Three weeks ago, I wrote a little story to help the kids in my class come to terms with school shutdown. Since then, it’s been read by thousands of families all around the world. Now, I’ve teamed up with incredible illustrator, Rebecca Sampson, to create this marvellous free storybook! Parsley Mimblewood is a home-schooled kid…
Thanks to the children attending Hillside over the last few days, the school is beginning to undergo a small transformation. In preparation for VE Day, there is Union Flag bunting hung up in the corridors, spitfire mobiles dotted around the school and a big VE Day banner in the main foyer. Keep your eye out…
Do we have any budding engineers out there? If you like hands on, creative activities then Whizz, Pop, Bang magazine are running a competition to build a structure using loo rolls or other tubes. There are prizes for the winning structures! Interested? Follow the link below for more details: https://www.whizzpopbang.com/blog/the-whizz-pop-bang-loo-roll-engineering-challenge/
The NHS Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (mpft) are aware of our plans for a thank you video to mark International Nurse Day and are interested in putting it on their website. They have suggested that some pictures show nurses in cars, in recognition of the community and district nurses and the work that they do.…
Here is the first science challenge enquiry from Miss McCann. Hopefully, you will find it interesting and will be able to involve other members of the family, including children of different ages. There are ideas to extend it further or to simplify it for the younger children. There will be another posted each week, to…