On Wednesday 5th July 2023, Nursery children took part in their first every Sports Day! They all had a fantastic time doing each activity and parents/carers joined in too. Reception Sports Day was on the morning of 6th July 2023 and each class enjoyed the activities, showing off their skills. KS1 children enjoyed their Sports Day in the afternoon of 6th July. They all showed resilience, determination and were competing for trophies. Thank you to all parent/carers who supported their children. Let's find out the winners next week...

The children at Minet Infant and Nursery took action during Sports Week 2023! Our goal was to stay active for 60 minutes per day and the children made fantastic efforts. The week began with a visit from athlete Rechmial Miller who did a workshop with KS1 children. Each playtime, they took part in challenges and completed the fitness challenge at home. Well done to all children, let's keep up the fitness!

Our Year 1 pupils were welcomed by the Hindu community at the Jalaram Mandir, in Greenford, as part of our RE studies. It was very interesting and informative. Thank you!

The children in Year 1 walked to Minet Country Park to investigate park usage. We all went at different times of the day and found that the park is the busiest between 11 and 12pm. We found that people like the open space and is good for dog walkers (who still visit, no matter what the weather!) People think that there are not enough bins and feel that the grass is not cut regularly. Park users also want to see water in the lake!

It was a lovely visit and children even got to have a go using the play equipment!

On Thursday 22nd June 2023, all of our Key Stage 1 children took part in 'Beep Beep Day.' The day was kindly put on by Higgins construction who are completing the Avondale Drive estate redevelopment and focused on developing children's road safety awareness particularly around construction traffic. The children had a workshop and then had the opportunity to sit inside the cab of a Higgins truck. It was a very informative and enjoyable day for the children. Thank you very much to Higgins for organising for us! 

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

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!

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.

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.