News: y5 | St. Aidan’s Primary School – A Church of England Academy

Image of Change of venue for this morning’s Children’s Literacy Festival trip—we went to Mill Hill Library instead! Year 5 had a fantastic time with award-winning poet Dommy B, whose energetic poetry captivated the children. Ask them about their favourite poem! 🎤

15 Jun

Change of venue for this morning’s Children’s Literacy Festival trip—we went to Mill Hill Library instead! Year 5 had a fantastic time with award-winning poet Dommy B, whose energetic poetry captivated the children. Ask them about their favourite poem! 🎤

Image of SHINE DINE - Zoe and Cath have awarded these children our shine dine table of the week. They have shown excellent manners and really modelled great expectations of our slightly improved shine dine routines this week. Well done boys and well deserved!

12 Jun

SHINE DINE - Zoe and Cath have awarded these children our shine dine table of the week. They have shown excellent manners and really modelled great expectations of our slightly improved shine dine routines this week. Well done boys and well deserved!

Image of VIPs - Our first week back of the summer term has ended with a VIP celebration. We are so pleased to celebrate all the hard work we have been doing this week. I wonder who will be joining me or Mrs Harrison next week?

12 Jun

VIPs - Our first week back of the summer term has ended with a VIP celebration. We are so pleased to celebrate all the hard work we have been doing this week. I wonder who will be joining me or Mrs Harrison next week?

Image of Today in junior jam we are crime scene investigators. We are currently creating our profiles. 💾

12 Jun

Today in junior jam we are crime scene investigators. We are currently creating our profiles. 💾

Image of We’ve had the most brilliant morning! As a reward for always making the right choices, the children earned a well-deserved class water fight. They had an absolute blast splashing around!

22 May

We’ve had the most brilliant morning! As a reward for always making the right choices, the children earned a well-deserved class water fight. They had an absolute blast splashing around!

Image of We swapped pencils for drama, debate, and imagination today! We tackled tough maths problems, built stories from a single picture, and acted out solids, liquids, and gases in science. A brilliant day of learning without pens by all. 🎭

20 May

We swapped pencils for drama, debate, and imagination today! We tackled tough maths problems, built stories from a single picture, and acted out solids, liquids, and gases in science. A brilliant day of learning without pens by all. 🎭

Image of Year 5 looked a bit different last week while Year 6 did SATs. Huge shout-out to our class for being so resilient and helpful during the routine change! We celebrated with a park trip and well-earned ice lollies 🍦 A super week for a super group!

19 May

Year 5 looked a bit different last week while Year 6 did SATs. Huge shout-out to our class for being so resilient and helpful during the routine change! We celebrated with a park trip and well-earned ice lollies 🍦 A super week for a super group!

Image of We have officially turned the final page of our class novel, The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell. From Xar’s wild schemes to Wish’s bravery, the children have been absolutely gripped by the world of Badness and Iron.

15 May

We have officially turned the final page of our class novel, The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell. From Xar’s wild schemes to Wish’s bravery, the children have been absolutely gripped by the world of Badness and Iron.

Image of We welcomed the NSPCC today for their 'Speak Out, Stay Safe' assembly. Pupils learned how to identify trusted adults and share worries. Our children showed great maturity during these vital sessions, and we are very proud of their engagement.

6 May

We welcomed the NSPCC today for their 'Speak Out, Stay Safe' assembly. Pupils learned how to identify trusted adults and share worries. Our children showed great maturity during these vital sessions, and we are very proud of their engagement.

Image of Know It Week - We’ve been busy testing out our sticky knowledge. We did a google quiz which marked our answers as we went so we all got instant feedback on our learning.

27 Apr

Know It Week - We’ve been busy testing out our sticky knowledge. We did a google quiz which marked our answers as we went so we all got instant feedback on our learning.

Image of Art - Last week we created tessellating patterns by making our own shapes. Once we had completed these patterns we used our own colours to continue the pattern.

27 Apr

Art - Last week we created tessellating patterns by making our own shapes. Once we had completed these patterns we used our own colours to continue the pattern.

Image of Well done to our Year 5/6 boys at tonight’s basketball! Playing 4 schools, the team showed amazing teamwork and spirit with a win, a draw, and a narrow loss. We’re so proud of their resilience and grit on the court. Great job, everyone!

24 Apr

Well done to our Year 5/6 boys at tonight’s basketball! Playing 4 schools, the team showed amazing teamwork and spirit with a win, a draw, and a narrow loss. We’re so proud of their resilience and grit on the court. Great job, everyone!