Events and Visits
Key stage 2 Safer Internet Assembly
We enjoyed an informative and interactive workshop with Tony and Dan from Clennell Education Solutions where we talked about being safe online. Tony talked about wanting to live in a world where we are all equal and treat people with respect. He reminded us of the...
Number Day in Year 2
Today, Year 2 have enjoyed lots of fun activities to celebrate Number Day. Some of the activities we did include a Maths quiz in the hall led by Mr Thorogood. Children were sat in house groups and had answered a range of maths questions. The fun did not stop as we...
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...
Year 5 Number Day
Year 5 had great fun celebrating number day. They took part in a times table hunt on the castle, gained points for the NSPCC TT Rockstars competition, investigated Fibonacci number sequences and finally took part in a Number Day quiz against their peers. Well done to...
Candlemas and First Entry to Communion service
Wednesday marked a very special day for some of our children in Year 5 and 6 as some of them were entered into communion for the first time. After a very special Candlemass service, 10 of the children from Year 5 and 6 made their promises and took another step on...
Number Day in Year 1
Today we took part in the NSPCC Number day which involved taking part in lots of different number activities across the day. We started our day counting our dinners, Packed Lunches, Jacket Potatoes and School Meals, we do this by counting in groups of 5. We then took...
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...
Chinese New Year 2023
On Sunday 22nd January 2023, Chinese New Year had begun and it lasts for 15 days, until Sunday 5th February 2023. At St Aidan’s we learnt lots about the Chinese culture and what happens during the new year. We learnt that children wake up to find red envelopes filled...
Tiny Tasters in Nursery
Nursery had a lovely visit from Tiny Tasters this morning. Mrs Taster showed the children how to prepare ‘Little Red Riding Hood’s Red Tomato Puffs’. The children snipped, scooped, mixed, crumbled and cut and tried new ingredients like red pesto and feta cheese. They...
Year 5 visit Kingsmeadow
Year 5 had great fun on their taster day at Kingsmeadow Comprehensive School. Their first lesson was science with Mr Fenwick where they looked at physical and chemical changes. They watched a chemical change where the clear liquids potassium iodide and lead nitrate...