This week Year Three have been thinking like historians, asking questions and drawing conclusions about life in Ancient Egypt. They used pictures created to show what life was like using different sources of evidence. They asked some very interesting questions, spotted lots of clues and used their existing knowledge to understand further. Well done Year…
To finish our our topic we have thought about what we might like to do for a job when we grow up. We thought about all of the different people that help us and lots of other professions too. We looked at their uniforms and then painted what we would choose to be! We are…
Year One learned all about Shabbat as part of their RE learning about Judaism ✡️ They learned a song and danced along to help them to learn about what they would need to do to prepare for Shabbat and help them to remember the greeting Shalom. Here is the link if you’d like to have…
Today we have read a story called Odd Jobs, we thought about things we do at home and school to help our parents and teachers. Following on from the story we all thought about the jobs we would like to have in the classroom when it is tidy up time – we have all been…
Year One have been improving their maths skills this week, using Base 10 apparatus to support their understanding of tens and ones. They’ve been working on two digits numbers and using apparatus to represent them, focussing too on the language of more, less and equal to. They were also set a challenge on Number Day…
We are so impressed with how all of our children have engaged with open discussions and activities linked to their mental health this week! 🧠 From thinking about their future careers, working in teams to stay safe online 💻, to spotting signs of growth around them and within themselves 🌱, and when target setting and…
It’s Children’s Mental Health Week and we’re raising awareness at Hillside! We’ve launched with an assembly, talking about how we can grow together. We are always growing and changing (like a tree 🌳 ) and some growth is really easy to spot (like losing our teeth 🦷 or getting taller!) but we also grow mentally,…
Year One have started their new English text, ‘Vlad and the Great Fire of London’ linking their English and History learning. So far they’ve explored facts from the story, found new vocabulary and worked out lots of tricky new words (like inferno!) and have shared the story together, practising their growing reading skills. They also…
Year Three have been exploring different ways of keeping ourselves healthy, including our mental health this week. We have worked in teams to share ideas and presented our information in the shape of something healthy. In the end, some of them looked good enough to eat!
Year Two have recently learnt about Africa. They explored parts of Africa that are rich and parts that are poor with a focus on Zambia. They then discussed poverty. They role played what it would be like to travel to the river to get water for their family and they also made posters, just like…