On Thursday, Year Two’s afternoon was disrupted by a letter that came all the way from Zambia! The children there are having problems with the Enormous Crocodile and have asked Year Two to design, make and evaluate a shelter to help keep them safe. Year two were glad to help and set to work investigating […]
Author Archive: Paula Dawson
Super Science in Year Three
This week Year Three have been investigating how water is transported in plants. We left white flowers in water, added some food colouring and observed what happened next. Take a look at our colourful flowers now!
Autumn in Reception
Reception have been investigating what happens at Autumn time. They have explored a range of activities including a treasure hunt, leaf man collages after the story ‘Leafman’ and developed their fine motor skills through hole punching leaves.
Nursery and Reception Applications for September 2021
Reception Class Nursery Class For details of how to apply for a place at Hillside please click on the following link: https://www.stoke.gov.uk/info/20033/school_admissions
Headteacher Awards – Friday 20th November 2020
Congratulations to the children who received a Headteacher’s Award today. You have all displayed our school values and impressed your class teacher – well done! You are all superstars. 🌟
United Against Bullying!
Well done to everyone at Hillside for standing United Against Bullying! It has been wonderful to see so many jazzy pairs of socks 🧦 and for the children to be able to talk about how we are all different, unique and special and that this is to be celebrated! Thank you as always for your […]
The Great Roman Bake Off in Year Four
Year Four have excelled as bakers today when making their Roman bread rolls. They used a range of equipment, including knives and graters, to prepare their ingredients before kneading their dough and shaping their rolls. This afternoon was then spent creating a persuasive advert for their bread roll and finally evaluating their finished product, which […]
Times Tables Rock Stars Competition Year 4
We want to say a HUGE congratulations to our Year 4 children. They have worked tirelessly over the past week, practising their times table online and competing against schools from the across the city. The children have not only scored well on the leader board but learned so many new times tables in the process. Out of […]
Diwali celebrations
Reception have been learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali this week. They have participated in lots of exciting activities that have helped them to remember what happens at Diwali time. They loved acting out the story of Rama and Sita in the woods. Ask them to tell you all about it. They have also […]