As part of the national 'Money Week' for schools campaign, Year 9 pupils completed a full day of activities and tutorials which covered all aspects of money management, budgeting and spending.  … [Read more...]

The pupils in Year 8 had a fun and informative day on Tuesday 28th June focusing on 'poverty'.  Activities included a Fairtrade exercise, with Mrs Townsend and Miss Featherstone, making paper … [Read more...]

Twenty nine students completed an eight mile challenge walk on Monday in the Peak District in near-tropical conditions - hot and humid!  The group climbed up and along the ridge that … [Read more...]

The Year 7 pupils had a great time getting involved in a school and Wrenthorpe project as part of their year group day on Tuesday.  It involved a school quiz, an artistic project … [Read more...]

It seemed impossible to try to create a musical in a day - but that is what the Drama and Music Department set as one of their challenges on Monday.  'The Lion King' was the chosen musical this … [Read more...]

One of Monday's challenges was to read a book in a day.  In an otherwise frantic timetable, the library was an oasis of calm tranquillity where a group of pupils were able to indulge their … [Read more...]

As part of their year group's activities on Tuesday, Year 7 spent the afternoon in the School Hall learning how to dance a ceilidh.  The Ceilidh Band played with gusto as usual and an animated Mr … [Read more...]

  As one of the challenges on Monday, a group of girls learned how to make their own customised jewellery, as the picture demonstrates.  … [Read more...]

Please note that all the schools in the Silcoates Foundation will be open as normal tomorrow.  The attached letter gives further details about the schools' position.    … [Read more...]

Our challenge on Challenges Day was to photograph all of the other challenges, edit and print the photos and put up a display on the ground floor corridor.  It was definitely a genuine challenge … [Read more...]