On Wednesday 22nd March, the Year 2 children proudly paraded their Easter Bonnets around for all their families to see. The children thoroughly enjoyed parading in the sunshine and singing loudly for the Easter Bunny!
The local Public Health team has informed us that there has been a recent increase in the number of cases of Measles in Hillingdon. The cases all children aged 1 to 16, and all are unvaccinated.
The current MMR vaccination uptake in Hillingdon is less than 75%, which means that 1 in every 4 children in the borough has not had the two doses of MMR vaccination that provides safe, effective protection against measles. There is variation in uptake across areas of the borough, which means that is some areas a greater number of children have not been vaccinated. This increases the risk of measles transmission in schools.
Measles is a highly infectious respiratory virus that transmits through respiratory droplets from an infected person when they cough and sneeze which is then inhaled by another person. If that person is not fully vaccinated the risk of getting measles is high.
The signs and symptoms of measles to be aware of are:
It is important that if a child is suspected of having measles, they do not attend school. They must telephone their GP or NHS 111. Measles is a notifiable disease which means all cases must be followed up, and contacts identified and given advice on what action they need to take.
For more information contact your GP or an visit the NHS information website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/measles/
Bookings for Hillingdon’s Easter Holiday, Activities and Food (HAF) programme have now opened! Through their programme of free healthy food and fun activities, children and young people can develop new skills, take part in creative and physical activities, learn about food and cooking, and enjoy a nutritious meal each day.
The holiday programme is open to school-aged children from reception to Year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals. They are also able to provide a limited number of discretionary places to vulnerable children that do not meet the Free School Meal criteria, if you would like for a child you are supporting to be considered for a HAF place, please email HAFprogramme@hillingdon.gov.uk with the child's name, date of birth, address and parent contact details.
Activities this Easter include:
Find out more on their website - Easter HAF programme - Hillingdon Council where you can find out more about HAF, check out the Easter programme offer and find booking information.
On Monday 13th March, the children were very excited to receive a special delivery - Ducklings! The ducklings arrived as eggs and the children have been able to see them hatch, grow and develop their own personalities. They learnt about the hatching process, what ducklings do to survive and how to care for them. They were also overjoyed to safely handle and stroke the ducklings, before watching them go for their first swim! The children exclaimed how cute they are and found it funny when they nibbled at our clothes.
On Monday 27th February 2023, representatives from our Pupil Leadership Team journeyed to Hewens College to attend a Trust Pupil / Student Voice Summit. Our pupils in partnership with delegates from other schools / colleges explored the significance of their roles and made sustainable plans geared at improving their scholastic experiences.
On Thursday 2nd March, the children at school spread much joy and excitement as they dressed up to celebrate World Book Day. The children donned their best dress-up costumes of characters from their dress-up costumes of characters from their favourite books, bringing lots of fun and colour into the School. The was array of different characters from so many different books and also from different historical periods. All the children looked fantastic as we are sure you will agree!
In the TFL Safety and Citizenship Project, the children gained the skills to deal with a wide range of emergency situations and also gained understanding on how to contribute to their community through good citizenship. The experience provided children with realistic scenarios and encouraged them to think through the problems and resolve them. Children enjoyed every session and were happy to share their knowledge with both their peers and professionals.
On Friday 24th February, the Year 6 children took part in the STIXX workshop. With the exciting opportunity to create towers solely from recycled newspaper and cable ties, the children adopted innovatory methods to construct a tower stable enough to stand freely with the least amount of newspaper rods. With many creative ideas blossoming, the children succeeded in building multiple stable towers by feeding rolled up newspaper through the STIXX machine, which turned the paper into solid poles! All of the children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the workshop.
To help make World Book Day special – and to encourage reading for the rest of the year too – please download the free World Book Day Family pack which includes tips and tools to help your child develop a reading for pleasure habit, and find the joy in reading!
You can download more fun World Book Day resources here: https://www.worldbookday.com/resources/
On Monday 13th February, children were invited to take part in an English and Mathematics booster morning. They took part in various fun and engaging activities which helped to further support and embed their learning.
The Year 5 mathematics team leaders encouraged and supported their teams to be resilient in solving mathematical problems. Children enjoyed work in the small groups with their leaders.
