This week, Year Three have begun to explore non-chronological reports. They have been busy identifying common features and their purposes in preparation for writing their own reports about rainforest animals. Super work Year Three!
Year Six have been doing R.E this afternoon, with a focus on what it means to have commitments. They considered their own commitments and played a game which involved organising different commitments on a diamond. They then created a scroll which stated what their commitments are and why they have them.
Hillside, you are incredible! 💛 So many rays of sunshine have brightened our day today as we’ve said ‘Hello Yellow!’ raising awareness and funds for Young Minds. It has been fantastic to see the self-soothe boxes created in every classroom and to hear your conversations about how important our mental health is 🧠 With every…
This week Reception have been exploring a new art technique, marbling! The children loved choosing particular colours to represent the planets in our solar system. They, then mixed them up before carefully placing their blotting paper on top. We think they look amazing!
In RE today, we have been learning about why Jewish people celebrate Pesach. They took part in a ‘conscience alley’ and gave advice to Moses about what decision he should make. They gave very thoughtful and mature responses. Well done!
The children have been learning all about micro habits in Science. They investigated two different micro habits before attempting to create their own for a woodlouse. They gathered what they thought would attract the woodlouse before heading back inside, building it and placing a woodlouse into its new home.
Year One have been hunting for treasure as part of their PSHE learning! Working in teams, they had to follow clues to find coins. The game couldn’t end though until every team had the same number of coins – meaning that they all won! Well done for working out that sharing is caring! 💰🗺❤️
On Friday we will be celebrating mental health and raising awareness and funds for Young Minds through wearing yellow and bringing a donation of £1 to school! The children have all found out more about how Young Minds help children and parents during an assembly today. On Friday, they will be creating a class self-soothe…
Last week we read the story ‘The Very Hungry Worry Monsters’ and we were lucky to have a visit from our own worry monster. The children thought about things that they get a little bit worried or scared about and each took it in turns to feed the monster! Well done Nursery for such fantastic…
Reception have been keeping fit in an imaginative way this week. They have been developing a range of singing and movement styles, keeping in time to the music and most importantly, having lots of fun. This song was ‘My name is Joe’ from YouTube. The children love it. 😁