What a fantastic day we had on Monday! Our visit to Holy Island was filled with awe and wonder as we visited an unknown destination. The children in Year 2 shouted with excitement as we saw Bamburgh Castle, which we had seen only weeks before, pass by the window. We...
On Monday, Year 6 enjoyed a visit to Holy Island. Having learnt about St Aidan and the monastery that he established on Holy Island when he was reintroducing Christianity to Northumberland during Anglo-Saxon rule, we were enthusiastic to see the places that he lived...
Today year 5 visited the Baltic museum, they have participated in a pop art creative workshop and have learnt a variety of art techniques including ink transferring, printing and tracing. They have explored the artist Andy Warhol and explored his famous art prints of...
Year 4 had a great time at the Laing Art Gallery this afternoon. They explored a variety of artists’ work and articulated what they saw visually and verbally in the gallery. The children explored how to make 2D objects look like 3D objects by using light and...
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...
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...