Wow! What a successful World Environment Day we had yesterday at Hillside. The children looked amazing in their greens and blues and fully embraced the day. Each class looked at a different issue, ranging from pollution and single-use plastic to recycling and protecting animals. They produced some excellent work and had many great ideas. It […]

You may have noticed that we have taken delivery of a bus during half term and have sited it on the KS2 playground. We are already planning how we are going to use it and are excited about using it for group work and interventions and maybe using it as a reading space during playtimes. The bus […]

The Year 4 children had a fantastic time at Coombes Valley. They enjoyed completing a tree survey, minibeast hunt, river study and river dipping. The children have learnt lots to support their learning of rivers in class.

We are delighted to announce that we, Hillside Primary School have achieved the Gold School Games Mark Award for the 2018/19 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and […]

This half term’s Reading Rocket begins on Monday 3rd June and will end on Sunday 14th July. The Reading Rocket will end a week earlier than the end of the term to ensure there is time to award prizes, give the children their extra break and to send congratulation letters home. We hope the children […]

We have had an official opening today of our new role play set up ready for use after half term! The children have all enjoyed going to buy their ice cream and then eating it while watching a film, yummy!

A big well done to all of the children who were celebrating their good work this week. This is a fantastic achievement and the children should be commended. Well done!

Year 6 have arrived safely at Alton Towers and are excited for a day of fun, laughter and  screaming! This treat is well deserved after a year of hard work.    

A huge well done to everyone in Year Two for their hard work and positive attitude this week! Everyone is on the recognition board and we are all extremely proud of them! We are now looking forward to our recognition treat!

Thank you to everyone who has come to school today in their favourite/colourful/wacky or decorated footwear, to be a part of ‘walk to school week’, it has certainly brightened up the school day!