News: Year 6

Today we had a visit from two local PCSOs that came to talk to us about anti social behaviour. We discussed examples of ASB and how it effects the wider community.

Last week's VIP's meeting, 14th November, this week we met with Mrs Hargreaves and Mrs Harrison as an extra special treat. We also talked about how we can keep ourselves safe online.

St Aidan's will always remember

Today’s ALWAYS values VIPs. I love Thursdays at 3pm. Who will be joining me next week?

St Aidan's boys football team shine and come 2nd in the Jubilee Shield!

The final products

DT Week: we are in our creative flow.

Year 6 DT Week - Using Lego and Tinker Cad

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our Year 5 & 6 boys football team who went UNBEATEN today in the first phase of the Jubilee Shield, winning EVERY game! Progressing through to the Finals stage taking place next Tuesday.

DT Week Tuesday

Art Day 2 - How incredible is our symbolic art imagery!

This morning we attended the Be Internet Legends assembly on Artificial Intelligence by Google. We even got a shoutout from the creators. Well done Year 6!

Year 6 Art - Day 1

This week's Values in Practice award winners. Well done everyone!

Well done St Aidan's, only missed out by one point! We are extremely proud of you!

A huge thank you to these boys who took the lead in our RE session this week. They came and spoke to the class about their own experiences of the Hajj and became the experts in our lesson.

PSHE teamwork. Great group work within our ‘Me and My Relationships’ sessions.

Today we have worked exceptionally hard on our ‘Graveyard Book’ story. Listen to some of our fabulous writers and their oracy skills reading their work.

In Mrs Hargreaves' maths session this week we have continued our topic with Place Value. We have been partitioning 3 digit number in lots of different ways. Look out for more next week...

We have been learning about Ancient Greece. Today we created out our Agora which means market. We became Athenian citizens going about our days. Ask us about our roles.

⚽This all-girls football club from Darwen is actively seeking new players. Come on girls, show them what you've got!

Another wonderful maths lesson today for Mrs Hargreaves' group. We have been working hard on our counting skills. Mrs Hargreaves was really very proud of us.

Join Us at Our After-School Clubs Fayre!

A welcome message from Mrs Hargreaves, our new Deputy Headteacher

Great first dodgeball session with Sam working on our invasion game skills and teamwork. Keep up the hard work!

We have had a wonderful first day back. Well done Year 6! Today we have had a great day. In RE we designed our own life journeys to share about ourselves.

A good time was had by all! One last get up to go year 6!

Children's University Summer Challenges

Back to school church service - Sunday 8th September 2024 at 11-12pm

Well done to the children who attended the Children's University graduation on Saturday! A special mention for Krista who got a Fellowship Award for earning 1000 hours!

What a wonderful day at Liverpool World Museum! We began with an Ancient Greek workshop. Then we experienced a Brilliant Bugs lesson. The day continued with a dinosaur and evolution walk and an exploration of the aquarium.

Fantastic show tonight Year 6! Let's hope England can put on a show tonight; we doubt it will be as good as yours!

Today, Mrs Greenwood shared an amazing piece of family history with us! Did you know her Great Grandad James Whitehead, actually played football for England?

Well done Year 6 - you did it! You conquered that 5k and raised a fantastic amount for charity! We're so proud of you all. A huge thank you to everyone who has donated so far. Your generosity is incredible!

A brilliant visit from Boohoo to talk to us about employability and the jobs in the future.

Sports Day 2024

Today we were lucky to receive a session from Kooth. A company that is here to help support children with their mental health and transition to year 7. All children made an account which they have been given for free.

A massive well done to our Mini Cops for their efforts over the past nine months. A fabulous presentation you should all be so proud of yourselves.

Show Racism the Red Card.

En route to Blackburn Cathedral

Our morning so far. Learning all about ascension and Pentecost.

Today, we had a visit from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service informing us on all safety precautions we need to follow.

Our art has been inspired by Diego Rivera and the Chiaroscuro style.

Learning all about micro-organisms today in science.

Mayan art - lesson 1 (art day)

A well deserved day at the park.

Well done to all those children in our St Aidan's Ambassadors group tonight.

A brilliant handball and football session today in Year 6. Lots of fantastic values shown in our teams today.

Fun at Chess Club!

School reopens tomorrow for our Summer term. Breakfast club starts at 7:45am and the main gates open at 8:40am. We're excited to see you all looking smart and ready to learn in your school shoes or all black trainers, proudly wearing your ALWAYS badges.

Eid Mubarak to all our pupils and families celebrating at the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Clubs are now available to book for the summer term. All clubs finish at 4:15pm. Places are limited.

If your child is interested in joining, there are spaces available.

Does you child fancy giving cricket a go?

A BIG shoutout to Harley for this fabulous Poetry and superb artwork. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Thank you Asda for our donation for Easter eggs for our Easter Egg Bingo night. Know any companies who would also like to donate? Please get in touch, it would be much appreciated.

Our World Book Day winners enjoyed their prize of a trip to Waterstones to choose a book and a hot chocolate at Costa. Well done!

World Book Day 2024 WINNERS!!!

