Christmas Bauble Project

We are excited to reveal that Hillside Primary School has been involved in a special Christmas project. Each and every child at Hillside has created their own pine cone Christmas bauble. These have now been transported to The Regent Theatre and are proudly decorating the Hillside Christmas tree which sits in the main entrance to […]

Science Spies

Miss McCann’s Science spies have now been appointed and been given their first mission, which they passed with flying colours. They were given the task to ensure their own classrooms were equipped for super science lessons over the year. They will be set their next mission in the very near future!  

Reception Book Time

Reception received an exciting visit from the local library service on Tuesday . The children and parents were taken on many adventures as they listened to a range of stories. The children were also gifted a book called ‘The Cave’,  along  with information on how to join the library and borrow books.  

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!