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

Lest We Forget. Today, we pause to remember and honour the brave service members who have sacrificed for our freedom.

Image of Can we form a sentence in the right order?

11 Nov

Can we form a sentence in the right order?

Image of We started our English work this week! Our new story is 'The Something', about a boy called Dan who loses his ball down a dark hole. We found a hole in our area to explore and even got a letter from Dan asking us to search for his lost ball! 🕳️

6 Nov

We started our English work this week! Our new story is 'The Something', about a boy called Dan who loses his ball down a dark hole. We found a hole in our area to explore and even got a letter from Dan asking us to search for his lost ball! 🕳️

Image of Search for Carmella 🌊 We have read our new class novel for the first time today and linked it back to the predictions we made.

4 Nov

Search for Carmella 🌊 We have read our new class novel for the first time today and linked it back to the predictions we made.

Image of 🗣️ Oracy interviews as Eugene in our English unit

12 Oct

🗣️ Oracy interviews as Eugene in our English unit

Image of Bringing stories to life! 📚 Today, we began planning our own friendship tales. Using drama freeze-frames helped us explore how our main characters, Leo and Maya, felt at key moments in their journey. Perfect inspiration for creative writing!

8 Oct

Bringing stories to life! 📚 Today, we began planning our own friendship tales. Using drama freeze-frames helped us explore how our main characters, Leo and Maya, felt at key moments in their journey. Perfect inspiration for creative writing!

Image of A busy week! Pupils debated in character during a ‘Conscience Alley’ task in English, brought scenes to life in Drama, and wowed us with super skills in the St Aidan’s Talent Show. Well done to everyone who took part! 🎭

18 Sep

A busy week! Pupils debated in character during a ‘Conscience Alley’ task in English, brought scenes to life in Drama, and wowed us with super skills in the St Aidan’s Talent Show. Well done to everyone who took part! 🎭

Image of Today we dived into our new English text by focusing on the illustrations. The class did a brilliant job predicting what the story will be about based on visual clues. See if your child can share their predictions with you at home tonight! 📖💭

9 Sep

Today we dived into our new English text by focusing on the illustrations. The class did a brilliant job predicting what the story will be about based on visual clues. See if your child can share their predictions with you at home tonight! 📖💭

Image of ✏️Writing our own Friendship Stories✏️ We have started our new English unit today, ask us about our learning. What can they tell you about Leo, the octopus or the keeper? What do they think the story is about and why?

8 Sep

✏️Writing our own Friendship Stories✏️ We have started our new English unit today, ask us about our learning. What can they tell you about Leo, the octopus or the keeper? What do they think the story is about and why?

Image of Iremide is this week’s Speller of the Week for returning his sheet and for getting 5/5 on his spelling test! ⭐️

3 Jul

Iremide is this week’s Speller of the Week for returning his sheet and for getting 5/5 on his spelling test! ⭐️

Image of Fantastic oracy in our colourful semantics lesson this week! 🗣️⭐️

19 Jun

Fantastic oracy in our colourful semantics lesson this week! 🗣️⭐️

Image of ☀️ From Sunshine Water Fights to Classroom Courtrooms: A Busy Few Weeks in Year 6!

17 Jun

☀️ From Sunshine Water Fights to Classroom Courtrooms: A Busy Few Weeks in Year 6!

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! 🎤