Our newly established Y3 djembe squad enjoyed sharing their drumming skills with the school as they came into singing practice this morning. They drew staff from over the school who were keen to see who was producing the amazing sounds! Everyone was very very impressed  👏

The Year 3 book club came to an end this a morning and what a fab session it was! The children enjoyed a hot chocolate, toast and a treat and loved the final chapter of our book ‘The Enchanted Horse’. They would highly recommend the book to anybody looking for a fantastic story book. The […]

Year 5 are enjoying their final book club with pancakes and fruit. They have thoroughly enjoyed reading The Enchanted Horse by Magdalene Nabb. They would like to recommend the book to other children in school, particularly children who like animals.

A group of children have had a wonderful day at the Book Bench launch at Hanley Library. The children met some very important people, listened to poems from a famous author, enjoyed a story telling session and also had the opportunity to see all the finished Book Benches from schools across the city. As always, […]

On Monday, Hillside held another successful  R.E. day. The day began with an Easter assembly with Mrs Ashton followed by an R.E. poetry writing competition in the morning. In the afternoon, the children were more creative with Easter art work before ending the day by sharing their amazing poems with the rest of the school. […]

We have had a lovely last forest schooling session. We have been busy climbing trees, building shelters and lighting fire. Well done to all the children for their wonderful attitudes and behaviours over the past term which have made the sessions thoroughly enjoyable!

On Friday, we had a wonderful day visiting Gladstone Pottery Museum learning about pottery and why our city is so important! We watched pottery being made, and even went inside a bottle kiln! In the afternoon, we had the opportunity to make our own clay mask which we’ll bring home when they’re dry and decorated! […]

Hillside have loved wishing a very special person- Mr Gilman- a happy 80th birthday today. He was brought to school for a surprise birthday lunch with the children and his family. They enjoyed singing happy birthday to him and he was inundated with high fives, cuddles and well wishes from his friends. We hope that he has […]

Year One enjoyed a drizzly day at Peak Wildlife Park yesterday! They learned about the mob of meerkats, stroked the Kune Kune pigs and walked amongst the penguins! The children have now added facts to their assembly and can’t wait to share their performance on Thursday! (Their lines have been sent home to practise over […]

Congratulations to the children who have been recognised for their excellent work last week and shared it in celebration assembly this morning. Keep it up!