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Four Girls One World

A new greenhouse, bird bath and bird feeding station were bought for our school garden with money raised by Four Girls One World to help support wildlife and improve our outdoor environment. Thank you Girls.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate for their hard work in our assembly this week and for our Writers of the Week for their super writing. We are very proud of you all.

Headteacher's Awards

Congratulations to all the children who were awarded the Headteacher's Award for this term. You have all been absolutely brilliant and a credit to our school. Congratulations.

Celebration Assembly

It was a jam-packed assembly with Attendance certificates, Walk to School Badges, Reading Challenge Winners, Raffle winners and Rugby certificates awarded today. Well done everyone for all your efforts.

Four Girls One World

Fabulous fundraising from Four Girls One World. They organised the event themselves and raised a fantastic £205 to be shared between Tree Nation and our School Garden. You are all Superstars!

World Book Day

At Silkstone Primary we love to read and listen to stories. We celebrated World Book day by taking part in national book reading lessons and quizzes, sharing our favourite books with others, a book swap and of course dressing up as our favourite book characters.

Celebrations Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate in our Celebration assembly this week. We are very proud of you.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to our new Reading Ambassadors, our Writers of the Week and the recipients of our Celebration Certificates. We are very proud of you all.

Young Voices at Sheffield Arena

We had the best time at Young Voices. We sang our heats our and thoroughly enjoyed performing in the concert and watching the entertainers and musicians.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to all our children who received a Certificate this week in Celebration Assembly. We are very proud of you all.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to those children who received a certificate this week. It was a busy assembly with our Stars of the Week awarded for their hard work and kindness, our Writers of the Week, our Year 5 and 6 Sports Hall Athletics team who came 3rd in their Passport 4 Sport competition and everyone in Year 6 who completed their Bikeability training. Our Young Voices choir sang their 'Walking Medley too. We are very proud of you all.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to those children who were awarded a Star of the Week certificate for their hard work and kindness and also to our Writers of the Week and our KS1 Multisports Team for their efforts in their Passport 4 Sport competition. We are very proud of you all.

Headteachers Awards.

Congratulations to all the recipients of the Headteacher's Award. This award is given out at the end of every term to one individual in each class who has worked really hard, shown resilience and determination to succeed and been a good friend and role model to others. These children always strive to be their best selves and we are really proud of them.

The Big Little Nativity

Our Reception and Key Stage One children brought joy to everyone who watched their Nativity performances. There was enthusiastic singing, wonderful acting and some great music from the band. It was a perfect start to Christmas. We are so proud of each and every child; learning all the words to the songs and singing so beautifully. Those children with speaking parts and the narrators had learned their lines and delivered them clearly and confidently - bringing a smile to everyone's face..

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate in our Celebration Assembly this week. Children received certificates for their hard work, effort, resilience and kindness, the Year 3/4 Dodgeball Team received certificates for Second Place in their recent inter-school competition and we also had three wonderful Writers of the Week, whose work we read out to inspire others. Well done everyone we are really proud of you all.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate for their hard work, effort and kindness this week. We are very proud of you all.

Celebration Assembly

So many certificates this week; Good Work, Art competition winners, Writers of the Week, Times Tables Champions, Bench Ball Silver Medallists and a Headteachers Award! Congratulations to everyone on your fantastic achievements. We are very proud of you.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate for their efforts and achievements this week and our two Writers of the Week. Huge congratulations to the three recipients of the Headteacher's Golden Certificates for their sporting and fundraising achievements. We were delighted to receive two special visitors from Barnsley Hospice, who came to present a giant cheque to our three Year 6 fundraisers. They were very surprised.

Spooky Discos.

Everyone enjoyed getting dressed up and had a wonderful time at our Spooky Discos. There were some super costumes and great teamwork on display in our 'Wrap the Mummy' game. Thank you to the PTFA for organising such a great event

Pumpkins

We were so impressed with all the amazingly creative pumpkins that were entered in our PTFA pumpkin competition. Well done everyone for your wonderful creations.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate in assembly for Good Work and Writer of the Week. We also presented our new Wellbeing Warriors with their badges and celebrated the success of our Year 5/6 Tag Rugby team who won their Passport 4 Sport tournament. Well done everyone, we are very proud of you all.

