It's a Party!

Well done to Year 1 and Year 2 for a wondeful Nativity performance of "It's a Party!" on Monday 14th December. The children told the story of Christmas and the singing was beautiful. All the children worked hard to learn all their lines and the words to the songs and we are very proud of them. Thank you to all the family and friends who were able to attend this performance.

Christmas Concerts

Last week Year 3 and Year 4 performed a "Gospel Christmas" at St Cedd's to parents and friends of St Aidan's. On Friday 11th Year 5 and Year 6 performed their Christmas Concert at St Teresa's. All the children sung wonderfully and were a credit to the school. Thank you to all the family and friends who were able to come and join with these celebrations.

Brentwood Concert

Gospel Christmas

On Friday, 4th December 34 children were involved in the performance with 500 other children at the Brentwood Centre. Mrs Brown, Mrs Mackie, Mrs Boland and Miss Gordon accompanied them and were amazed by their performance. The children sang "Over the Hills" and "Gospel Christmas". Morgan was chosen out of 13 other children from other schools to sing "Silent Night" in front of an audience of 1500. Thanks goes out to Mrs Mackie for organising this special occasion for the children. The children were a credit to the school.

Sleeping Beauty

Today Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 were treated to a morning at the theatre. The Rainbow Theatre performed, "Sleeping Beauty".

When we went there were Year 1 and Year 2 children acting as well. It was really nice to see this to celebrate this time of Christmas. The Princess looked beautiful. She wore a lovely pink dress. There was a horrible witch who was trying to destroy the Princess. But a handsome Prince came to the palace and he rescued the princess and they lived happily ever after. We had a great time!

from the children of Year 2

Concert Recital

On Wednesday the children were entertained by the musicians of Redbridge Music School. They encouraged recognising the songs from some very famous films.

St Aidan's Netball Team

Well done to St Aidan's Netball Team who played their first match against St Augustine's Catholic Primary School on Tuesday 24th November. The girls played extremely well and won 6 - 0. The player of the match was Eboni. Miss Dodd and Mrs Rockall would like to thank all the parents who came along to support the team. The next match is on Tuesday 8th December.

Blue for Peace

On Friday 20th November we all dressed in Blue as a symbol of peace and reconciliation during Anti Bullying Week. During this special week we have written poems and designed Stop Bullying Posters. We talked about how we treat others and the importance of speaking to someone we trust if we are worried about something.

Remembrance Day

On 11th November it is Remembrance Day. It is a day to remember all the soldiers who have given their lives for freedom and peace. At 11 o'clock we all stood in silence for 2 minutes to pay our respects to those who have died in conflicts around the world.

We will never forget.

Year 6 Trip to Kingswood

The Year 6 children set off yesterday to Kingswood. Click on the Year 6 blog site for photographs and updates of their trip.

Skipping Workshop

It is Physical Week at St Aidan's and as part of this special week we were visited by Skipping Workshop. Some of the Year 6 children worked on their skipping skills in the afternoon and then showcased their talents to the rest of the school. The children were amazing. See the photographs of the performances.

House Forum

Once a week the children from each house, St Peter's, St Paul's, St Cedd's and St Teresa's meet to discuss current school issues. The forums are lead by the House Captain and Sports Captain. Each member of the house has the opportunity to voice their opinions on relevant matters.

This week the motion was:

As A Healthy School we want to encourage Healthy Eating. Should we celebrate Birthdays by bringing in sweets?

After much discussion each house has agreed with the motion although many suggested we could think about healthy treats as an alternative. Well done to our House Leaders.

Gardener's World

The children in Key Stage 1 have been busy gardening. Last year they sowed and grew their own vegetables, which they have just harvested! They enjoyed a tasty lunch today of potato salad, tomatoes and potato wedges. Have a look at the photographs to see how much fun they had.

Adventure island!!!

Adventure island was one of the best trips that y6 went to, there were loads of amazing rides there like the Tidal wave or Vortex and Rage. year 6 had a fantastic time there we all really enjoyed it there.


by Julius and Matuesz

Year 6 Production

On Friday 10th July, Year 6 performed "Joseph". It was an amazing production with fantastic acting and singing. The Year 6 children obviously enjoyed themselves and the rest of the school thoroughly enjoyed the performance. Well done to all their hardwork and to the help of Mrs Cargill, Mr Faria, Mr Walder and Mrs Garvin.

