'Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don't forget to have art in your life - music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets.' Vale Eric Carle, 1929-2021

Any doctors or nurses available to come in and talk to our students in Year 4? We have some children who are keen to get into the profession and would love to find out more! @NewSilksAcademy Treasa O'Neill 🩺🥼👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️

So happy for Jordan Henderson winning yet another cup with Liverpool tonight! What a fantastic achievement, what a gentleman and what a role model for children who want to be just like him! #inspiration

Great day of CPD listening to JohnJ@sirjohnjones and Robert Coe inspiring us to be better for our community #BeyondExcellence

We have loved reimagining Van High’s Starry Night as part of our Mark making day. Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh Museum Artsmark @NewSilksAcademy

We had a fantastic time at Roker Beach today. We even saw some dolphins 😊

Today, We wrote and hung tributes to our Queen. May she rest in peace. ❤️

We have been learning how to stay safe online by playing video games that give us dilemmas to solve.

We are showing our #weareresilient skills when creating our iron men. Progress photos to follow 😊

Some new bedtime reading featuring Arlo’s feet 😂

We loved working with the Street Scientists from Newcastle University to find out about careers in Science. #NSAAspirations @NewSilksAcademy

We carried out an experiment in our STEMAZING STRUCTURES workshop to test which structures would be the strongest.

This half term in PE we are lucky enough to have a cricket coach in school to help us with our learning 😊

Our take on cave paintings 🥰

We took part in the Institute of Imagination Save, Make and Reinvent workshops this week. Our children throughly enjoyed being creative, problem solving, working collaboratively and having fun.

Had an amazing morning watching the nativity at White Mere Primary this morning! Fantastic effort from the children. Well done to the staff for a truly heart warming performance. Arlo loved it!