Barnsley Boys

We are very proud that one of our Year 5 pupils has been selected to play football for Barnsley Boys. Wear your tie with pride - we are very proud of you.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to our Writers of the Week and everyone who received an Achievement Certificate in our assembly this week. We are very proud of you all.

Celebration Assembly

We had lots to celebrate in our Celebrations Assembly today. This morning every child in school had run a mile to raise money for Macmillan - I was super impressed by how well everyone did (including some of the teachers). We were also really proud of our fantastic girls football team who brought home the biggest cup from their win yesterday at the Penistone Passport For Sport Competition. It is proudly displayed in our school hall. Congratulations to everyone chosen by their class teachers to receive a certificate for their hard work and positive attitudes this week. We also listened to some super Writing of the Week, which will be displayed in the Hall. Well done everyone - what a super week for Silkstone!

Introducing our new School Councillors and Eco Warriors.

Congratulations everyone, we know you will work extremely hard to make a positive contribution to our school and make it the best it can be. Well done.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate this week.

Academic Year 2022 - 2023

Cinderella Rockerfella

Our KS2 production was a phenomenal success. We were so proud of the fantastic acting and singing. Everyone did themselves proud and our audiences absolutely loved the performances. Well done everyone.

Golden Certificate

Teachers had the extremely difficult task of choosing one child from their class to receive the Headteacher's Golden Award. Congratulations to the children who received them. The children were chosen because they are all kind, helpful, look out for others and have a fantastic attitude towards their learning. We are so proud of you all.

Thank you

Thank you to all our pupil volunteers, who help to make our school extra special through volunteering as; Lunchtime Assistants, Playground Leaders, Outdoor Assistants, Wellbeing Warriors, School Councillors and Eco Warriors. You are all amazing. Thank you.

Celebration Assembly

Today we gave out attendance certificates to those children who achieved 98% attendance over the Summer term and children who had achieved 100% attendance for the Year. Congratulations everyone.

PTFA Summer Fair

Everyone had a fabulous time at the Summer Fair, which raised a whopping £3400 for our school. There were lots of different games to play, stalls to visit, milkshakes and cookies, Jay's bar, an assault course and bouncy castle, police horses and the traditional Governor's barbeque. It was a great school community event. We are so lucky to have such an amazing PTFA.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate in our Celebration Assembly today. We are very proud of you all.

Mucky Fun Run

We had a fabulous time at the fun run, getting covered in paint at PGS.

Tennis

Miss Robson, from the Lawn Tennis Association came in to work with Year 3 and 5 for the afternoon. The children practiced forehand shots and even entered into some rallies!

Key Stage One Football Team

Congratulations to our children in KS1 who signed up to represent our school in the football skills competition against other schools in our Pyramid. Everyone tried their best and worked together as a team. The team were awarded with second place in the competition. Well done everyone.

Year Three Netball

Our Year Three Netballers played incredibly well in their first ever tournament and really enjoyed representing our school. We are very proud of you.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate in our Celebration assembly today. We awarded Good Work,, Writer of the Week and Football Team certificates. Congratulations everyone.

The Coronation

We celebrated the coronation of King Charles III by dressing up in red, white and blue. We held a special assembly and buried a time capsule. We also planted a cherry tree to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II. We had a Coronation Lunch and the Parish Council very kindly provided us with a special coin to commemorate the occasion.

Senior Citizens' Afternoon Tea.

It was lovely to once again welcome our Senior Citizens to school for afternoon tea. This time it was Year Five who baked cakes and biscuits, looked after and provided the entertainment for our guests. Everyone had a wonderful time. Well done Year Five, Miss Glisson, Mrs Ellis and Miss Turner.

