Year Three trip to Birmingham Botanical Gardens

The Year Three class have enjoyed their trip to Birmingham Botanical Gardens.The journey was long but the children were still full of enthusiasm when they got there. They enjoyed looking at the plants in the glass houses and even managed to find a kapok tree. After dinner they had chance to explore the gardens and […]

Story and Craft Club

Our final Story and Rhyme Club focussed on Dr Seuss today! We made our own green eggs and ham cakes, yoghurty red fish blue fish and created a pile of cat in the hat hats! The little bits we sampled were delicious and well done to everyone for joining in with all of the stories […]

History Day

It’s History Day today at Hillside. Each class is having one lesson in every classroom within their key-stage today. Children are moving around the school learning about different people and events from the past. Each class-teacher has prepared engaging activities to help children learn about something/one that they would otherwise not get the opportunity to […]

School Football Team

Our school football team persevered in the rain on Friday night and trained well. The whole team (including Dan and Zac who aren’t in the photo) have worked so hard this year. It’s safe to say that they have probably been the most unlucky football team we’ve had in a while and have had to […]

Microhabitats in Year 2

Year 2 have had an exciting week with their science learning. They have been investigating what conditions would make the perfect microhabitat for a woodlouse. They went outside to collect their materials, came in to build their microhabitats and then observed the woodlice entering their new homes. Brilliant science learning!

Reception Showcase

Thank you to all of the parents who attended the showcase this week. We hope you had as much fun as the children did, creating a variety of Diwali and Autumn pieces. Yesterday we took our bird feeders up to the woods to hang, before finishing off the afternoon re-enacting the story of Rama and […]

Ofsted Inspection Update

Thank you to our parents and families for the support shown over the past two days. Although the outcome is confidential for now, the inspection went well and your children were an absolute credit. A big thank you also to our incredible staff team for their hard work , their dedication and for going over […]

Year Five and Six Cinema Trip

Years Five and Six are attending the Cineworld film fest today. They are watching ‘A dog’s way home.’ Children will be exploring the varying emotions of the characters in the film as Bella (the dog) attempts to find her way back to the place she was taken from.