As part of British Science Week, Nursery have been learning about the importance of washing our hands to get rid of the nasty germs. We talked about how important it is to use soap when washing our hands and then used pepper (as the germs) and investigated what happened when we don’t use soap and…
Reception have had a very exciting return to school. On Monday, we started a new story, the Gingerbread Man. As part of our activities, we investigated what would happen if the Gingerbread man fell into a variety of different liquids. We experimented with water, coke, vinegar and oil. Straight away, the Gingerbread man in the…
It has been lovely to welcome back Year Two this week. They have quickly settled back into our routines and are already producing some cracking work! This week, the children took part in an investigation as part of British Science Week. They have been learning about materials and have been introduced to the words opaque,…
It’s been one month since Safer Internet Day. Thank you to all those children who sent in a Be SMART poster or created one in school. It’s great to see so many children at Hillside know how to stay safe when using the internet.
During Monday’s lesson Year Six’s discussed variables which change within a fair test. We discussed how we could create a fair test, and investigated the effectiveness of how animals use different beaks when hunting for food. Children used different pieces of equipment to represent the beaks: sharp tweezers for the sharp beak of eagles; flat…
Dear Parents and Carers, We have been approached by a few concerned parents about safety measures which aren’t being adhered to this week and activity which is making social distancing difficult to adhere to. We have been asked to remind all of the following: All persons on site are asked to wear a face covering…
How to get a rapid lateral flow test There are different ways to get a test for pupils, students and staff of schools and colleges, and members of their households, childcare and support bubbles in England who do not have symptoms of coronavirus. Members of households, childcare or support bubbles of pupils, students and staff…
Welcome back to Year One who have amazed us with their smiles, super effort and energy since returning to school! As part of our learning during British Science Week, we have ventured outside to spot signs of seasonal change and have continued to observe patterns over time. We found daisies, daffodils, curled up leaves and…
It was brilliant to welcome all the children back into school today. It was lovely to see so many smiling faces on the playground this morning and around the school building during the day. We hope that parents have enjoyed seeing the children back into school and that the children have had a good first…
On World Book Day, Year Four were very fortunate to be able to ‘meet’ Dr Lynne Bianchi, the author of Smart Pickings book, for a question and answer session. Lynne told us all about her early life, how she trained to be a primary teacher and how she now works at Manchester University, working to…