News Category: Year 12 News

A huge welcome to our new Year 12 cohort! We hope you have a fantastic time in the Associated Sixth Form.

Our Year 12 Drama students enjoyed a fantastic workshop from the award winning theatre company Frantic Assembly, as part of Sixth Form Enrichment week.

Our Year 12 students had a fantastic field tip for Geology as part of Sixth Form Enrichment.

Chamber Choir had a truly memorable and moving first day on their Flanders concert tour; first of all visiting the Passchendaele Memorial Museum, Tyne Cot Cemetery, an afternoon concert in Ypres Cathedral and then singing at the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres.

Our Year 12 students had a wonderful writing week in Wales as part of Sixth Form Enrichment.

Our History and Politics Sixth Form students are having a fantastic time in the United States. The students visited the National Constitution Centre, Independence Hall and stopped for lunch at Love Park. Some of the students even sampled local cuisine, the Philly Cheesesteak. Next stop: Washington DC!

The Politics and History Tour of the USA has had a fantastic start in New York. Students have visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the 9/11 memorial museum, the Empire State Building, a Broadway musical and have had fun on a cycling tour of Central Park. Next stop: Philadelphia!

Our Year 12 Scientists are having a wonderful time away at Goonhilly as part of our Sixth Form Enrichment.

Our Year 12 Geographers are having a fabulous time away in Iceland…

St Aidan’s Winter Snow Ball 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. The Black Tie Ball will be held from 7pm on Saturday 30th November at Constance Green Hall, and will include a three-course dinner, plus a live band […]

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

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    

Congratulations to Lara Bradley, Year 12 student, who has had a very successful diving competition in Aberdeen at the Scottish National Age Groups 2019.

On Thursday 16th May we say goodbye to our Associated Sixth Form Year 13 students. We wish them luck in all their examinations and the exciting future that lies ahead.

Well done to the Sixth Form Football Team who won the Under 19 County Final against St John Fisher. Congratulations to the team!

On Saturday 18th May 2019 Friends of St Aidan’s (FOSA) are tackling the beautiful Yorkshire Three Peaks. We will be taking in the big hills of PenYGhent, Whernside, and Ingleborough in under 12 hours. Fund raising and training is well underway but we need all the support we can get.

On Monday 25th March, the debating team headed to London for the finals of the Mace competition.

Year 12 English Literature and Drama student Sophie Robinson is representing St Aidan’s on the Harrogate Theatre ‘Young Reviewer’ scheme, in which one Sixth Former from each school is offered the opportunity to review selected performances staged throughout the year at Harrogate Theatre.

Did you know you should boil your bagels before baking? Sixth Form students studying Food Science and Nutrition had an amazing time at Swinton Park Spa Hotel on Wednesday 6th March, researching for their exam coursework.