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/
Our School Library
Every Friday afternoon from 3.00-3.20pm, parents and carers of children in Year 2 are welcomed into school to sit and read stories together with their children in our school library. Today, some of us read books involving David Walliams and Space. The children loved...
Year 5 library visit
Year 5 visited Gateshead Library and had a great time listening to Mark and exploring the library. They learned the role of a librarian which included: helping people locate books and information; managing a budget; and storing and keeping care of books in the...
Library, books and poetry
We have been celebrating all thing literary this week in school in libraries week. We talked about our nightmare school in RSHE and how Miss Trunchbull would be a nightmare teacher, which led us on to discuss Mrs Bullerwell's favourite book by Roald Dahl -Matilda....
European Languages Day at St Aidan’s
On Monday 26th September, we celebrated European Languages Day. Mr Dunnigan and Mrs Fraser led a whole-school assembly about what European Languages Day is and why language learning is important for our communication with and tolerance and understanding of others, for...
Libraries Week in Year 6
To celebrate Libraries Week, we enjoyed a visit to Gateshead Library on Monday. We were given a tour of the children's section of the library, and reminded of the benefits of reading for pleasure. We found out how you can join the library, and take advantage of an...
National Poetry Day 2022
To celebrate National Poetry Day, St Aidan's had the pleasure of welcoming a poet, Chris White, to our school. A hilarious poet, author and cartoon illustrator, Chris has worked for the BBC and at countless festivals, not to mention with thousands of schools from...
Year 2 visit Gateshead Library
As part of Library week, Year 2 visited Gateshead Library this morning, We were greeted by Jill, who told us why Library week is so special and how the children can get a hold of their very own library card. She then asked us if we knew the difference between fiction...
Library Week In Reception Class
Reception had a wonderful morning celebrating library week with their family members today. We all came together to discover the story of ‘The Fish Who Could Wish’ by John Bush and Korky Paul. The children enjoyed pretending to be the fish who could wish. The fish...
A wonderful welcome back.
After a long, hot 6 weeks we were all ready together back into our routine at school. All the children have settled into year 3 wonderfully and were eager to get straight into their learning. For English we have chosen, as a class, to study the fairytale Rapunzel. We...
Our First Week in Year 2…
What a wonderful first week back we have had in Year 2! At the start of the week, we re-capped our school rules and came up with some extra classroom for us to follow for the rest of the year. We then talked about our school value; lights. We spoke about what each...