We have been inundated with responses to our app update this morning. Please note that we cannot personally respond to each email as we do not have the time or manpower. We detailed our provision in the app update this morning. However, hopefully the following will offer some clarification: All of those who have responded…
We have treated the children in school to an impromptu disco this afternoon. They have worked so hard in what has been a strange week. We hope they have enjoyed the dancing, singing and sweet treat!
The children have all been in to assembly this morning and listened to a story about the Covid-19 virus that has been spreading across the world. We talked about how this may be making us feel a variety of emotions but that these are all perfectly normal! We know that we can keep ourselves safe…
Dear Parents and Carers, As the list of key workers who may be eligible to send pupils to school during the closures has been released we are now in a position to update you on our offer at Hillside. The government has asked parents to keep their children at home, wherever possible, and asked schools to…
Year One have spent this week working on levers and sliders as part of their Design and Technology learning. They investigated lots of different books with moving parts, tested various levers and sliders, then created their own 3D houses in the style of 1666! Their levers then set their houses on fire and they evaluated…
Please use the survey tab on our school app and complete the survey form before the deadline of 2.30pm today. The information provided will help us to make plans for the coming weeks. Thank you for your continued support and understanding.
Dear Parents, At 5.15pm today, the Secretary of State for Education gave a public statement that all state-funded schools in England would be closed from the end of the school day on Friday. He also indicated that all the SATs, GCSE, AS and A-level examinations due to take place this Summer, have been suspended; and…
Reception and Nursery have loved exploring the woods together today. They have built dens, played hide and seek and loved getting really muddy! Ask your children what they found in the woods. 🌲🌳🍃🌱🌼
We continue to be ‘business as usual’ at Hillside Primary, however should we receive instruction to close we will provide children with an age-appropriate home learning pack. This pack will be, as afar as possible, work that the children can complete with little adult input and may be based around basic skills, consolidation and revision.…
The press conference with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson took place late this afternoon and as such we need to update you with our actions in response. Here are the key points: everyone in the UK is now being advised to avoid “non-essential” contact with others and “unnecessary” travel people are also being asked avoid…