Let's Go Sing has started!

Global Trade and Food - Today we looked at what is meant by an ‘import’ and an ‘export’. Using a regular shopping list we traced where the products came from and the journey they make to our supermarkets. Well done year 6!

Celebrate International Women's Day 2024 at King George's Hall on Friday, March 8th, from 10am to 12.30pm. Don't miss the special appearance by the Blackburn Rovers Women's Team!

How did trade get global? We have been researching globalisation and how it developed over time.

New look school council

Conscience alley - learning about Lila's inner thoughts from our book 'The Firework-Maker's Daughter' by Philip Pullman.

We are pleased to be holding our annual School Council Easter Bingo night again!

World Book Day- Most interesting word competition

What a busy afternoon we have had creating our own electronic scarecrows in science; using the knowledge we have gained this half term.

World Book Day - Thursday 7th March

Some great half term holiday challenges here from Blackburn Children's University, why not give some a try?!

BwD MHST are holding a special presentation to celebrate Children's Mental Health Week.

We are grateful to Rev Sam Cheesman for guiding our assembly today. He imparted a significant message that regardless of our location or the worries we carry, God is always there to lend an ear and bring tranquility to our lives.

Farewell assembly for Reverend Cath

Free of Charge Level 1 Childcare Course

Investigating what happens to the bulbs when more voltage is added. Well done year 6.

Let's Go Sing! Tickets on sale now

Wow, what an amazing day we had yesterday! We are so grateful to Rock Kidz for visiting St Aidan’s. It was absolutely fantastic! YASBA!!

Family Autism Service

Wishing you a Happy New Year and blessed year ahead. May God's light guide your way in 2024.

Did your child/ren get a new electronic device for Christmas? If so, here are some top tips for setting up parental controls on them.

January 2024 is just around the corner, and it's bringing something special with it!

Thank you to Year 6 for leading our Carol service. Thank you to our choir and all of the children for the amazing singing.

Thank you to all the parents who joined us for craft this afternoon. It was fantastic to see so many of you. We hope you enjoyed it. What a lovely day we have had.

Starting our new class novel 'The Wizards of Once'.

Proud of our netballers tonight! To say they have never played before they did so well. Go on girls!

The pantomime of Beauty and the Beast at Blackburn Empire Theatre was an absolute blast! We had an incredible time! The children were so well-behaved and did a fantastic job representing St Aidan's.

The rehearsal for carols at the cathedral tonight.

Well done to our choir who represented school at Blackburn Cathedral tonight. We are very proud of you!

Snowball Disco - St Aidan's know how to party!!!

{gallery:We are all super sad in Year 6 today as we have finished our second novel of the year- Holes by Louis Sachar. We enjoyed this book so much! Ask us about it.}

Half price tickets this weekend for our school.

A HUGE well done to our Year 6 football girls!

A huge thank you from the Foodbank!

Family Health Fair

Well done Year 6 for leading a very special Remembrance service at Church.

The mini police had their first meeting today

Surprise visit from Blackburn Rovers stars Adam Wharton and Callum Brittain

Some great half term challenges here from Blackburn CU, why not give some a try?!

A huge thank you to PCSO Stuart Knowles and PCSO Andy Shuttleworth for speaking to all our children about the importance of firework safety. Please ask your children about what they have learnt today, to continue that important safety message at home.

Thank you for your harvest donations. The Food Bank in Blackburn have collected today.

Free children's holiday club during October half term

Thank you Boohoo!

DOES YOUR CHILD IN YEAR 5 OR 6 WANT TO JOIN LANCASHIRE MINI POLICE?

Stay tuned for something special!

Our Sports Crew have been hard at work today during lunchtime to make sure all the children had a fun, safe and enjoyable environment to play. Also rocking their new jumpers!

Why not take part in the BBC 500 words competition? Children's University members can collect a stamp for entering (just send them a copy of the story).

The Lotus Mental Health drop-in centre for parents and carers

Flu clinics being held over half-term to vaccinate children who have missed the flu vaccination in school.

Are you and your child/children aware of Mental Health Support Teams in schools?

If you would like to sign your child up to Blackburn Children's University please complete the online form (link sent through school). Sign up is for children in years 1 - 6.

After school clubs are starting from next week and running for 10 weeks, for years 1-6. The booking system is now live!

Do you have a child who is ready to start school in September 2024 or know someone who does?

Applications for school places in 2024/25 are now open

We will miss you Year 6!

Summer challenges from Children's University. Why not try some of them?

Well done to Year 6 for completing their Race For Life!

Well done Year 6... St Aidan's Showcase was amazing! We are all really proud of you. BREAKING NEWS I think we have a new ABBA group!

Well done to Nicole, Tilly and Krista who all received gold awards at the Children's University Graduation this morning. From a very proud headteacher!

Why not try this Summer Reading Challenge at your local library? Children's University members can earn 6 hours for completing it!

Thank you Premier League Primary Stars!!

We have achieved the School Games GOLD Award

FREE PreLoved Uniform stall on Friday 7th July at 9am

Tonight our ambassadors donated items to the charity shop and gave out sweets on the park in personalised positivity pouches.

