World Book Week at Hillside

World Book Week has been a huge success again! We have immersed the children in high quality texts to promote a love of reading. The week began with an unusual sighting of a UFO hovering over the school and debris left on the field. The children were faced with CCTV footage, witness statements and a […]

Shelters in Year Two

Year Two were sent a letter from a school in Zambia asking for help with designing a shelter to keep them safe from The Enormous Crocodile. The children explored shelters in the school grounds, practised the skills of joining and then built a model shelter, showing excellent teamwork. They tested them out and made changes […]

Year Three’s World Book Day Dancing

On World Book Day, Year Three learned a dance to ‘A Day for the Cat in the Hat’ from ‘Suessical the Musical’. They really enjoyed themselves and were definitely born to perform!  

Year Five meets Jules Pottle

Year Five were thrilled to recently catch up with the author Jules Pottle who wrote the story “Jasper the Spider”. They enjoyed a fantastic workshop learning all about Mary Anning and the process of fossilisation. It was wonderful to see the children fascinated by her story and informed about different types of fossils and how […]

Collage in Year Four

The children have completed their artwork based on ‘Lost World’. They have used a variety of materials and techniques to create their final piece of work.  

Pancake Day in Nursery

This week, the children been learning about Pancake day and why we celebrate it. The children have found out that it always falls on a Tuesday and it is called Shrove Tuesday. We talked about lent and that Christians may choose to give something up that they enjoy. We tasted some yummy pancakes and enjoyed […]

Amazing English in Reception

This week Reception have been focusing on report writing for our alien visitors! We had a think about what kind of animals the aliens would like to find out about and then thought about what we already knew about them. We went home and discussed our chosen animals with our parents before writing up our […]

Year One’s Coding and Computing!

Year One have been coding this week using ‘Scratch’ to move a sprite (cat) around the screen! They listened and practised so well then created their own algorithm jigsaws (instructions) for the cat to follow. They had cats jumping on the bed, walking into the sea and finding different animals! Amazing. They also used secondary […]

Mary Anning visits Year Six

Children have been fortunate enough to have received a visit from Mary Anning this week. She delivered a workshop, which showed how she became a famous Palaeontologist (person who studied fossils). Children replicated her work by digging for the remains of some species. They asked very good questions and showed a superb understanding.