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A letter from Parliament
Last half term, Year 4 wrote a letter to Mr. Ian Mearns, the MP for Teams, to ask for some help speeding up the removal of the temporary fencing on our playground. The children explained the reason why this had been put up, but also explained that the work on the...
An athlete came to visit!
This afternoon Year 4 loved their visit from Lucy Turner, the British heptathlon athlete. The children took part in a HIIT session which, despite being very tiring, was lots of fun! They then listened carefully to Lucy tell her story about her journey into the sport....
A Special Visitor
Year 4 welcomed Mr Kakande today to talk about his Church, The Salvation Army. Mr Kakande explained how all the members of The Salvation Army work together as one body to continue the work of Jesus. He described many important things that his church do. They welcome...
Special Places
In R.E we have been learning about places that are special and how they make us feel and their importance to people. Today Reception Class visited the special places we have in our school. We visited the chapel within our school and said our school prayer together....
St Aidan’s Winners!
In Summer 2023, 'Treats by the Tyne' ran a competition of who is the best school in Gateshead. Lots of our parents, carers and friends of the community voted for us. Earlier this year, to our delight, we won the competition! We were notified by Treats by the Tyne that...
Springtime Adventures
What a wonderful start we have had in the last few weeks to our first Summer term! In the first week, we welcomed in 6 new starters into our class. We have been so friendly and have showed them all how great we are at sharing our toys and tidying up. In PSHE, we have...
RE – Special Places
So far in our RE lessons in Nursery we have been learning about special places in our community and what places are special to us. We have learnt that churches are very special places because when we’re in church we can talk and pray to God. God always listens to us....
Synonyms
In English, year 4 are writing a description of 'The Butterfly Lion'. The children enjoyed using a Thesaurus to help them generate a list of synonyms for adjectives to describe the lion.
Visit to the Mayor
On Friday, the School Councillors enjoyed a visit to Gateshead Civic Centre to meet the Mayor. The children were taken into the Council Chambers where council meeting take place and they also visited the Mayor's Parlour. They learnt that the Mayor, Mrs Eileen...
Titanic
In History this term, we have been learning about the events that led to the sinking of the Titanic. We have looked at the dates and time of when each event had happened and ordered the events on a timeline. We have also worked together as a class to retell the events...