Y5 visit to Westport Lake

Year 5 enjoyed their visit to Westport Lake yesterday. During the morning, we identified trees using an identification chart then used our maths skills to measure them, when finding out their age. After lunch, we worked in teams using natural resources to produce some fantastic artwork in the style of Andy Goldsworthy.  

Amazing Hillside Readers

As a staff, we would like to congratulate our wonderful children. We are all extremely proud of the reading ethos we have in school and there is a great excitement in school over reading and recommending books to each other. This has again been reflected in our Reading Rocket numbers. The total number of children…

Year 4 Multi-Faith Trail

What an enlightening day Year 4 had today on their Multi- Faith Trail. The children visited a Jewish Synagogue, City Centre Mosque and the Kingdom Hall in Fenton, in order to develop their knowledge of different religions. They had talks from the leaders in each of these places and were allowed to explore the special…

Growth Mindset Assembly

Hillside have been kick started back into the new term with a visit from inspirational world champion, Great British kickboxer, Ellie Harbinson. Each class will be taking part in a fitness and growth mindset workshop throughout the day and will be doing activities during lunch time.

Reading Rocket

Our first Reading Rocket for the summer term begins today, Monday 29th April and will run for the next four weeks, ending on Sunday 26th May. We hope the children will be encouraged to read five times per week and develop the habit of reading widely and often. We would like to take this opportunity to thank…