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  • Cultural Week in Year 5

    Published 26/01/24
    Year 5 pupils had a wonderful time learning about India during Culture Week. Firstly, we did some map work using atlases to locate India, its cities and places of interest. We learnt a variety of facts and some of the children used this informatio
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  • Cultural Week in Year 4

    Published 26/01/24
    During Cultural Week, Year 4 had a wonderful experience exploring Africa! Thank you to the parents who joined us in sharing insights about Somalia and a traditional dance and captivating drum performance. Year 4 also had the opportunity to learn abou
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  • Cultural Week in Year 6

    Published 26/01/24
    During culture week, year 6 learnt about the Commonwealth. Having had a few topic lessons on the Commonwealth, the children were able to read a story by a Jamaican- British writer in their guided reading lessons. The story deals with themes of racism
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  • Cultural Week in Year 3

    Published 26/01/24
    Year 3 have had a fantastic week celebrating Cultural Week. Our focus was Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates. The children have completed a range of different activities. In art, the children were looking at the intricate designs of t
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  • Banji Alexander (Author) Visit

    Published 23/01/24
    In relation to culture week, we were lucky enough to have Banji Alexander (author and song writer) visit our school. In the weeks leading up to his visit children learnt his song (New King, which he performed on Britain’s Got Talent), learnt ab
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  • Year 6 Bikeability

    Published 19/01/24
    22 children in Year 6 completed their Bikeability training this term. They went out in all weathers to learn how to ride their bike on the road safely. Many children opt to ride their bikes to high school so the course is a great opportunity to
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  • Parental Involvement in promoting STEM at Minet Junior School

    Published 09/01/24
    RE: Parental Involvement in promoting STEM at Minet Junior School Dear Parent/Carer, As a part of our efforts to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), I would like to invite parental speakers to participate in our Science
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  • Christmas Concerts

    Published 19/12/23
    On Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th December the children presented their unique version of the Christmas story to the parents and friends of Minet Junior School. Individual narrators from all classes told each part of the story with meaning and &nb
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  • Year 3 visit to Botwell Church

    Published 14/12/23
    On Thursday, Year 3 visited Botwell Church. The children have been learning about how Christians celebrate Christmas in RE. They really enjoyed being able to look around the church and see the beautiful stain glass windows, statues and Christmas deco
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  • Christmas Jumper Day

    Published 13/12/23
    We wore our Christmas jumpers to school today and had Christmas dinner. It was a very festive day and we thank the kitchen staff for cooking our Christmas dinner for us. We raised £157 for Save the Children.
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  • MAYOR OF LONDON LETTER TO PARENTS

    Published 12/12/23
    MAYOR OF LONDON LETTER TO PARENTS Dear Parent/Carer, As the end of term approaches, I wanted to write to you to let you know how successful our Universal Free School Meals programme has been. I’m pleased to say I’ve now provided more t
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  • Music Tuition

    Published 11/12/23
    Music Tuition Dear Parents Totally RAD are coming to Minet Junior School! RAD believe that whatever the skill level or budget, all children deserve access to exceptional music tuition. Our highly skilled network of profess
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