What a fabulous week Reception have had for our last week of Lockdown and also for our Book Week. We have had so many exciting activities to choose from and had the opportunity to be as creative as possible. We have produced some amazing pieces of work and learned so many new things. We loved…
Year One have loved World Book Week, investigating their gifted text, ‘Where the sea meets the shore’ and ‘Flotsam’ and finding out more about the sea and the creatures hidden in there. They have written amazing acrostic poems, thought about what characters may say and designed super bookmarks. The children in school had a pirate…
It has been lovely to see our amazing year twos enjoying book week. Thank you for sending in your pictures of reading, baking, quizzing, researching, making and everything else that comes with the fun of book week! Below is just a small selection of what we have received. Amazing year two! Have a well-deserved rest…
What a super week we’ve had this week! Year Three have been very busy during Book Week completing amazing work. They have enjoyed painting and researching different sea creatures, creating masks and bookmarks and sharing their favourite books. We hope you had a great time snuggling up with a book each day!
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…