Events and Visits
Red Nose Day 2024
Today year 4 have had a great morning celebrating Red Nose Day. We discussed how Red Nose Day is a fantastic charity that helps people in the UK and around the world who are less fortunate than us. We dressed in red, wore funny noses, completed a Red Nose Day quiz and...
Our trip to Vue Cinema
This morning, year 5 and 6 children were so lucky to have a trip out to the cinema to see the film 'Mary and the witch's Flower' We walked up to Gateshead Vue and we even sat in the VIP seats! It was a fantastic morning.
World Book Day in Year 2
Children in Year 2 have amazed me with their wonderful costumes, celebrating World Book Day. We enjoyed taking part in a range of activities and discussing our favourite characters and books.
Reception Class
Reception Class have had a busy week, Thursday was World Book Day and we have been celebrating the love of reading all week and dressed up as our favourite book characters today. On Thursday we enjoyed story time with different teachers sharing their favourite stories...
World Book Day 2024 in Nursery
Today in school, we celebrated World Book Day. We all came dressed as characters from books we love to read in school and at home. Some of us were Disney princesses and fairytale characters and others were dressed as Spider-Man. We all looked brilliant! We have had...
International Mother Language Day
On Wednesday 21st February 2024, it was International Mother Language Day. This special celebration aims to raise awareness of language, cultural diversity and multilingualism around the world. St Aidan’s has celebrated this day by taking part in various activities...
Artsmark Award
We are delighted to have been awarded the Artsmark Silver Award from Arts Council England. Children and staff throughout the school have been working hard as well as having lots of fun celebrating the arts in many different ways across the last two years which has...
Islam Workshop
In RE this half term, Year 2 have been learning about Islam. As part of our Interfaith week, we welcomed a visitor into our classroom to learn more about Islam. The children enjoyed their workshop and had opportunities to ask questions, take part in a quiz and wear...
Shrove Tuesday
Today in the Christian calendar is Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake day. It is celebrated before Ash Wednesday, the first day of lent, so we thought that we’d really enjoy making our own pancakes in Nursery today! We used pre-made pancake mix and added in water....
Year 2 Trip to Northumberland Zoo
Wow! What a wonderful time we have had at the Northumberland Zoo. Year 2 had classified animals and learnt lots of interesting facts about the animals. We saw some fantastic animals including wallabies, bats, snow leopards and capybaras.