End of Autumn Term Wednesday 20th December

1.30pm

Spring Term Wednesday 3rd January 2018

Doors open at 8.40!

Half term Monday 12th—-Friday 16th

February

End of Spring Term Thursday 29th March

At 1.30pm

Value of the Month

M inet Infant Choir sings again!

The Choir have been really busy this term with rehearsing and performing their Christmas

carols. They worked fantastically as a team to sing beautifully to the residents at Triscott House and to the public at Sainsburys. The children really put a smile on everyone’s faces and definitely spread the Christmas cheer to all that listened. Thank you to all of the residents at Triscott House for being such a lovely, welcoming audience! Another big thank you to friends and family for supporting and encouraging our Choir at Sainsburys! We hope to see you all again soon, in the New Year.

Christmas Performances

Our Year 2 children put on an excellent performance for us last week! They took us on a beautiful adventure to show us how the Children of the World celebrate Christmas. The Year 2 children demonstrated many entertaining talents; from acting, singing and dancing. The children’s voices were incredible and it was clear that they were dedicated to delivering a great show. Their

costumes looked fantastic and it was noticeable from the smiles on their faces that every child enjoyed taking part.

On Friday 15th December, Reception welcomed their family and friends to watch their wonderful performance of ‘Christmas Counts’. Every child tried their best throughout this half term, whether they were acting, dancing or singing and together performed fantastically on the day.

Minet Infant News December 2017

Our Rights Respecting News - Human Rights Day 2017

As part of our learning about Children’s Rights, we took part in Human Rights Day on

Thursday 7th December.

Article 42: You have the right to know your rights! Adults

should know about these rights and help you learn about

them, too.

The morning started with an assembly, which the Ambassadors helped to deliver and then children in their own classrooms learnt about Rights and why they are important. Some children in Year 2 wrote and sang their own Rights songs and in Year 1 they made colourful posters. In Reception the children considered the difference between a right and a want.

What a wonderful time we all had at our annual

Winter Fayre. Thank you to everyone who got involved and we hope you had as much fun as we did!

A special thank you goes to our raffle prize sponsors;

Wilko, Botwell Leisure Centre and Airport Bowl

Thank you so much for supporting your local school– the gifts were very much appreciated!

This half term as part of our Religious Education curriculum all Year One children visited our local

Church, St Anselm’s. The children met the Church

Vicar, Father Geoffrey, who is also our school

governor.

Father Geoffrey showed the children around the

church pointing out the key features of the building

and read them the Christmas story.

Our children, as always, represented our school

positively. Father Geoffrey sent the school an email

after the visit and he had this to say, “Their behaviour

was a credit to themselves and the school.”

KS1 and Reception had an exciting start to the Christmas season with a performance of The Selfish Giant by Image Theatre Company. First, the children were taught the songs and actions by Dimitri, Joe and Rose, and then after a short break, watched the show. It was lots of fun and everyone enjoyed singing the songs and taking part in a real theatre production.

The Selfish Giant