St Hilda's CofE Primary School

Congratulations to our winners from the Summer Fest Cardio Wall Challenge 2023!
3rd Place Prize - Velcro Ball Catcher Set
2nd Place Prize - Art Set
1st Place Prize - Amazon Shopping Voucher.
Well done to you all!

Well done to Birch Class (Year 4) for winning the BEST CLASS ATTENDANCE OF THE YEAR award 2023. A special thank you to Jordan from Vision for Education for the delicious Pizza treat! for Education Manchester

The Winning raffle ticket number is 51. Please contact the school office on 0161 624 3592 to claim your prize. Congratulations!

And the best attendance for week commencing 26th June 2023 goes to...Sycamore Class (Year 6). Well done to everyone in Sycamore!.

And the best attendance for week commencing 12th June 2023 goes to... Squirrels Class (Reception) with 100%. Wow! Well done Squirrels!!!🎉😄

The Nursery children had a fantastic time on Sports Day. They were timed doing an obstacle course, where they climbed, balanced, jumped and hopped. The children took part in different races including the egg and spoon race and beanbag balance.
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And the best attendance for week commencing 5th June 2023 goes too...Birch Class (Year 4) with 100%. Fantastic Birch Class, keep it up!

ST HILDA'S SUMMER FEST 2023 - EVERYONE WELCOME!

In Nursery, the Book of the Week has been ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’. The children have learnt the story and performed with actions. We made jam sandwiches to take with us on a bear hunt. The children learnt how to use a knife to spread the jam. All of the children enjoyed sitting together and eating the sandwiches. They talked about the shapes of the sandwiches.

St Hilda's Summer Fest 2023
Tuesday 4th July - 3.30pm

SAVE THE DATE!!!

Cherry Class performing The Adventures of Isabel in Guided Reading

We are inviting our former pupils and their families to come to school on Friday 26th May from 3pm to 4pm to share their beautiful memories of Mrs Rostron (Miss Adler) who sadly passed away last Friday.

And the best attendance for week commencing 15th May 2023 goes to...Birch Class (Year 4). Well done to everyone in Birch.

Hope too see all our parents.
Friday 26th May at 9.15 am

The theme this week has been spiders. The children have been making their own spiders. They have read ‘Aaaarrgghh Spider!’ and ‘Incy Wincy Spider’. The children investigated the best adhesive to use to stop Incy Wincy from sliding down the drainpipe. Gross motor skills were developed when the children were invited to negotiate the spider's web.

And the best attendance for week commencing 8th May 2023 goes to...Willow Class (Year 6) with 100%. Well done Willow Class!

Cherry class have been investigating which materials are conductors and insulators in science. Our science mascot, Albert Einstein, helps us to understand each week what our scientific focus is and which scientific skills we are using.

Maple class enjoyed making sun glasses in science to protect their eyes from the sun's dangerous ultra violet rays. They know that the sun can be good for you , but can also be dangerous.

Year 1 Foxes - In Science, we have been exploring which materials are waterproof and which are not.

Year 1 Foxes - In PSHE, we have been looking at how to overcome personal challenges and barriers.

Year 1 Foxes - Making fruit and yoghurt Union Flags for Year 2 to taste.

Year 1 Foxes - Exploring 2 digit numbers with the part whole model and Diennes.

Another fabulous assembly by Cherry Class! Our theme was Health and Fitness and Aspiration.

Reception have had the best day ever! 👑🇬🇧
Making jam sandwiches and icing biscuits, party games, tattoos, singing, making flags and being ‘Royal’ all day! We are so excited for tomorrow now ♥️

We are all ready to celebrate the King’s Coronation with our Reception children today! 🇬🇧👑
Don’t forget to come in red, white or blue or even dressed as a King or Queen! See you all soon! 👋🏻

Elm class have been getting stuck into their History topic this term. They have been learning about the key ancient civilisations that helped shaped modern life. This weeks' focus has been on Ancient Egypt and The Shang Dynasty. Here Elm class are exploring some artefacts.

Week commencing 17th April; The theme in Nursery was snails. The children have been learning about the artists Henry Matisse and Andy Goldsworthy. They created artwork in the style of these artists. We have also been taking care of snails.

A huge thank you to all our children and families that attended SHAFLA's first Eid market On Monday 24th April . We had a lovely turn out and the children and their families had lots of fun. All the money raised will be going towards our Year 5's residential trip In January. Can't wait for our next SHAFLA event so keep your eyes and ears open everyone!

Cherry Class singing 'STOP' in their Music lesson

16 children from Years 3 and 4 attended the Oldham Active's Gotta Dance Competition and performed their modern/contemporary dance routine that they have been practising in their after school club with Miss Bainbridge. School are very proud of the effort and confidence that you all showed performing in front of a big crowd and a BIG thankyou to all parents who came to support with us! Go Waka Warriors!!

DT - Bird Houses

Year 6 have been creating 'Exploded View' and '3D View' working diagrams to help with the manufacture of their bird houses.

The children in Nursery have been learning about dogs and how to care for them. This week, they had a visit from Mrs Graham’s cocker spaniel, Sweep. Sweep loved meeting the children and enjoyed lots of cuddles!

Parent Review Day - Monday 27th March 2023.
From 9.00am to 11.30am and 1.00pm to 4.30pm.

Break a rule day - Friday 24th March!
Which rule will you dare to break?

(Fines apply🙄)

Word Book Day in Cherry Class

School Council and our Junior Management Team had such a fantastic experience yesterday! As part of the ’School’s Linking Project’ with South Failsworth, they were able to visit the Council Chambers for their leadership training and they even got to meet the Mayor of Oldham! We felt very privileged to be invited into her parlour for juice and biscuits too! As always, our children were a credit to us and we can already see future leaders in them all!

Cherry Class performing their Creation assembly

This week has been Science week. In Nursery, we read 'Jasper's Beanstalk'. The main character in the book is a cat. The children met Mrs Ali's cat, Chucky. They talked about her appearance and how to look after her. All of the children enjoyed playing with her! The children measured beanstalks using cubes. They planted a seed and wrote some instructions.