Events and Visits
Christmas Play And Stay
Today we have enjoyed a fantastic Christmas craft morning with our friends and family. The day was lots of fun, we made chocolate reindeer biscuits, Santa Christmas card , reindeer dust, a christmas tree decoration using lolly pop sticks and lots of glitter, christmas...
Singing Workshops
This half term Year 2 have been fortunate to work with Miss Oldfield from Newcastle Cathedral on learning skills of a chorister. Miss Oldfield teaches the children in the chorister choir at the cathedral. She has taught us about the importance of posture and standing...
Christmas Choir
‘The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear’ Our choir at St Aidan’s had a wonderful morning spreading Christmas cheer in the community. They visited Rosewood Care Home and then Teams and Bensham Community Care to sing a selection of...
Year 5 Prayer Space
During advent we look forward to the birth of Jesus but also take time to reflect. Today we explored the chapel and outdoor classroom and took part in a range of activities. We thought about what hopes and dreams we have for the future and created paper chains to link...
Gymnastic’s Superstars
Over the past six weeks, 21 children from KS2 have worked incredibly hard in their after school club to create an exciting gymnastics floor routine. The children have worked on improving their rolls, cartwheels and flexibility as well as perfecting their timing, team...
Signs of Christmas
Yesterday, Year 1 went to St Chad's church to find signs of Christmas. They looked around the church and found the Nativity scene and characters, Christmas trees, Advent wreath and lots of candles. Rev. Yvonne then read the children the Nativity Story from the...
Hall Hill Farm
Today we had a fantastic trip to Hall Hill Farm. We set out this morning on the bus and had a magical day at the farm. When we arrived we listened to our guide for the day, who was a Christmas elf. We visited the woodland area and met Santa and told him what we would...
Year 2 – Discovery Museum
What a lovely afternoon we have had at the Discovery Museum! We were all excited as for some of us, it was our first time going to the museum. After we got off the coach, we went straight onto the first floor of the museum, known as the ‘Charge Gallery’. In this area,...
Friendship Week
This week we have been celebrating Friendship throughout the school. We have looked at different stories that promote the values of good friendship including The Smartest Giant in Town, The Snail and the Whale, Matilda and The boy the fox and the mole. These books...
52 lives workshop
This week we have been taking part in lots of different friendship activities, including assemblies and workshops. On Tuesday morning we were part of 52 Lives kindness workshop where we learned about friendship and kindness. We heard stories of kindness from strangers...