Well done to Ribble (red team) for getting the most points in our 2023 Sports Day! Visit the link https://staidansblackburn.co.uk/academy-life/sports-day to see photos from the fabulous day and to see our winners celebrating with Mrs Egan!

Thank you to all our wonderful parents, carers, family members and friends for taking time out of their day to come to our annual Sports Day. It was lovely to see so many of you!

Thank you to Archdeacon David who led our worship this morning. Cameron enjoyed wearing the 'super power' sunglasses that he brought with him.

More summer fun! Multi-sports holiday club.

Free swim sessions for under 16s from 26th June.

Today our Ambassador club has given out ice lollies to the community as a random act of kindness. We think everyone enjoyed them. (We did!)

Fox Foundation Football - Summer Holiday Sport Course Dates!

British Sign Language Coffee mornings at Mill Hill Community Centre

Some great spring challenges here from Blackburn Children's University, why not give some a try?!

5k Walk to raise money for Rossendale Hospice

St Aidan’s Ambassadors excelled themselves tonight after planting flowers outside of our local Spar. They really tidied the planters up! We are so proud. Big thank you to the manager at the Spar who rewarded the children too.

We are ever so proud of you Year 6! As a way to celebrate the end of SAT’s week, they will all enjoy a trip to Junction 4 Skatepark on Tuesday 16th May.

Art Classes with Go Sketch Club - Any budding artists out there may be interested in registering on these FREE workshops

Today, our Aidan's Ambassadors were crafting with the residents of Spring Bank Court today. The residents commented on how polite and wonderful our children are. We really enjoyed it!

Well done to EVERYONE who made crowns fit for a king. It was such a tough decision!

Our Aidan’s Ambassadors were so busy tonight after school cleaning up our community. Good job. We are very proud of you!

Half Term Sport Course

Eid Mubarak to all our families who are celebrating the end of the holy month of Ramadan today and over the weekend.

Blackburn with Darwen Parent/Carer Workshop - Tuesday 25th April 2023

Some great Easter challenges here from Blackburn Children's University, why not give some a try?!

Adult Learning Half-Term Fun! - Week 1

Adult Learning Half-Term Fun! - Week 2

A huge thank you to Nybble for their kind donation of 200 Easter eggs!

Shaping Us campaign

Help your child to develop their communication and language skills. Walk and Talk is about inspiring families to go outside and communicate with each other.

Have we any budding actors/actresses in our midst?

What a fantastic Science Week we have had at St. Aidan’s!

Today, we had special visitor - Charlotte from Elektec!

Do you or your family need a NHS dentist?

An phenomenal performance from our Let’s Go Singers yesterday! St Aidan’s your voices were superb!

Adult Learning- Jobs and Skills Fair 28.02.23 10am-3pm at King George's Hall

If you need help with searching for work or applying for jobs and training, there’s an event in Blackburn just for you! With around 60 local employers promoting their vacancies and ready to recruit, it’s a great opportunity for anyone looking for a job or a volunteering role.

Learn to swim with H2o Swimming Academy

As part of children’s mental health week we made a rainbow with Place2be to show how we are all connected together.

Outstanding Flu Immunisations

Parent webinars for Children's Mental Health Week.

Ewood Park Green Weekend Competition

We are really proud of our football team today! We came 3rd after just missing out on the final. Well done boys!

Number Fun Day 2023

Little Brusher's Oral Health Sessions

Well done to our year 5&6 athletes who came 3rd in tonight’s Sports Hall Athletics event at St Bede’s.

St Aidan's After School Clubs

Happy New Year to all of our families.

We hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas break. School reopens tomorrow at 8:40am. Breakfast club opens at 7:45am. Don’t forget your bags, badges and black school shoes.

Merry Christmas

Christmas is a magical time when we celebrate the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ and as this year draws to a close may we take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and holy Christmas and a peaceful new year.

Thank you for attending our fabulous Carol service.

Well done to our year 5 and 6 pupils for singing so beautifully at the cathedral this afternoon.

Some great winter challenges here from Blackburn CU, why not give some a try?!

Snowball Disco

On Friday, it was St Aidan's legendary Snowball disco. The children (and staff) had an amazing night and the children all behaved impeccably. Click the link above to see more photos.

Remembrance Service 2022

On Thursday 11th November Year 6 hosted the Remembrance service at St Aidan's church to remember those who sacrificed their lives in war so that we can live in peace and harmony. It was a thought provoking service. Year 6 made us very proud. It was wonderful to listen to them sing beautifully to the rest of the school and their families. Check out the gallery section on our website to see photographs of the children performing.

KS2 Inclusive Sports Event

Jubilee Shield - Year 5 & 6 Football Team

Well done to the choir for representing school and singing beautifully at King George’s Hall this evening.

Y6 create and code a Lego cave car to test transparency!

Real life problem solving. STEAM science

Year 6 World War 2 visit to Blackburn Museum

This week Year 6 visited Blackburn Museum to learn about how Blackburn was impacted by World War 2. We were able to look at many artefacts and use a wide range of sources to enhance our understanding about the Homefront in Blackburn.