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

Please note that St Aidan’s will be closed to pupils this Friday 1st May for a staff INSET day, and will remain closed on Monday 4th May for the Bank Holiday.

Image of Know It Week - We’ve been busy testing out our sticky knowledge. We did a google quiz which marked our answers as we went so we all got instant feedback on our learning.

27 Apr

Know It Week - We’ve been busy testing out our sticky knowledge. We did a google quiz which marked our answers as we went so we all got instant feedback on our learning.

Image of Our Year 5 data scientists celebrated Earth Day with a ‘Google Quest’. They used AI to help protect a local village from flooding by tracking weather patterns and water levels. A brilliant look at how technology can solve real-world problems. Well done!

24 Apr

Our Year 5 data scientists celebrated Earth Day with a ‘Google Quest’. They used AI to help protect a local village from flooding by tracking weather patterns and water levels. A brilliant look at how technology can solve real-world problems. Well done!

Image of Our Year 3 and Year 4 pupils had a fantastic visit from our local PCSO officers today! They delivered an engaging session on phone and online safety, and we were so impressed by how well the children listened and participated.

4 Feb

Our Year 3 and Year 4 pupils had a fantastic visit from our local PCSO officers today! They delivered an engaging session on phone and online safety, and we were so impressed by how well the children listened and participated.

Image of Lights, Camera, Action! We were delighted to welcome a film crew to St. Aidan’s today to capture how we use Google in our classrooms. The crew was incredibly impressed by our tech-savvy pupils and their digital skills!

21 Jan

Lights, Camera, Action! We were delighted to welcome a film crew to St. Aidan’s today to capture how we use Google in our classrooms. The crew was incredibly impressed by our tech-savvy pupils and their digital skills!

Image of In their second Junior Jam Computing session, Year 4 explored functions—the building blocks for efficient coding. They learned how these smart tools save repetition and make algorithms cleaner, using both visual Blockly and text-based Swift. Well done!

14 Nov

In their second Junior Jam Computing session, Year 4 explored functions—the building blocks for efficient coding. They learned how these smart tools save repetition and make algorithms cleaner, using both visual Blockly and text-based Swift. Well done!

Image of Year 5 began their Junior Jam iDebuq unit (iProgram Session 1). They learned how computer programs work before creating shapes using code and then debugging existing programs to identify and fix errors.

7 Nov

Year 5 began their Junior Jam iDebuq unit (iProgram Session 1). They learned how computer programs work before creating shapes using code and then debugging existing programs to identify and fix errors.

Image of What a morning with Mrs Hargreaves. We had been using LbQ to test our sticky knowledge in grammar and have learnt how to add 10s across 100.

14 Oct

What a morning with Mrs Hargreaves. We had been using LbQ to test our sticky knowledge in grammar and have learnt how to add 10s across 100.

Image of Computing in Junior Jam in Year 2 today

3 Oct

Computing in Junior Jam in Year 2 today

Image of Our digital leader training is well under way with Martyn from ClickView. We are reaching our potential as St Aidan's digital leaders. We can't wait to feed this back to classes.

23 Sep

Our digital leader training is well under way with Martyn from ClickView. We are reaching our potential as St Aidan's digital leaders. We can't wait to feed this back to classes.

Image of We've had our first online safety meeting this morning and here we are. Here are our St Aidan's digital leaders, ready to allow all our children the potential to achieve and grow in their knowledge online.

12 Sep

We've had our first online safety meeting this morning and here we are. Here are our St Aidan's digital leaders, ready to allow all our children the potential to achieve and grow in their knowledge online.

Image of Today we have enjoyed our first Junior Jam session! Every Friday, we will be learning Spanish, Computing and Music. We had so much fun today and did some super listening to our new teachers!

5 Sep

Today we have enjoyed our first Junior Jam session! Every Friday, we will be learning Spanish, Computing and Music. We had so much fun today and did some super listening to our new teachers!

Image of We enjoyed Spanish, Music and Computing with Junior Jam today.

4 Jul

We enjoyed Spanish, Music and Computing with Junior Jam today.