On Thursday the 9th July we had our school sports day. We all had a great day and everyone participated in the day. Everyone had a great day and some of the teachers were having so much fun they joined in with the fun. A big thank you to all the parents and teachers who walked us to Cricklefields. A special thank you to Miss Jackson for organising the day.

By Cameron and Sam. 5n.

Hola Week!

The week before Half Term, the children learnt all about various Spanish speaking countries. They have looked at the art, dance, food, language and culture of each country. On Monday the children had the chance to join in with Spanish dance and learn about the message behind Flamenco.

We have had visitors in school helping the children to have first hand experience of the language spoken and lifestyles lived throughout the whole world and I would like to thank them all for their time they have given to our school.

Our Year 6 children visited the Tate Modern art gallery and looked at a variety of Spanish speaking painters. The Year 4 children visited La Tasca.

Miss Dodd

Maths Weeks!

Today marked the start to Maths Week and what a start we had! To introduce the week we were visited by Bubbles the Clown. She taught us that Numeracy can be fun. She even tried to make a bubble with Miss Lawford inside it!!

Can you remember the name of the 3D shape the children made?

Remember it had 8 faces and 12 edges.



Can you remember what a Clown's metre is?

St George's Day

Today we all dresed up in red and white to celebrate St. George's day. Every one participated in the great day. Thanks to all the teachers who organised the day.

By Cameron Roberts 5n.

Here Comes the Sun!

Welcome back to a new term! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and are now rested for a busy Summer Term. The teachers have a lot planned so we are sure you will be very busy.

Year 3 went on their school trip today to Epping Forest. They had a wonderful time and Miss Dodd and Miss Jackson said the children were a credit to St Aidan's.

Make sure you catch up with events through the school website, and of course the year group blogs.

Marie Curie Cancer Care

Thank you for all your donations.

We raised £432.88 for Marie Curie.

Have a lovely Easter.

Miss Lawford

Dance Festival

On Monday 23rd March St Aidan's Afro Fusion Dance Club represented the school by attending the School Sports Partnership Dance Festival. They all had a great time and received a first place certificate. Well done everyone!

Peach will be updating the blog tomorrow with more information about the event.

Happy Mother's Day!

Thank you for all your donations.
Miss Lawford.

BALLOON RELEASE FOR CAFOD

Thank you for all your support today. You all looked wonderful dressed in Green and what fun we had releasing our balloons. Thank you to Mrs Roca-Mas for organising this special event for Cafod. Thanks also to Miss Flood, Mrs Smith and Mrs Razin, and all the children who helped tie all those balloons!

First we gathered in the Infant playground carrying our balloons. As you can tell Mrs Gannon was abit nervous videoing the event.

Everyone was getting very excited.

Mrs Roca-Mas then counted down from 10. We raised our balloons and let go. It was brilliant to see all the balloons slowly rise up.

GREEN 4 CAFOD

Remember to wear green for Cafod on Friday 13 March 2009

Please bring £1 and we will be having our balloon release tomorrow morning

Photographs will be put on the blog.

Today we all dressed up as our favourite book characters. Here's Mrs Bentham, or should I say Snow White - but where are her 7 Dwarfs? The children had a wonderful day, and so did the staff. We had a Treasure Hunt with clues for a famous book and a book swap in the Library. Today is the last day of the Book Fair so if you haven't spent your book token yet remember you can go to any good book shop and use it there.

World Book Week

Mrs Cargill introduced World Book Week on Monday. We will be doing different activities, including dressing up as our favourite book characters on Thursday, making bookmarks and writing our own poems.

In Assembly Mrs Preston-Lowe, Mrs Roca-Mas, Mrs Fuschillo, Mr Debere and Katherine read out their favourite poems.

Trip to the Barbican Centre

St Aidan's Football Team

We played against Highland Primary School on Thursday 26th February. They beat us by 9/0.We played very well but they won. This was only our second game but we played well together as a team.

Lewis scored for ST.AIDANS.

by Isaac 5D

Important visitor for KUW Week

During our Knowledge and Understanding of the World week, our older children had a visitor, a Forensic Scientist. Here are some pictures of the children asking questions and wearing the protected outfits. (Doesn't he look good!)

support staff working on blogging, filmed by Mrs. Higgins

Knowledge and Understanding of the World Week

The Alien has landed in 1S, by Tonia

Having a wonderful time supporting each other during our ICT inset day! Nicky, Sumar, Tonia and Maria, teamwork! by Tonia