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Junior Community Road Watch Scheme

On Tuesday 26^th November, Hilldene Primary School became the first school in the whole of Havering to take part in the Junior Community Road Watch Scheme organised by the Metropolitan Police. This scheme gives primary school pupils the opportunity to take part in speed awareness programmes in their local community.

Our 12 pupils, all current Junior Travel Ambassadors (JTAs) in Year 5 or previous JTAs from Year 6, worked alongside Havering’s Road Safety Officer and Metropolitan Police Officers (on Straight Road) to help educate speeding motorists on the importance of road safety.

After any speeding motorists had been identified by the Police, they were initially stopped and spoken to by the officers. Once those officers had decided that the motorist was suitable to speak to the children, they would call over the Road Safety Officer and 2 children to deliver a combined educational road safety message to the driver.

Among the questions asked by the children were:

• Why were you speeding near our school?
• Do you know how many children go to school in this area?
• Are you aware of the consequences of speeding?

All of the speeding motorists (5 stopped in under 20 minutes) that spoke to the JTAs were affected by their questions, several seemed close to tears and one gentleman vowed never to speed again in this area.

Comments from the JTAs after returning to school included – ‘lots more people speed than I thought’ and ‘stick to the speed limit or this could happen to you.’

Hopefully, this is just the first of many Junior Community Road Watch Schemes that takes place in our area and across the whole of Havering.

Year 5 - Science Roadshow

Year 5 were lucky to take part in a science workshop this afternoon. The theme of the workshop was biology and looking at the body.

We learnt about how and why the lungs expand and what to do if you can not find a pulse. We also looked through a microscope at a piece of onion to see what it looks like. We also got to learn how food is digested through the different organs of the body. It was extremely messy!

Year 5 - Art

Year 5 have been studying the artist Peter Thorpe this term. Here are some of our interpretations of his space work.

2A - Counting Coins and Notes

In Year 2, we are learning about money. We have been calculating different amounts of money and comparing totals. The children enjoyed using catalogues to discover what they could buy and how much money they would need. If you have any coins at home, please try and ask your child what the value of each coin is and let them practice making different amounts.