Year Five have been learning all about computer aided design (CAD). They are using it during their elves workshop to come complete their task set by Santa. Here are some shots of them applying their CAD skills to assemble their packaging.
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Year Three Craft Workshop
Year Three have been hard at work designing and creating toy cars for Snowflake the elf. They have used wheels and axles to make sure the toy cars can move, so Snowflake can get around the school quickly to cause her mischief! A big well done to Year Three who have shown some amazing teamwork […]
Year Two’s Healthy Snack
Year two have spent the last couple of days creating a healthy pizza for Santa (as that is one of his favourite foods apparently!). This picture shows the children practising their cutting and grating skills safely. Afterwards, they tasted the various vegetables and have now designed and made their pizzas. This afternoon, they will evaluate […]
A very important visitor
Key Stage One and the EYFS had a very important visitor today, the big man himself, Father Christmas! The children were so excited to see Santa on the playground this morning and were hoping to see him again. Well, they were in luck! All four classes were escorted to our Winter Wonderland outside where Father […]
Santa’s Hillside Grotto
Santa has now made himself comfortable in his Hillside grotto and can’t wait to speak with all our younger children. He may also have a special gift for any children that are on his ‘nice’ list 🎁 Don’t worry though, he’ll also be dropping in on our KS2 children with a little treat 🍫
Wow! Santa visits Hillside 🎅
Wow! What an exciting start to the day here at Hillside. The children’s reactions were a pure delight as they spotted a very special visitor on our KS1 playground as they entered school this morning. The festive music playing and greetings from Santa brought big smiles and excitement – perfect! The children will all be […]
Kindness in Stoke-on-Trent
What a lovely, feel-good piece of news! We certainly experience lots of kindness throughout our Hillside community 😁Well done to all 👏 https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/stoke-trent-voted-kindest-uk-4785403?fbclid=IwAR2G-V2lbfJCGE0SP-rKR7dlXoPpLOy3H2uSo_bHQ_csF7Bcruu0ErsqyEQ
Year One’s Craft Club
What a brilliant few final weeks we’ve had at craft club! We’ve created under the sea sharks and fish using celery after reading about Tiddler and his tales, designed our own way to retell the Bear Hunt story and made a split pin bear, as well as finishing with a winter themed robin for our […]
Santa Workshop in Nursery!
Our little elves in Nursery have been very hard at work today making reindeer dust to ensure the reindeer have a speedy flight and baking biscuits to keep all of Santa’s elves happy!
Meet our Maths Ambassadors
Meet our Maths Ambassador Team who will be promoting the love of Maths at Hillside this academic year. Daniel, Olivia, Rose and Rikki have already helped Mrs Wainwright to produce a whole school assembly based on positive attitudes to mathematics and this will be shared with each class bubble in the new year. They are […]