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Dear Parents and Guardians
Friday 2nd December 2016
I can’t believe that we are already into December, the end of the year will
soon be upon us. This week sees the launch of our Christmas Meal appeal.
Last year we were overwhelmed by the support that this appeal was given
from pupils and families. The idea behind our Christmas Meal appeal is that
we help to provide a Christmas meal for people who otherwise may not get
one. Like last year we are offering a prize to the form group with the most
meal boxes.
This week I would also like to draw your a en on to our safeguarding ar cle
on the back page. I know that many parents have signed up to the Hillside
app already but we would like as many parents signed up as possible before
the big launch in January. The app is a quick and easy way for us to keep in
contact with you and for you to keep in contact with us. If you have an Apple
or android phone please could I ask that you download the app so that we
can keep you up to date with informa on about the school. In the future we
hope to develop this app so that we can link permission slips for trips,
payments for school trips and informa on about your child to the app.
We say goodbye to Mrs Jones this week, who is off on her maternity leave.
We wish her all the best on the birth of her second child. Finally, Mrs Ryan
will be returning to school from her maternity leave on Monday 5th
December. I know that she has missed the school
greatly and is looking forward to returning.
Louise McPartland
Associate Principal
Weekly Literacy Task
Each week at Hillside pupils have a Literacy Task to improve
general spelling and grammar in all subjects. This week’s
Literacy Task is to focus on homophones.
Be aware of these
tricky words, check
with your teacher if
you are unsure.
Leader Readers
Nathan Seddon 8SC
Garrison Osayande 7TJS Natalie Williams 11CCS
Top A enders
(Week Commencing: 21.11.16)
7TJS
98.0
8SAC 94.3
9SE
96.4
10KW 98.1
11RLC 97.6
Leader Readers
These pupils have been nominated
as excep onal readers by their
Teachers.
Joe Hardie 8SG
Nathan Seddon 8SC
Garrison Osayande 7TJS
Natalie Williams 11CCS
Year 8 Take to the Skies
Mrs Daly had a bet with year 8 that she could build a be er paper aeroplane than
they could…and she was right. The first a empts were dire. Most of them didn’t
even get past the launch table let alone down the corridor and Mrs Daly won by a
country mile. So; the task was set as part of the homework to refine the models
and have a re-match the following week. Mairaid Flanagan refined hers eleven
mes and has a shoe box full of designs; some had weights a ached, some had
reverse wings and some were just strange. Friday dawned bright, yet chilly, and
the refined designs looked so good that we didn’t think that the corridor would be
long enough so we went onto the back yard. We lined up on the launch line and
got ready to throw our planes. Mairaid threw all eleven of hers and she was
clearly consistent with her design as they all landed in the same place. The overall
winner was Tyler Watling with the Kelly Flyer, Georgie Medway came a close
second and one of Mairaid’s many designs came in at a respectable third place.
Shoes and Appropriate Footwear
As Christmas approaches and our pupils are wri ng Christmas lists, I feel that now is a mely reminder for parents
and guardians in regards to appropriate footwear. The Wade Deacon Trust uniform policy is below.
3.6. Boys’ and Girls’ Footwear
· Shoes must be able to be polished. Suede leather is not permi ed.
· There must be no coloured s tching or coloured flashes visible on the shoe.
· Heels over 2cm are not allowed.
· No boots of any descrip on are permi ed.
· No pla orms, sandals, sling backs or fashion shoes are allowed.
· Trainers or trainer style shoes are not acceptable this includes Cruyff, Nike Huarache or Bamboo brands,
however, this list is not exhaus ve as the above are examples.
· Canvas pumps will not be acceptable as school shoes or for use in Physical Educa on lessons.
If you require any further informa on regarding appropriate uniform, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s
Progress Leader or Mr Heverin Associate Assistant Vice Principal.
Heart Dissec ons
Year 9 and Year 10 scien sts have been carrying out heart dissec ons and
at me our labs looked like a medieval butcher’s shop. We were very
cau ous of the fact that we were dealing with a possible biohazard and so
took all necessary precau ons when handling the hearts and cleaning up
the work areas a erwards to avoid cross contamina on. We were clearly
able to iden fy the four chambers of the heart although the top atria were
quite small and so difficult to make out clearly. The ventricles were clearly
visible as were the main blood vessels leading to and from the heart. We
were also amazed to be able to operate the heart valves by pulling gently
on the ligaments a aching them to the sides of the heart. This was a really
interes ng lesson and most people enjoyed the chance to actually look
inside an organ rather than just looking at picture or film clips.
Dylan Peacock however was
not impressed with the
smell.
Year 8 Mathema cs: Highest Common Factor & Lowest Common Mul ple
Yinning Weng Mei (below) in year 8 has been teaching Mr Brannan a much easier method to find the highest
common factor (HCF) and the lowest common mul ple (LCM) of two numbers. The method is simple and is shown
below:
Ques on: Find the HCF and LCM of 36 and 28
Step 1: Find any common factor of 36 and 28, put the
common factor on the outside, like this.
Step 2: You then divide 36 and 28 by the common factor
you have found. This gives you these numbers
Step 3: If there is s ll a common factor in the new two numbers you repeat
step 1 and 2.
Step 4: Now that there is no common factors of 9 and 7, we stop. To find the
HCF, mul ply the numbers on the le , so HCF = 2 x 2 = 4. To find the LCM you
mul ply all the numbers on the outside, so LCM = 2 x 2 x 9 x 7 = 252.
The Hillside App for Parents
In September we launched the Hillside App to Parents, we have had a good number of
parents download the app and access informa on regarding their child. We would love
to have more of our parents download the app so if you are interested please visit the
school website and click the link at the top of the page. The app will work if you own an Apple or Android phone.
Weekly Maths Challenge
Shopkeepers Problem
A shopkeeper prices his stock so that he makes 37% profit. In a sale
he reduces the price of all his stock by 12%.
He sells an item in the sale. Calculate the percentage profit he
makes.
Mr Brannan
Dates for the Diary
Thought for the Week
Christmas Lunch:
Wednesday 14th December 2016
Carol Concert:
Monday 19th December 2016
6.30pm
End of Term:
Wednesday 21st December 2016
Start of Term:
Wednesday 4th January 2017
8.40am
Year 11 Parents Evening: Thursday 12th January 2017