During National Storytelling Week, Year One and Two have been using music and drama to explore the book ‘I am Nefertiti’ by Annemarie Anang 🎶🥁🪘 #NSHPrimaryYearOne #NSHPrimaryYearTwo @AnnemarieAnang

Puzzle Club have been playing a classic from Mrs Robinson’s childhood - Clock Patience! Ask us how to play when we are at home.

Year One have been building their confidence with numbers to 20. They took their learning outside and built a physical number line to help them order and compare numbers. #NSHPrimaryYearOne

Sketching, shading, mixing, painting, sculpting! Year One have thrown themselves into Art Week, working on lots of different skills and having loads of fun. 🎨🖌️🖼️ #NSHPrimaryYearOne

Campfire cooking, fire lighting and toasting marshmallows….Year One have had a wonderful bushcraft morning! 🔥🏕️ #NSHPrimaryYearOne #outdoorlearning #bushcraft

Nursery have been preparing for the arrival of Aliens! Everyone has loved exploring different textures when making Alien gloop and we have designed our own aliens. #NSHPrimaryNursery #EYFS

Reception have been exploring all the ways to make 5. Double sided counters and using 5 frames has helped with the understanding the composition of 5. Well done! #NSHPrimaryReception #proudteacher @WhiteRoseEd #handsonlearning 😀

Nursery staff and children were so excited to be back at school and with the added delight of a few snow flurries, it has been a super start to 2026! #NSHPrimaryNursery #EYFS #firsthandexperiences ❄️

Welcome back Reception! Busy days are here again! We’ve embraced the cold weather by making giant ice cubes, written and drawn about our time away from school and most of all enjoyed being back with our friends! #NSHPrimaryReception ❄️📝😀

Year 3 had a wonderful Bushcraft session this week, creating their own teepees for their own mini fires🪵🔥 As well as cooking their own mini ikea snack, which included a classic ikea meatball! 🍽️ #NSHPrimary #NSHYear3

Year 3! Along with the rest of the school, enjoyed some fun in the snow this week! Some cold hands, but so many smiling faces!❄️🌨️🥶😃 #NSHPrimary #NSHYear3

Happy new year to one and all! A very warm welcome back on a chilly first day of term. Breaktime brought the excitement of a sudden flurry of snow! Well done to everyone for wrapping up warm on the first day back! Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and successful year ahead!

What an incredibly talented group of 'Rock Steady'ers we have at New Scotland Hill! They treated us to a wonderful festival of musical treats to end the term! A packed hall rocked-out as the children showed-off their skills and talents to the school! Well done everyone!

KS2 performed a stunning Carol concert to parents and families yesterday. Such beautiful singing and a chance to reflect on what really matters at Christmas. Community, family and togetherness, being thankful for all we have, and peace and good-will to all.

It has been a busy week in Year 4. What with prop-making, carol singing, Santa running and Christmas dinnering. We have had a wonderful time with friends.

Year 6 spread the Christmas joy this week, by dropping festive letters around the village. They loved surprising some of our neighbours with a little Christmas treat! Merry Christmas one and all, from everyone at New Scotland Hill!

We enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch on Wednesday, all thanks to our amazing cooks, Maxine and Julie, assisted by Mr Lewis, who helped make sure everything ran smoothly on the day! We are very lucky to have incredible adults who go over and above for our children!

Well done to all of our Santa runners on Tuesday,who braved the mud and got into the festive spirit, dashing around the field in their Christmas gear! We had an amazing afternoon, jogging along to some festive classics, cheered on by friends and family!

Year One have been enjoying spotting the birds that have been visiting the new bird box. They have been researching and writing their own fact files, as well as creating some beautiful observational drawings 🦅🪶🪹🪺🦉 #NSHPrimaryYearOne

Year One have been lucky enough to be visited by a wonderful grandparent, who taught them all about local garden birds and built a lovely bird box. They can’t wait to spot some feathered friends from the classroom window! 🦉🕊️🪺🪶 #NSHPrimaryYearOne #birdbox