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We have had a lovely morning today planting trees in Billington. We worked together in our pairs to dig up the ground and plant small trees. So far there are nearly 2,000 planted but they are aiming for 5,000.

Today’s ALWAYS values VIPs. I love Thursdays at 3pm. Who will be joining me next week?

Yesterday, we finished reading our first book of the school year. We really enjoyed 'Wonder'.

St Aidan's boys football team shine and come 2nd in the Jubilee Shield!

Today the children had a Move and Learn session from Blackburn Rovers. First they learnt about what physical activity is before having a PE lesson.

Today the children made their own pasta sauce ready to take home!

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our Year 5 & 6 boys football team who went UNBEATEN today in the first phase of the Jubilee Shield, winning EVERY game! Progressing through to the Finals stage taking place next Tuesday.

Today in Art we are looking at space and using a view finder to draw small sections of pictures.

This week's Values in Practice award winners. Well done everyone!

Well done St Aidan's, only missed out by one point! We are extremely proud of you!

Learning a poem in English ready to perform to the rest of the school tomorrow.

Playing different instruments in music with Junior Jam.

Having a debate in English about screen time.

Having fun in computing with Junior Jam!

⚽This all-girls football club from Darwen is actively seeking new players. Come on girls, show them what you've got!

Join Us at Our After-School Clubs Fayre!

A welcome message from Mrs Hargreaves, our new Deputy Headteacher

We have enjoyed learning Roman numerals in our maths lesson today.

Children's University Summer Challenges

Back to school church service - Sunday 8th September 2024 at 11-12pm

Well done to the children who attended the Children's University graduation on Saturday! A special mention for Krista who got a Fellowship Award for earning 1000 hours!

Today, Mrs Greenwood shared an amazing piece of family history with us! Did you know her Great Grandad James Whitehead, actually played football for England?

This morning we have started our DT topic, Doodlers, which is based on electrical circuits. We have spent the morning looking in detail at the components of electrical circuits and how they work, revising our knowledge from year 4.

We had a fantastic time on the climbing wall yesterday, despite the weather!

This afternoon was our VR workshop about the Maya civilisation. It was amazing! Ask us about it :)

Blakewater are our Sports Day winners!!!

We have really enjoyed the Planetarium at Liverpool World Museum this morning.

We managed to pop into the Ancient Egypt exhibition to recap our knowledge from year 3.

Our afternoon workshop was ‘Beautiful Bugs’ which links to our ‘Living Things’ topic in Science. We saw many creepy crawlies!

Sports Day 2024

We have enjoyed glow in the dark dodgeball this afternoon.

We have just finished reading 'The Wizards of Once' by Cressida Cowell. It was a very entertaining book - ask us about it.

A massive well done to our Mini Cops for their efforts over the past nine months. A fabulous presentation you should all be so proud of yourselves.

Some Year 5 children are enjoying a morning at Canalside Activity Centre doing a range of activities including Catapults and Archery.

We are lucky to have Blackburn Rovers in to deliver a workshop on Racism.

Well done to all those children in our St Aidan's Ambassadors group tonight.

This morning we had a visit from the people from Deaf Village as part of Deaf Awareness week. We thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt some sign language. Ask us to sign our name.

Today we finished reading 'The Boy at the Back of the Class' which we thoroughly enjoyed. Please ask us about it.

Fun at Chess Club!

Today in our science lesson we have been investigating friction. Ask us what we have found out.

School reopens tomorrow for our Summer term. Breakfast club starts at 7:45am and the main gates open at 8:40am. We're excited to see you all looking smart and ready to learn in your school shoes or all black trainers, proudly wearing your ALWAYS badges.

Eid Mubarak to all our pupils and families celebrating at the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Clubs are now available to book for the summer term. All clubs finish at 4:15pm. Places are limited.

If your child is interested in joining, there are spaces available.

Does you child fancy giving cricket a go?

Thank you Asda for our donation for Easter eggs for our Easter Egg Bingo night. Know any companies who would also like to donate? Please get in touch, it would be much appreciated.

Our World Book Day winners enjoyed their prize of a trip to Waterstones to choose a book and a hot chocolate at Costa. Well done!

World Book Day 2024 WINNERS!!!

This morning we have been sorting words into the different word classes. We have also been learning many new words to help us improve our writing.

Let's Go Sing has started!

Celebrate International Women's Day 2024 at King George's Hall on Friday, March 8th, from 10am to 12.30pm. Don't miss the special appearance by the Blackburn Rovers Women's Team!

