FS stare into Space

Mr Turner the real life astronomer! We even got to look through his telescopes. What a fabulous experience as we come to the end of our Space topic

Dealing with internet safety and fake news

Following a week of heightened concern for children and online safety we would again like to remind our parents and families of some recommended web links where you can find reliable and factual help and advice when discussing internet safety and fake news with your child at home. If you have any specific concerns please speak to your child's class teacher or Silverhill Safeguarding leads Mr Gallagher, Mr Burley or Miss Nevin.

• E-safety - Net Aware - Stay up to date and keep your child safe in today's digital world

• CEOP - National Crime Agency - Child Exploitation and Online Protection

• E-safety - Think You Know - CEOP E-safety age related advice for adults and children

• UK Safer Internet - Stay up to date and keep your child safe in today's digital world

• National Online Safety - online safety guides for parents and careers

BBC Newsround have produced an article you might wish to share with your child regarding this week's news.

Year 4 Indoor Athletics

Many of the Year 4 children had a wonderful afternoon taking part in the Indoor Athletics Festival on Wednesday 27th February, held by Derby City SSP. All of the children got to take part in various different athletics activities, including javelin, speed bounce, long jump and vertical jump. Despite it not being a competition, we had 5 individual medal winners! What a brilliant achievement! Well done to all of those involved. 
Mrs McBride

Year 2 Indoor athletics

On Wed 27th February Mrs Brundish took a selection of Year 2 pupils to the Sporthall Athletics competition run by Derby City SSP. The children were chosen based on their attendance at a variety of sports clubs on offer at the school as well as displaying a positive attitude in the PE lessons. The children were able to move around a selection of different activities such as vertical leap, standng long jump and chest push. All the children were fantastically behaved and showed off their skills with a smile on their face. We also had 6 individual winners with Toby, Alex, Amelia, Matilda, Elodie and Seth all winning events! Well done to everyone involved.

Super Safety Seymour in Year 2

On Tuesday 26th February the Year 2 children took part in a Carbon monoxide safety workshop to help them learn about how to keep themselves and their families safe at home.  They met" Super Safety Seymour" the bear who told them all about the dangers of carbon monoxide. He also explained to them how to check their homes are safe as it is an invisible poisonous gas.  They enjoyed taking part in a variety of interactive activities and role play tasks and they all became experts!  During the rest of the term the children will also all have the opportunity to take Safety Seymour home to reinforce their understanding and awareness of carbon monoxide.
At the end of the day they all were given a carbon monoxide detector so they they could pass on their knowledge to their families and keep everyone safe.
Mrs Goodchild

A new floor for FS2

Just before 1/2 term, it was all hands on deck to clear the FS2 unit in order for our new floor to be fitted over the holidays. The children went and had fun with Mrs McBride and Miss Kersey in Year 4 while some willing volunteers from Year 6,  Mr Turner, Mr Seeley, Mr Coupland, Mrs Gratton as well as Mrs Allen and Miss Foster spent the afternoon moving everything out. The floor fitters ripped up the old stinky carpet and replaced it with new hardwearing flooring and then it was just a matter of putting everything back in. Again, there were lots of willing helping hands, and we managed to finish the job in one morning! Wrens and Robins are super happy with our new beautiful floor
Mrs Allen 😊

Year 5/6 Spellathon

On Thursday 14th February, it was the turn of Year 5 and 6 to prove what amazing spellers they are and raise money for books in the process. Many of the children showed excellent perseverance learning the 40 spelling words and when put to the test proved that hard work pays off! At the last count the sponsorship from the children raised £974.06 for new books. Over the next few weeks classes will be asked to choose some new reading books as well as new dictionaries, thesaurus' and atlas' for the year 5/6 wing. Thank you to all the parents and families for supporting and sponsoring the children.