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Lent Assembly
On Monday, Mrs Ashton held an assembly about Lent. The children learned the meaning of Lent and why Christians adhere to this practice. We thought about what we could give up for 40 days and how difficult if would be and we also discussed how nice it would be to think of 40 acts of […]
Winners!
Wow, what a day we had today at Staffs Uni! The 12 Year 5 and 6 children who made it through to the final of the Ryman Enterprise challenge exhibited excellent behaviour, confidence and showcased their amazing presenting skills throughout the day. Team ‘Let’s Stick Together’ were crowned the overall winners in the city- an […]
Pancake Day in Nursery
Nursery have celebrated Shrove Tuesday by tasting pancakes! They had a choice of lemon and sugar or chocolate sauce. They were thoroughly enjoyed.
Enterprise Presentations
We are ready for our enterprise presentations! We have practiced our scripts, prepared our resources and are wearing our personalised t-shirts.
Relaxing in Year One
Thank you to Claire from Relax Kids who came to school to work with Year One. She will be completing a six week programme to work on their breathing, relaxing and calming skills! The session began in the forest searching for animals, continued with some monkeying around and ended with some mindful yoga and breathing […]
Fire fighting in Year One!
Year One have linked their History and Science learning by finding out which material would be best to help put out a great fire at Hillside! They tested six different materials and found out that plastic and metal were the best to carry water! They also found out which were the worst as some of […]
Reading Rocket – Spring Term 2 Dates
Our new Reading Rocket begins on Monday 24th February and will end on Sunday 5th April. The children must read at least five times over the week, on different days and this must be clearly recorded in their reading diary. (Children in nursery should read at least three times per week). The children who achieve this will […]
Year Two Showcase
Yesterday was the Year Two showcase. Children started by teaching their grown ups a dance and afterwards completed two more tasks: a food diary for science and some Valentine’s Day art. Thank you to everybody who turned up to support the children.
Bananagrams Winners
Well done to our amazing Bananagram champions: Bella (Y4) and James (Y5). They battled against many of their peers and children from other year groups to be crowned the ultimate Bananagram Champions 2020. They were both awarded with an electronic dictionary in assembly this morning. We hope they enjoy using this resource in class and […]