Year 4 visit to Liverpool

Yesterday, the Year 4 children enjoyed a wild and windy day in Liverpool. Despite the ferry being cancelled, they still enjoyed exploring the Museum of Liverpool and learning more about Liverpool’s history.

RE Conference

What an enlightening day Hillside pupils have had at the annual RE conference. They have explored big questions in life, worked with children from other schools and religions and created a fantastic piece of artwork depicting our world and the range of different religions in it.

Hillside Dance Crew

A big well done to the Hillside Dance Crew for a fantastic performance at the Victoria Hall last night. Their interpretation of a Brazilian carnival dance was truly amazing!

Y2 Knowsley Safari Park

What a day we’re having! We’ve had an amazing day learning all about our topic of Africa. We’ve met lots of wonderful animals such as giraffes, zebras and even a python! While we had our dinner, we met a sea lion and a seal which was fantastic! The children have behaved impeccably, and have been […]

Exciting news…

Congratulations to Miss Hewitt who has just announced that she is expecting her second baby. We are very excited for her and her family- Ollie will be a fantastic big brother.  Miss Hewitt will be with us until the end of the academic year.  

Year One’s Coding

Year One have been finding out how to code on laptops today! Coding is giving commands to make things move. They created a fishy picture with real fish that swam left and right and some even managed to make a crab slide across! Excellent effort Year One!

Resilience Assembly

Mrs Schonau led a whole-school assembly this morning on the theme of Resilience. She shared a story of a swallow called Savannah who makes the arduous journey from Africa to Scotland to have her young. This takes lots of bravery, effort, determination and bouncebackability after setbacks. Ask your child to tell you about Resilience – and about Mariska the […]

February Science Challenge

Well done to everyone who completed the February Science Challenge, some wonderful answers were received. Here are children from each year group who have been awarded with a science award for their answers, which were judged to be the best for their age group (with the addition of Mason from Nursery and Dexter from Reception […]

Nursery visit to Hoo Farm!

When we arrived we couldn’t wait to see all of the animals. We are just on the way to see the deer feeding and then we are going to our lambing talk!

Mystery Reader in Reception

A big thank you to Brooke’s mum who stepped in at the last minute on World Book Day. Brooke was delighted to see her mum, who shared a fabulous princess story with the class, especially as she came in wearing matching pyjamas!