Year 2 have had a fabulous (but cold!) day at Knowsley Safari Park. The children saw some of the larger animals on the safari tour and met some of the smaller animals up close and personal! Everybody has had a lovely day and gained lots of great facts about habitats and Africa.
This morning, the Year Three children went on a parallel and perpendicular lines hunt around school. They looked at pictures and tried to identify the different pairs of lines and checked their answers using QR codes.
Mrs Green, Mrs Pope and the cookery club children from Year Three have been baking their socks off this morning, making cup cakes and rice crispie cakes to sell after school! The cakes will be 30 pence each and raise money for charity! Thank you in advance for visiting the hall and buying cakes at…
Our judging panel watched the live awards ceremony this afternoon to see which book has been voted to be the overall winner. The result…Planetarium! Although our votes went to The Bacteria Book, Planetarium was our second choice. I would like to thank all the judges for their hard work and commitment they have given to…
Thank you to all of the adults who came in for the Year Three showcase. We hope you have learnt lots about South America and enjoyed having a go at writing your own Limerick. You all did a fantastic job during the quiz. Well done to the winning team ‘The Three Musketeers’.
The Hillside Post Office is now open for business in the Reception classroom. The children have been learning to write letters, wrap packages for posting, weighing a variety of parcels and even completing their car tax forms. We are expecting lots of creative language and acting over the next few weeks.
As part of our learning about Remembrance Day, we looked at the origins of the poppy through hearing stories about a soldier and found out why we wear poppies today. We then made our own poppies that can be hung in a sunny window and remind us of those who still fight for us today!…
Mr Such has kindly delivered a Remembrance Service this morning to remember those who have been hurt or died in wars past and present. It was a lovely ceremony in which poems and prayers were observed, children also took part in a minute silence.
Year Six have been visited by a representative of ‘Mind’, a charity who help to support children’s understanding of mental health and wellbeing. Children took part in a variety of activities to develop awareness of this important issue and to help them understand how to deal with different emotions.
We made our annual trip to Carmountside this morning alongside Milton, Greenways and Carmountside Primary to lay our wreath and remember. The children read aloud lovely poems which they had written. They were very respectful and great ambassadors for Hillside Primary School. Well done.