As part of our DT learning on culture and seasonality, this week we have made and evaluated our own winter vegetable soups. We carefully practised different forms of peeling and cutting safely to prepare our soup. Also, we tasted and evaluated our creations.
On Friday it is Random Acts of Kindness Day and we’ve shared an assembly about kindness this week and considered what we could attempt to show kindness towards others 💜 At Hillside we’ve been set a challenge: to complete a random act of kindness at home or in school! It could be tidying their room, completing…
We have been learning about Children’s Mental Health week in school. After our assembly we continued with the theme of ‘Let’s Connect’ back in the classroom in our PSHE lesson. We each designed a puzzle piece to represent us and what makes us happy. Then we cut them out and connected them together to make…
This week, we have celebrated Safer Internet Day at Hillside. The children have taken part in a range of activities focused around this year’s theme: making space for conversations about life online. We encourage children to tell a trusted adult when something doesn’t feel right on the internet. In my assembly last week, we discussed…
Reception have had a fantastic afternoon exploring in the woods. We made our own muddy puddle so that we could investigate muddy wellie and hand prints. We made some great patterns. We also worked together carrying large branches to make dens, enjoyed climbing in the trees and just enjoyed being out in out lovely woodland…
This week we have been learning about how Christians say thank you to God. We learned a song called Thank you Lord for this new day, which we really enjoyed singing. We also remembered how we celebrated Harvest in the Autumn term and how we collected food for the food bank. We then thought very…
This week we have been learning about Doctors. We read the story ‘Going to the Doctor’ and talked about when we have been to the doctors. We thought about when we have been poorly and what the doctor did to make us better. We have had lots of patients visiting our surgery this week and…
Year Six we’re presented with a mystery photograph of a family from the Victorian era. They were presented with an old, handwritten Victorian census taken 4 years after the photograph and a signature at the bottom of the picture. With this, children were tasked with identifying the name, age (when the photograph was taken, not…
In PHSE we have continued our learning about caring for our teeth. We have made our own toothbrush showing four ways to care for our teeth. We used circular actions to colour a set of teeth to remind us how to brush and sorted different foods to show if they were good or bad for…
This week the children have been learning about the Emergency Services and practising what to do in an emergency. When we visited the woods we made up our own emergency stories and pretended to ring 999, telling them of the emergency and where we were. Well done Nursery !