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/
Porridge tasting
This week Nursery have been learning about the traditional tale ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. Our number of the week is number 3, so we have been counting in groups of 3. We have had lots of fun scooping, pouring and measuring porridge oats in our water tray this...
Winter Poetry Writing Competition
Congratulations to the winners of the Winter Poetry Writing Competition that some of our Year 4, 5 and 6 children entered, organised by Bringing Words to Life! Melanie was very impressed by the quality of our poems inspired by Snow, as was Mrs Fraser. All children who...
Year 2 at Gibside
In English, we are reading ‘A First Book of Nature’ by Nicola Davies. We have learnt lots about nature and this week we went to Gibside National Trust and had a fantastic time. We first got on the coach with excitement and after 20 minutes of our journey, we were...
Little Folk NE in Nursery
Today Nursery had a visit from Sally from Little Folk NE. Sally is a makaton trainer and runs pre-school sessions teaching children makaton signs through music, stories and sensory play. The children had lots of fun and were fantastic at using the signs in the songs...
Able Writers’ Day with Matt Abbott
Today four children from Year 6 enjoyed a creative writing day at Kelvin Grove Primary School with a poet called Matt Abbott. The children engaged in a range of writing activities designed to develop their imagination and choices of adventurous vocabulary for effect...
Phonics
One of the phonics activities this week was a word hunt. Our phonics lesson focused on the trigraph ‘igh’. Putting on our coats and heading outdoor we took our clip boards with our picture and word sheet and started to look for words that contained ‘igh’ such as...
Gingerbread
This half term we are learning all about Traditional tales, beginning with the story of the Gingerbread man. This morning we read the story and made our very own Gingerbread men. We mixed the ingredients, rolled out the dough and cooked them in the oven, luckily they...
A generous book gift from Gateshead Library
Last week, Mrs Fraser received a wonderful phone call from Gateshead Library that was very unexpected! Throughout this year, St Aidan's has fostered positive relationships with Gateshead Central Library with each class visiting to take part in a reading for pleasure...
St Aidan’s Library Lunchtimes
This half term, the pupil librarians alongside Mrs Fraser, have been opening our fantastic library on Tuesday lunchtimes. Three children from each class are given the opportunity to visit each week. As you can see from these photographs, our older children love to...
Year 1 and 2 Reading for Pleasure After School Club
This half term, Year 1 and 2 children have thoroughly enjoyed attending Reading for Pleasure after school club on Thursday evenings. Led by Mrs Fraser, the children have read a selection of picture books together then taken part in some different arts and crafts...