Headteacher’s Awards – Friday 26th March 2021
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. 🌟
Practical Maths in Year Six
Year Six have been calculating the new cost of items when a percentage is discounted. For this, they have been searching the Kids clothing section on Asda’s ‘George’ page for an outfit. They have then discounted different percentages from these items of clothing to work out their new price. With spring only around the corner,…
Traditional Tales in Reception
This week, Reception have been immersing themselves in the story of The Three Little Pigs. The children are loving our new story and one of their favourite activities has been exploring building using a variety of materials in the classroom and also in the woods. There have been many cross-curricular links in this story including…
Explanations in Year One
Year One have been practising their explanations this week, linked to their Science work on growing plants 🌱 They used team work to act out the plant life cycle, planted their own seeds and will be writing an explanation about how seeds grow this week during their English non-fiction writing. We can’t to wait to…
Year Three Super Science!
Year Three have completed some more amazing science work this week. They have been investigating magnetic materials to help design a new magnetic toy car. They have been observing closely and have planned a fantastic investigation. Well done Year Three!
World Water Day
Today, the children at Hillside have celebrated World Water Day with Severn Trent. The children took part in a live-streamed assembly where they learnt about the journey water takes at Severn Trent and as part of the water cycle.
Jack and the Beanstalk in Year Two
In Year Two, we have started to read a new text: Jack and the Beanstalk. The children spent the first week reading and exploring the story. One of these ways was through hot seating. Seven children were brave enough to come to the front to answer questions in character. Super work!
This week in Year Four
Year Four have continued with their collaborative learning this week. We have each thought about and discussed a memorable moment from this latest lockdown, recorded our ideas and together we have created our ‘Memorable moment tree’. We also realised that this piece of work requires input from every one of us and by working collaboratively,…
Year One’s Coding
Year One have used their computing skills to create their own codes! They considered how to give clear instructions first and practised their house drawing skills. They then learned about algorithms, how to create a program and how to de-bug it when it wrong by popping and moving bubbles on their screens. Their team work…