The Hills Lower School Bedford -In Partnership with Parents

Diary Dates

Sport Morning EYS (not nursery) 23 May 2013 09:00 to 11:30
Half Term 24 May 2013 to 25 May 2013
Awards assembly 24 May 2013 09:00 to 10:00
School Off 25 May 2013 to 03 Jun 2013
Back to school 03 Jun 2013 to 04 Jun 2013
Mad hair day & PTA Work-in 06 Jun 2013 to 07 Jun 2013
1P Assembly 07 Jun 2013 09:00 to 10:00

23 May - 23 May

24 May - 25 May

24 May - 24 May

25 May - 03 Jun

03 Jun - 04 Jun

06 Jun - 07 Jun

07 Jun - 07 Jun

Welcome to The Hills Academy

Welcome

The Hills Academy is a vibrant and diverse school with strong values as central to our happy and safe environment. We have been recognised as 'Outstanding', by Ofsted, since 1997 and we pride ourselves in combining high attainment with excellent extra-curricular opportunities for all our pupils. Dedicated and committed staff, governors, volunteers, parent groups and student forums continue to drive forward the success and growth of the school.

As an inclusive environment we are focused on meeting the individual needs of our whole school community. Learning is personalized for each pupil and our children have the independence to determine much of this; evaluating their own achievements and setting themselves challenging targets for the future.

As a globally minded 'International Award' school we have close links with pupils, teachers and learning around the world and hold the Green Flag for our environmental awareness. Learning in school takes place throughout the whole environment; including our wonderful outdoor learning spaces. Our children love to explore, experiment and get dirty!

We embrace technology and offer pupils and community members access to state of the art ICT facilities and training; key to our award winning Cineclub and Robotics workshops.

As a whole school community we see ourselves as life-long learners with our eyes firmly set on ensuring the school continues to evolve with the rigours and needs of the 21st Century. Celebration of all achievements is central to this and fosters mutual respect and high self-esteem.

From the excitement and exploration of the Early Years, to the challenges, responsibilities and investigations of Year 4, we aim to provide all our young people with the learning and life skills that allow them to reach their full social and academic potential.

The website offers you a snapshot of the school, but you are warmly welcome to visit us and see the school in action - please do call the office for an appointment.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Mrs Whitehead
Headteacher
The Hills Academy

The Hills Academy Trust

The Hills Academy Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales with the company number 08434199.
The registered office is The Hills Academy, Stancliffe Road, Bedford MK41 9AT.

Latest Blogs

Please remember to check the blogs via the Class Blog section to view attached image galleries.

Looking after our environment
Written by Mrs Browning

This week we have been creating our own Anderson Shelters, and thinking about how it would feel to spend a time in there. We all agreed that it could be very cramped, probably damp and very cold in winter. We…

Written on Friday, 17 May 2013 12:19 in 4B
Tri Golf and Eco Roadshows
Written by Miss Starr

THE Eco Roadshow came for a visit on Thursday. They came to enhance our knowledge about how to keep our environment safe and clean!!At The Hills we know how important this is but we were still surprised to learn that;…

Written on Friday, 17 May 2013 10:32 in 4T
Lovely letters
Written by Mrs McCallum

We have been practising our letter writing over the last two weeks and everyone enjoyed writing in the role of Mr or Mrs Bear replying to a letter from Goldilocks. There was good expression of how the bears felt about…

Written on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 17:54 in 3M
Bears Don't Like Bananas
Written by Miss Parrella

We have begun our new poetry unit in Literacy. We have been looking at animal poems and seeing if we can notice anything about rhyme, rhythm and repetition. The children particularly enjoyed our work on Bears Don’t like Bananas. They…

Written on Friday, 10 May 2013 13:42 in 1P
Gas Masks and Paving Slabs
Written by Miss Starr

We continued our learning about World War 2 this week. We found out that gas masks were a really important part of the war as they would have protected the people if there was a gas attack. We were surprised…

Written on Friday, 10 May 2013 10:38 in 4T
Year 1 Phonics Screening Check Evening
Written by Administrator

Written on Friday, 10 May 2013 10:26 in 1V
Year 1 Phonics Screening Check Evening
Written by Administrator

Written on Friday, 10 May 2013 10:24 in 1P
Splashing About!
Written by Miss Verney

Hello and welcome back to 1Vs blog. This week we have been getting messy with water in our final lesson from the Science topic Pushes and Pulls. The children looked at objects made from different materials and made a prediction…

Written on Thursday, 09 May 2013 10:45 in 1V

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School News

Science and Environmental Week at The Hills!
March 18th-22nd 2013Science and Environmental week at The Hills starts on Monday, March 18th! Priory Country Park Ranger Jane kicks off the week with her fun and educational 'sustainable crafts' workshop on Monday and Tuesday, the children made a butterfly nectar feeder in…
Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama
This week a number of our children accompanied Mrs Cope and Mrs Foster to take part, in the Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama. The children were competing against other schools from the local area. David, Matthew, Chloe and…
PTA Quiz night
A Huge thank you to everyone who turned up to the White Horse on Wednesday 6th of February to join in with our Quiz night and make our first major event of the year so successful. We raised an amazing…
Enhancements to school security
I am writing to you to explain some enhancements to the security of the school. I invited an Ofsted lead inspector to work with me to confirm the school’s view of itself and highlight any areas for improvement. I am…