Last week, we successfully held a residential space camp with our Year Five children at school. The camp started with their science lesson on Thursday afternoon, where in their current topic of Earth and Space they were investigating what causes the shape of different craters on the moon. They then returned to school at 17:30, in […]
As part of their learning on Christianity and Easter, Reception went on a treasure hunt around the local church. They had to find several features such as a font, pulpit and candles. They had great fun exploring and enjoyed seeing some of the artefacts that we had been learning about in class.
The whole school visited Milton Church this week and Year One particularly enjoyed finding out about the Christian festival of Easter and how Jesus died and rose again ⛪️ They sang the songs with enthusiasm, performed the jelly bean prayer with clarity and worked together to consider what each colour in the prayer represented 🙏 […]
This week in our history lesson, we thought carefully about the Vikings raids which took place over Anglo-Saxon England. We mapped crucial events in chronological order and using a line graph decided if the particular action saw them in increase control over prized England!
As part of our story The Little Red Hen makes a Pizza, we have made our own muffin pizzas. We talked about what we thought would happen when we put the pizzas in the oven. We thought that the sauce would get hot and the cheese would melt. We chose our own toppings and we […]
What incredibly kind children we have at Hillside Primary! 🩷 Following on from our random acts assembly, nearly 100 certificates were awarded to children who helped at home, shared compliments with others, tidied up, made people smile, wrote lovely notes or drew pictures, looked after loved ones… the list was endless! We are very proud […]
Year One visited Ford Green Hall as part of their learning in History about the Great Fire of London 🔥 They met Samuel Pepys who told them all about the events during the fire, learned about rich and poor people and what they would have worn or eaten and even made a marzipan fruit! They […]
Following on from watching an engaging live performance of the Wizard of Oz and Year Five enjoyed a magnificent workshop held by the experienced performers. During the workshop, we met all the actors, discussed the science and logistics behind the show and even how the sound and light control work. It was great to see […]
Year One have loved book week, sharing a brew and a book with their family and finding out about Florence Nightingale, the lady with the lamp who changed health care for the better! 👩⚕️ They researched Florence, shared facts about her life and then created their own fact files. Well done everyone! 👏 See what […]
As part of the celebration unit, children learnt how to say their birth month and did a survey around the classroom to find out about their classmates’. Bravo les enfants!