This week, Reception have been extending their learning of maths by practising numbers to 20. They are focusing on, not just the recognition of the numbers to 20 but also the composition of those numbers. By using ten frames and numicon shapes, the children are gaining a deep understanding of what makes each number. Well […]
A huge well done to Jessica, Ronnie, Rosie, Ifechi, Isaac, Junior and Bobby for representing Hillside at the Cross Country City Finals last week. It was a gruelling course, but all the children did themselves proud and contributed to their team (Hanley) coming in third place overall. It was great to see their determination and […]
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 […]
Nursery have enjoyed stretching their bodies to an ‘On the Farm’ themed yoga session. We moved along to Old McDonald had a Farm and pretended to be a chick , horse and cow. We then got stuck in some mud! What a fantastic adventure on the farm.🐴🐄🐖🐑
This week as part of our Christianity topic, we have been learning about Palm Sunday. In this picture, the children are re-enacting through song and dance, Jesus arriving in town on a donkey. The disciples are leading the way and the townsfolk are singing and dancing to celebrate his arrival. The song is called Jump […]
This week in their P.E. session with Dan, Year Five were practising their skills at tri-golf. The children with focusing mainly on their putting skills, ensuring they were gripping the club correctly and shooting accurately at a range of targets.
On World Book Day, Year Three learned a dance to ‘A Day for the Cat in the Hat’ from ‘Suessical the Musical’. They really enjoyed themselves and were definitely born to perform!
This week, Reception are focusing on different ways of moving. They are finding places where they can move over and under equipment, aswell as using a range of rolling techniques! I think we have some budding gymnasts in Reception!
Reception are having a fantastic Superhero day along with Supertato and Evil Pea! We have made Evil Pea biscuits, done some Spider-Man yoga, made superhero masks and doe. Lots of Superhero dancing . It’s been a fabulous day!
The children have created short routines including rolls, shapes and leaps. They worked in pairs and then performed them to the rest of the class.