by Mrs Fraser | Jun 10, 2025 | Curriculum, Religious Education, School News, Year Six
This afternoon, Year 6 took the opportunity to reflect on their time at St Aidan’s and look forward to the many changes that are to come in their lives beyond primary school as they plan for their transition to secondary school in September. We visited Durham...
by Mrs Fraser | Jun 9, 2025 | Art and Design, Curriculum, School News, Year Six
Last half term in art, we enjoyed creating artwork for our whole school Diversity art exhibition which our parents attended on the last day of school before May half term. After discussing what the word diversity meant and identifying how we are all different to one...
by Mrs Fraser | May 12, 2025 | Curriculum, School News, Science, Year Six
Today Year 6 completed our British Science Week investigation: Should we flush it away? In groups, we investigated which materials change and break down easily in water so that they can be safely flushed away by submerging different materials in water and shaking them...
by Mrs Fraser | May 12, 2025 | Curriculum, History, School News, Year Six
Last week, St Aidan’s marked VE (Victory in Europe) Day. We found out that it had been 80 years since peace was declared in Europe at the end of the Second World War, and enjoyed looking at photographs and videos of celebrations at the time. We thought about the...
by Mrs Fraser | May 8, 2025 | Curriculum, School News, Science, Year Six
This half term in Science, we have thoroughly enjoyed researching a range of female scientists past and present such as Ada Lovelace, Mae Jemison, Marie Curie and Jane Goodall. We worked in groups to find out about their inspirational lives, what scientific...
