Events and Visits
Our visit to a Jewish Synagogue
This morning, Year 5 visited a Jewish Synagogue in Newcastle as part of their learning of; Judaism in RE. We met Jonathan and Helen Brady who were our speakers for the day and who lead their progressive synagogue. First, we learnt that the lectern that was in...
’Think Good, Feel Good’
This afternoon, some children from Year 5 and 6 were chosen to take part in a new programme called; ‘Think Good, Feel Good’. The programme will run for 6 weeks with Miss Greenwell and Hannah Long from Gateshead Council. The first session was called; ‘Be kind to...
Spreading Christmas Cheer at St. Chad’s
St. Aidan's school choir performed at St. Chad's Christmas Fair on Saturday afternoon. The children gave up their spare time to perform some of their favourite Christmas songs and carols to the church community. The children sand beautifully with enormous smiles and...
Life as an Anglo Saxon
Year 4 had a wonderful day at Jarrow Hall, an Anglo-Saxon Farm and Village. The children were involved in a fully immersive experience with a variety of fun learning activities that allowed them to explore a working Anglo Saxon style farm, identify the different uses...
Robinwood
Year 6 have had a wonderful few days at Robinwood Activity Centre in Alston, Cumbria. The children settled well into camp and embraced all of the activities with great energy and enthusiasm. Across all three of the days the children had the opportunity to experience...
A visit from the author Nishani Reed
This week, as part of the Northern Children’s Book Festival, our Year 1 and Year 2 pupils had the wonderful opportunity to meet a real author! Nishani Reed, writer of the delightful children’s book No Cheese Please!, joined us to share her story and inspire our young...
Stay and Play
Today Reception Class and Nursery have enjoyed welcoming in their parents and grownups to join in with lots of nursery rhyme activities throughout our EYFS setting . We had a lovely time exploring and having fun with our grown ups and ended the session with some...
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...