Events and Visits
The Tunnel
In our English lessons this half term, one of the books we are going to be reading is 'The Tunnel' by Anthony Browne. Yesterday, we read the first couple of pages as a class and found out that a brother and a sister enter the tunnel. We talked about what they might...
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...
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...
Celebrating Libraries Week in Year 4
Year 4 have thoroughly enjoyed celebrating libraries week this week. We started off our week by visiting Gateshead library. We began by completing a library bingo task where we had to find a range of different books which met different criteria, such as 'a book that...
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...
St Chad’s and St Helen’s Harvest Sunday
St Chad's have invited everyone to their Harvest Sunday Family Services on Sunday 9th October at 10:30am where refreshments will be served. Click here to download their flier: Family-services_October_2022Download
St Chad’s and St Helen’s support in the community
Please look at the information below to see how our local churches can offer support: Warm Spaces – Every Wednesday morning 9.30am-12.30am – there will be tea and coffee freely available and a warm welcome at St Helen’s church hall for any who wish to...
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...
Year 5 Girls 5-A-Side Football
This week, six girls from Year 5 represented our school in a 5-A-side football tournament at Powerleague. We are very lucky to have this fantastic facility in such a short walk from our school. The girls competed against lots of other schools in Gateshead and were...