On Monday the 3rd of February 2020, we left the school at 9:30am to head to our destination of Bletchley Park in the hope of learning exciting, historical facts. We arrived at Milton Keynes at 10:30am and were split into 5 different groups. Then, in our groups, we went to different huts which all co...
Year 6 have been working hard this year and we’re really proud of all of the children’s accomplishments and achievements already! We’re looking forward to the term ahead and to see the amount of progress that the Year 6 children will continue to make. We wanted to take the opportun...
This year, Year 6 are completing a novel-based scheme of work during literacy lessons. Each week, children are reading a chapter of the novel Stormbreaker and then producing a piece of writing based on that chapter
This half-term, Year 6 have been preparing a fabulous production; they have been celebrating the end of SATs and the end to their time at The Hills Academy. They have been sharing it with the school and their parents and they hope that they have enjoyed it.
On Monday 17th June, Year 6 began their journey to France for their 3 night stay on their first overseas residential accompanied by Mrs Whitehead, Mrs Cope, Miss Lowdon and Mr Parker.
During science lessons this term, Year 6 have begun to study the theory of evolution. The theory was first formulated by Charles Darwin – a famous scientist – in his book ‘On the Origin of Species’ in 1859. The theory of evolution refers to the changes in living organisms ove...
Year 6 have been completing a scheme of work in Literacy based around Anthony Horowitz’s novel ‘Stormbreaker’. Recently, the children had a screening of the film Stormbreaker at school. The film boasts a very impressive cast: Jimmy Carr, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Alicia Silverston...
Year 6 visited Bletchley Park on Thursday 7th February. We arrived at 09:30am and were eager to start learning about the incredible events that took place in the tiny huts at Bletchley during WWII.
Currently in Year 6 the most popular lesson (I think) is English. This is mainly because of our fabulous new teacher Mrs Lusty and her excellent way of teaching us things.