In English, Year Three have been using different drama techniques to gain an understanding of what our characters were thinking and feeling during the events in ‘The Egyptian Pyramids’. They created freeze frames of their characters in a given event and then they used thought tracking to share their characters feelings in the moment.
Year Two have been learning about music from the past. They had the chance to play along to a famous piece on a glockenspiel. They practised their core skills of playing to a steady beat and playing in time to the music. Super work Year Two!
Year Five have been very busy this week developing their confidence and application with coding. Using the programme scratch they designed their own interactive game which included a point scoring system and timer. These skills will be crucial as we continue to develop our coding skills in future weeks.
Wow Hillside! Look at all of our super children, dressed as superheroes or wearing something that makes them feel super to raise money for others! 🦸♂️ What a variety of outfits we have – from comic book heroes, to real life heroes to swimming fanatics to comfy clobber wearers! 🥽 Thank you for dressing up,…
This week the children have had a very egg-citing delivery. A parcel arrived with tape that said ‘Fragile’ wrapped all around it. We carefully opened it and inside found 6 eggs, we have placed them in the incubator and are eagerly awaiting to see what happens. We have made our predictions and the children think…
Year Six have started their coding unit this week. Using Scratch, an online, coding programme, children have managed to create a game in which users earn points for clicking on moving objects. They learned about variables, loops, coding blocks and how to debug.
The children have been developing their Science skills by learning how to read a thermometer during an investigation. They collected the temperature of two samples of water over time. They noticed how cold water got warmer over time and warm water got colder. How interesting!
As part of our learning about the Gingerbread Man story, we talked about the route he took when he ran away. We then used a range of ICT equipment to create out own routes. We had to think carefully about where we wanted our Beebots and our bees to finish and then program our equipment…
As part of their PE lessons, Year One have been combining their gymnastic skills! Year One had to create sequences that used travel, jumping, rolling and a straddle position with lots of different apparatus. They worked extremely hard to improve their techniques, listening carefully and moving steadily with some super finishing positions too. You can…
Year Six children have started to write their non-chronological reports about Hillside for both the aliens, who crashed at Hillside during last week’s book week, and for the website for any other would-be visitors to find out a bit about our great school. Here is an example so far.