In Drawing Club this week we listened to the story of Rama and Sita, as this week it is the Hindu festival of light - Diwali. We drew our own demons in drawing club, made our own Diva lights from salt dough and decorated them with sequins and listened to some...
On Thursday 2nd October, the children at St Aidan's celebrated National Poetry Day by welcoming poet Michael de Souza, the creator of Rastamouse, into our school. We began the day with an interactive, whole-school assembly where we listened to, recited and performed...
This half term, children in Years 4-6 have been taking part in a social action project called Changemakers with Miss McAllister and Mrs Fraser. They learnt about what social action is and how individuals can promote good causes whilst also encouraging those in...
Last week, we enjoyed taking part in the Riverside Routes project 2025. We worked with a local theatre company, artist, author and an actress to create our own original story inspired by the Staithes and the Gateshead quayside so that visitors and local residents...
On Thursday 26th June, the year 5 class were invited to visit Kingsmeadow. It was very exciting as none of us knew what we were expecting. On arrival, we were warmly welcomed and observed that the school has values that they live by just like St Aidan's. We were then...
WOW! Year One impressed the school with their fantastic costumes of characters from their favourite books. Year Five popped down to see Year One and read some of their old favourites with them. Friday was not the only day Year One celebrated World Book Day. On...