Year Five have enjoyed several activities to recognise Children in Need Day today. This morning they each made bookmarks inspired by Pudsey and this afternoon they engaged in a Children in Need based board game. The children all enjoyed playing the board game which relied on them implementing key maths skills to earn points.
The children in Year One are having a fab day raising awareness and money for Children in Need! We began the day by talking about their amazing pledges – well done to the cake cookers, cake eaters, book readers, star jumpers, runners and hoppers who have all completed five or six of their chosen activity! […]
Reception have had lots of fun for Children in Need today. We have made Pudsey biscuits, masks, play dough, colourings and paintings. Daisy also shared her Pudsey pledge with us, she completed 5 cartwheels for children in Need! She was fantastic and we are all so proud of her.
Reception have been learning about the meaning of Remembrance Day. After listening to a Remembrance Day assembly, the children participated in a range of activities to give them a deeper understanding of the event. They investigated a range of artefacts from world war 2, collaged poppies, counted poppies, practised their army manoeuvres through the cargo […]
Year Five have enjoyed a wonderful treat day as a celebration for their excellent start to the year. They started the morning through adventuring up the woods where they created appropriate homes for wildlife alongside collecting different resources for their autumnal artwork. Once they returned from the woods, they began to get creative by designing […]
After an amazing first half term and a fantastic treat day. They have shown incredible resilience and have worked their socks off all half term. Here are some photos from our day – creating salt paintings and on a scavenger hunt in the woods.
Thank you to all of the children (and parents!) who took part in our Autumn competition! Here are the deserved winners from each year group, who created amazing designs using paint, crayons, collage and excellent art skills! Well done to every one who entered – we were blown away by your awesome designs! Thank you […]
In Art this term, we are looking at the work of Nick Gustafson. This week, we’ve been creating leaf designs inspired by his rainforest art.
This week Reception have been learning about the Jewish festival of Sukkot. At this special time, Jewish people build a Sukkah outside in which they share food and meals in for 7 days. We built a Sukkah using a forest school tarp along with a covering of branches and leaves. We decorated our Sukkak with […]
What a wonderfully bright and sunny end to the week we have had at Hillside with our Hello Yellow celebrations! The children all look amazing in their yellow clothes and have enjoyed taking part in challenges, telling jokes and making each other smile! The children throughout the school have taken part in different activities in […]