Foster Care Fortnight 2022 

Foster Care Fortnight (9th to 22nd May) is a national campaign which raises awareness and understanding about fostering and the positive influence it can have on young people's lives. The campaign hopes to build support for fostering, challenge stigma surrounding children in foster care and encourage more people to come forward to foster.  

Hillingdon Council's fostering team is looking for people who can provide different types of fostering and is encouraging people to consider fostering or raise awareness among family and friends.  

People from all backgrounds can foster, the minimum age is 25, and a spare bedroom is needed for any child fostered over the age of 2. We support and guide you in the fostering role and you receive a generous allowance, among other benefits.  

Want to find out more about fostering? 

Attend our virtual event on Microsoft teams:  

Tuesday 17 May, 2 - 3pm  

See link below for registration details:  

Fostering information event (virtual) - Discover Hillingdon  

'Drop in' sessions are being held at the following ASDA supermarkets & no booking needed:  

• Monday 16 May, 10 am to 4pm, ASDA South Ruislip, Old Dairy Lane, HA4 9FY  
• Friday 20 May, 10 am to 4pm, ASDA South Ruislip  

If you think you could foster, please call the Fostering team on 0800 783 1298,  email fosteringrecruitment@hillingdon.gov.uk or visit www.hillingdon.gov.uk/fostering  

Fostering 2021 6pp A5 Leaflet Final (PDF) [3MB]

A big thank you to all the parents/carers who attend our Phonics drop-in session today to learn more about how we teach the children to read using the Read, Write, Inc. scheme.

We have received some great feedback, not just from parents/carers, but also from the staff and children, who were excited to share their learning with you.

Click the link below to access April's newsletter:

Newsletter - April 2022

From September 2022, Minet Nursery School will be offering 30 hours provision. All children from the age of three are entitled to 15 hours per week in Nursery but some children may be entitled to attend the Nursery on the full time basis (30 hours per week) for free. To see if you are entitled for the 30 hours provision, please check your eligibility on GOV.UK. If you are eligible, you will receive an 11-digit code which you must give to the school. Once the school has received this code and the admissions process has been completed, you child will be able to start our Nursery when the 30 hours is available from September 2022. 

If your child is not entitled to free 30 hours provision but you would like them to attend for 30 hours per week, you can top up their hours for a fee of £6.00 per hour with the first 15 hours being free of charge. 

Part-time places will also still be available for children attending the Nursery for 15 hours per week in a morning or afternoon session.

Please contact the school for further information or to sign up your child to our Nursery on a full time or part time basis by emailing:

admissions@minetinfants.org.uk 

What an amazing turn turnout we had for our Year 1 Eid Performance! Thank you to all the parents and careers who attended the assembly. It was lovely being able to have you back in school for in person assemblies. The Year 1 children performed wonderfully and did an amazing job. Well done everyone!

Changes to school opening times from September 2022

Dear parents/carers,

                  After consulting with parents/ carers, the new opening times for Reception and Key Stage One have been finalised for September 2022. The new school opening times will be 8.40am to 3.10pm with an 8.30am soft start. Please note this will begin in September when children will return from the Summer holidays on Monday 5^th September 2022. All children will be expected to be in class by 8.40am each morning and children arriving after this time will be recorded as ‘late.’ Gates will open each morning at 8.30am and children will be able to come into class from 8.30am each morning as part of soft start. In the meantime, the school opening hours will remain 9.00am – 3.00pm with an 8.40am soft start.

The new opening hours have been agreed by the governing body and will ensure the school is in line with new government opening hours requirements. 

Please feel free to contact the school if you have any questions. 

Term dates for 2022-2023 can be found by clicking the link below. 

Please note inset days are subject to change. 

https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/minet-nursery-and-infant-school/UploadedDocument/f9fb5cf6-ad13-48db-adc9-fd2c7ebcd839/term-dates-22-23.pdf 

The Year 2 children really enjoyed a writing workshop on Wednesday 27th April that was held at Yeading Infant School. The author Alan Durant delivered three sessions based on creative writing. The children used different physical resources to create stories based on characters and settings. They workshopped different ideas and worked really well together. They really enjoyed meeting and working with the author.

Please find below a list of key dates for parents/ carers for the Summer term.

Please note dates may be subject to change and other events may be added. Further information about each event will be sent out to parent/ carers closer to the time.

Please contact the school if you have any questions.