Year Four have been busy bakers this morning in the Roman Bakery. They have each made bread using a variety of Roman ingredients from their original design. We are going to be evaluating them during the afternoon, and bringing a sample home to taste.
We had a lovely first assembly of 2020 this morning rewarding the children who achieved 100% Attendance for the Autumn Term. 75 children received a certificate and were congratulated by parents, families, children and staff of Hillside. A great achievement – well done! Ethan (Y5) was the lucky person to have his name pulled out…
Reception, Year 1 and a Year 2 have been lucky enough to receive a visit from James and Mike from Great Grounds! They are arborists who shared a range of safety equipment before demonstrating some extremely noisy chainsaws! The children loved watching the wood chipper, despite the wayward sawdust that was created! They were then…
Nursery’s baby clinic is open for business! The children have been having lots of fun this week weighing, measuring and assessing their babies! To open our role play we had a visit from Miss Hewitt and Layla-Jae! The children sorted items that a baby would need and gave their reasons why they would or wouldn’t…
Nursery have enjoyed bathing the babies today, they had lots of bubbles in the bath!! We are enjoying our new role play, Hillside baby clinic! This afternoon we did bubble printing, to see who could blow the biggest bubble!! 🌬️
Well done to all the children who achieved the Reading Rocket last term. It was a very busy time of the year but many of our children showed continued dedication to reading and all the staff are extremely proud of their efforts. The children have all received a small treat and will be treated to…
Year One have begun learning about the Great Fire of London! In Maths they completed times tables flame challenges using dot to dots, in History they’ve been finding facts and in English, telling the story of ‘Toby’ a character who lived during the fire. They’re also using their Geography skills to locate the United Kingdom…
Reception had a fantastic time on Rock Star day. They used their maths skills to work out a number of problems throughout the day before having a ‘Rock off’ to some of their favourite rock songs.
What a fantastic first day back! The children have enjoyed being Rock Stars and taking part in maths related activities. The children have all worked extremely hard and the teachers found it difficult to award certificates. Well done to those who have been awarded a certificate, and well done to all children for showing determination…
In maths, Year Six have been sifting through censuses from the Victorian age and using the information on them to answer questions related to mean (average). Children enjoyed the cross-curricular skills required for the lesson and enjoyed finding out about people from the past whilst learning important mathematical skills.