We are now closed for half term. School re-opens on Monday 9th June at 8.40am (breakfast club open from 7.45am) Have a wonderful break!
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Latest News
29
May
Miss Mohamed has had a little boy Ameer. Both are happy and healthy. Welcome to the St. Aidan's family.
21
May
Wellbeing Workshops: Craft Your Calm
21
May
Crafty Half Term Fun with Fred & Pearl!
20
May
Discover Blackburn: Half Term Fun!
20
May
Darwen Family-Friendly Activities!
19
May
Sweet Talk & Scrubbing Up! AP Smilestars' Advice
13
May
We are really enjoying playing games in our afterschool club today. We've got dobble, jigsaws, dominoes, jenga and much much more. Great fun to end a hot Tuesday of learning.
20
Apr
Easter Message
10
Apr
Making Easter biscuits in breakfast club this morning.
10
Apr
Welcome back to Miss Hunt this morning. Her first morning back for one of her keeping in touch days spent on our yard meeting and greeting the children, dressed as a chicken.
10
Apr
Well done to Year 4 and Reception for leading a wonderful whole school Easter worship! It was enjoyed by all, including a great turnout of parents and the community.
10
Apr
A huge well done to all members of Blakewater (Blue) team. We all really enjoyed our Easter Egg hunt, our visit from the Easter bunny and eating lots of yummy chocolates. A huge thank you to our Easter bunny- we're sure many of you know who she is.
10
Apr
We said a very fond farewell to Mrs Probert this morning with a special worship in her honour to celebrate all she has done during her 26 years of service to our school and community. Good Luck in your new venture.
9
Apr
Thank you for supporting school today at our annual Easter Bingo event. We really appreciate it. All funds raised go back into school.
8
Apr
Former St Aidan's pupil, Anaya, inspired current students with her impressive achievements and encouraging words. Her visit was impactful, and the school is very proud of her. Thank you for visiting us Anaya!
4
Apr
A Fond Farewell to Mrs Probert after 26 Years of Service!
3
Apr
Some great Easter holiday challenges here from Children's University why not give some a try?!
26
Mar
Blackburn Library's Poetry by Heart Triumph!
18
Mar
Just a friendly reminder that it's Comic Relief
17
Mar
Breakfast club are busy today. Does your child attend? It is £1 per child or free if your child is on pupil premium. We open at 7:45am.
7
Mar
World Book Day Winners!
6
Mar
A great start to our world book celebrations this morning. We began with a special world book worship where we talked about top tips for reading followed by a book quiz. Special shout out to Miss Cornall and her special helpers.
6
Mar
An amazing selection of stories in a jar today. Well done to all children and a huge thank you to those parents who helped put these together. We've got a real job on our hands today choosing the winners.
6
Mar
Year 6 really enjoyed helping set up our story in jars today. One of our governors is coming in tomorrow to help judge our winners.
6
Mar
{gallery:A few pictures from today to show off our wonderful world book day outfits. A huge well done and massive shoutout to the grown ups behind the scenes pulling these together.....we see you.}
4
Mar
AP Smilestars latest brochure
4
Mar
First instalment of AP Smilestars monthly videos for parents/carers
1
Mar
Ramadan Mubarak to all our families observing this holy month. We wish you a blessed, peaceful and fulfilling month.
24
Feb
Free learning at Livesey Family Hub
13
Feb
Our digital leaders were amazing yesterday! They wrote and presented their first assembly about Safer Internet Day.
12
Feb
Celebration of Love - Wear Red Day
11
Feb
Children Eat Free (or for £1) February Half Term 2025
10
Feb
Some great February holiday challenges here from Blackburn Children's University, why not give some a try?!
5
Feb
Feed your family for £5
4
Feb
We have been given an amazing opportunity for some of our families to experience going to Zip world in Windermere.
3
Feb
Community Gardening Project
31
Jan
Well done to the children who have sat beautifully during shine dine for the whole week! They have sat on our top tables and been recognised for demonstrating our school values. They also enjoyed a lovely treat.
20
Jan
Today our school council and ALWAYS teams gathered ideas for different things to happen in school... We can't wait to hear what will improve in school next.
17
Jan
Parent Drop In - Tuesday 27th January 2025
17
Jan
JustCook Cooking Club
6
Jan
Late opening Monday 6th January 2025 due to snow
6
Jan
Fun in the snow 06.01.25
6
Jan
NHS Pharmacy First Service - An NHS service being provided by pharmacies across England for children and adults
6
Jan
After-School Clubs Fayre
5
Jan
Welcome back to school on 6th January 2025
1
Jan
Happy New Year from everyone at St. Aidan's!
