Today we had a very exciting visitor, a giant African Snail! Evie brought her pet in to show the class and they were amazed at how big it was. Tigger, the snail is 5 years old and likes to eat raspberries and avocados. The children asked some fantastic questions and discovered lots of new and […]
Reception have been busy in the woods today creating a masterpiece! As part of our Pets theme this week we decided to make a cat out of woodland materials. We think it looks fab!
We will be saying farewell to Mrs Longmore on Friday after over 25 years of service for City Catering at Hillside. We will miss the delicious meals that she produces on a daily basis and hope that she stays in touch.
Congratulations to Lucy for finding the golden ticket under her plate at lunchtime today. This is one of many initiatives by City Catering to encourage children to choose our delicious, nutritious school meals. We hope that Lucy enjoys reading and sharing her book prize with her family.
In Year 6, we are encouraging the children to use more independent strategies in their learning. The children have been practising using formal methods to calculate division questions. In lessons they have been using QR codes to check their answers. They enjoy being mini teachers and either tick or spend time correcting their answer if […]
Year 4 arrived safely in Chester and are currently undergoing their training to be Roman Soldiers!
This week is mental health awareness week and Mrs Rushton led an assembly about how to look after ourselves! We had a brilliant time boogeying to Justin Timberlake and talking about how we can keep ourselves happy, healthy and safe. We also thought about how being kind can help each other to be happy, healthy […]
We used our ‘freeze frame’ drama skills to act out the story of ‘The Last Wolf’ as part of our English learning! We have loved sequencing and retelling the story about Red, a little girl who meets the last wolf, lynx and bear on her adventure in to the forest. We shared props, considered how […]
We’ve been on a Bear Hunt! We listened to the story by Michael Rosen and joined in with the parts that we learned brilliantly. Then we made our story map with the long, wavy grass, snow and river and even found a bear at the end! See if we can tell you the story using […]
The children had a fantastic time on Dougie Mac day. They designed their own paper aeroplanes and then tested them out in the hall at the end of the day.