Reading for pleasure is a fundamental part of our lives. Here are some useful websites where you can browse online books. Happy reading!

freechildrenstories.com

browse by age: 3-5 years 5-8 years and 8-10 years

no download or app needed

Cbeebies

App needed to download stories

www.booktrust.org

stories for younger infant children

no download or app needed

www.magickeys.com

stories for young and older children and young adults

no download or app needed

funbrain.com

stories for various age ranges

no download or app needed

New KS2 Playground Markings

There were lots and lots of excited faces in the Key Stage 2 playground yesterday morning, on our return to school after the half term holiday. The reason – new playground markings to explore for all the children, including a snakes and ladders game, an active zone and a new 5-a-side football pitch.

As you can see from the images below, despite the 'miserable’ weather at breaktime, the children still managed to really enjoy interacting with the new playground markings. Let’s hope the weather improves this week, so the children can continue to explore and enjoy these new resources...

Hilldene supports Safer Internet Day

Tuesday 11th February was Safer Internet Day.
Hilldene Primary supported this event by sharing assemblies, stories and activities in class.
Parents and Carers can find useful information about keeping your children safe online by clicking on this link.

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers

Thank you for continuing to help us keep our children safe online!

Charity - Thank you

Congratulations and huge thanks to generous pupils, parents and staff for raising a whopping £330.51 for Save the Children on Christmas Jumper day.​ Your generosity and support for this worthy cause are greatly appreciated.

Books for Schools Campaign

Don’t forget The Sun – Books for Schools Campaign has now started. Please help us to collect as many tokens as we can to earn as many books as we can for our children. See the full details below:

Exciting news – the school have registered to take part in a Books for Schools Campaign organised by The Sun newspaper and HarperCollins books.

All we need to do as a community is to collect 3,500 tokens from The Sun and The Sun on Sunday newspapers between Saturday 23^rd November and Saturday 18^th January in order to qualify for 105 fantastic free Collins Big Cat books!

Collection Points in School

Early Years and KS1 - we are asking that children in these year groups give any tokens that they have collected at home into their teacher at the start of the school day and they will then place them in the collection box in the Year 1 area.

KS2 – children in these year groups can ‘post’ their tokens into the collection box that will be displayed in the KS2 Library area.

As we have shown with the recent Aldi’s Kit for Schools Campaign, when we work together as a community, we can achieve so much more for our children and their school – so, look out for the coupons when they start appearing in The Sun or Sun on Sunday newspapers from Saturday 23^rd November and good luck everyone!

Parent Information Page Update

There have been some additions to the 'Parent Information' section of our website, the latest addition being the Asthma Awareness page. There are also other links to important information for parents and carers, and a 'parentinfo.org' newsfeed at the bottom of the page which covers a wide range of topics, some of which you may find of use.

Online Safety - Net Aware

Your guide to social network sites, apps and games. Let's keep Children safe online.
https://www.net-aware.org.uk/news/

Net Aware now includes more tips and advice from O2 and NSPCC experts on the social networks, apps and games your kids are using. It also features news stories which cover the latest trends and most pressing issues facing kids online, helping you stay on top of things. There is also a new tips and advice section that answers your most important questions around online safety.

The Sun - Books for Schools Campaign

Exciting news – the school have registered to take part in a Books for Schools Campaign organised by The Sun newspaper and HarperCollins books.

All we need to do as a community is to collect 3,500 tokens from The Sun and The Sun on Sunday newspapers between Saturday 23^rd November and Saturday 18^th January in order to qualify for 105 fantastic free Collins Big Cat books!

Collection Points in School

Early Years and KS1 - we are asking that children in these year groups give any tokens that they have collected at home into their teacher at the start of the school day and they will then place them in the collection box in the Year 1 area.

KS2 – children in these year groups can ‘post’ their tokens into the collection box that will be displayed in the KS2 Library area.

As we have shown with the recent Aldi’s Kit for Schools Campaign, when we work together as a community, we can achieve so much more for our children and their school – so, look out for the coupons when they start appearing in The Sun or Sun on Sunday newspapers from Saturday 23^rd November and good luck everyone!