by Mrs Spoors | Feb 11, 2025 | Community, Outdoor Learning Zone, Reception, Religious Education
In RE, Reception class have been learning all about the world that God created and how we can look after it. They learnt about Umuganda, a community project that happens once a month in Rwanda. Communities come together to work on projects to help improve the local...
by Miss Dunn | Jan 24, 2025 | Forest School, Outdoor Learning Zone, School News, Year One
Year 1 had another fantastic time at forest school with Phil from Muddy monsters.
by Miss McAllister | Jan 16, 2025 | Forest School, Outdoor Learning Zone, School News, Year Three
This morning, Year 3 have enjoyed making toffee apples on the campfire in forest school. We started off by using a bill hook and a mallet to cut a piece of wood into smaller pieces to start the fire. Then we used wooden sticks to toast slices of apple until they were...
by Mrs Gourley | Dec 4, 2024 | Forest School, Outdoor Learning Zone, Year Four
Despite the cold weather, Year 4 enjoyed a fun filled forest school session led by Stomping Ground staff at Gateshead Riverside Park. The morning began with the children taking part in a mindfulness activity next to the River Tyne. The children were encouraged to be...
by One IT Admin | Mar 27, 2024 | Community Events, Events and Visits, Geography, Outdoor Learning Zone, Year Five, Year Six, Year Three
St Aidan’s were invited to take part in a tree planting event at Bensham Grove to help create a ‘Tiny Forest’ which will help boost the climate in the local area. The children in year 3, 5 and 6 all took part, got very muddy and had a lot of fun...
by One IT Admin | Oct 26, 2023 | History, Outdoor Learning Zone, Year Five
On Tuesday Year 5 went back in time to the Stone Age. The children took part in a variety of fun outdoor activities, these included; Building Nomadic shelters using trees, canes and tarps similar to Palaeolithic shelters made from trees, bones and animal skins....
