Good Work Awards – Friday 16th March 2018
Congratulations to the pupils who were recognised for their excellent work last week. Keep it up!
Headteacher Awards – Friday 16th March 2018
Well done to the pupils who were awarded last week for displaying our school values.
Hillside‘s first Science Workshop Day – a huge success!
We hope that your child/children have come home full of excitement and information from our first ever science workshop day. It has been a huge success. The buzz of excitement around the school was fantastic. Thank you to all the staff for their preparation for today. Thank you also to each and every child for…
Squishy circuits
In the Year 4 classroom today, children had the opportunity to investigate ‘squishy circuits’. The younger children were challenged to light a bulb using a battery pack and playdoh, whereas the older children were challenged to think about electrical conductors and insulators and how we can make and break circuits. They were also surprised to…
Drops on a coin
Hillside’s Science ambassadors did an excellent job today, running an exciting activity, where the children were challenged to fit as many droplets of water as they could onto a 2p coin. They were very surprised at the results, it’s a lot more than you would ever imagine! Thanks to all of the science ambassadors for…
Super Science
In the Reception classroom today, the children have been designing and making their own tin foil boats. The challenge was to discover which design would hold the most cubes before sinking. The winning amount was well over 100!
Paper Aeroplanes
In year 5, children had the opportunity to make paper aeroplanes and learn about forces. There were lots of brilliant planes that flew very well!
Go Wild Forest School
Go Wild Forest School spent the day helping the children use a Ferro Rod (flint & steel) to light cotton wool! We talked about the 3 elements of a fire (oxygen-heat-fuel). The safety of fire. All the children managed to light the cotton wool. Lots of fun in the woods today!
Ants and Spiders
The children are using an app on the iPads to bring pictures of ants and spiders to life.
Sweetie Science
What a delicious, teaser of a science activity! Children have had the opportunity to make skittle rainbows, marshmallow houses for the three little pigs and solve allsorts of problems with liquorice! The children were fab at resisting temptation and not eating their experiments! 🐷