Year Four have been extremely busy today, using maths in every lesson and activity that they have been involved in. We started the day with an assembly from Mrs Wainwright, followed by a TTRS challenge. We then worked in teams to complete an escape room challenge to escape from an Egyptian pyramid before using maths […]
Year Three have had so much fun during Number Day. They have been working as teams to go on a number scavenger hunt and to solve the mystery of the missing glue sticks. They have learned about how numbers were recorded in the Stone Age and have taken on the role of travel agents to […]
Year One have had a brilliant number day looking at mathematics skills throughout the day! We enjoyed playing a guessing game using super vocab then we completed a shape and number challenge – we can’t wait to see who wins! We linked our maths to careers and our History learning, working out how maths is […]
Reception have had so much fun today practising their numbers. Here on the photo, they are showing you how to make numbers to 10. They have also practised their number skills using the NumBots game and been on a number hunt. They have completed number jigsaws and sang number songs. At the end of the […]
We have had a very busy day today thinking all about different numbers and why it is important to try hard with our maths learning. We have been practising to write them in sand, glitter and paint, thinking of different ways to represent numbers and been using our counting skills and number recognition to play […]
Congratulations to the children who received a Headteacher’s Award on Friday. You have all displayed our school values and impressed your class teacher – well done! You are all superstars. 🌟
In the EYFS and Key Stage 1, the children took part in dance sessions, team games, individual skills tests and parachute games. We were very fortunate with the weather and it was a very enjoyable and successful day.
On Friday, Nigel Edwards, our School Games Organiser, and Vicki Lightfoot came to Hillside to deliver the Funetics programme to Key Stage 2. The activities were based on traditional athletics. The children participated in speed bounce, sprinting, long jump, throwing and skipping. They also had the opportunity to act as time keepers and scorers. For […]
Well done to everyone in school for showing extra kindness this week as part of our mental health awareness week. All of the children and adults have noticed little acts of kindness happening – from chairs being tucked in, extra manners, kindness shown to friends – and it has been lovely to hear some of […]
Every week, Year One are showing great gains in their reading skills, becoming not only more fluent, expressive readers but also improving their comprehension and understanding of a text. They are reading ‘Sammy the Street Dog’ which is closely linked to their learning in History and is all about the Great Fire of London. Sammy […]