Helping A Smooth Transition – Part 3

The transition from Sunny Hill to Silcoates Junior School continued this week for the children in the Reception class when they once again joined the Year One class, this time in a lesson about the … [Read more...]

Vote For Mr Clewarth In The Final

As you will remember, Mr Clewarth's debut novel, Firestorm Rising, was successful in making it through the first round to the final voting round of The People's Book Prize, the only book prize in the … [Read more...]

Double Celebration For Year 6

Friday 17th May was a special day in more than one way, because it saw Year 6 mark two birthdays in style, with Charlotte being 11 on the day and Dylan celebrating the same landmark on … [Read more...]

Year 4 Visit To Old Moor Nature Reserve

On Wednesday 15th May, Year 4 enjoyed an educational visit to Old Moor Nature Reserve.  Here's what two of the children reported:Brodie – 'We went mini-beast hunting, which was great but … [Read more...]

Years 1 And 2 Hunt For Blue

The children in Years 1 and 2 made the most of a little sunshine last week.  They enjoyed exploring the grounds of Silcoates when taking part in a 'Blue Hunt', with the challenge to find as many … [Read more...]

Year 6 Politics – Protection Of Freedoms

In their Politics lesson last week, our Year 6 Politics pupils were thinking all about the Protection of Freedoms bill.  In groups, they worked through a series of cards which made them think about … [Read more...]

Pentecost With Year 2

Our School Chaplain, Revd Lees, visited class 2P today to tell them about the Feast of Pentecost.  She told the boys and girls about it being the birthday of the Church and the beginning of the Holy … [Read more...]

Number Crunching Club

Pupils in Year 1 and Year 2 enjoyed Number Crunching club today.  Through the use of dice, their self-initiated number investigations brought about much fun and some great mental arithmetic work, as … [Read more...]

Junior Rounders Vs BGS

Well done to our younger rounders players for the quality of their performances last week, when all three teams – U11A, U11B and U10A – beat Bradford Grammar School.  The details of the scores … [Read more...]

New Characters In The Playground

The children in Years One and Two have welcomed some new characters into their playground this week.  Firstly we have Bill the flowerpot man, created during our recent Going Green Day.  Our next set … [Read more...]