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Forest School Fun!

Forest School Fun!

Yesterday, Nursery and Reception class were so excited to be the first children to visit Forest School this half term! Phil introduced the muddy monsters at the beginning of the session. Oscar monster enjoys picking up little creatures and listening to what we get up...

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‘Think Good, Feel Good’ – Session 5

‘Think Good, Feel Good’ – Session 5

At the beginning of ‘Think Good, Fell Good’ session 5, the children played a warm up game called, ‘Would you rather?’ The theme of this week’s session was ‘Managing your feelings’. We chatted about how our feelings can become very strong and sometimes they can be hard...

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Year 5 Collective Worship – Chinese New Year

Year 5 Collective Worship – Chinese New Year

On the last day of term in Spring 1, Year 5 led their very own collective worship in front of the rest of the school as well as their parents and carers. The theme for their collective worship was based on ‘Chinese New Year’. We spoke about how Chinese New Year is the...

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Counting Collections

Counting Collections

Reception Class love their weekly ‘Counting Collections’ session. Each week the children get to work in pairs to choose from the counting collections - a selection of boxes with a variety of different objects which they count. The session is split into four parts. 1....

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Polar Region Weather Forecast

Polar Region Weather Forecast

In geography, Year 3 have been learning about the different climate zones around the world and the weather conditions found here. Having studied life in a tropical climate zone and a temperate climate zone, the children were challenged to research the weather...

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Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday

To celebrate Shrove Tuesday in breakfast club, the children had pancakes for their breakfast. They could choose from chocolate spread, golden syrup or cream. It was a lovely treat enjoyed by all!

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Internet Safety Day

Internet Safety Day

Tuesday 10th February was Internet Safety Day. At St Aidan's we recognise Internet Safety everyday, but always do something extra special about the theme. 2026's theme is AI. AI is now interwoven into everyday digital tools—recommendation algorithms, voice assistants,...

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Children’s Mental Health Week

Children’s Mental Health Week

As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, Year 4 enjoyed a special activity focused on celebrating who we are and learning about our feelings. We started by talking about different emotions and how everyone experiences a range of feelings each day. The children then...

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Telling the Time

Telling the Time

This half term in maths we have been looking at telling the time. We started off by recapping 'o' clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to, before moving on to telling the time to 5 minutes and then more precisely to the minute. To help us practice at home, each...

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