On 22nd October, St. Hilda's had a non-uniform Languages Day, with the help of teachers and sixth formers from Silcoates School.  Children had great fun investigating a country and being taught … [Read more...]

On Friday 22nd October Classes 3P and 3B performed their assembly, where they reminded us about eating healthily. Through facts and learning about 'Disgusting Dave', the children higlighted the food … [Read more...]

This week children initiated their own experiences of travelling by train. Using boxes and cartons the children instigated this activity which developed into a whole class event with conductors, … [Read more...]

Continuing our autumn theme the children used different methods to create pictures of trees. This week we used ink blowing techniques. … [Read more...]

The children in Foundation have been learning about bubble making in their science lessons.  They worked out that the bubbles become larger if they added more washing up liquid!  … [Read more...]

The last day of the half-term saw the annual Sixth Form Charity Day.  The theme this year was 'Children's Characters' and, as usual, the local fancy dress shops must have done a roaring trade in … [Read more...]

We let our hair down a bit for the last Chapel Choir rehearsal of half-term, when Mickey Mouse and others came to join in!  After singing in several services in the last few weeks, we are … [Read more...]

It was the turn of Year 4 to have their 5-a-side football club this week, on Friday 22nd October.  Mr Clewarth's indoor football club runs every week, for a different year group each time, due to … [Read more...]

The Year 8 Bookworms met on Friday evening and enjoyed a lively discussion of 'Artemis Fowl' by Eoin Colfer.  It seems to be a 'Marmite' book, in that half the group thought it was … [Read more...]

On Wednesday 20th October, Silcoates welcomed 170 runners from 13 Wakefield schools to the final round of the district cross country league.  Runners ranged in age from Year 7 to Upper 6th, with … [Read more...]