Year 5 went on a walk along the River Tyne to investigate the question: How is land used along the River Tyne? The children enjoyed exploring the area, making observations and identifying different types of land use, including residential, industrial, recreational and...
Year Five
Year 5’s Music lesson
Year 5 have been developing their musical skills by learning how to play the recorder. They have been practising the notes E, B and A, building their confidence and improving their technique. To help us understand the music, we first clapped the rhythms together...
St. Aidan’s Fun Run!
Across the day today, the whole school took part in a fundraising for St. Aidan’s Fun Run! The children participated in the run alongside their friends in class, as well as being surrounded by other children in other classes either cheering them on as they ran, or...
Paralympian Tennis Visit
Yesterday, we were so incredibly lucky to have Anthony Cottrill, who is a tennis paralympian in school. At the start of the day, the whole school gathered to attend a special assembly led by Anthony, who spoke to the children about how he became a paralympian sports...
Whole School – Our first week
What a fantastic start to the 2026-2027 academic year we have had at St. Aidan’s! Nursery - We have welcomed back into Nursery some of our older friends, as well as some new starters this week. Our older Nursery children welcomed their new friends into school full of...
World Cup Lunch!
Today, the children from Reception class - Year 6 enjoyed a themed ‘World Cup Lunch’, despite not making it through to the final match this Sunday. The children enjoyed a lunch of; hot dog, fries, corn on the cob and nachos with salsa. For dessert, they had pancakes...