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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A huge well done to Hillside’s Cross Country team for competing in today’s Town meeting. All of the children showed tremendous spirit and determination and we had a number of runners finishing in the top ten. We are now looking forward to the next meeting at Milton in a couple of weeks time, where competitors […]
Crafty Rafts’ was today’s STEM challenge. Children were challenged to build the best raft which could stay afloat and carry the most ‘children’ (marbles) out of a single piece of A4 paper. The final tests were nerve-racking but well done to our winning team, whose raft held fifty four marbles!