Image of The Last Supper
28 Mar

The Last Supper

Year 2 have been learning about Jesus' Last Supper. They made models.

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8 Mar

World Book Day 2024

What a fantastic World Book Day!

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8 Mar

Let's Go SIng 2024

Our school choir had a wonderful time at Let's Go SIng 2024 at King George's Hall.

Image of Year 6 Hothersall Lodge Feb 2024
8 Feb

Year 6 Hothersall Lodge Feb 2024

Year 6 had a fabulous time at Hothersall Lodge. It was a great way to celebrate Children's Mental health week. Please Click to see our photograph albums.

Image of Father Christmas
21 Dec

Father Christmas

We were very excited when Father Christmas came to visit us. Thank you Santa for our pressies.

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18 Dec

Visit to care home

Our choir visited our local care home to sing for them and to deliver a Christmas present.

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18 Dec

No Laminating Campaign

Our Year 6 children are campaigning to stop teachers laminating as it is bad for our world. They have persuaded the teachers to have a No Laminating January. Please see our video : {youtube:rSwoit3UAxU}

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23 Nov

Year 6 visit to Parbold Douglas School

Year 6 had a fabulous time visiting Parbold Douglas Primary School. They worked together on a Young Leaders initiative.

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22 Nov

Road Safety Parade

Year 1 children attended the Road Safety parade in Blackburn.

Image of 1970s Christmas Tree in Blackburn Exchange
22 Nov

1970s Christmas Tree in Blackburn Exchange

Please visit the Christmas Tree festival inThe Exchange in Blackburn to see our 1970s decorated Christmas tree. See below for more photographs and details.

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23 Oct

Blackburn Rovers Community Trust and St Silas

Please see the link below to Blackburn Rovers Community Trust news item and video about our partnership with them and the Premier League Trophy.

Image of Premier League Trophy Visit
16 Oct

Premier League Trophy Visit

The Premier League PrImary Stars visited St Silas on Friday 13th October. They brought the Premier League Trophy with them. Please see our slideshow below.

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6 Oct

Parbold Douglas Primary School Partnership

This year we are working with Parbold Douglas Primary School. On 5th October 2023 PArbold Year 6 visited us. Please watch our video.

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10 Feb

Earthquake Disaster Appeal

A huge thank you to parents, staff and children for all the generous donations. We have a tremendous amount of food, toiletries, nappies and clothing to help the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria!

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13 Jan

Friends of St Silas (FOSS)

St Silas is in the process of setting up a Friends of St Silas group (FOSS) which is a charitable group to support the school in its activities and fundraising events.

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16 Nov

Odd Sock Day

We started our work on Anti Bullying with odd sock day. All the children and adults wore odd socks to school. During this week our children learned what bullying is and what to do if they think someone is being bullied.

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15 Nov

Interfaith Day 2022

For the second year we visited the Olive School in Blackburn along with other local schools to celebrate interfaith Week.

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2 Feb

St Catherine's Hospice Cheque Presentation

Year 5 were delighted to present a cheque to Mr Norman Cutler from @StCatherinesPre for the grand total of £1293.71 which we raised at our Santa Dash in December. @CidariEducation #Charities #fundraising #proud https://pic.twitter.com/bR51x4t89u

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13 Dec

Santa Dash

We are so proud of Year 5 who completed a Santa Dash in Corporation Park on 3/12/2021. We are still collecting sponsor money but the children have raised in excess of £1000!

19 Nov

Toilet Twinning

The certificates have finally come for our toilet twinning fund raising! Just in time for World Toilet Day. Congratulations to last year's Rowan class (now Beech) for raising money to build facilities for other people in the world.