Dear Parents, At 5.15pm today, the Secretary of State for Education gave a public statement that all state-funded schools in England would be closed from the end of the school day on Friday. He also indicated that all the SATs, GCSE, AS and A-level examinations due to take place this Summer, have been suspended; and […]
Reception and Nursery have loved exploring the woods together today. They have built dens, played hide and seek and loved getting really muddy! Ask your children what they found in the woods. 🌲🌳🍃🌱🌼
We continue to be ‘business as usual’ at Hillside Primary, however should we receive instruction to close we will provide children with an age-appropriate home learning pack. This pack will be, as afar as possible, work that the children can complete with little adult input and may be based around basic skills, consolidation and revision. […]
The press conference with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson took place late this afternoon and as such we need to update you with our actions in response. Here are the key points: everyone in the UK is now being advised to avoid “non-essential” contact with others and “unnecessary” travel people are also being asked avoid […]
Dear Parents/ Carers, As you’re probably aware, the government’s guidance on the coronavirus has changed from the ‘contain’ phase to one of delaying the spread of the virus. We are in an unprecedented situation and I am getting in touch to let you know what we’re doing in light of this, and what we expect […]
Science Ambassadors have been out again this week inspiring our younger children with observing the effect of chromatography. What super scientists we are!
This week Nursery listened to the story of the Three Little Pigs. They have built houses using sticks, bricks and straw. They have made playdough pigs and enjoyed playing in Hillside farm! Oink 🐷🐷🐷
Today Year Three have been enjoying designing and creating their own healthy fruit skewers. They practised using a knife safely to cut the fruit. Luckily, no fingers were lost. Why not ask your child about the two cutting techniques we learnt about. The finished results looked amazing and the children enjoyed tasting them.
Well done to the winners of our writing competition! Last week, all children, from nursery to Year 6, were asked to write a story based on the stimulus ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker. The children used their imagination to create a mystery land or place and the teachers had the difficult task of picking an overall […]
Today, Reception have been following the trail of Hansel and Gretel through the woods. Hansel had dropped a number of white stones which led to key events and characters from the story.