Friday 20 December 2019

Welcome to our newsletter

Keeping in touch with parents and carers is an important part of my job. So I hope the new format for my e-bulletin is useful to you. As ever, I'll be sending it out every couple of weeks or so - to ensure you are kept up to date with what's going on in school.

I have enjoyed spending time in lessons over the last few weeks and I reflect on how fortunate we are to have such a talented and dedicated team of teaching and support staff, delivering interesting and engaging lessons, providing high quality support for students where is it needed and ensuring the school runs smoothly.  Our Y11 students have approached their intensive 2 week mock exam period with maturity and have begun to reflect on their results. 

Our students continue to demonstrate their generosity with the Christmas Jumper Day (organised by the Student Council) raising £150 for Children in Need , the PTA bun sale raising £222 for both Young Minds and the school laptops/rewards/lockers fund. Also we collected a record breaking number of gift boxes for the Cathedral Archer Project.  Other end of term highlights have included the much anticipated Y10 business fair and it was lovely to welcome back our class of 2019 for the A level presentation evening. 

The performing arts teams have continued to excel with numerous performances including over 130 students performing in a very enjoyable ‘Lights, Camera Action’ production, singing in the winter gardens during the Sheffield Christmas Lights turn-on and also in the Bents Green Community Carol Concert.

Thank you for all the multitude of ways you support our school and work with us to provide the best school experience we can for your children.

Happy Christmas and best wishes for the new year!

Mrs Sarah Sims, Head of Silverdale School

Things to remember for next term

A few useful tips for when new year is over and you're getting organised for the start of next term:

- We start back on Week 2.

- The weather may be bad, so don't forget to check out our adverse weather arrangements.

- Are you school-ready? Here's our useful checklist.

Starters, Leavers and Movers

Information about staff changes in the school.

New starters from September 2019

Frank Sekyere, Teacher of Computer Science

Jessica Food, Teacher of Drama & English

Miriam Tiernan, Head of MFL

Emily Hewitt, Teacher of Biology

Jeremy Godwin, Teacher of D&T

Daisy Hughes, Teacher of English

Helen Hodgkinson, Teacher of Psychology

Andy Brooks, Teacher of Business

Sophia Susca, Teacher of Science

Rachel Turner, Teacher of Art

Ellen Conner, Teacher of Art

Helen Tate, Pastoral Manager

Rosanna Mzumara, TAL2

Andy West, D&T Technician

Katie Collin, Teacher of Music

Kate Beale, Head of Science (Jan 2020)

Lucy Paley, Teacher of PE & PSHE (Jan 2020)

Jonathan Birch, TAL2 (Jan 2020)

Debbie Miller, Silverdale PA (Jan 2020)

Aiden Hodson-Hobday, Senior Science Tech (Employee from Feb 2020)

Leavers up to 31 December 2019

Jill Milnes, Pastoral Manager

Susan Rose, Cover Supervisor

Linda Borrill, Senior Science Tech (Leaving 8 Jan)

Movers

Nicky Mason, leaving Silverdale as PA to Chorus Trust as PA (From Jan 2020)