Super Science in Year Three

This week our Year Three scientists investigated the surface for a toy car to travel on. They worked in teams to perform comparative tests and measured the distance the cars had travelled on each one. Next week, they will present their data and draw conclusions from their findings. Well done Year Three!  

Jumbled Sentences in Year Two

Year Two have been reading the story ‘Jack and The Beanstalk’. This week, they showed their understanding of the story by unjumbling a set of words to create sentences with conjunctions. They explored the high-level vocabulary used in the sentences – super team work!  

On The Farm Yoga – Nursery

Nursery have enjoyed stretching their bodies to an ‘On the Farm’ themed yoga session. We moved along to Old McDonald had a Farm and pretended to be a chick , horse and cow. We then got stuck in some mud! What a fantastic adventure on the farm.🐴🐄🐖🐑

Song and dance in Reception

This week as part of our Christianity topic, we have been learning about Palm Sunday. In this picture, the children are re-enacting through song and dance, Jesus arriving in town on a donkey. The disciples are leading the way and the townsfolk are singing and dancing to celebrate his arrival. The song is called Jump […]

Maths in Year Four

The children have been using place value counters to solve division problems that include exchanging. They are using this to help them to develop their understanding of written methods.

Tri-Golf in Year Five

This week in their P.E. session with Dan, Year Five were practising their skills at tri-golf. The children with focusing mainly on their putting skills, ensuring they were gripping the club correctly and shooting accurately at a range of targets.  

Year One’s Musical Masterclass

Year One have been working with Mr Hall this week on their singing skills. They have begun to practise for their Easter performance at the church with the rest of the school and want their singing to be perfectly tuned! They considered the Easter story, added actions to the songs and began to learn the […]

World Book Week at Hillside

World Book Week has been a huge success again! We have immersed the children in high quality texts to promote a love of reading. The week began with an unusual sighting of a UFO hovering over the school and debris left on the field. The children were faced with CCTV footage, witness statements and a […]

Shelters in Year Two

Year Two were sent a letter from a school in Zambia asking for help with designing a shelter to keep them safe from The Enormous Crocodile. The children explored shelters in the school grounds, practised the skills of joining and then built a model shelter, showing excellent teamwork. They tested them out and made changes […]

Year Three’s World Book Day Dancing

On World Book Day, Year Three learned a dance to ‘A Day for the Cat in the Hat’ from ‘Suessical the Musical’. They really enjoyed themselves and were definitely born to perform!