As part of our Science Day experiments there have been eruptions in the Year Three classroom! We’ve used vinegar and bicarbonate of soda to create our own volcanoes and have learned how magma pushes through the Earth’s crust and becomes lava! Why not try the experiment at home – make sure you keep the windows […]

Mrs Wainwright is creating lava lamps with the children today as part of their exciting science day. At this station the children are using vegetable oil, water, food colouring and alka-seltzer tablets to create a retro lava lamp. Ask your children if they visited this activity and hopefully they’ll be able to tell you the […]

Here we can see the children getting ready to launch the rocket mouse.

We have had a fantastic day at the farm today. The children have been exceptionally well behaved and have loved seeing all of the different animals. We were lucky to see and stroke a beautiful lamb that was only 12 days old and we were very brave and fed some goats, cows and deer!

Year 2 spent the morning celebrating Holi. We tasted a variety of Indian food such as onion bhajis, poppadoms, naan bread and dips. We then made our own samosas! They were delicious!

Greg Boughey from KMAC came back to present Hillside with the Nicola Murrells trophy for raising  £470.10 for cancer. There was also a prize draw for 2x £20 Sports Direct vouchers which were won by Riley in Nursery and Isabella in Year 6.

We have had a busy, fun-filled day at the NEC Big Bang Science Fair. Here we are enjoying a snack before we head home.

Here we are busting our best moves in the terrific scientific silent disco. We have had dinner, visited the Big Bang shop and are excited for our afternoon exploring.

We have safely arrived at the NEC and are excited to explore all the stands throughout the day. Here we are competing in a robotics challenge.

Our year 5 police cadets were working hard this afternoon. They thought about online bullying and how to stay safe.