News Category: Year 7 News

**We have been delighted to see so many fantastic planner designs over the last few months** Miss Porritt says ‘There many fabulous planner design competition entries this year. We were delighted to see how committed student have been to this important project despite the restrictions of lockdown and limitations in access to teachers and specialist […]

We have recently put together a video for all current Year 6 students during these difficult times. We really can’t wait to meet you all. Click here to view

Last week our Year 7 students, along with their families, enjoyed a Quiz Night in Constance Green Hall!  

This morning our Year 7 and Year 8 students had their Ash Wednesday Services in the Main Hall and Constance Green Hall, to celebrate the first day of Lent.  

Start the Music was set up in 2019 and is a project within St Aidan’s Music Association, open to Key Stage 3 students, Years 7 to 9.

Join us for our Year 7 Family Quiz Night! Friday 6th March at 6.45pm in Constance Green Hall. Click here for further details. We look forward to seeing you there! Team FOSA

Our Year 7 students had a fantastic time at the Winter Disco last night! Many thanks to Mrs Farrar and the Zawadi team for organising the event.

7LS and 7LQ Art groups have been working on a Colour Wheel Challenge! 20 minutes, no pencil, no ruler and no talking! Just paint and pointing to create a fully blended colour wheel.

On the final day of last term, Year 7 enjoyed a wonderfully uplifting Christingle service. Thank you to everyone who came and to all the students and staff for making it such a special occasion.

Today Year 7, 12 and 13 enjoyed their Christmas lunches in the Year 7 Dining Hall and Sixth Form Cafe!

Our Year 7 students have left for an afternoon at the Leeds City Varieties Pantomime, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’!  

Since half term, the English Department have been teaching Year 7 about persuasive writing skills and the art of constructing a well-researched argument. Pupils have learnt how to form a viewpoint from which to write, the use of rhetorical and persuasive techniques and the impact of their choice of language and style of delivery on an audience.

Archie Lusted, Year 7 student, came 3rd in the Harrogate Secondary Schools Chess Tournament on Saturday 23rd November. Archie is a member of the Harrogate Youth Chess Club and he was one of the youngest in the tournament. Congratulations!

Chris Bradford, author of the popular ‘Young Samurai’ and ‘Bodyguard’ series of books visited school this week and entertained Years 7 and 8 with his martial arts and bodyguard techniques.

Year 7 student, Jaeda Nim, competed with her Gymnastics team on Saturday 19th October at Catterick Sports Centre where the squad came 1st and became Yorkshire Champions at Level 3.

On the last day before half term, our Year 7 students had a wonderful trip to Christ Church, Harrogate.

On Tuesday 22nd October we held our lower school sports awards evening. Students from current Year 8,9,10 were awarded medals for contributions to school sports over the last academic year.

Please click on the link below to see the latest edition of Causeway: Causeway October 2019

Tickets are now on sale for our forthcoming production of We Will Rock You! Please click the link below for further details: We Will Rock You 2019

On 20th November we’re welcoming the author Chris Bradford to school to show us some of his hot shot martial arts moves and tell us all about what inspired him to write his series of best-selling books, “Young Samurai”.