Story and Rhyme Craft Club

Today we read ‘Don’t hog the hedge!’ about a hedgehog preparing to hibernate! He is joined by lots of his friends and he shares his home with them until there isn’t enough room for everyone. We then made our own hedgehogs after a rummage in the woods for prickly leaves! 🦔

World’s tallest basketball player visits Hillside

Paul Sturgess, Britain’s tallest man, has visited Hillside today and shared his inspirational story. He talked about how having a growth mindset has helped him use his differences to drive him throughout his career as the world’s tallest basketball player and actor in a number of films, including Doctor Who, Fantastic Beasts and Avatar 2. […]

A day of firsts in Year 2

Children have had their first go on Times Tables Rock Stars this morning. They created their characters and completed their first gig! You should now find your child’s login in their reading diaries. Children were also introduced to Mrs Shenton who looks after our school library. They each picked a book to borrow and most […]

Nursery fun!

Nursery have made a brilliant start to their school year! They have all settled really well, they are engaging in play with their peers and are making new friendships. We have spent the last two weeks learning the rules and routines of the classroom. We are having lots of fun, learning through play!  

Year 6 ‘Safe+Sound’

Year 6 have arrived at Hanley Fire Station for their annual Safe+Sound event. Children will be doing workshops to learn about fire safety, anti-social behaviour, alcohol awareness, trucks and child safety, and mental wellbeing.  

Year 6 Science

Year 6 are settling in well this year. This term’s science topic is ‘Living things and their habitats’. For this, we have been practising making classification keys to classify ourselves by common, observable characteristics.    

Year One’s Visit to Milton

Year One have visited Milton today as part of their geography learning about the local area. They visited many shops including the local florist and chippy! They spotted two churches, different types of houses and of course the local park! It was lovely to eat outside in the sunshine and the school sandwiches went down […]

Around the World in Year 2

As part of our geography work, our year 2 children have been learning about the 7 continents of the world. They watched a video about each one, questioning what they could see, and used them to guess which continent it was. They then created super maps with everything labelled accurately.