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• Attendance Winners and Easter Egg Hunt Attendance Challenge

  Fri 04 Apr 2025

  Well done to our Bronze and Silver certificate winners. Bronze certificates were handed out to children who achieved 100% attendance this half term and children with 100% attendance for the whole of the term were given Silver certificates. Their names were entered into a raffle and one lucky winner was drawn from each year group who received a very special attendance prize. There were lots of winners who have not missed out on any school and learning this term.  

   

  This week we also had the Easter Egg Hunt Challenge. Children who came to school every day this week got to take part in the Easter Egg Hunt around the school. Before the hunt, they made baskets to collect their eggs in. They had great fun!

  

• Hillingdon Celebrates 60 Years

  Mon 31 Mar 2025

  This year marks the 60th anniversary of Hillingdon becoming a London borough. The council has organised a series of family-friendly activities across our heritage sites and libraries so everyone can celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. Find out more here.

   

• Year 1 Animal Handling Experience

  Fri 28 Mar 2025

  As part of their Science unit, our Year 1 children were visited by Laura from Animals UK. She brought along some of her friends, including Kiwi the snake. We learnt about the animal group they belong to and their diets!

  

• Year 1 Cricket Taster sessions

  Tue 25 Mar 2025

  Today we were visited by a former pupil who studied at Minet Infants in 1961. He taught the children basic skills for understanding cricket. After some short instructions and health and safety talks, children played the game. They learnt about batting, fielding and teamwork. What a great match!

  

• Road safety sessions for Year 2

  Tue 25 Mar 2025

  To mark the start of Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel, we had a visit from Wizard Theatre who talked about ways we could travel to school. We also looked at how to travel safely. We talked about why it was so important to travel in a healthy way and talked about how we can do this. We discussed what the traffic signals mean and why it is always important to cross at a zebra crossing with a lollypop person. We had such a fun session with lots of laughs. We even enjoyed meeting the 2 lovely puppets you see in the photos. 

  

• Hillingdon's Easter Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2025

  Tue 25 Mar 2025

  Hillingdon's Easter Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme, which is for children in receipt of benefits-related free school meals, will run from Monday 7 April to Friday 18 April.   Click here for further details and to book the activities available.

• Year 2's visit to St Paul's Cathedral and the Monument

  Fri 14 Mar 2025

  This week, the Year 2 children had an exciting visit to The Monument and St. Paul’s Cathedral, bringing their learning about the Great Fire of London to life. They got to see The Monument up close and stood near Pudding Lane, where the fire started. At St. Paul’s Cathedral, they explored its grand design and learned how it was rebuilt after the disaster. Through stories, discussions, and hands-on activities, the children deepened their understanding of this historic event and its impact on London. All children had an amazing time!

  

• Reception's Tiger Tea Party

  Thu 13 Mar 2025

  What a special afternoon the Reception children had today! We were thrilled to see so many parents/ carers joining us for our Tiger Tea Party. The children were delighted to share this wonderful experience with everyone. The tables were filled with delicious treats, and everyone enjoyed a wonderful selection of biscuits and sandwiches, making the event fun and memorable.

  

• World Book Day

  Wed 12 Mar 2025

  Last Friday we celebrated World Book Day at Minet Infant & Nursery. It was a day filled with books and stories and wonderful costumes, with children dressing as their favourite character from a story.

   

  Parents/carers for all children were invited in to share a story with their child at drop off, after which there was a day jam-packed with activities.
   

  Nursery children were treated to stories from a range of different adults through the school, whilst Reception children went on a fascinating animal story hunt thanks to Freshwater Theatre. Year 1 and Year 2 were visited by Ruth Quayle, a famous author, who ran an engaging workshop for them and stayed behind to sign books. Year 1 and Year 2 also had a story carousel, where they heard four different stories and completed four different activities linked to these.

  All in all, it was a wonderful day that encouraged reading for pleasure across the school!

   

  

• Road Safety Workshops

  Wed 12 Mar 2025

  This morning, the children in Reception had the opportunity to learn about Road Safety with the Hillingdon Stars team! The children listened carefully and joined in to make sure they understood how to cross the road safely, at traffic lights or a zebra crossing. They even learnt a fun song to help them remember the four important safety steps: Stop, Look, Listen, and Hold Hands.