Year Three nutritionists
In Science this week, we focused on vocabulary and learnt the nutrients that living things need to grow, be strong and be healthy. From there, we also learnt where we can find these key parts and their roles.
Year Four musicians
The children have thoroughly enjoyed their music lesson with Mr Hall this week, learning to play the ukelele. We saw super teamwork as the children were sharing their skills to support each other to succeed!
Seasonal Change in Year One
Year One have begun their learning about seasonal change this week, ordering months of the year, naming the seasons and talking about what happens and what we might wear in each season. We’ll be heading in to the woods to explore further and to spot signs of Autumn! 🍂
Bible Stories in Year Two
In RE, the children retold the story of Matthew the Tax Collector. They realised that Jesus showed friendship and this was important for everyone.
Greek Chronology in Year Five
Within their history lessons, Year Five are focusing on the curious ancient Greeks. This week, our focus was on chronology as we thought carefully about the formation of timelines. Carefully, we considered how changes in time can be demonstrated through space on a timeline. Here is our timeline which we assembled using our bodies.
Jesus calms the storm in Reception
This week we had a visit from someone very special, Tessa, the puppet from our local church. Tessa is a Christian and she brought her special book, the Bible to share with us. Tessa read the story of Jesus calming the storm, whilst the children acted it out. It was such a special visit and…
Place value in in Year Two
Over the last two weeks, Year Two have been learning about tens and ones in maths. They have used a range of manipulatives to help them partition numbers into tens and ones but also flexibly. Super work!
Forces in Year Five
This week in our science learning we have been measuring forces using Newton metres. We looked closely at the different scales and implemented our number line knowledge effectively to read them with accuracy. As the lesson progressed, we looked closely at the different between mass and weight. We understand that our mass never changes whereas…
Year Four Drama
Year Four have been exploring their English text ‘Alfie’s Roman Adventure’ through drama. They wrote questions for Alfie, the main character, then interviewed him about the events int he story so far! Fantastic drama work.
Welcome to our New Nursery Children
This week our new nursery children have started their journey at Hillside. They have been busy making friends, getting used to the school routines and enjoying exploring our fantastic resources and areas. We have had a brilliant week and are very impressed with how well the children have settled!