News Category: Year 7 News

Led by 9Y, Frank’s Friday has been a big success with delicious bake sales, Frank’s Fund wristbands and students wearing either Orange or Blue all in aid of Frank’s Fund. Thank you to all staff, students and parents for their support.

Our Year 7 and 8 students have left for the Great Yorkshire Show. We hope they have a fantastic day!

On Friday 12th July, we are having an own clothes day (orange and blue if possible) before the big 12 mile Sponsored Walk on Monday 15th July. Frank’s Fund orange wristbands are available to buy from main school reception.

We celebrated 10 Years of Spotlight last night at the Royal Hall, Harrogate.

Final Spotlight preparations are underway at the Royal Hall..

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.

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:

We were delighted to see 252 of our Year 7 and 8 pupils entering this year’s UKMT Junior Maths Challenge – this is a record entry.

Spotlight 10 Year Celebration tickets are now available through the Harrogate Theatre website! It is allocated seating for this performance. Please follow the link below to purchase tickets: https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/Spotlight-A-10-Year-Celebration

On Monday 20th May, we held a Year 7 Inter Form Food Technology competition!

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.

St. Aidan’s ever popular KS3 show, Spotlight, will be returning for its 10th year this summer! We will be celebrating the anniversary with a spectacular performance at the Royal Hall on Tuesday 2nd July. Please see the Music or Dance department for further information.

Here’s the latest news and results from our Sports fixtures for April.

Beatrix Baum, Year 7 student, has competed at a National Gymnastics Qualifier.

Both the A and B Year 7 Netball teams won their Area netball tournament at Ashville College. Congratulations girls!

The launch of the Music Association’s new Start the Music Initiative, to provide free lessons and free instruments on loan to St Aidan’s students, was a great success last night!

Here’s the Sports Round-Up for February.