Headteacher's Award

Seven Superstars received a Headteacher's Golden Award for the Spring Term. Each child was nominated by the Class Teacher. We are incredibly proud of their hard work, positive attitudes and kindness to others. You all set a brilliant example. Congratulations on your award.

Easter Eggstravaganza.

Huge thanks to everyone who donated an egg for our Easter Tombola and Bingo. We raised £600 in total with half for school funds and half to support Roundabout - a local charity working with vulnerable young people in Sheffield. Thank you for your support

Celebration Assembly.

Congratulations to everyone who received a Good Work certificate or a Writer of the Week Certificate in our assembly. We also gave out a record amount of 100% Attendance Awards for the Spring Term. Well done everyone.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate and sticker in our Celebration assembly for their excellent work and also to our Writer of the Week for their super writing.

PGS Multisports for Year One and Year Two

They did a great job and finished 4^th overall and practised lots of different skills such as: catching, throwing, relay racing, balancing and accuracy when shooting.

Lenny and Whale

Artists Lenny and Whale have been in school this week, working with children in Classes 2,3,4 and 5. They have been gathering ideas for their permanent art work for Cannon Hall Farm. We are really looking forward to seeing the installation in early Autumn.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate in Celebration Assembly today. We had Good Work Certificates, our new Writer of the Week Certificates, certificates for participation in the Multisports competition at PGS and a new Ultimate Times Table Champion. We are very proud of all of you.

Reading Challenge

Congratulations to everyone who successfully competed the Reading Challenge of reading three times a week at home for a half term.

BBC Ten Pieces Musical Showcase

We all thoroughly enjoyed listening to Catherine Rannus introduce and play her instruments. We listened to the recorder, the clarinet, saxophones and piano. This is a super musical finale to our Ten Pieces Focus week .

Golden Award Winners

Congratulations to the recipients of our Golden Awards. These are given out to children who are demonstrating our Golden Rule 'Being Your Best Self'. They were chosen by their class teachers for their attitudes to learning, their determination to succeed, the progress they have made and for being wonderful role models. We are very proud of you all.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate this week. There were class certificates, reading rewards for Year 6, Number Day certificates and a Times Tables Champion. We are very proud of your achievements.

BasketBall

Congratulations to our Year 5/6 Basketball team, who came third in the Passport For Sport Competition held at Penistone Grammar School. Well played everyone.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate in our Celebration assembly this week. We are very proud of you. We also enjoyed listening to pupils from Class 6 perform Wonderwall. They sounded great!

Carol Service

It was wonderful to finally return to Silkstone Parish Church for our Carol Service. The children sang, played and performed superbly and everyone had a lovely time.

ELF

We all enjoyed snuggling down to watch the film Elf in our pyjamas.

Carol Singing

Our School Choir braved the cold to spread some Christmas joy in Silkstone village. They sang beautifully and enjoyed warming up with hot chocolate afterwards.

Senior Citizens Coffee Morning

Inspired by their recent visit to the Sikh Temple and the importance of community they experienced, Miss Turner and Mrs Ellis, along with help from our Wellbeing Warriors and Year Six hosted our first Senior Citizens' Coffee Morning. Our guests were welcomed with hot drinks and home made cakes. They were treated to a quiz, a game of bingo and entertainment. We hope that our coffee mornings will become a regular fixture on the Silkstone Calendar and help strengthen our community links.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate in this week's Celebration assembly. We are very proud of you. Thank you also to our wonderful performers for the musical entertainment.

Eco Warriors

Our Eco Warriors had a litter pick around Silkstone village today to help keep our local community litter free.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received an award in our Celebration Assembly today. We are very proud of you.

Silkstone Swifts Netball Coaching

We had a wonderful coaching session from Faye and Anne from the Silkstone Swifts on our new MUGA. The children really enjoyed the different drills and using the Crazy Catch in the Autumn sunshine.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to this week's recipients of a certificate. We are very proud of you all.

We also awarded some Golden Certificates for an outstanding effort in the Summer Reading Challenge and for being nominated for the Pride of Barnsley Awards for fantastic fundraising efforts.

