Year Four are rocking their times tables today! We have been speedily answering as many questions as possible to gain our place on the leaderboard of the Top of the Rocks Year Four competition, in which many Stoke schools are participating in this week. Currently we are 7th, hoping to gain a higher position by […]
We feel very honoured that the beautiful, thoughtful display that the children of Hillside helped to create at Milton Church inspired a member of our community to write the following poem: REMEMBRANCE The globe, that is Earth, spins on its axis Wars, raids, attacks come and go. Today’s allies are yesterday’s enemies, Remembrance cloaks our […]
Year Six have been tasked with creating a food stall for Jim, a Victorian child from the story they are reading in English – Street Child. They have designed their market stall, created a prototype and are now creating the real thing. Children are using junior hacksaws to cut wood, and child-friendly glue guns to […]
We are very pleased to announce that we have been awarded the quality award for our Careers Related Learning programme. Over the last year we have been working with parents, children and businesses across the city to provide motivating and engaging experiences, such as visits from people in different professions the Ryman enterprise event and […]
Reception have been learning about the meaning of Remembrance Day. After listening to a Remembrance Day assembly, the children participated in a range of activities to give them a deeper understanding of the event. They investigated a range of artefacts from world war 2, collaged poppies, counted poppies, practised their army manoeuvres through the cargo […]
Huge congratulations to Isabel, Chloe and Grace who were drawn out of the hat this term and received the reading rocket prizes of a book or voucher! 📚 There were more children than ever entered in to the draws this half term and so massive congratulations to every single one of them who read five times a week […]
You may have noticed the addition of these signs on the KS1 playground, one for each of the 4 classes (Nursery, Reception, Y1 and Y2). They are in position to show waiting parents where to stand so that social distancing measures are adhered to and so that bottle necks are avoided at entrance and exit […]
The Harvest links have been sent out today. These link to unlisted videos on YouTube. They can only be viewed via the link. We ask that these links are not posted on social media but are enjoyed privately within families instead. Thank you in anticipation of your support.
Throughout the past couple of weeks, children in each class at Hillside have being designing commemorations for Remembrance Day. The children have been creating different styles of poppies, crafts, and crosses to commemorate all those who have been hurt or died in wars past and present. It was an honour to have these creations displayed […]
Year Four have been learning about reasons why the Roman army was so powerful. They found out that they wore strong protective armour, carried effective weapons, were well trained, committed and attacked in well organised formations. Miss McCann, their Centurion, took them out for a training session this afternoon and they all did a very […]