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Borrowdale – February 2020
“Celebrating life to the full” Year 8 travelled to Borrowdale in the Lake District this week to build on their Year 7 mountain experience. Each two day visit allowed each student to climb their very own mountain, not once but twice! They checked into the Borrowdale YHA, climbed Jopplety How and Castle Crag, some students […]
One Voice – Well being group
Our Well being attend the CYPs Conference Today our well being group attended The Children and Young People’s Conference in Sunderland, where they engaged in a number of meaningful workshops in order to develop their awareness of mental health, physical health, alcohol and drugs as well as safety surrounding social media. The students’ behaviour and […]
Rock Night – Wednesday 26th February 2020
Let down your hair and get your boots on! It’s time for Rock Night. The increasingly popular gig is expanding again on Wednesday 26th February. Music from: Main Stage Lost Fiction (Rock – New Album soon to be released) Young Murasaki (Rap – new tunes out more hits on Spotify and Youtube) Austinne and the Circles (Pop) […]
Year 7 YMT
Year 7 have enjoyed a jam packed couple of days away at the Youth Village for their first St Aidan’s retreat. New friendships were formed and current ones strengthened as our boys enjoyed quality time together as a group to bond and reflect. The theme of the retreat was ‘reconnecting’ which was perfect for year […]
Music Events
The Music Department is looking forward to hosting the St Aidan’s Piano & Orchestral Instrument Recital on Wednesday 12th February. This is an opportunity for pianists and instrumentalists to display their amazing performance skills and gain some valuable House Points. The performers will play to a Year 7 audience exposing them to music they may […]
Daqing Language College, China
Thank you Daqing! St Aidan’s and St Anthony’s would like to thank Daqing Foreign Language College in China for allowing a group of their students to visit our schools for a week between 6th – 10th January 2020. Boys and girls. along with their teaching staff from Daqing arrived in the UK on New Years […]
Shoebox Appeal
This year we have again been collecting items for ‘Operation Christmas Child’. This year we focused on gifts for boys 10-14 years old. After another fantastic collection by our boys, we packed up an incredible 108 boxes and raised £240 in the process. Some of our students had the opportunity to visit the warehouse where […]
Food bank collections
As a Catholic community, we focus on living out the Gospel Values. One way in which we do this is through our foodbank which serves our community. This year we have continued this work and our in-house food bank is bursting with donations made by a wide range of stakeholders within the academy. We have […]
Charity Event
This December we held our first Charity Marketplace. The market had stalls from 12 different local charities advertising the support they offer to young people and families. The stalls focussed on mental and physical help, and employability. Those who attended the marketplace were very enthusiastic about the information they had gained and for the stall […]
Business Breakfast
On Tuesday 10th December, Mrs Osmialowski, Careers Leader at St Aidan’s held our first ever business breakfast. The purpose of the business breakfast was to invite local employers into our school to share our good work and the success’ of our boys and to tap into opportunities that will expose our boys to the world […]
Lego Competition
Lego at Nissan A group of Year 8 boys have today been to Nissan for a Lego Competition. They were absolutely outstanding and have modelled our core values every step of the way. Sadly they didn’t get 1st or 2nd place to win a space in the final but they did receive this years judges […]
