After planning our community action project as part of the Archbishop of York’s Young Leaders Award, on Monday we took part in a local area litter pick. We filled at least ten bags of rubbish within a ten minute radius of our school and placed posters that we had made...
This morning, Year 4 were lucky enough to be invited along to the allotment to work with Suzanne from the Big Local and some residents from local care homes in our community. When we got there we discussed the health and safety risks around the allotment and planned...
Last week we celebrated Mental Health Awareness week, we learned about anxiety and how it effects many people in society including, celebrities, footballers, teachers, parents and young people. We discussed how anxiety can present in people, both physically and...
Today Nursery had a visit from Joanne from Gateshead Library as part of our ‘Book Week’ in school. Parents were invited to join us as we shared some new stories together. The stories were very funny and we loved helping Joanne sing along to ‘Whales on the Bus’. We...
We have had two wonderful afterschool clubs this term delivered by experienced practitioners of skateboarding and fencing. Both clubs were organised to target a range of new and exciting sports that children may have never had the chance to try. Along with our variety...
Today, the 15th February, is the birthday of our very own Angel of the North. The iconic sculpture is 25 years old and at St Aidan's we have ensured we have celebrated in style. For the past few weeks we have been preparing for this momentous occasion with local...