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Year 3 Brilliant Britain

Wed 29 Mar 2023

Year 3 have been learning about Brilliant Britain during the Spring term. We went on a field trip to our local area where we visited the Grand Union Canal. We learnt how to design and make a moving vehicle in DT and created London Buses. To celebrate, we had a Kings and Queens day where the children dressed up as Royals. In English we read the story 'The Happy Prince' and here is one of the children dressed up as the main character during our Kings and Queens day.

Ramadan

Tue 28 Mar 2023

During the month of Ramadan, Minet Junior School were visited by an Imam from our local mosque. The children were taught what happens during Ramadan and related fasting to other religions, speaking about the difficulties and challenges that those who are fasting may face.

Hillingdon Holiday Activities and Food Programme

Tue 28 Mar 2023

Hillingdon Council HAF programme (Holiday Activities and Food Programme) is open to school-aged children (reception to year 11) who receive benefits-related free school meals. This year, HAF activity sessions will be running during Easter, summer and winter school holidays.

Please click the link below to see more information on how to book a place.

https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/haf-easter

Red Nose Day

Fri 17 Mar 2023

On Friday 17th March, we celebrated Red Nose Day. The children had the opportunity to come to school wearing red and donated £1 to Comic Relief. As a school we have currently raised £245.

Y6 Junior Citizen

Wed 15 Mar 2023

On Wednesday 15th March 2023 the children in Year 6 travelled to Brunel University to take part in 'Junior Citizen': an event run by the borough to teach life skills.

The children made their way around 8 different workshops:

NHS - the dangers of drugs and how they can be found in household items and misused
Road Safety - the importance of knowing how and where to cross the road as well as safety within the car, such as wearing a seatbelt
Bike Safety - the children were shown road signs and learnt parts of a bike
TFL - Shown how to use buses and trains, where to stand and who to look for if they need help
RNLI - Water safety in and around Hillingdon including the types of water in the area
Fire Department - taught what to do in a fire: stay low, scream FIRE and don't return to the building
Knife crime - the police spoke to the children about gangs and knife crime in the area
Cyber safety - the children watched an interactive video showing the importance of only adding people they know on social media

The children had a great morning and came away more prepared for life after Minet Junior School.

Year 5 Visit the Living Rainforest at Kew Gardens

Fri 10 Mar 2023

Year 5 pupils have been learning about the importance of Rainforests for the sustainability of Earth.

Last Week, they were very excited to visit the Royal Botanical Kew Gardens in Richmond where they experienced the sights, sounds and smells of a lush tropical rainforest environment. The children particularly enjoyed the educational tour given by Kew Garden’s staff in the ‘Palm House’, which is a living laboratory dedicated to the Earth’s tropical regions. The children had a chance to glimpse the magic of the rainforest and discussed its importance along with the part they can play to ensure its sustainability.

The children immersed themselves in the foliage of chestnut, beech and oak trees of different species. They observed the complex ecosystem of the trees' uppermost branches (The Emergent layer), along with a world teeming with birds, insects, lichen and fungi. 

In addition, the children were very excited as they jumped, climbed, slid and swung their way through the Children's Garden where they even saw a 200-year-old oak tree.

Everyone had a thoroughly interesting and enjoyable day!

Adisa (The Verbaliser)

Thu 09 Mar 2023

Following World Book Day on the 2nd of March, Adisa (The Verbaliser), a poet, visited our school. He did an hour long performance for all children, which had them engaged and participating throughout. They listened intently to the performances of his poems such as 'Fat Bucks' and 'Just like the sun' and had to fill in the missing rhyming words. The children LOVED watching him perform. Some children from each year group then had the opportunity to attend a workshop with him where they created their own poems about things they were passionate about.

World Book Day

Thu 02 Mar 2023

On Thursday 2nd March the children came to school dressed as a book character. They also brought their favourite book or a book that meant something to them in to school to discuss with their peers. We held an assembly so the children could see each other’s costumes and the best costume in each class completed a catwalk across the stage and received a book.