English
Through the study of English, St Aidan’s pupils will develop a joy of reading. They will learn to express themselves clearly and with confidence – both orally and in writing – using standard English. They will develop the skill to listen to others and reflect upon their own ideas to become effective communicators.
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For more information about our phonics scheme, the teaching of reading and a list of common exception words for each year group, click on this link: https://staidanscofe.org/teaching-of-reading/
Year One: Making Gingerbread People
In Year 1, we have been learning about verbs and using them to write instructions for baking gingerbread cookies, inspired by our story The Gingerbread Man.. The children enjoyed mixing the ingredients together, cutting the different shapes with the cutter and of...
Little Wandle Champion School
We are delighted to share that we have become a Little Wandle Champion School! This means our school has met the Little Wandle Standards of Excellence in the teaching of early reading and phonics. We will now be working closely with Little Wandle to share the...
Diwali
In Drawing Club this week we listened to the story of Rama and Sita, as this week it is the Hindu festival of light - Diwali. We drew our own demons in drawing club, made our own Diva lights from salt dough and decorated them with sequins and listened to some...
National Poetry Day 2025
On Thursday 2nd October, the children at St Aidan's celebrated National Poetry Day by welcoming poet Michael de Souza, the creator of Rastamouse, into our school. We began the day with an interactive, whole-school assembly where we listened to, recited and performed...
Changemakers After School Club
This half term, children in Years 4-6 have been taking part in a social action project called Changemakers with Miss McAllister and Mrs Fraser. They learnt about what social action is and how individuals can promote good causes whilst also encouraging those in...
Riverside Routes Project in Year 6
Last week, we enjoyed taking part in the Riverside Routes project 2025. We worked with a local theatre company, artist, author and an actress to create our own original story inspired by the Staithes and the Gateshead quayside so that visitors and local residents...
Kingsmeadow Visit
On Thursday 26th June, the year 5 class were invited to visit Kingsmeadow. It was very exciting as none of us knew what we were expecting. On arrival, we were warmly welcomed and observed that the school has values that they live by just like St Aidan's. We were then...
Year One: World Book Day
WOW! Year One impressed the school with their fantastic costumes of characters from their favourite books. Year Five popped down to see Year One and read some of their old favourites with them. Friday was not the only day Year One celebrated World Book Day. On...
Book Week in Year 6
As part of St Aidan's Book Week, we took part in lots of different activities to celebrate reading for pleasure. On Tuesday, we visited Dunston Library. We discussed how the library is organised and found out how to join the library if we were not already a member....
Book Week in year 5
This week we were able to participate in various activities to recognise World Book Day. On Monday, we were joined by our parents in the school library. We had the opportunity to read with them. Then, on Thursday, we took a slight detour (Mrs Bullerwell took us the...