Year Four have had a very busy Book Week, being involved in lots of reading related activities. We started the week off with book tasting and enjoyed finding out about and exploring the book Flotsam. This led onto thinking in more detail about the underwater settings in the story, which led onto us planning and […]
This week Year Five have been celebrating their love of literature during book week at Hillside. We have all been very busy reading, enjoying and appreciating our favourite authors. Lots us have completed creative projects from recreating the front cover of our favourite books to creating colourful book marks and even cakes! We are extremely […]
Year Six have been very busy this week, taking part in a range of Book Week activities. Though the circumstances of Book Week this year have been different to previous years, the engagement has been just as impressive, with children going to enormous effort with their work. Some entries to the book competition have already come […]
A little bit of a different one today, but just as important! This career could be for those of you that are good with technology and enjoy working with machines!
Are you amazing at spelling? Are you able to use punctuation in different ways? The proof reader works with the author checking for any mistakes. This is such an important job to make the book the best it can be before it goes on sale.
Do you have fantastic drawing skills? Have you ever wondered where they could be used? An illustrator could be the perfect career for you, allowing your imagination and drawing skills work together to create images for different books. Next time you read a book pay attention to all of the images and notice the work […]
We are so impressed with the fantastic start to the new topic that we have had. The children both at home and at school have been enjoying lots of farm related activities – we have been singing Old McDonald Had a Farm, making animal masks, creating our own farmyards by carefully following instructions, completing obstacle […]
What a lot of exciting learning that went on last week in Reception. Our story of the week was The Disgusting Sandwich by Gareth Edwards. The children all made ‘nice’ sandwiches as well as disgusting ones. We hung our disgusting ones in the woods for the wildlife. Don’t worry it wasn’t too disgusting, a mixture […]
Year One have been learning about Henri Rousseau and his art at home and in school. They found out facts about the French artist and were amazed to learn that even though he had never been to the jungle or seen many animals, he drew wild creatures within his work! They have then imitated his […]
Year two have kept up the same enthusiasm for their learning as they had before half term. It’s been wonderful to see all the hard work they have all put in this week. It’s making all the staff in year two very excited to welcome you back next week and share some of the great […]