1S African Drumming

1S had a wonderful time learning to play the African drums. The children will be learning to play different rhythms and different beats over the next few weeks.

Can you name the differerent African drums?

The Pope's Visit

I went to Hyde Park on Saturday and I saw the Pope. It was a fantastic experience. We saw the Pope in the Popemobile, it's a strange looking car. I had a great time and I shook his hand too.

by Kiera 6W

On Saturday I went to Hyde Park Corner with my mum, my dad and my older brother. It took 3 hours until the Pope arrived. When he finally arrived, the big TV cameras turned up and he waved at me. After that, I went around and watched him in the Mass on the big TV screen. After that, it took 2 hours to get back home and we got back home at 10 o'clock. It felt fantastic and very extradionary to see the Pope.

Eoin, 5K

The Big Assembly

On Friday 17th September we all gathered in the school hall to join the Pope at the Big Assembly in St Mary's University College, Twickenham. This special occasion involved over 3000 young people from every Diocese in the UK. Reanna, our Head Girl was chosen to represent our school as part of the Diocese of Brentwood. Reanna will share her experience with us next week on our blog site.

If you would like to watch the Big Assembly, click on the link below and type The Big Assembly in the Search box.

http://www.thepapalvisit.net

Summer Holidays

Year 6 Leaver's Mass

We finished our year with a very special Year 6 Leaver's Mass. Father Adam and a special visitor Father Luke celebrated Mass with the whole school and parents. It was a very emotional mass as the Year 6 pupils said their final farewell to St Aidan's. The children received a commerative Mass card from Mrs Brown.





We wish all the children in Year 6 good luck in their new schools when they start in September.


Star Pupil of the Year


Congratulations to the children who received Star Pupil of the Year.

Sports Day

On Wednesday 21st July we had our Sports Day. We all had a fantastic day. The children cheered one another on, showing great sportsmanship. Thank you to all the parents and friends who were able to attend. A big thank you to Mr Kasparis for organising a wonderful day.

Year 6 Leaver's Assembly

What an emotional assembly! The children remembered just a few of their special times here at St Aidan's. They thanked all the adults who have helped them through the years and Mrs Thomas, Mrs Garvan, Mrs Rattigan and Mrs Boland were presented with bouquets of flowers as a show of thanks from the children.

The children continued to celebrate as they went off to Southend for the day.

Year 6 v Teachers Netball Match

The crowd were nervous, the players even more so (especially the staff!). The Year 6's looked confident (they have only lost 1 game this year), the staff loooked - well terrified. But what a match! The Year 6 players were excellent. They marked and passed brilliantly. The teachers worked well and tried their best and after a lead of 2 - 1 at half time, the teachers were becoming more confident. Then Year 6 scored. Then another goal and another. The final score was 4 - 2 to Year 6. Well done to boh the girls and the staff for a excellent display of skills and sportsmanship. We all loved it and can't wait until next year.

Year 6 Production "Hello and Goodbye"

The Year 6 children performed their production of "Hello and Goodbye" to the whole school yesterday. They were fantastic. The acting was extremely good and the children's singing was brilliant.

Year 6 will be performing their production to parents, family and friends this evening at 6:30pm. If you have not purchased your ticket yet, tickets will be on sale after school.

The Big Dance

St Aidan's joined other schools around the country in the Big Dance. On Friday just before 1pm the whole school came together in the attempt to break a Guinness World Record.

We will let you know if the Record was broken.

International Week Celebration Assembly

Well, what a fantastic week we have had. Today we celebrated our learning in a sharing assembly. It's has been fun and we have learnt lots of information about different countries around the world. A big thank you to Mrs Rockall and Miss Dodd for all their hard work this week.

International Week

This week the children will be celebrating International Week. Each year group has be allocated 1 country. They will be finding out information about the country, using atlases and the Internet. The children will also be cooking and reading traditional stories.

On Tuesday the children were entertained by Phase 5, a Steel Band. They were amazing and both the staff and the children had a wonderful time listening to the music and dancing along. Year 3 were then invited to practise playing the steel drums. They performed their songs to Years 1, 2 and 4.

St Aidan's Football Team

Well done to all the players of St Aidan's Football Team who won the Primary Sports Team of the Year. The children were awarded this prestige trophy in our school assembly today. They have worked so hard throughout the year and their hardwork has been recognised in this award. A big thank you to Mr Wade and Mr Kasparis.

Maths Day

Mrs Cargill organised a fantastic Maths Day last week. The children took part in lots of different activities, the Nintendo Challenge, a Maths Trail around the school and the Year 6 children taught the Year 1 and Year 2 children some maths games.

Today Mrs Cargill handed out prizes to the children who won the different challenges. Well done to the winners and everyone who took part.

The NED Show

Amanda from The NED Show came in today to show the children her yoyo tricks. She was amazing and told a very funny story about Ned's adventures. It was a great show because the children were able to see with a bit of practise you can perform stunning yoyo moves.

Ned and Amanda also told us that with practise and encouragement you can be a Champion.

Remember NED means -

Never Give Up

Encourage Others

Do your Best!

Dee from St Francis Hospice

St Peter's House invited Dee from St Francis Hospice to talk to the children about all the wonderful work the Hospice does for people and families suffering with cancer. Dee explained all the support which the Hospice offers and how they help families deal with difficult and sad situations.

St Peter's House have organised a fundraising day on Friday 18th June. They have asked all the children to dress in non-school uniform. As a way of celebrating the Football World Cup, the children are allowed to dress in the colours of the team they are supporting. All monies raised will be donated to St Francis Hospice. The children are asked to donated £1.00 towards the supported charity.

Our Hero!

On Friday the 29th I went to Brentwood Cathedral to receive Young Citizenship Award. The award is presented to children who show true courage and determination. The award was presented by Bishop Thomas.

I received this award for pulling my friend, Naran 5 from the icy lake in Valantines Park. From my experience I advise that everyone stays away from lakes and rivers.

I feel very privileged to recive this award, and thank Mrs Brown and all the staff for supporting and nominating me.

Remember anyone in the school could be nominated for this special award next year.