NEWS ARCHIVE: June 2019

Years 7, 8 and 9 are enjoying Interform Sports Week – with field events, rounders and softball in the glorious sunshine!  

Spotlight 10 Year Celebration is next week! Tuesday 2nd July, 7pm at the Royal Hall.

Both boys’ and girls’ junior teams have qualified for the English Schools’ Cup National Finals by winning the North East Regional Final. This year the national finals are in Chelmsford, Essex. Well done to the Year 7 and 8 athletes in the teams.  

Friends of St. Aidan’s is delighted to announce details of this year’s Winter Ball, kindly sponsored by Raworths Solicitors and Ethos Asset Finance.

Our Year 10 students are having a fantastic time on their end of year trips this week.

Nina Brooksbank, Year 10 student, received The Ogden Trust’s School Physicist of the Year (SPOTY) award at the University of Leeds. The award was presented by Dr Philippa Shepley, Experimental Officer from the Sir Henry Royce Institute at the University of Leeds, and Charley Phillips, Programme Officer from the Ogden Trust.

Last night our wonderful Year 11 students enjoyed their Prom in Constance Green Hall. A fabulous night was had by all, with huge thanks to Mrs Rosser and her team, as well as staff and parents for their support.  

Please come and support the Zawadi Quiz Night on Thursday 27th June in St Aidan’s Main Hall.

Jess Thompson, Year 9 student, has been selected for the English Schools Athletics Championships alongside also being asked to represent Yorkshire in an Inter-Counties Athletics event on Sunday 7th July. Congratulations to Jess on this fantastic achievement!

Our Summer Concert was a huge success last night in Constance Green Hall.

Our Year 12 Geographers enjoyed a field trip to the Formby Coastline yesterday, as part of their Physical Geography fieldwork.

Our Year 9 students had a wonderful time on all the trips last week. They were lucky enough to travel to Sorrento, Amsterdam, Rhineland, Berlin or Valkenburg! 

Our next Production in November 2019 will be the smash hit musical We Will Rock You!

The following students have been elected onto St Aidan’s Senate for 2019 – 2020: Senate Leaders: Dorcas Ojiakor and Maddy Colbourn. Ben Bhogal Maddy Colbourn Fraser Craig Alex Duggan Olivia Feather-Moore Jacob Heagney Frank Lawrence Izzy Lepine Dorcas Ojiakor Ellen Sherratt    

Recently our Year 8 students have competed in the annual Physics Olympiad at St Peter’s School, York. Our team came 8th out of 28 other schools, which is a fantastic achievement. Congratulations to our Physicists: Amrita Roney, Kezia Jackson, Laurie Miller and Olivia Parris.

Year 9 have been enjoying a fantastic activity week at school. They have a timetable of fun activities including cooking, drama, dodgeball, origami, making willow lanterns, stream biology and the list goes on….

Our Summer Concert takes place next Wednesday 19th June, 7pm in Constance Green Hall. Adult tickets are £6, Children  are free. Tickets can be purchased at Reception or on the door. You can enjoy performances from Junior Band, Junior Choir, SAJE, World Music Group, String Ensemble and APE. We look forward to seeing you there!

On Wednesday 12th June, our Year 8 students participated in the annual Physics Olympics at St Peters school in York. Our team was placed 8th out of 28 schools. Congratulations to the following students:

6 of our highest performing students have been successful in progressing to the next round of the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge, putting them in the top 25% of entrants. Congratulations to the following students:

Year 8 student, Sean Kempston-Parkes, has been selected for the North East of England Under 13 Boys Hockey Squad. Congratulations on this fantastic achievement!