Miss McCann has returned from her training at the STEM centre in York, totally inspired to trial the amazing ideas she has experienced. This afternoon, Year 5 have been making careful observations, using a range of scientific equipment to ask and answer questions about mixing substances.
Excel sports leaders have been in to work with some Year 4, 5 and 6 children. They have enjoyed trying out a range of new sports including new age kurling, goal ball, sitting volleyball and Boccia. The children demonstrated good team work and listened carefully to the rules.
Yesterday, the Year 4 children enjoyed a wild and windy day in Liverpool. Despite the ferry being cancelled, they still enjoyed exploring the Museum of Liverpool and learning more about Liverpool’s history.
What an enlightening day Hillside pupils have had at the annual RE conference. They have explored big questions in life, worked with children from other schools and religions and created a fantastic piece of artwork depicting our world and the range of different religions in it.
A big well done to the Hillside Dance Crew for a fantastic performance at the Victoria Hall last night. Their interpretation of a Brazilian carnival dance was truly amazing!
What a day we’re having! We’ve had an amazing day learning all about our topic of Africa. We’ve met lots of wonderful animals such as giraffes, zebras and even a python! While we had our dinner, we met a sea lion and a seal which was fantastic! The children have behaved impeccably, and have been…
Congratulations to Miss Hewitt who has just announced that she is expecting her second baby. We are very excited for her and her family- Ollie will be a fantastic big brother. Miss Hewitt will be with us until the end of the academic year.
Year One have been finding out how to code on laptops today! Coding is giving commands to make things move. They created a fishy picture with real fish that swam left and right and some even managed to make a crab slide across! Excellent effort Year One!
Mrs Schonau led a whole-school assembly this morning on the theme of Resilience. She shared a story of a swallow called Savannah who makes the arduous journey from Africa to Scotland to have her young. This takes lots of bravery, effort, determination and bouncebackability after setbacks. Ask your child to tell you about Resilience – and about Mariska the…
