The Year Two French club have enjoyed tasting croissants and pain au chocolats during their final session. Miss Nelson has been very impressed with the language they have picked up and their enthusiasm each week.
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Hedgehogs visit Reception
Reception and Nursery had some very special visitors. Betsy and Jeanie, Two baby hedgehogs from the Baddeley Green Rescue Centre. The children sat beautifully and learnt a lot about what we need to do to protect the hedgehogs. They also discovered lots of interesting facts and what to do if they find a hedgehog out […]
National Online Safety
The online world is posing an ever-increasing risk to children and it is important that schools, parents and carers work together to take an active role in teaching children about online dangers and how to act safely when using the internet. We are therefore delighted to announce that Hillside Primary School have shown our commitment […]
French in Year Three
During their French lessons, the Year Three children have been learning to greet each other, ask and answer questions about how they are feeling, their age and their names. They have also learnt how to count to 10. Fantastique!
Year Six Science in the Woods
Year Six have applied their learning about molluscs, annelids, arachnids and insects by going on the hunt for some of them in the woods. Children took photos of the creatures using iPads. We will sort the pictures into their specific species’ group in class during another lesson.
Year 4 Mosaics
Year 4 have been learning about Roman mosaics and how the pictures and patterns are created using tesserae. They have created their own Roman mosaic designs using squared paper in preparation for their printing and tile work later in the topic.
Story and Rhyme Club
We made our own crazy spiders after listening to two stories about spiders! One story was about Skinny who loved to hide from mum and one was about Spinderella who learned how to count. We loved looking at the pictures today and spotting Skinny and his hiding places as well as counting to 20 with […]
RE Day
As part of our work on RE Day, the whole school have been learning about the Jewish festival of Sukkot and the Christian festival of Harvest. All classes have spent time reflecting on festivals and how people celebrate, the links between beliefs and how important is to us all! 📖
Year One and Two Multi Skills Festival
Thank you to Mr Edwards and the coaches from Excel who came in to school for the multi skills festival with Key Stage One today and our sports leaders who lent a hand. We loved getting active, practising team games and skills and even managed to follow silent instructions! Well done everyone! 🎾
Reception Mystery Reader
Today Mason, in Reception had a lovely surprise, his mum came in to be our Mystery Reader. She brought in the story ‘Dinostars and the planet plundering pirates.’ The children loved this story and thought that Mason’s mum told it beautifully .