This week, we have welcomed some new children to our Nursery class through our rising three’s scheme. They have settled so well, made lots of friends and we are so proud of them all! Welcome to Hillside!
Category Archives: EYFS
Disco Fun in Early Years
Nursery and Reception had the best time at their Christmas disco! They danced until their legs ached! 🥳
A Christmas Story in EYFS
The children in Reception and Nursery have been busy practising their performance of the Christmas Story this half term, they have been retelling the story using actions and learning lots of new songs to tell the story. They were all amazing at performing in front of their audiences last week and made us very proud […]
Christmas artwork in Reception
This week, Reception have been focusing on careful brushstrokes to create the branches on their Christmas trees. We have also talked about and experimented with colour mixing to create a variety of shades of green for the leaves. We think that they are going to look amazing!
Incy Wincy Investigation in Reception
Reception have been investigating which materials would protect Incy Wincy from the rain. They tested paper, tissue, grease proof paper, tin foil and plastic. They discovered that the paper and tissue were no good as the water soaked straight through and although the greaseproof was good initially, it eventually soaked in too. They liked the […]
Nursery visit Santa! 🎅
The children have had a great time at Amerton Farm this week, they went to visit Santa and tell him their Christmas wishes. They met some of Santa’s reindeer up close and were then sent on a tractor and trailer ride to find the rest of the herd – it was a little bit bumpy! […]
Hanukkah in Reception
This week Reception have been learning about the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. They were fascinated by the story of the Macabees and enjoyed creating their own scrolls like the Torah and collage Menorahs.
Around the world with Reception
This week we have been learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali. Hindus retell the story of Rama and Sita at Diwali time and we discovered that in the story, Sita was taken to the island of Sri Lanka. We found out where Sri Lanka was and marked it on our world map.
PE in Nursery
We have been doing lots of fantastic activities in PE over the last few weeks. We have learned many new skills and worked very hard to perfect them. We have jumped, balanced, skipped and been very brave in doing so. Well done Nursery! 👏
Nursery’s First Time Exploring the Woods 🌳
We have had lots of fun in the woods this week! 🌳 It was was exciting to wear our forest school clothes and go exploring in the forest! Miss Hewitt and Mrs Snow were so impressed with how sensible and enthusiastic we were! 🤩 Super learning and adventuring Nursery! 👏