
Monday Football 8‐9pm on the Astro Turf @UPLANDS‐ football@upta.my
Monday Titans Netball League 6‐9pm in the Sports Hall @UPLANDS‐
dean.metcalfe@uplands.org
Monday Softball 4.30‐5.30pm on the Astro Turf @UPLANDS‐ david.peake@uplands.org
Tuesday Ultimate Frisbee 5.30‐6.30pm on the Astro Turf @UPLANDS‐ frisbee@upta.my
Wednesday Basketball 7pm‐9pm in the Sports Hall @UPLANDS‐ philip.chao@uplands.org
Wednesday Badminton 5.40pm‐7.00pm in the Sport Hall @UPLANDS‐ badminton@upta.my
Thursday Volleyball 4.30pm‐5.30pm in the Sports Hall @UPLANDS‐ andre.double@uplands.org
Thursday ART & CRAFT 8.30am‐11.30am in School Canteen @UPLANDS‐ craft@upta.my
(will be focused on Origami this week) Friday Touch Rugby 3.00pm‐4.00pm on the Astro Turf @UPLANDS‐ andre.double@uplands.org
Saturday Morning Cycling Club, meet outside UPLANDS school @9.00am‐ cycle@upta.my
If you are interested in any SOCIAL or SPORTING activity for UPTA to support or set up please email:
activities@upta.my
Regarding our UPTA COMMUNITY PRIVILEGE PROGAMME, you can find our up‐to‐date list of partners
and their corresponding discounts on our UPTA FACEBOOK Page (accessed through the Uplands FB
page), which all are invited to like please .
Volunteers Required:
Secondary School Disco 23rd October‐ Please can you provide finger foods for the Children which
UPTA is happy to finance?
Translation services‐ Possibly for newsletters and parents evening to help other parents. All
languages requested, but most popular required are specifically Mandarin, Korean, and Japanese
please.
Please email volunteers@upta.my if you can help with any of the above.
If you are interested in the UPTA, it’s Committee, what we do and ANY general help about life in PENANG
please email committee@upta.my
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O15 PSAC Boys Football Tournament @ Uplands Saturday 3rd October 2015
O15 PSAC Girls Football Tournament @ POWIIS Saturday 3rd October 2015
Sharing Assembly hosted by Year 4 – 2:00pm – Mesra Area Monday, 5th October 2015
Year 4 to Year 6 Inter‐House Aquathlon (during swim
classes) Monday 5th October 2015
U9/U8 Football vs SCIPS & Tenby Monday 5th October 2015
U11 Boys Football vs Straits Tuesday 6th October 2015
Primary Swim Meet vs SCIPS Wednesday 7th October 2015
Mid Term Break – School closed at 2.40 pm Friday 9 October 2015
Boarding House closes at 12.00 noon Saturday 10 October 2015
Boarding House re‐opens at 2.30 pm Sunday 18 October 2015
School re‐opens at 8.00 am Monday 19 October 2015
U14 & U16 Netball @ Straits Monday 19th October 2015
U15 Boys Basketball vs POWIIS Wednesday 21st October 2015
U15 Girls Basketball @ POWIIS Wednesday 21st October 2015
U14 Netball vs Straits Thursday 22nd October 2015
O15 ‘B’ Boys Football vs POWIIS Thursday 22nd October 2015
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ISKL Swim Meet (U14 to U6) Saturday 24th October 2015
Primary Halloween Party – 5:00‐7:30pm Thursday 29 October 2015
Reception – Year 3 – “The Way Back Home”
performance, PPAC, Straits Quay (am) Friday, 30th October 2015
Deepavali – School Closed Tuesday 10 November 2015
U15 FOBISIA Games – Dulwich College Suzhou Thursday 12 to Saturday 14
November 2015
Year 5/6 Production – PenangPAC Theatre, Straits Quay Friday 13 November 2015
An Introduction to the IB PYP – for parents new to
Uplands Primary – 7:00pm Tuesday 24th November
Whole School Christmas Concert – 6:30pm Wednesday 16th December
Term 1 ends at 12.00 noon Friday 18 December 2015
Boarding House closes at 12.00 noon Saturday 19 December 2015
Orientation Day for all new students – morning Monday 11 January 2016
Boarding House re‐opens at 2.30 pm Monday 11 January 2016
Term 2 starts for all students – 8.00 am Tuesday 12 Jasnuary 2016
FOR FULL INFORMATION PLEASE SEE SCHOOL CALENDAR
http://online.uplands.org/calendar/SitePages/Home.aspx
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