Hillside Reading Bus Update

Wow! What an amazing transformation! Thank you to Mrs Davidson and Latham Upholstery for reupholstering the seats and totally transforming our bus. It looks absolutely amazing and is so comfy. The bus has also had a thorough clean – thank you to Mandy and Denise for this and thank you to John who has installed the […]

Recycling: Dennis Eagle Visits Year Five and Six

Dennis Eagle, a converted bin lorry, visited the Year Five and Year Six children to teach the children about recycling, why we need to make changes for the future and how we can all make a difference. The children listened to an informative presentation and took part in a litter pick to clean up the […]

Hillside’s Science Ambassadors

Reception, Year One and Year Two children were given a super science experience by some of our newly appointed Science Ambassadors from Year Six. They demonstrated how to observe over time when watching the dissolving effect of skittles in water. There were lots of predictions made and scientific language used during the observations. Our Science […]

Chinese New Year

This week Reception have been learning about Chinese New Year. We have made money wallets, lucky goldfish and retold the story of the Great Race where the animal names were given to the years. The children are having a fabulous time and have remembered lots. This afternoon we tasted Chinese noodles, egg fried rice, prawn […]

Mystery boxes in Year Four

We are exploring some mystery boxes in science this afternoon. We are using our previous knowledge of materials and shapes of objects to try to predict what is inside each box and giving detailed reasons and explanations for our predictions.  

Year Two grow like plants!

During their dance lesson, Year Two imitated the growth of a plant. They thought about which part of their bodies represented each part of the plant and slowly showed the growth over 25 days. Brilliant work!  

Better Reader – Friday 17th January 2020

A big well done to our Better Reader who received his certificate on Friday morning. He has been working hard and is more confident with his reading and really enjoyed it.

Headteacher Awards – Friday 17th January 2020

Well done to the children who have been recognised for displaying one of our school values and were awarded with a Headteacher’s certificate in celebration assembly on Friday morning.  

Nursery learning

Nursery have been reading the story ‘Curious George goes to the hospital’ this week. We have been learning about doctors and nurses- making our teddies feel better with bandages and plasters, collaging our own monkeys, making a walkie talkie similar to those that a paramedic may use and baking delicious banana loaf! The children listened […]