Congratulations to the children who received  a Headteachers award this week. These children displayed a range of our school values and should be very proud of themselves. We’ll done!

Today, it was the turn of these Y3 children to visit the Emma Bridgewater factory.  They enjoyed a personal tour around the factory, seeing the whole process from clay to beautifully presented pottery pieces. Next, they took part in a poetry workshop led by Matt Windle: the poet with a punch. He was super cool, and wowed us […]

These Y5 children attended an exciting event at Emma Bridgewater this morning.  They got to listen to an interesting and inspirational talk by the multi-award-winning, bestselling writer and illustrator: Lauren Child. She is the current children’s laureate and spoke about her many characters, settings, her inspirations for writing and her latest book ‘Hubert Horatio: How […]

Year 5 had a great start to their book club on Wednesday. The children are reading the Skellig by David Almond and are completely hooked after the first three chapters. The children made use of the bus that was recently delivered and enjoyed having their discussions in a different learning environment.    

Well done to all the children who achieved the Reading Rocket during the last half term. We celebrated their success in assembly this afternoon. They all received a small treat and will be awarded with extra playtime tomorrow also. Reception were busy enjoying themselves on an educational visit and will receive their treat tomorrow instead. […]

Reception have had a wonderful day at Imagine That in Liverpool. We have been scientists, vets, shop assistants, pizza makers and a whole lot more in the role play area. We have also loved decorating our very own fridge magnets, making our own strawberry bath bombs and finally making gooey slime! We’ve had a fantastic […]

Abi Little has been in to Year 6 today to co-deliver three lessons alongside Mr Frost. Important topics such as transition to high school, decision making, peer pressure, drugs and alcohol.

Wow! What a successful World Environment Day we had yesterday at Hillside. The children looked amazing in their greens and blues and fully embraced the day. Each class looked at a different issue, ranging from pollution and single-use plastic to recycling and protecting animals. They produced some excellent work and had many great ideas. It […]

You may have noticed that we have taken delivery of a bus during half term and have sited it on the KS2 playground. We are already planning how we are going to use it and are excited about using it for group work and interventions and maybe using it as a reading space during playtimes. The bus […]

The Year 4 children had a fantastic time at Coombes Valley. They enjoyed completing a tree survey, minibeast hunt, river study and river dipping. The children have learnt lots to support their learning of rivers in class.