This morning we have been developing our skills in 3D CAD modelling on Tinkercad on the computers. We have created housing for our micro:bits.

This morning we have designed and made Lego stands for our micro:bits.

We are enjoying using a micro:bit simulation to create an animal monitor. It makes a sound when the temperature gets too hot or cold for the animals we have chosen.

After completing the micro:bit simulations we used to the micro:bits for our animal monitors.

We are continuing to develop our throwing, passing and catching skills in the PE lesson this morning.

This afternoon we are carrying out research into different animals and their habitats as part of our monitoring devices project in DT week.

New look school council

We are pleased to be holding our annual School Council Easter Bingo night again!

World Book Day- Most interesting word competition

Today we finished reading our class novel, Coraline. This book kept us in suspense throughout.

World Book Day - Thursday 7th March

Some great half term holiday challenges here from Blackburn Children's University, why not give some a try?!

BwD MHST are holding a special presentation to celebrate Children's Mental Health Week.

We are grateful to Rev Sam Cheesman for guiding our assembly today. He imparted a significant message that regardless of our location or the worries we carry, God is always there to lend an ear and bring tranquility to our lives.

Farewell assembly for Reverend Cath

Free of Charge Level 1 Childcare Course

Let's Go Sing! Tickets on sale now

We have been focusing on developing our throwing, catching and dodging skills in PE this morning.

Wow, what an amazing day we had yesterday! We are so grateful to Rock Kidz for visiting St Aidan’s. It was absolutely fantastic! YASBA!!

We have just finished reading 'Cosmic' and have thoroughly enjoyed it.

Family Autism Service

Wishing you a Happy New Year and blessed year ahead. May God's light guide your way in 2024.

Did your child/ren get a new electronic device for Christmas? If so, here are some top tips for setting up parental controls on them.

January 2024 is just around the corner, and it's bringing something special with it!

Thank you to Year 6 for leading our Carol service. Thank you to our choir and all of the children for the amazing singing.

Thank you to all the parents who joined us for craft this afternoon. It was fantastic to see so many of you. We hope you enjoyed it. What a lovely day we have had.

Proud of our netballers tonight! To say they have never played before they did so well. Go on girls!

The pantomime of Beauty and the Beast at Blackburn Empire Theatre was an absolute blast! We had an incredible time! The children were so well-behaved and did a fantastic job representing St Aidan's.

The rehearsal for carols at the cathedral tonight.

Well done to our choir who represented school at Blackburn Cathedral tonight. We are very proud of you!

Snowball Disco - St Aidan's know how to party!!!

Half price tickets this weekend for our school.

A huge thank you from the Foodbank!

Family Health Fair

The mini police had their first meeting today

Surprise visit from Blackburn Rovers stars Adam Wharton and Callum Brittain

Some great half term challenges here from Blackburn CU, why not give some a try?!

A huge thank you to PCSO Stuart Knowles and PCSO Andy Shuttleworth for speaking to all our children about the importance of firework safety. Please ask your children about what they have learnt today, to continue that important safety message at home.

Thank you for your harvest donations. The Food Bank in Blackburn have collected today.

Free children's holiday club during October half term

Thank you Ram from Nybble I.T & AV Solutions

DOES YOUR CHILD IN YEAR 5 OR 6 WANT TO JOIN LANCASHIRE MINI POLICE?

Stay tuned for something special!

Why not take part in the BBC 500 words competition? Children's University members can collect a stamp for entering (just send them a copy of the story).

The Lotus Mental Health drop-in centre for parents and carers

Flu clinics being held over half-term to vaccinate children who have missed the flu vaccination in school.

Are you and your child/children aware of Mental Health Support Teams in schools?

If you would like to sign your child up to Blackburn Children's University please complete the online form (link sent through school). Sign up is for children in years 1 - 6.

After school clubs are starting from next week and running for 10 weeks, for years 1-6. The booking system is now live!

Do you have a child who is ready to start school in September 2024 or know someone who does?

Applications for school places in 2024/25 are now open

Summer challenges from Children's University. Why not try some of them?

Some of our girls from Years 4 & 5 had a great afternoon at Junction 4 Skate Park learning how to ride a BMX.

Well done to Nicole, Tilly and Krista who all received gold awards at the Children's University Graduation this morning. From a very proud headteacher!

Why not try this Summer Reading Challenge at your local library? Children's University members can earn 6 hours for completing it!

Thank you Premier League Primary Stars!!

We have achieved the School Games GOLD Award

Some of our KS2 children had a great time at Junction 4 Skate Park for the BMX Festival.

