Year 1 enjoyed their visit from Freshwater Theatre, exploring the life and times of Neil Armstrong; recreating the events of his journey and launching into space in Apollo 11.

For #WorldEnvironmentDay, 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 a persuasive letter about Climate Change to Rt Hon Mr John McDonnell MP for Hayes and Harlington.

We were honoured to have Mr McDonnell visit the school last week and hear some of the letters the children wrote.

What better way for children to enjoy their right to:
#Article 12-You have the right to give your opinion, and for adults to listen and take it seriously.
 

On Thursday 20th June 2024 all children and staff at Minet Infant and Nursery School took part in a Music Appreciation Day.  

The day was filled with a variety of activities such as making of musical instruments, learning about British musicians, creating their own music and performing for parents/ carers. Year One and Two children also took part in music lessons and experienced making music using junk in a percussion workshop. 

It was a day filled with the sound of music and here are some of the responses by the children about the day: 

“I like that we all made shakers using pasta, chickpea and rice.” (Reception child) 

“I liked it when the mums and dads came in and we were singing to them.” (Reception child) 

“I really enjoyed the drumming session this morning. We learnt different beats and came up with some of our own.” (Year One child) 

“My favourite activity was drawing how Benjamin Britten’s music made me feel.” (Year One child) 

“I enjoyed creating our own music on the iPad as what I created sounded familiar.” (Year Two child) 

“I enjoyed that we had 3 music lessons and learning about a composer named Gustov Holst .” (Year Two child) 

Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended our Eid Performance. The children did ever so well. They learnt their lines, sang songs beautifully and had lovely actions to go with them. Well done everyone!

Do you have a young child going to 'big' school for the first time in September?

So, what is school readiness? Well, we see it as a measure of how prepared a child is to succeed in school, cognitively, socially and emotionally. This allows teachers to focus on developing skills and stops young children playing 'catch up,' so they can develop their love for school and parents/ carers can be confident that their child is coping well with the transition. Sadly, the last statistical data shows that in Hillingdon 1 in 2 children are 'school ready' compared to Lewisham where about 3 in 4 children are school ready. And the pandemic will not have improved this situation.

So, Learn Hillingdon are offering all parents/ carers of young children, who are about to go to school for the first time a free course:

CHO1057 - School Readiness (online course)

Starts 25^th June 2024 7pm to 9pm - 4 weeks

All parents/ carers need to do is enrol online using the link Course List Course List | ontrack: Learner Hub (tribal-ebs.com) just click on the blue ENROL button.

Once enrolled, parents/ carers will be sent, via email, all the information they need to attend including the link to the online class.

Children at Minet have been celebrating Soccer Aid this week by doing the daily challenges in the playground and dressing up in their Sports Clothing to raise money for UNICEF. Their goal celebrations were very creative, and the children were very competitive across the week. Thank you to all parents and carers for making a big effort!

Thank you to our Year 1 parents and carers who attended the Year 1 Maths Family Friday, we hope you found it beneficial.