On Monday, the whole school explored the big story of the bible. Following an introductory assembly by Mrs Ashton, each class took one of the key concepts to investigate in more detail. The concepts being Creation, Fall, People of God, Incarnation, Gospel, Salvation, Kingdom of God. The children were fascinated and enjoyed the wide range…
This week we have been learning about the Diwali festival. The children have listened to and recalled The story of Rama and Sita, used small world to retell the story, made rangoli patterns and decorated mendhi hands. We have talked about the firework displays that are a big part of the Diwali celebrations and had…
Today Year Three and Year Five welcomed a special visitor to Hillside. Karen Petherick is the new vicar at Milton church and she came to introduce herself and give a brief introduction to Christianity. The children listened beautifully and contributed lots of thoughtful answers to the questions posed. We are all looking forward to getting…
Year One have learned all about the Jewish Celebration of Shabbat. They learned about why it is special and that it is always celebrated from sunset on a Friday until sunset on a Saturday EVERY SINGLE WEEK! They then had our own Shabbat meal, pretended to light the candle sticks, ate some bread and had…
We were fortunate enough today to welcome back Mr Such for a Harvest Assembly. Some of the Y6 children helped to lead the assembly and some of the Y4 children also assisted. The assembly finished with a harvest quiz, where the children learned more exciting facts about harvest.
This week Reception have been learning about how Christians welcome babies into the world. The children are re-enacting the vicar sprinkling the holy water over the baby’s head whilst saying some special words. The vicar then lights a special christening candle before everybody has a party to celebrate.
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.
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!
Year One have been finding out more about sacred places today as part of their RE learning. They’ve been investigating artefacts from inside the synagogue, handling special artefacts and thinking about their jobs. They particularly liked the Yad which is a silver pointer used to read the Torah and the menorah which holds candles during…
This year, Hillside Primary was selected by the Headteachers’ Prevent Board in Stoke-on-Trent for showing good practice in organising a Faith Trail experience day for pupils. The Board were impressed by the excellent work that is in place, in our school and believed that we showed exemplars of strong and good practice. We were asked to submit…