Mystery Reader Reception

A big thank you to Grace’s mum and her little sister May who came in to be our mystery readers. Grace’s mum read ‘Hansel and Gretel’ which Grace says is her favourite book. The children listened so attentively and were able to recall the story at the end and even rated the story a 10/10! […]

Old games in Year One

As part of their History learning, Year One have been thinking about old and new games. They thought about their favourite games and we talked about how their grandparents may not have had a Switch to play on – as they are perhaps older than the inventor as well as not having the materials or […]

Year One’s Mystery Reader

Thank you to Archie’s Mummy who came in to school to read to us today! We loved hearing the story about Lift Off and all of the animals flying in to space and we all wanted to tell you our favourite part of the book! Thank you! 🚀

Books for Schools- Tokens appeal

Hillside Primary are collecting the tokens that will be printed in the Sun newspaper. If you have any spare please donate them the school who will be very much appreciative of them. The books will be great additions to their reading library. Thank you.    

Year One and Two at the Cinema

Year One and Two have arrived at the cinema and are very excited about the screening of ‘Luis and the Aliens’ which is about to start! They all have snacks and drinks and are comfy in their seats 💺 This will help them to explore their feelings when they meet people who are different to […]

Reception Forest School

Reception have been learning about Bonfire Night this week. They have been busy making junk model fireworks, creating a firework poem, making chocolate sparklers, and today they re-enacted the story of Guy Fawkes. We also built a bonfire in the woods and then sang a bonfire song.  What a busy week!    

Reading Rocket

The Reading Rocket for this half term began on Monday 4th November and will run for the next seven weeks, ending on Sunday 22nd December. We hope the children will be encouraged to read five times per week and develop the habit of reading widely and often. We would like to take this opportunity to […]

Book Club: Year Six

The new Year Six Book Club started today and the children are reading The Nowhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie. There are some familiar faces who have returned to the club but also some new members. The children have had a wonderful first session looking at the front cover, blurb and discussing the first four chapters. […]

School Closure – General Election

As you may already be aware Hillside Primary School will be used for the forthcoming General Election on Thursday 12th December. This enforced closure is completely out of our control and will mean that the school will be shut for pupils. Events and activities that were planned for this day have needed to be rearranged. […]

Exciting Project

In the coming weeks, the children of Hillside have been invited to take part in an exciting project. More details will follow. This is a plea, however for pine cones. If you or any friends/ family have any pine cones spare please could they be brought into school for us to use. Thank you in […]