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 […]
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.
Hillside staff are having so much difficulty in finding a biscuit that they can dunk into their cuppa, without it breaking off quickly, that Miss McCann has requested the help of the whole school! The question is… Which biscuit is the best dunker? All classes have been busy planning their investigations, thinking of factors that […]
Year Three have had a fantastic time at Birmingham Museum. They enjoyed looking at the Egyptian artefacts in the morning. In the afternoon them became historians and examined artefacts closer, used cameras to take photos and pieced together broken amulets. As always their behaviour was impeccable.
As part of their continued science learning about seasonal change, Year One have braved the showers and been in to the school grounds and woods! They found daisies, new shoots on trees, spring flowers and signs of new life in the mud with small insects and birds. Great observational skills everyone! 💐 Can you spot […]
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! […]
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 […]
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! 📚
Congratulations to the children who have been recognised for their excellent work last week and shared it in celebration assembly this morning. Keep it up!
Well done to the children who have been recognised for displaying one of our school values and were awarded with a Headteacher’s certificate in celebration assembly this morning.