A buzz of excitement has filled Hillside today. We are all behind you- you can do it! Come on England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️

Congratulations to to these pupils who have completed the Better Reading Partnership! They have spent the last ten weeks working with teaching assistants in school to improve their reading pace, fluency and comprehension skills and have worked hard with their parents at home. Well done for making great progress!    

Congratulations to the pupils who were recognised for their excellent work last week. Keep it up!

Well done to the pupils who were awarded last week for displaying our school values.

It’s school games day today at Hillside and we have been visited by some of last year’s Year 6’s as they are now Sports Leaders at Excel Academy! They’re hosting a range of sporting activities for children to take part in today. This morning, year 6 and year 4 are doing football, quick cricket, rounders […]

Thank you very much to Dexter’s Nan and also to Keenan’s mummy who have been our secret readers over the last few weeks. The children really enjoy waiting to see who is coming through the door and as always they sit and listen beautifully.  

Thank you to all of the families that came to our Nursery Showcase on Monday. The children enjoyed themselves and really loved taking part in the creative activities with you. We hope you had as much fun as we did!  

Reception welcomed their last Mystery reader of the year, Vinnie’s dad! He brought the book Monstersauras in to share with the children. They loved the book and sat beautifully. Thank you to all of our readers this year.

The Unconventional Menagerie are in school this morning. Children are learning lots about many exotic animals and insects and even getting the chance to hold them. We have cockroaches, millipedes, snakes, tarantulas and even lizards plus many more creatures. Children are also learning lots about vertebrates, invertebrates, herbivores, omnivores, carnivores, and how animals are classified! […]

What a beautiful morning for singing practice outside ☀️