Throughout this Autumn term, the children in Year Five have been learning all about the Ancient Greeks and how lots of their ideas are still fundamental to our lives today. This week, the children transformed the classroom into the Agora and saw the many different people you might of met there from fishermen to people […]
In Year Two, we have been learning about the values that Jesus taught to Christians. We then discussed some of the things Christians were thankful for in the world and how Christians thanked God. The children discussed that prayer was a way for Christians to thank God. The children then looked at a range of […]
This week, we have welcomed the arrival of our amazing reading vending machine. This amazing resource will be a wonderful incentive for our children to earn a special treat for their dedication to reading. The vending machine is particularly special as it was paid for, ordered and designed by the children of Hillside. We have […]
Year One have been learning about the creation of the world today as part of their learning in RE 🌎 They used drama, poetry and singing to retell the Christian story of creation – their favourite day was the seventh, when they all got to rest! See if we can retell the story at home […]
This week we read a beautiful story about Remembrance Day that helped us to understand why we have this special day. We learned about why we wear poppies and who it is to remember. We made our own Remembrance cards, artwork, and play dough poppies amongst lots of other exciting activities.
Children have practised learning verbs in French today by matching different actions with images of school. Children played a card game in which they had to turn cards over and try to find their matching verb . It got very competitive but children did extremely well to identify the matching pairs.
The children have been learning about online identities and how they can differ from offline identities. They analysed some online posts from children and decided what impression they gave about the person, using words to describe them. They then looked at positive ways to interact online and how negative comments and responses can impact on […]
We’ve been flying through our unit of dance this term in P.E. and the children are close to finalising their performances. It was great to see them using great teamwork and communication this week as they created and rehearsed a routine which carefully considered expressing the significance of recycling.
This week we have been learning about bonfire night and fireworks, we have found out a little bit about Guy Fawkes and that he was not a very nice man and learned a bit of the poem ‘Remember, Remember ‘. We have been using our phonics to listen to the different sounds we might hear […]
In year two, we have been learning the names of the continents and oceans. As a final task, children drew and labelled the continents and oceans on their very own globe balloon. Well done for trying to be as accurate as possible.