As you may already be aware Hillside Primary School will be used for the forthcoming General Election on Thursday 12th December. This enforced closure is completely out of our control and will mean that the school will be shut for pupils. Events and activities that were planned for this day have needed to be rearranged.…
In the coming weeks, the children of Hillside have been invited to take part in an exciting project. More details will follow. This is a plea, however for pine cones. If you or any friends/ family have any pine cones spare please could they be brought into school for us to use. Thank you in…
Year One have been learning and reciting their own poetry! They have created rhyming verses about the different seasons and then performed as a class verses about Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. They were confident performers and their science and geography learning shone through! Well done! 🍂
This afternoon the children have been developing their sketching skills. They learnt about creating dark and light lines with a pencil. They used these skills when drawing a picture of a frog.
The eSafety Leaders have been checking out Interlands which is a website containing online safety games. They have really enjoyed and learnt about being kind online and not believing everything they see online.
Year Six have arrived at Blist’s Hill Victorian village. The class have been split into three groups and have so far visited the bank, pharmacy and grocers. Many have already expressed their excitement at the chippy lunch they will be having later.
The whole school had a wonderful first day back yesterday due to their inspirational visit from the poet, Matt Windle. Matt led a whole school assembly that showed his talents of creating poetry from random words the children gave to him. Throughout the day, Matt focused on the poetry genre of each class (Y2-Y6) and…
Year One started their topic on ‘Toys’ today by bringing in their own toys from home to play with and write about! They loved sharing their toys, talking about the materials they were made from, how old they were and why they liked them! What an interesting selection we had too – wooden dominoes, scary…
We used ‘Sparks in the Sky’, an ebook to inspire our firework pictures! We used handprints to paint a bonfire then adding whizzing and whooshing fireworks to the picture! We also talked about staying safe and taking care around fires and fireworks! Super work! 🎆
A big thank you to Mason’s mum who was our Mystery Reader. Mason was so excited to see his mum and that she had brought in one of his favourite dinosaur stories.