Year 4 pupils used Purple Mash to learn basic programming skills. They gave commands such as forward, back, and turn to control a character and create shapes on the screen. By putting the commands in the right order, they were able to make shapes like squares and...
Yesterday afternoon in Year 5, the children designed and made their Mother’s Day cards ready for Mothering Sunday this weekend. The children used cut outs of plant pots, stems and flowers to create their own individual card. Once coloured in, they then stuck these...
Over the last couple of week's during Music, Year 3 have been recognising different notes and how many beats each note have. We have learnt that there are 4 beats in each bar. The children have clapped the rhythm of each note as some children held up the note cards at...
This morning in Reception class, we were so excited to hear that we would be taking part in ‘Bikaebility’. We were greeted by Richard, who told us that he would be teaching us some bike skills on balance bikes. First, we put on our helmets and Richard adjusted the...
Last week, St Aidan’s enjoyed celebrating Book Week with many book-themed activities across the week. We discussed the importance of reading for pleasure to develop our vocabulary, knowledge and understanding of the world and learning across the curriculum as well as...
This week, Year 4 have been celebrating World Book Week. Our week began with some of our parents and carers visiting us in the school library, where we shared and read some of our favourite books to them. On Thursday, we took a trip to the Dunston Activity Centre...