Outdoor English in Year Four

Year Four have been busy consolidating their previous SPAG knowledge during English, as they were sent on a vocabulary hunt in the sunshine. Miss McCann was impressed by how much they remembered from Years 1, 2 and 3. Well done everyone!  

Our New Year Four

The New Year Four children have been impressing Miss McCann with how well they have settled in. They have been working hard when considering the positives and negatives of lockdown, discussing emotions they have experienced, been showing off their wonderful handwriting and their super maths skills. Also, Miss McCann couldn’t resist taking them on a […]

Our New Year Three

The children in Year Three have had a super start to the school year. It has been so lovely to see their smiles back in school again! We have been having lots of fun with our learning this week, including creating our own braille and Morse code messages for our class mates to decode. This […]

**Urgent** Viral TikTok Video

A recent video originating on Facebook Live depicting a man dying by suicide has made its way across popular social media platforms. When viral events happen information can travel quickly, often before full details have emerged. You should note that details, videos and images are still being shared online, which can be distressing for many […]

First week in Reception

The children have settled in so well and are enjoying trying out lots of different activities. On Friday,  we all went on a dinosaur hunt with Cosmic Kids yoga. The children used a range of skills during this time including listening, speaking, stretching and lots of different movements. Here they are searching with their ‘Dino’ glasses.  

Our new Year One! 

Our new Year One class have come back to school fantastically after a strange few months! It has been wonderful to share their smiles, hear their stories and find out about the summer holidays! This week they have been painting themselves looking carefully at their features, creating a growth mindset display writing goals that they’d […]

Update and Reminders

Good morning   It was great to see the children coming in so happy again this morning. We hope that they enjoyed telling you all about their day last night. We were so impressed by the resilience, adaptability and enthusiasm shown by them all. It was a joy to have the school filled with children […]

Good afternoon to everyone from Hillside

It was lovely to see all our children back at school this morning, full of smiles ready to start this new academic year. I’m sure they were feeling a mix of emotions- excitement and nerves- just like the staff! They have all enjoyed the day so far, they are settling well and getting used to […]

Parent Booklet – Return to School

Good morning Hillside! Only a few days left until we are all together again – I’m sure many of you are feeling both excited and nervous but be reassured that we cannot wait to see you all! The Educational Psychologist Team have created a really useful booklet to help prepare children for their return to school […]