Nursery’s Journey
This week Nursery listened to the story of the Three Little Pigs. They have built houses using sticks, bricks and straw. They have made playdough pigs and enjoyed playing in Hillside farm! Oink 🐷🐷🐷
Writing Competition Winners
Well done to the winners of our writing competition! Last week, all children, from nursery to Year 6, were asked to write a story based on the stimulus ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker. The children used their imagination to create a mystery land or place and the teachers had the difficult task of picking an overall…
Hansel and Gretel
Today, Reception have been following the trail of Hansel and Gretel through the woods. Hansel had dropped a number of white stones which led to key events and characters from the story.
Sports Relief Gruffalo Cake
Year Four Cookery Club have worked extremely hard to create a Gruffalo cake to raise money for Sports Relief on Friday. They will be selling raffle tickets in school (£1 per strip Tuesday to Thursday) and the person drawn on Friday gets to take home the entire cake! Oh help, oh no, it’s a Gruffalo!…
Alice in Wonderland City Competition
During the last half term, Years 4, 5 and 6 were given the opportunity to design a teapot (in conjunction with Emma Bridgewater) in the theme of the book ‘Alice and Wonderland.’ The winning design from each year group won a £10 voucher and were also put through to the next round where they were…
Teacher Swapsies!
The children have all had a special visitor read to them today as the final activity for World Book Week! Teachers moved classes and shared their favourite stories with different classes and everyone had a fab time, joining in, putting on voices and engaging with different stories! 📚
World Book Day
Hillside have well and truly celebrated World Book Day in style this year. The effort and creativity that went into thinking of a word and trying to portray it in a costume or outfit was just fantastic. The children loved taking part in the word hunt and learnt so many new words from speaking to…
Book Week Story Jars
Continuing with our wonderful Book Week, the children are showing the Book Jars that they have created in class. The children have thought carefully about the book they have chosen and enjoyed sharing them with their peers. There were some very cryptic clues and the children really had to use their book knowledge to guess…
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
As part of Book week, Reception are looking at a number of texts, one being the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The children have enjoyed listening to the story and today have been tasting porridge like Mummy bear makes. We tasted porridge with sugar, honey and salt in. The majority of children preferred…
Free Books from The Sun and Collins
What a wonderful treat to receive during Book Week. The Sun Newspaper and Collins Big Cat Books have teamed up to provide schools with a free box of books. These books have been greatly received and will be included in our reading scheme for the children to enjoy. Our children are so lucky to have…