25
Dec
Merry Christmas!
20
Dec
Breakfast club Christmas party!
20
Dec
This morning Ribble (red team) enjoyed their treat for achieving the most dojo's this half term.
20
Dec
Ribble also enjoyed some time at the park as part of their treat.
18
Dec
Huge thank you to all the parents and carers who joined us for our Christmas Craft afternoon! It was wonderful to see everyone having fun and getting creative.
17
Dec
We enjoyed a wonderful afternoon enjoying a special visit from St Luke's performing a Christmas play for us all to see. We all took part in a Christmas sing and dance along at the end.
13
Dec
Toothbrushing tips for parents from AP Smilestars
13
Dec
SEND Parents newsletter - December 2024
12
Dec
Christmas jumper day!
12
Dec
It's also been Christmas dinner day, Mrs Harrison's favourite day of the year! A huge thank you to Cath and her amazing team for preparing such a yummy Christmas dinner!
9
Dec
Breakfast club fun
8
Dec
Friday's snowball disco. All the children enjoyed themselves that much that we forgot to take pictures as we were too busy dancing!
25
Nov
We began our whole school worship this week thinking about Online Safety. We talked about what is happening this week for Our Online Safety Launch Week and how we can keep ourselves safe online.
25
Nov
Bishop Philip launched A Year Of Prayer today! We did a quiet prayer and a loud prayer to get it started.
4
Nov
Looking for a fun and active way for your child to stay fit? Rachel McCrae, a tennis coach at Feniscowles and Darwen Tennis Clubs, is organising indoor tennis sessions at the Church of the Saviour (Blackburn, BB2 3NT).
30
Oct
Does your child have a phone? Do you know who they are speaking to and what they are saying? This app may help you and is most certainly worth a look into. Please speak to Mrs Hargreaves if you have any questions.
29
Oct
Thank you to the parents who came to our first SEND morning. The feedback was really positive, it was lovely to see parents talking about their child’s strengths and needs.
18
Oct
Noah-Scott deserves a huge round of applause for his incredible fundraising efforts! He has raised a whopping £77 for school. Thank you so much Noah-Scott!
17
Oct
Here are some Thrive activities for parents to do with their child/ren at home during half term.
17
Oct
Paul Cookson -Year 2
16
Oct
A huge congratulations to Reema and Ruby who completed the Blackburn with Darwen Libraries' Summer Reading Challenge!
16
Oct
Congratulations to Cath our school cook at St. Aidan's, for winning a gold Recipe 4 Health award!
14
Oct
Free October half term activities
13
Oct
Be Internet Legends AI Assembly - Tuesday 15th October at 9:30am
7
Oct
On Friday, Years 1 and 3 went to The Billy Project to deliver the food we collected for harvest. We felt proud that as a school, we were using our school value of love to support people less fortunate than us.
5
Oct
Happy World Teacher's Day. This day honours the contributions of teachers around the world and highlights the important role teachers play in shaping the future through education.
1
Oct
Today marks the beginning of Black History Month
29
Sep
What a fantastic morning we have had, bringing Church into school for our Harvest worship.
27
Sep
We wouldn't be where we are without all of our support staff!
24
Sep
Help your child become an Attendance H.E.R.O!
23
Sep
We have begun to collect tinned and dried food products for our harvest collection. If you have anything spare, please feel free to donate. This will be distributed to those in need. Thank you.
19
Sep
Values in Practice award winners (V.I.Ps) having their treat with me. Who will it be next week? I can't wait to see!
19
Sep
We are so happy to introduce our new Head and Deputy pupils for the next academic year after whole school voting yesterday.
17
Sep
Come and join us for St. Aidan's school and church Harvest Service
14
Sep
We're excited to share our brand-new newsletter with you! Packed with lots of useful information, it covers everything from attendance and secondary school open evenings to healthy lunchbox ideas and more. Have a fantastic weekend!
12
Sep
Our V.I.P (Values in Practice) award winners enjoyed their 3pm treat today, as did I. I wonder who will show our Christian Values next week.
11
Sep
Today we had 100% attendance across the school!
8
Sep
Back to School Worship at church
5
Sep
A welcome message from Mrs Hargreaves, our new Deputy Headteacher
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