Year One had a lovely time exploring Holy Island. They played happily on the beach, building sandcastles and searching for crabs. The children loved looking out from the watch tower, spotting the church and birds in the distance. Their visit to the harbour was full of...
On Monday, children from Year 1 to Year 6 enjoyed a visit to Holy Island. The children learnt about the work of St Aidan on the island and the monastery that he established when he was working to spread Christianity through Northumberland. The children enjoyed seeing...
Today was a very special day for a group of children in Year 4 who received Jesus for the very first time through Holy Communion. The day started with a lovely service led by Rev. Hannah in the school hall with the children's friends, teachers, parents and carers...
St Aidan’s had an amazing opportunity to visit Holy Island this week. Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed their visit, they have learnt about St Aidan and why our school is named after him. We participated in a picture trail around the island where we had to locate a variety of...
On Tuesday, we celebrated the Baptism of seven children. The children, along with their parents, took the decision to be Baptised, to start their journey of faith. A sign of the cross was made on the children's foreheads as a symbol of joining the Christian family,...
Reception Class took a lovely sunny stroll to our parish church of St Chad’s in Bensham as part of our RE topic on ‘Special Places’. We were welcomed by Reverend Hannah and Marilyn who kindly showed us around the beautiful building. They explained to us why the church...