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...
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...
Today we were lucky enough to have a visit from Professor Brainstorm! Professor Brainstorm aims to make science fun by doing lots of exciting experiments. We thoroughly enjoyed his Magical Science Show and learnt lots about electricity, air pressure and temperature....
This half term in PE, we have focused on striking and fielding skills in cricket and rounders. We have explored fielding techniques including throwing with accuracy and power and the importance of communication. As a group we have taken turns at each role and enjoyed...
Today Year 6 completed our British Science Week investigation: Should we flush it away? In groups, we investigated which materials change and break down easily in water so that they can be safely flushed away by submerging different materials in water and shaking them...