Writing Competition Winners

Congratulations to these children who impressed their teachers with their writing and were picked as class winners in our World Book Week writing competition.  Using the production of Charlottes Web as inspiration each class wrote a story and tried really hard to show off all their writing skills.  They each won a writing journal to […]

Hillside Football Team

Our school football team played two fixtures on Friday night. They beat Grove 1-0 and then went on to beat Carmountside 2-0! They’re currently second in the table – well done!  

Hillside Geographers

Some of our talented KS2 geographers visited Staffordshire University on Friday. They completed two tasks: one involved protected a model house from a flood and the other involved following a map to find the clues around the university grounds. All the children were superb!  

Y2’s Special Visitor

Year 2 have had a special visitor in school this afternoon! Jessica’s Dad, Mr Swift, came in to talk to us about his journey up Mount Kilimanjaro and African countries that he’d visited. He even left us with paintings, a drum, African money and lots of photographs! The children thoroughly enjoyed it and asked some great […]

Little Red Hen

Reception have been learning about the Little Red Hen and how she made bread. Today we made our own bread and then ate it with butter and jam. It was delicious!

Go Wild Forest School

We had a great session this week. We all practiced lighting a fire using a magnesium fire steel! We talked about the fire triangle – heat-oxygen- fuel! We discussed why we have fire & it’s uses! It was a great session to see how the children are able to be resilient, determined & focused!

RE Conference – Thursday 8th March 2018

Year 5 have had an enlightening day at the annual RE conference. The aim of the conference was for the pupils to learn from one another through shared experience and dialogue. They also explored British Values, and developed their expressive and creative talents.

Hillside Dance Crew Performance – Wednesday 7th March 2018

A big well done to the Hillside Dance Crew for their fantastic performance on Wednesday night at the Victoria Hall. The commitment the girls have shown to their rehearsals was apparent in their amazing representation of the Olympics 2012. Well done to Isabella, Phoebe, Faith, Jessica, Sophie, Kamsolu, Isabella,Cerys, Imogen, Alanna and Lexi.

Mother’s Day Assembly for Nursery

Nursery were fantastic in their Mother’s Day assembly this morning telling their mummies how much they loved them. They are now all tucking into a lovely lunch. Thank you mummies and other family members for coming along and making this day so special.