Year One have been practising their singing the last few weeks, working on tune, recognising musical songs and singing in harmony as a group 🎶 They have talked about what a chorus is during phonics (as they’ve learned that ch sometimes says c) and have now created their own class choir – they’re getting very…
In celebration of the World Cup, Reception have been finding out about several countries: Senegal, Ghana, France and Uruguay. We found these countries on the world map then discovered that the Eiffel Tower is in France, French is spoken in Senegal, cacao beans come form Ghana and Uruguay is in South America. We can’t wait…
Year Four had a fantastic day immersed in everything Roman. They created shields, played Roman numeral bingo, carried out some Roman food tasting and learned about formations. They all looked fantastic in their costumes!
Year two have been working hard in art. They have been learning about the artist Martin Bulinya. As part f their learning, they used their observational drawing skills to copy African patterns. They eventually produced brilliant final pieces and took part in an art exhibition where children commented on their pieces of art.
This week, Reception have had a fantastic time learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali. After reading the story of Rama and Sita, the children acted it out as well as making play dough diva lamps, Diwali cards and lots of rangoli patterns. We also did some Diwali yoga and Indian dancing before writing out…
Working in the style of William Morris, a Victorian designer, children have experimented with press prints and monoprints. They have analysed their prints and considered their likes and dislikes about the prints.
Thank you to all who took part in the England Rocks TTRS competition this week. Hillside finished 373rd out of 3,894 schools. This is a fantastic achievement and puts us in the top 10% in the country! A special well done to Year Five, who scored 2072 points on average per pupil; this is an…
Last week, the children were playing a game in PE that focussed on recognising body parts. The children did a fantastic job identifying their own arms, legs, head, knees and then enjoying a little competition with their partner of winning the cone! Great work Nursery.
In PSHE, we have been learning about a balanced diet and how we need to eat a variety of foods to stay healthy. 🍎 We talked about what we had eaten during the day and considered which part of the food pyramid each food fit in to. 🥪 Lots of our sandwiches and the meals…
This week the children enjoyed a trip to Rio de Janerio. They had their passports and boarding passes ready and listened carefully to the inflight safety video. During their trip, they enjoyed making and tasting Pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese bread), creating carnival masks, learning some Samba moves and were invited to Rio carnival. …