Supporting Earth Hour

At Silverhill we actively encourage children and parents to engage with environmental issues. Many iconic landmarks will be turning off their lights for Earth Hour, including Big Ben, Wembly,the Albert Hall and the BT tower. Why not turn off the lights and do something different for an hour? Have a late supper by candle light, play hide and seek in the dark, read a book in bed by torch light? Turn of your lights for an hour on Saturday 26th March at 8.30 in support of Earth Hour and tell us next week what you did with your hour!

For more information go to http://www.wwf.org.uk/earthhour

Gymnastics win

Silverhill took part in the Derby Year 1 and 2 Gymnastics Competition at SPringwood Leisure Centre on Thursday 10th March. The team of 6 performed a floor routine, a body management routine and a vault. All the children have been practising on a Thursday at Gym Club as well as in their living rooms at home. Mrs Brundish was incredibly proud of all the gymnasts that took part and the team won the bronze award for third place out of 18 schools. The competition also included individual prizes and Anna won the Silver prize for second place. Well done girls!

Welcome back...

Welcome back to a new term. Come back to the blog soon to find out all the latest news as it happens!

Number Day

At 11am on 3 December 2010 Silverhill Primary joined other schools across the UK to join in the NSPCC Number Day in their attempt to set the Guinness World Record™ for the largest maths lesson in the world and to raise money for vulnerable children across the UK. Thank you to all who supported this event - we raised a total of £117.28p and the 290 pupils who took part will be added to the World Record.

Snow!

Many thanks to everyone who made an effort to brave the weather and come to school this week. In particular thanks go to the staff, many of whom have had long and difficult journeys to get here. Without them the school would not be open. The text messaging service has been invaluable in keeping everyone informed as to what has been happening. If you haven’t been receiving the messages please check that we have your correct mobile number or that your inbox isn’t full!

Our special guest - Miley Cyrus......

Thanks to Abbie and Alysha winning an Asda competition the whole school had an amazing surprise guest today when Miley Cyrus popped into assembly! Pupils and staff were treated to a sing along after Miley answered some of the children's questions and the whole school sang Happy Birthday to Miley for her 18th birthday in a couple of weeks time! WOW!

Click here to view the video highlights

Harvest

On Friday 1st October Silverhill celebrated Harvest in a magnificent musical assembly with singing contributions from Key Stage 1 up to Year 6. Alongside some superb home grown produce pupils from Key Stage 1 donated dried food for the Padley Centre and our Key Stage 2 pupils raised ** for the Pakistan Floods appeal. Thank you to everyone who contributed.