Music in Year Four
During their recent music lesson, the children were writing and playing a rhythm using different pitches on the ukuleles.
Science Week in Reception
This week, we have been conducting a scientific enquiry to find out what would happen when we put a paper towel into two different colours of water. We had blue and yellow, red and blue and red and yellow. The children came up with lots of fantastic ideas, which were recorded on post-it’s. We observed…
Help For Heroes!
WOW! Just look at all of our Hillside Heroes! We have such a range in school today: superheroes, doctors, vets, armed forces, teachers and mums and dads are just a few of our fab costumes! Thank you all so much for supporting Help For Heroes, we hope to have raised lots of money (and if…
Access All Arts Day
On Thursday, Hillside children participated in lots of different arts workshop as part of ‘Access All Arts’ week. The children were able to learn from experts such as opera singers, musicians, actors, illustrators and photographers who helped them to gain new skills in the arts. We were blown away by the children’s engagement and how…
Jubilee Art Exhibition at Milton Church
Thank you to those who were able to attend Milton Church during Friday’s jubilee celebrations. For those unable to attend, here are a few snaps of the Hillside artwork on display.
Dinosaur bone investigations in Reception
This week we have been talking about famous landmarks in London and in particular, the National History Museum. Some of the children knew that there was a large dinosaur skeleton on display there. This led on to us reading the story ‘Stone Girl, Bone Girl’, which is a story about a little girl called Mary…
Year Six lead the Queen’s Coronation at Milton Church in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee
Year Six were fantastic on Wednesday as they lead a re-enactment of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. We had our very own crucifers, choir, people of religion, verger, archbishop, flag bearers, lady-in-waiting, prince, acolytes and, of course, the queen herself. Children sang hymns, narrated the coronation and even read prayers. A special thank you to Mr Such,…
Hinduism in Year Six
Children have continued their learning about Hinduism and Dharma (rebirth), Karma (what goes around comes around) and Moksha (heaven) by playing a game of Moksha Chittirum (snakes and ladders with a twist). Children drew good actions on green tiles and bad actions on red tiles. The green tiles were placed at the foot of the…
Super science shadow work in Year Four
Wow, what super scientists we’ve seen in Year Four using their science, maths and computing skills! After presenting their data in a line graph, from last week’s investigation into how shadows change size depending on the distance from the light source, they went outside to investigate shadows even further. They were set challenges to create…
Fundamental PE Skills in Year Two
This term, some Year Two children have participated in swimming and others have stayed and completed fundamental skills with Mr Mellor. This lesson was a running technique lesson and at the end of the lesson, we had some races.