Events and Visits
School life at Beamish
Today Year 1 went to Beamish to have a taste of what school life was like a long time ago. Th children found that there was a lot of similarities but also a lot of differences.The teachers were very strict and didn’t smile very much ,unlike the teachers they have...
Segedunum
Today Year 3 enjoyed a trip to the Roman fort of Segedunum in Wallsend. We started off with a workshop about Roman clothing, battle formations and the different jobs of the infantry. We then visited the panoramic tower so we could get an aerial view of the fort. After...
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...
Tiny Tasters in Reception Class
Reception class had a visit from Mrs Taster from Tiny Tasters today. We listened, watched and worked hard to create Rainbow Fishcakes. Mrs Tasters taught us all about the journey of the ingredients we used, including the sweet potato. We enjoyed measuring, scooping,...
Year 4’s trip to Holy Island
Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Holy Island on Monday. They walked on the beach looking for shells and found crabs in rock pools. They walked over to St Cuthbert’s Island to reflect and look for seals. They then walked across the harbour to Lindisfarne Castle...
Year 2’s visit to Holy Island
What a fantastic day we had on Monday! Our visit to Holy Island was filled with awe and wonder as we visited an unknown destination. The children in Year 2 shouted with excitement as we saw Bamburgh Castle, which we had seen only weeks before, pass by the window. We...
Year 5’s visit to Holy Island
St Aidan’s had an amazing opportunity to visit Holy Island this week. Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed their visit, they have learnt about St Aidan and why our school is named after him. We participated in a picture trail around the island where we had to locate a variety of...
Year 5’s trip to the Baltic Museum
Today year 5 visited the Baltic museum, they have participated in a pop art creative workshop and have learnt a variety of art techniques including ink transferring, printing and tracing. They have explored the artist Andy Warhol and explored his famous art prints of...
Special Places – St Chad’s Church
Reception Class took a lovely sunny stroll to our parish church of St Chad’s in Bensham as part of our RE topic on ‘Special Places’. We were welcomed by Reverend Hannah and Marilyn who kindly showed us around the beautiful building. They explained to us why the church...
year 2 visit Grace Darling museum
As part of history topic Year 2 visited the RNLI Grace Darling museum in Bamburgh. A volunteer for the museum spent time sharing lots of information about Grace’s life. We heard how her sea rescue was so unusual for a women in the Victorian era that she became an...