We just wanted to say a huge congratulations to Brooke in Year 2, who achieved a top twenty spot in the city wide Times Tables Rock Stars Competition. She has received a trophy and an Amazon voucher. She is very excited to treat herself! Well done.
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Cultural Diversity Day
Today we have been thinking about Cultural Diversity and how it influences our everyday life. Cultural Diversity can be seen in people’s writing, religion, music, clothes and cooking. Different countries have different cultures. World Day for Cultural Diversity is about gaining an understanding of each others cultures in order to promote peace, stability and development. […]
Understanding Self-Esteem – Parents course
Thank you to everyone who attended our parents ‘Understanding the Importance of Self Esteem’ course tonight, led by Donna Mountford from Staywell. We hope you found the session useful and have a few ideas to take away and use with your own families 💡 If any one missed the session and would like further information […]
Fire in Year One!
Year One are continuing to be fire of London experts this week, not only writing their own versions of Samuel Pepys diary, but also putting their musical talents to the test, learning the song ‘London’s Burning!’ 🔥 They added instruments, sang as a whole class and then split to sing in rounds – very impressive! […]
Year 2 Times Tables Rock Stars Competition – The Results…
Well…the scores are in for the Year 2 City wide Rock off! We are extremely pleased to tell you that our Year 2s finished in third place! As you aware, the children battled against 50 other classes from across Stoke on Trent and to be the third best school is just incredible. The staff are […]
Our Home Science Superstars
Miss McCann would like to say a huge thank you to those who have sent in photos of science happening at home. However, as you can see, our display is a bit empty at the moment! As you can see, we have plants being grown, cake mix changing into cakes, electrical lemons and static electricity, […]
Hillside’s Top Twenty Books of All Time!
Well the scores are in! The children have been voting all week for their favourite books of all time and this is the list of the top twenty voted by all the children at Hillside from Nursery to Year 6! I’m sure you will agree that this list contains something for everyone. As teachers, we […]
Headteacher Awards – Friday 14th May 2021
Congratulations to the children who received a Headteacher’s Award today. You have all displayed our school values and impressed your class teacher – well done! You are all superstars. 🌟
Mrs Pope’s Makeover 💆♀️💇♀️
The nursery children have been very busy today practising to be hairdressers and beauticians. They have been colouring and styling hair and putting on make up, Mrs Pope has had a day full of pampering! Well done Nursery you have done a fantastic job!
Mental Health Awareness – Connect with Nature
This week we have been raising awareness of mental health and how important it can be to connect with nature! We have shared an assembly and now know how to bring the outside in (maybe eat brekkie by a window!), how to notice nature (using our senses to look carefully) and how to appreciate and […]