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/
Snow Poetry Writing Competition
The countdown to Christmas is upon us and this year, the children in Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 were challenged to enter a poetry writing competition based on the theme of snow as part of Bringing Words to Life annual winter writing competition. At St Aidan's, we are keen to...
Meet our Art Ambassadors!
This year, as a school, we are working towards achieving the Artsmark Award, which recognises schools that celebrate and promote the arts within school and the wider community. We will be taking part in various projects throughout the year, working alongside artists,...
Phonics stay and play
Today, Year 1 grown ups came to our phonics lesson to see how Little Wandle phonics is delivered. They also took part in lots of activities which could be carried out at home. We would also like to thank you, for your ongoing support. Year 1 team.
World Nursery Rhyme Week
The children in Nursery have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in World Nursery Rhyme Week. All throughout the week the children have focussed their learning around the 5 chosen nursery rhymes for this year - 5 Little Speckled Frogs, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Big...
Nursery Rhyme Week And Phonics Stay And Play
This week we have been taking part in Nursery Rhyme week. We ended our week by inviting our family into school to take part in a phonics and nursery rhyme stay and play. We showed our family and friends how we do our daily phonics lessons. We had different activities...
Onjali Rauf visits St Aidan’s
As part of the Northern Children's Book Festival, we were delighted to welcome to St Aidan's Onjali Rauf, the celebrated author of 'The Boy at the Back of the Class', as well as members of staff from Gateshead Library. Onjali delivered a thought-provoking and...
Meet our Pupil Librarians
This year, Year 5 and 6 children were given the exciting opportunity to become Pupil Librarians! They will be supporting Mrs Fraser throughout the year to run the library and develop the library with new books, audiobooks and the addition of a library mural on the...
The Tunnel
In our English lessons this half term, one of the books we are going to be reading is 'The Tunnel' by Anthony Browne. Yesterday, we read the first couple of pages as a class and found out that a brother and a sister enter the tunnel. We talked about what they might...
Performing Poetry
In English, we have been learning all about poetry. We discussed together what poetry is and why we write poems. As poetry is about expressing thoughts and feelings, we learnt and performed two poems, including ‘The Rhythm of Life’ by Michael Rosen and ‘Plum’ by Tony...
Celebrating writing
After editing their final piece of writing, the children of Year 5 took time to share their writing with each other in the outdoor learning area. Some children performed their writing whilst others sat and read theirs. It is really important children are given this...