National Careers Week

This week we will be sharing some of the different careers involved in producing a book, linking to our world book week learning. It is a HUGE process to produce a book with lots of different people involved. Do you have a great eye for detail? Do you have a wide range of vocabulary?  An […]

Career of the Month – Adult Nurse

We have created a board in sharing information of different careers available to the children. This will be changed each month. Our career this month is an Adult Nurse – a very important role that we couldn’t live without… as has been highlighted over the past year!

Nursery’s Busy Few Weeks! 

The Nursery children have been working extremely hard both in home and at school. We have been thinking about People who Help Us – we’ve created posters to promote keeping our teeth healthy, role played doctors and made get well soon cards for Miss Polly’s Dolly and practised mixing colours just like hairdressers! We are […]

Year Six boxes and last day

Children have enjoyed their last day of the term by watching A Christmas Carol, doing a Pub Quiz (with a soft drink and crisps) and finishing off their CAD boxes for Santa. Here are some of the completed box designs.

Year Six Elves using Computer Aided Design

Children have been working hard as Santa’s helpers today in Year Six. They have been using Word on the computer to create cuboid nets for 3D boxes so that Santa has something to pack his presents in this year. Here are the Elves in action.

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 […]

Maths Careers in Year Six

For Maths Career Day, children have looked at how different professions use maths. They have spent the morning completing different mathematical problems related to a range of different professions such as hairdressing, gardening, business and catering to name but a few. Here is a photo of the children in action:

Careers Award for Hillside!

We are very pleased to announce that we have been awarded the quality award for our Careers Related Learning programme. Over the last year we have been working with parents, children and businesses across the city to provide motivating and engaging experiences, such as visits from people in different professions the Ryman enterprise event and […]

Reception met a Mermaid!

Today, Reception were very lucky and had a visit from a mermaid! Her name was Mermaid Hannah and she had a beautiful tail! She told us that she lives in a shell palace under the sea with her friend Oceana. She explained to us that she went to school under the sea and answered lots […]

KS2 art project with Ingestre

The selected artists from KS2 have finished their project to create a diorama which depicts their lockdown experience during COVID-19. Throughout the project, they have interviewed an artist, experimented with a range of different medium, learnt about different art styles and learnt about the different career paths that art can take them on. Children all […]