FREE PreLoved Uniform stall on Friday 7th July at 9am

Tonight our ambassadors donated items to the charity shop and gave out sweets on the park in personalised positivity pouches.

Well done to Ribble (red team) for getting the most points in our 2023 Sports Day! Visit the link https://staidansblackburn.co.uk/academy-life/sports-day to see photos from the fabulous day and to see our winners celebrating with Mrs Egan!

Thank you to all our wonderful parents, carers, family members and friends for taking time out of their day to come to our annual Sports Day. It was lovely to see so many of you!

Thank you to Archdeacon David who led our worship this morning. Cameron enjoyed wearing the 'super power' sunglasses that he brought with him.

More summer fun! Multi-sports holiday club.

Free swim sessions for under 16s from 26th June.

Today our Ambassador club has given out ice lollies to the community as a random act of kindness. We think everyone enjoyed them. (We did!)

Fox Foundation Football - Summer Holiday Sport Course Dates!

British Sign Language Coffee mornings at Mill Hill Community Centre

Some great spring challenges here from Blackburn Children's University, why not give some a try?!

5k Walk to raise money for Rossendale Hospice

St Aidan’s Ambassadors excelled themselves tonight after planting flowers outside of our local Spar. They really tidied the planters up! We are so proud. Big thank you to the manager at the Spar who rewarded the children too.

Today, our Aidan's Ambassadors were crafting with the residents of Spring Bank Court today. The residents commented on how polite and wonderful our children are. We really enjoyed it!

Well done to EVERYONE who made crowns fit for a king. It was such a tough decision!

Our Aidan’s Ambassadors were so busy tonight after school cleaning up our community. Good job. We are very proud of you!

Half Term Sport Course

Eid Mubarak to all our families who are celebrating the end of the holy month of Ramadan today and over the weekend.

Blackburn with Darwen Parent/Carer Workshop - Tuesday 25th April 2023

Some great Easter challenges here from Blackburn Children's University, why not give some a try?!

Adult Learning Half-Term Fun! - Week 1

Adult Learning Half-Term Fun! - Week 2

A huge thank you to Nybble for their kind donation of 200 Easter eggs!

Shaping Us campaign

Help your child to develop their communication and language skills. Walk and Talk is about inspiring families to go outside and communicate with each other.

Have we any budding actors/actresses in our midst?

What a fantastic Science Week we have had at St. Aidan’s!

Today, we had special visitor - Charlotte from Elektec!

Do you or your family need a NHS dentist?

Year 5 will be going swimming on Thursday 16th March as Year 4 are out on a trip. Please make sure your child comes to school on that day with their full swimming kit.

An phenomenal performance from our Let’s Go Singers yesterday! St Aidan’s your voices were superb!

Really proud of the year 3,4 and 5 girls who represented school tonight at football for international women’s day. It was far too cold for pictures though!

Adult Learning- Jobs and Skills Fair 28.02.23 10am-3pm at King George's Hall

If you need help with searching for work or applying for jobs and training, there’s an event in Blackburn just for you! With around 60 local employers promoting their vacancies and ready to recruit, it’s a great opportunity for anyone looking for a job or a volunteering role.

Learn to swim with H2o Swimming Academy

As part of children’s mental health week we made a rainbow with Place2be to show how we are all connected together.

Outstanding Flu Immunisations

Parent webinars for Children's Mental Health Week.

Ewood Park Green Weekend Competition

Does your child in Year 4 or 5 fancy this?

We are really proud of our football team today! We came 3rd after just missing out on the final. Well done boys!

Number Fun Day 2023

Little Brusher's Oral Health Sessions

Well done to our year 5&6 athletes who came 3rd in tonight’s Sports Hall Athletics event at St Bede’s.

Happy New Year to all of our families.

We hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas break. School reopens tomorrow at 8:40am. Breakfast club opens at 7:45am. Don’t forget your bags, badges and black school shoes.

Merry Christmas

Christmas is a magical time when we celebrate the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ and as this year draws to a close may we take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and holy Christmas and a peaceful new year.

Some great winter challenges here from Blackburn CU, why not give some a try?!

Snowball Disco

On Friday, it was St Aidan's legendary Snowball disco. The children (and staff) had an amazing night and the children all behaved impeccably. Click the link above to see more photos.

KS2 Inclusive Sports Event

Jubilee Shield - Year 5 & 6 Football Team

Well done to the choir for representing school and singing beautifully at King George’s Hall this evening.