News & Events

We've been traveling around the world learning about different places, cultures and food. We ate pasta in Italy, sushi in Japan, made fruit sticks from Hawaii, opened a coconut, made masks for a carnival in Brazil and had a tea party in England.

Headmistress, Debbie Coombes says, "It’s thanks to the entire Hilltops team, the people make us an awesome little school."

The best way to end a week is with ice-cream!

Thank you to all our generous sponsors to helping to make our Barn Dance fundraiser a huge success. Windhamhill Farm for the beautiful flowers,
Jenna for leading the line dancing, Build It Hilton, Build it Nottingham, Bella Donna Hair salon, Upper Millstone, Blackwoods nursery, Local Choice Pharmacy, Sarah Bowman, Cure House, Rooibos beauty products, Bidfood, The Cookhouse, The Rotanda and Pick n Pay Hilton. You are all superstars!

We did a collection for the SPCA. Thank you to everyone who contributed. It's always good to be kind.

Starting the term with a parents' picnic is just awesome. Future playdates are in the planning stage as many friendships form.

Date Night for parents to enjoy Valentines day, means extra time having fun at school!

Welcoming children back to school is super exciting, and for all of us returning it is especially good to get to know all the new faces.

Well done to our whole school for their awesome presentation of Christmas in Africa, this year's nativity play.

We enjoyed a watermelon feast. The chilled, juicy treat helped everyone to stay cool on a hot summers day at school.

When these blocks come out for play, the big question is always: How high can we build our tower?!

Guess who found the muddy puddles!

Exercises that grow our skills are such fun when we do them together for class activities.

Staying cool on Friday fun day was easy, we jumped into the water under some shade.

Our colourful flag is bright and beautiful. We love South Africa!

Fun times with mates on the playground.

Everybody loved 'Special Persons Day’. We had a photo booth and crafting fun after some entertainment.

Our Snail Competition was a reminder of how fascinating tiny creatures are.

The joyful splashes, learning what floats and what sinks and seeing how fast ice mellts in water are all a part of what makes water playtime memorable.

The concrete floor and colourful chalk is a hit during art time.

Another happy and successful Christmas play enjoyed by everyone. Our little Angels.

A wonderful morning was spent with our Grandparents, to celebrate GRANDPARENTS DAY 2019.

MOTHER’S DAY 2019 Arranging flowers and spoiling our fabulous Mums, Grandmothers, Aunts and Sisters.

PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN CELEBRATING HERITAGE DAY 2019 We had a fun-filled morning dressed in South African attire and eating some good, traditional South African food.

MOVIE NIGHT 2019 A fun event for the whole family.

As part of Our Community Theme, some of our children visited various places in the Hilton Community. They posted a letter at the Post Office, had a wonderful story told to them by the local librarian at the Library and enjoyed seeing Tasha’s fudge being made. Thanks to all those who supported our little adventure, the children just loved it!

Every year Hilltops celebrates our wonderful country, our little children sing the national anthem at the top of their voices, they enjoy traditional South African food and they learn that they are a part of something truly wonderful! Aah to appreciate the simple things hot days, braais and good friends!

Fun was had at a cosy brekkie for our special mums on Mother's Day at The Barn with an enriching and entertaining talk by Hilltops mom and Psychologist Carien Du Toit.

Mom's were spoilt with pamper hampers, flowers, coffee and muffins- and of course lot's of laughs, chats and good memories!

Hilltop's Preschool doing the laps!

​From Tiny Tot's to big Grade R's, all had fun in the sun while exercising, with a half- way Jelly Tot stop and Splashes to end off for tired little legs.

Kids are snuggly awaiting their movie, popcorn and hot choccie while their parents are out on a date!

This has become a regular feature on the Hilltops calendar due to its runaway success!

Visiting the farm at Cedara (practically our neighbours). There was lots of walking and spotting "farm things", riding tractors and touching lambs.

We definitely have a few future farmers at our little school!

The children all took their shoes off at 10:00 (it IS winter in Hilton after all!) as well as bought bags of warm clothes, shoes and blankets to donate to Ndabezintle Creche in Sweetwaters. The amazing Nellie looks after approximately 30- 40 children on a daily basis and does this with the support of local churches and community groups. She provides them with a hot meal and lots of love. Hilltops is proud to support her fantastic project.

The SPCA Howick came to chat to the children to make them aware of what the organisation does as well as what it takes to look after animals as pets. This tied in nicely with our weekly theme (pets) and really brought the learning home for the little ones. Donations of food and blankets were proudly given by the children, and the SPCA team was hugely appreciative. Thanks all!

So many of our grandparents turned out to enjoy the day with us! They were treated to a stellar musical performance, a poetry recital and then a craft session with their precious grandchildren.

Everyone enjoyed tea and cake together and a tour around the school. Thanks to all our grandparents for coming along, see you next year!

What a special day, full of happy hearts and big smiles! All the children came dressed in their mixtures of pink, white and red to celebrate love and all the things they hold dear to their hearts.

The teachers got extra big hugs and even some gorgeous flowers! Aren't we so lucky!?