Barnsley Boys!

We are so proud of all our pupils who entered the football trials to play for Barnsley Boys. Congratulations to our three footballing stars who were presented with their special red tie in assembly. Wear them with pride boys!

Congratulations to this week's recipients of a certificate in Celebration Assembly. Congratulations to the Year 5/6 football team on their match result - third against other Penistone schools. Congratulations on the achievement of the Ultimate Times Tables. We are very proud of you all.

Thankyou to the singing and dancing girls from Year 3 for the entertainment.

Introducing our new School Councillors and Eco Warriors

Academic Year 2021 - 2022

The Summer Fayre

I think everyone agreed that this Summer Fayre was the best ever. We all enjoyed all the many stalls and activities on offer. The barbeque, bar and ice-cream van were extremely popular. The band, disco and visits from the fire and police services and a demonstration from the Swifts ensured that a wonderful time was had. Enormous thanks to the PTFA for organising such a brilliant event.

UEFA England vs Austria at Old Trafford.

We had an absolutely brilliant time watching England beat Austria 1-0 in the opening round of the UEFA Women's football at Old Trafford.

Drama Workshops at the Lowry

As part of our visit to Salford we went to the Lowry centre and participated in drama workshops. We all really enjoyed them.

The Platinum Jubilee.

We had a wonderful day celebrating Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee. Our school cooks provided a jubilee lunch which was delicious. We dressed up in red, white and blue or as princes and princesses and enjoyed jubilee activities. We participated in a Jubilee concert with each class performing a song or piece of music. Every child was awarded a commemorative jubilee coin kindly provided by the Parish Council. It was a day to remember.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate in our celebration assembly today. We are very proud of your achievements.

Save the Frogs

Inspired by their learning about endangered species in rainforest a group of Year 6 pupils decided to take action and help save the frogs. They made posters, spoke in assembly to publicise a fundraising cake stall. There was a variety of delicious cakes, flapjacks and banana bread on sale as well as badges, magnets and bookmarks. The group raised £165.00 for the charity Froglife. We are really proud of their fundraising achievements and their commitment to improving our world. Well done everyone.

Congratulations

In Celebration Assembly today we awarded our good work certificates and Times Tables Champions certificates. We also listened to a lovely rendition of Country Roads as part of our weekly Talent Showcase. Well done everyone, we are really proud of you.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate in our Celebration Assembly today.

Year 6 Netball Tournament.

Our Netball team played brilliantly in their first tournament against other local schools and finished second. They worked together as a team and delivered some excellent passing of the ball, marking their opponents and scored loads of goals. Well done everyone.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to everyone who received a certificate in our Celebration Assembly today.

Year 3/4 Netball competition

We have only been playing netball for a week in school but our team played brilliantly against other local teams, coming 6th out of 8 in a Passport 4 Sport event at PGS. We are so proud of how well they worked together and the energy and determination they showed. The spectators were exhausted just watching the thrilling games. Well done everyone!

Eco Warriors visit the Coop

Our Eco Warriors were invited to the Coop to learn about their new re-cycling service for soft plastics and Fair Trade. The team will now be able to recycle the crisp packets from lunchtimes easily by collecting them and taking them to the Coop every week.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to all our Achievers who received a certificate and sticker in this week's Celebration Assembly.

World Book Day

We enjoyed sharing our favourite books on World Book Day.

Our Golden Certificate was awarded in recognition of the help and support this pupil gives every week in the Dining Room in her role as Lunchtime Assistant. Well done!

Christmas Parties

We enjoyed our Christmas parties on the last day of term.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to all the children who received a certificate in our Celebration assembly today.

Celebration Assembly

Congratulations to all the children who received a certificate in our Celebration assembly today.

Pumpkin Winners

We had some fantastic entries in our Pumpkin competition. These are the lucky winners from each class.

Spooky Sweets

The School Council have made bags of Spooky Sweets to sell for £1.00. They enjoyed working on the production line to make the bags. They will be sold in school as part of our end of half term celebrations.