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• Hillingdon Summer Activity Programme

  Wed 21 Jun 2023

  The Hillingdon Summer Activity Programme will run from Monday 24th July to Friday 25th August and will include a range of fun sessions including creative arts, sports and games. Bookings for the sessions open on 26th June. Click the link below for further information and to view eligibility criteria.

   

  Summer Activity Programme - Hillingdon Council

• John McDonnell MP visits Minet Infants

  Fri 16 Jun 2023

  For World Environment Day, after reading Greta and the Giants and being inspired by her message 'No one is too small to make a difference,' the Year 2 children wrote to Rt Hon Mr John McDonnell MP (the MP for Hayes and Harlington). They wrote persuasive letters expressing their worries about Climate Change. Imagine how honoured we were to have Mr McDonnell respond by saying he would like to visit the school and listen to some of the letters the children had written!

  

• World Environment Day

  Wed 14 Jun 2023

  For our RRSA themed day we learnt about World Environment Day and Article 29 of the UNCRC which is: Your education should help you protect the environment and respect other people. We started the day with a KS1 assembly and Reception had very special visitors where they learnt all about bees! Throughout the day children learnt about how special Mother Earth is and the various actions we can take to protect it such as not polluting the seas and oceans and looking after animals and the habitats they live in. Children also learnt about the causes of air pollution and how to reduce it, climate change, deforestation and found out about Greta Thunberg and how she is changing the viewpoints of others. The children are becoming Global Citizens and learning how their actions play a wider part in the world.

  

• Family Friday: Writing (Year 1)

  Mon 12 Jun 2023

  We welcomed our Year 1 families in to see how we teach writing to the children.

   

  Before the children write, they engage in a lot of rehearsing and retelling of their carefully chosen book. This term, Year 1 will be rewriting 'Beegu', a story about an alien that lands on our planet and yearns to return home.
  
  Thank you to the parents/carers who attended and we look forward to inviting other year groups over the coming weeks.

  

• Life Education

  Tue 06 Jun 2023

  The children in Year 1 were visited the Coram Life Education  to take part in the, 'My Wonderful Body' learning activity. They learnt about the different parts of the body, where different organs are and what they do and also how to eat a balanced diet. They even got to stroke Harold the giraffe! 

  

• Newsletter - Summer 1

  Fri 26 May 2023

  Click here to access the Summer 1 newsletter.

• Year 2 OPAL Playday

  Fri 19 May 2023

  It was the year 2 parents/carers OPAL playday today and both children and adults had the opportunity to visit different zones and participate in a range of fun activities.  

   

  How you can help the school to improve play for the children!

  We ask every parent to bring in 1 item for play to the school to help build our collection of loose parts for the OPAL Primary Programme.

   

  Here are some examples of loose parts that parents/carers could bring in:

  • Large cardboard boxes
  • Old car or bike tyres (washed)
  • Large empty spools (used for wire, chain, rope, etc)
  • Large buckets and containers

  • Wood scraps
  • Old kitchen utensils, baskets, pots, and pans
  • Tarps
  • Fabric scraps (the bigger the better!)
  • Milk crates
  • Crutches
  • Nets
  • Old wagons, and buggies

  • Thick rope
  • Plastic pipes, tubes, or hoses

   

  Thank you, parents/carers, for attending the playday and for your support.

  

• Year 1 Visit to Botwell Library

  Fri 19 May 2023

  Year 1 visited Botwell Green Library this week. The children enjoyed learning about how a library works and all the different activities that they offer. Please do complete the membership forms, that children have brought home, if you do not have a membership card.

  

• Coronation Picnic and Crowns

  Fri 12 May 2023

  To mark the Coronation of King Charles III we had our own special celebrations. Today the children came dressed in red, white and blue and made food to eat.   In the afternoon after a special coronation lesson which explained what a coronation is and what the main features of the coronation are, the children had a coronation picnic in class with their parents. 

  

• Year 1 Parents/carer OPAL Playday

  Fri 12 May 2023

  A huge thank you to all the Year 1 parent/carers that came into school today for OPAL Playday. The children and parent/carers thoroughly enjoyed their playtime and it was wonderful to see all the children engrossed in play.  OPAL has been a brilliant project for Minet Infants school and the children have regularly commented on how much fun playtime is, but we have also seen them develop their social skills, co-operation skills and imagination – two of key learning skills.