Year One’s Competition! 

Year One have made their own old-fashioned toy this week – a cup and ball! The aim of the game is to swing the foil ball up and in to your cup in the least amount of tries and we worked hard, practising to perfect our techniques! We had a competition to see who could […]

Year One’s Old Fashioned Games

Year have been learning how to play old fashioned games. They’ve played ‘In and Out the Dusty Bluebells’, ‘Farmer, farmer…’ and ‘Stuck in the Mud’ and loved racing and chasing, freeing their friends and being the master! Why not ask them to teach you one to play at home this weekend? They will be finding […]

Story and Rhyme Craft Club

We’ve had a few more brilliant weeks crafting as part of Year One’s club! 🖼 We’ve made fireworks that popped, dragons with scales like Zog and lots of Dr Seuss snacks with an Oreo and sweetie hat! We are really enjoying exploring lots of different stories and some that we already know too and we’re […]

A mystery letter in Year Two

On Thursday, Year Two’s afternoon was disrupted by a letter that came all the way from Zambia! The children there are having problems with the Enormous Crocodile and have asked Year Two to design, make and evaluate a shelter to help keep them safe. Year two were glad to help and set to work investigating […]

Super Science in Year Three

This week Year Three have been investigating how water is transported in plants. We left white flowers in water, added some food colouring and observed what happened next. Take a look at our colourful flowers now!  

Autumn in Reception

Reception have been investigating what happens at Autumn time. They have explored a range of activities including a treasure hunt, leaf man collages after the story ‘Leafman’ and developed their fine motor skills through hole punching leaves.

Headteacher Awards – Friday 20th November 2020

Congratulations to the children who received a Headteacher’s Award today. You have all displayed our school values and impressed your class teacher – well done! You are all superstars. 🌟    

United Against Bullying! 

Well done to everyone at Hillside for standing United Against Bullying! It has been wonderful to see so many jazzy pairs of socks 🧦 and for the children to be able to talk about how we are all different, unique and special and that this is to be celebrated! Thank you as always for your […]