Well done to all our Attendance Winners for the Spring term so far. Children who achieved 100% attendance this half term received a bronze certificate and were entered into the half termly attendance raffle for a chance to win a very special attendance prize. If they keep this excellent attendance up next half term and attend school every day for the whole of the Spring term, they will receive a silver attendance certificate. #goforsilver

Our Year 1 pupils enjoyed visiting each class, who was a country of the United Kingdom. We completed an exciting activity for each country. 

Year 2 enjoyed a taekwondo taster session from a local coach. The children practiced different types of kicks and learnt how to train for taekwondo lessons.

Thank you to Young Mindfulness, who ran some special sessions for our Year 1 pupils for Children's Mental Health Week! We enjoyed taking part in making mood strings, breathing exercising and team building games with the parachute. 

Thank you to Father Wheeler who visited our Year 1 children on 'Ideas of God' for RE Day!

Today is Safer Internet Day and this year's theme is "Together for a better internet." To mark Safer Internet Day and to help you keep your children as safe as possible when using the internet, we have put together a guide about online safety for you. Please click here to access.

We hope you find it useful.

In the month of February, Hillingdon Community Dental Service are taking part in 'Fizz Free February' which aims to encourage everyone to think about reducing the number of fizzy drinks they are drinking and giving them up.

Some facts:

• Drinking fizzy drinks can lead to tooth decay and other health conditions.
• Hillingdon has 28.2% of 5-Year-old children with decayed, missing or filled teeth which is above the England average.
• More 5-9-year-old children are hospitalised due to tooth decay than for any other reason.
• Some fizzy drinks can contain as much as 20 teaspoons of sugar!!!
   

They are holding an event at Botwell Green Library for parents/carers and children on Wednesday 7th February (information in flyer below) with a display and a presentation.

Also attached is a poster with help finding an NHS Dentist and our oral health website which contains lots of useful information about keeping teeth healthy. 

Fizz Free Feb flyer

Find an NHS dentist

This week, Reception children took part in a Yoga Workshop. The children used breathing techniques to relax their bodies and begin their yoga session calmly. They also learnt different poses that stretch their muscles and develop their balancing skills.