Year Six have been doing R.E this afternoon, with a focus on what it means to have commitments. They considered their own commitments and played a game which involved organising different commitments on a diamond. They then created a scroll which stated what their commitments are and why they have them.
Hillside, you are incredible! 💛 So many rays of sunshine have brightened our day today as we’ve said ‘Hello Yellow!’ raising awareness and funds for Young Minds. It has been fantastic to see the self-soothe boxes created in every classroom and to hear your conversations about how important our mental health is 🧠 With every…
This week Reception have been exploring a new art technique, marbling! The children loved choosing particular colours to represent the planets in our solar system. They, then mixed them up before carefully placing their blotting paper on top. We think they look amazing!
We have been looking at Steven Brown’s artwork this week and had a go of painting our own pets in the same style. Nursery have done so well will this, well done!
In RE today, we have been learning about why Jewish people celebrate Pesach. They took part in a ‘conscience alley’ and gave advice to Moses about what decision he should make. They gave very thoughtful and mature responses. Well done!
Year Five are currently in the process of combing their knowledge of the Ancient Greeks to computing. They are designing their own ‘maze’ game using software on Purple Mash. It is fantastic to see the children effectively considering how to develop the difficulty of their game alongside ensuring it is appropriately designed to the Greeks.…
The children have been learning all about micro habits in Science. They investigated two different micro habits before attempting to create their own for a woodlouse. They gathered what they thought would attract the woodlouse before heading back inside, building it and placing a woodlouse into its new home.
After looking at the nutritional data on food packaging, the children collected data on the fat and sugar content. They presented the data collected in bar charts and then drew conclusions from their findings. All of the Science work the children have produced over the past couple of weeks will be used to create a…