Year 3 have been investigating friction today. Children created a board for their rubber duck to skate down the ramp on. They were aiming to create the least amount of friction in order for it to travel the quickest. Round 1 results are in but tomorrow they will get the chance to modify their board. […]
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Bananagram Championships
In assembly today, Mrs Wainwright delivered an assembly on Bananagrams. At Hillside we are holding our own Bananagram Championships in school for years 3, 4, 5 and 6. Bananagrams is an addictive word game wherein lettered tiles are used to spell words- like Scrabble but without the board. The children will begin by battling against each […]
WW2 learning in Year 5
Mr Gray is helping Year 5 with their learning about WW2. He is providing us with a talk about his own experiences of living through the war. He has a wealth of resources both from, and about the war and is explaining what life was like for a child during this time. The children are […]
Mini-me Yoga
This afternoon Year 4 have been enjoying their first Mini-me yoga session. They have practicing yoga poses and exploring breathing techniques. Ask your child to show you their favourite pose – popular ones include the giraffe pose, the boat pose and giggle breath. Lots of fun!
Fantastic Learning in Nursery!
This week we have read the story ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’, throughout the week the children have been role-playing a green grocers using real vegetables, exploring the cut up vegetables, sorting vegetables by their initial sounds and creating vegetable plots with different construction materials. We also used the vegetables to do some lovely colourful printing – we […]
Safer Internet Day 2019
Safer Internet Day 2019 (Tuesday 5th February) is only a few weeks away and teachers in school are busy making preparations. As part of this they have been speaking with children about the games and applications they use. Here are a series of parent guides produced by National Online Safety around the most common games and apps […]
Congratulations to our latest ‘Better Reader’
She has completed the Better Reading Partnership, spending the last ten weeks working with Mrs Green to improve her reading pace, fluency and comprehension skills and has worked hard with her parents at home. Well done for making great progress!
Go Wild!
Yesterday was an amazing afternoon. Children took part in a ‘sit spot’. They find somewhere in the woods to sit…under a tree…or on a log.They listen to the sounds, feel & draw. They can draw a picture, write a poem or a story. It’s up to them. One of the children created a poem she […]
Good Work Awards – Friday 25th January 2019
Congratulations to the children who have been recognised for their excellent work last week and shared it in celebration assembly this morning. Keep it up!
Headteacher Awards – Friday 25th January 2019
Well done to the children who have been recognised for displaying one of our school values and were awarded with a Headteacher’s certificate in celebration assembly this morning.