African dance and drumming workshops

What an amazing afternoon P4-7 had with Phil from ABC Creative music learning African drumming. We are looking forward to the next session on 4th March. 

Harvest Drive – road closure

Please note that from Monday 14th January for 2-3 weeks there will be essential roadworks taking place on Harvest Drive. This will mean that Harvest Drive will remain closed during this time. We have been in touch with the bus company so that they are aware of this. If you use this route to get to school you either need to go along the A8 to the airport or look for alternative places to park and walk through to the school. Please click on the link to open the map. cec – harvest drive, newbridge – road closure – tbc 14th jan 19 (3 week…

Hour of Code

P6/7 spent a fun-filled afternoon at Craigmount High School for an Hour of Code where they wrote their own dance algorithms for Marty the Robot using Scratch software. They also enjoyed learning how to write code using ‘Code Monkey’. The children proved that Hillwood has plenty of budding computing talent so watch this space!

Christmas Fair

Thank you to everyone who helped make Hillwood’s Christmas Fair a huge success. It was fantastic to welcome members of the community through our doors to enjoy home bakes, face painting, tombola, children’s crafts and much more. The event has already raised an incredible amount of money which will fund a trip to the panto for the whole school!

50 ways to experience Edinburgh

Take a look at all these outdoor learning ideas – most of them don’t cost any money too! Ideas for weekends and holidays. 50 ways to experience outdoors

Children in Need

We had a special visitor in school this afternoon and we raised over £80 selling Pudsey cakes, key rings and wristbands. More excitement to look forward to on Friday!!

Hoarding Competition

P5/6/7 were given the opportunity to make their mark on Edinburgh Airport!  We took part in a hoarding competition, using our Scottish landmark research to design, draw and paint some eye-catching boards.

One Planet Picnic Pocket Garden

Hillwood’s Gardening Action Group were lucky winners of the ‘One Planet Picnic Pocket Garden’ competition with their beautiful sensory garden promoting peace and justice. They were invited to realise their design at this year’s Gardening Scotland event – Well done!

Playground Games

A massive “thank you” to Lloyds Bank volunteers who did an amazing job painting our school playground. It’s definitely brightened up our playtimes!

Sports Day

Well done to everyone who helped make our Sports Day huge success! The children enjoyed working in action group teams to participate in different sporting activities and races.