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/
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...
Book Week
This week was Book Week and Reception class have taken part in lots of fun reading activities throughout the week. We invited our parents into the classroom to share some of our favourite book and new stories. We had visitors from The library service to read us a...
World Book Week in Year 3
This week we have been celebrating World Book Week in school. On Tuesday, we visited Dunston library where we looked at how the books were organised and then had the opportunity to choose a book to take back to school with us. Today, we came to school dressed as a...
The Day the Crayons Quit
This morning, Year 4 were thinking about Mental Health Week. The children listened to the Story 'The Day the Crayon's Quit' and thought about the feelings of each of the crayons and how they were feeling. After considering all of their emotions, the children thought...
The Iron Man
This half term in English, Year 3 are reading the novel ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes. At the beginning of the week, we read the first chapter and explored the description of the Iron Man. In the coming weeks, we are going to use the text to write a set of instructions...