AldringtonNews
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Monday 12 January 2026 Year 4 Saxon Day
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Wednesday 10 December 2025 Year 1 & 2 Nativity
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Thursday 4 December 2025 Aldi Opening & Competition Today was the opening of Hove's new Aldi store. Six of Aldrington's children went along to help Table Tennis Paralympian William Bayley with the opening.
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Thursday 4 December 2025 Christmas Tree Festival The EAL community came together to work on a tree representing all of the wonderful EAL families we have at school. The families provided crafted decorations and flags to decorate the tree and ribbons in school colours. The festival was featured in BBC south today news on 4th December and the EAL tree happened to be one that they focused a close up film of. The EAL are also providing a variety of yummy treats for an international cafe at the Christmas Fair.
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Friday 28 November 2025 Roman Battle ! Our Year 3 children had trained enthusiastically for the past couple of weeks in readiness for this battle. They were incredibly excited about taking on their parents and, going by their passionate attack, the feeling was mutual. They were having so much fun, that many Iceni forgot we were sticking to the historical conclusion and tried to avoid death and defeat! However, the Roman soldiers were not to have this victory taken from them!!! Roma Victrix!
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Monday 17 November 2025 Bang in Some Beans! At Aldrington, we are trying to boost the bean intake of our children! Beans are full of protein, fibre and micronutrients and low in cost. They are beneficial to soil and are far lower in greenhouse gas emissions than other sources of protein.
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Tuesday 11 November 2025 Rememberance Day Service We had a lovely Remembrance service on Tuesday 11th November. As Polish is the language of the term, we took the opportunity for the Polish members of our community to tell us about Polish Independence Day at the service. There were trumpets from our brass band playing the Last Post and the whole school took a moment to remember. It was a special time to spend together.
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Monday 10 November 2025 Odd Socks Day Look at our odd socks! The theme this year was the ‘Power of Good.’ We are learning about kindness and how to help our friends.
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Wednesday 5 November 2025 Drama Workshop The children had a wonderful time exploring the theme of Castles, Knights and Princesses and using drama, dance and singing to help develop their confidence, concentration and social skills.
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Friday 17 October 2025 I've Got The Golden Ticket! As part of Chocolate day and reading the Roald Dahl book in Year 4 a child bought in a Wonka bar with a golden ticket!
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Thursday 16 October 2025 Annual Visit From Graham the Hedgehog Man! We had a visit from Graham with Henry and Harry the hedgehogs. The children were excited to learn lots of facts about hedgehogs! Did you know a hedgehog has over 5000 spines and a baby hedgehog is called a hoglet.
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Thursday 9 October 2025 Reptylers !! Look at the photos to see what wonderful creatures the children (and teachers!) had a chance to see and touch!
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Thursday 9 October 2025 Fire Engine Year 2 had an exciting visit from the fire engine this week. They eagerly examined the firefighting tools and even had a go at shooting the hose, learning about fire safety in a fun and educational way.
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Wednesday 8 October 2025 Dino Dad's Andy Day !! What a privilege it was to have the one and only Andy Day visit us here at Aldrington! What a fantastic time !
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Monday 6 October 2025 Weald and Downland Museum Wattle & Daub building, shelter constructing and all manner of historic buildings awaited us at the Weald & Downland Museum, which Year 5 visited this week.
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Thursday 2 October 2025 Carroty Wood 2025 Day 3 Year 6's final day of activities was again met with positivity and determination. Groups had great fun getting muddy at low ropes as well as rafting, abseiling and more. This evening, whilst one lodge were swimming, the other enjoyed a night walk and an evening in with games and hot chocolate! The children then had the task of packing before heading home with lots of stories tomorrow!
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Tuesday 30 September 2025 Carroty Wood 2025 Day 2 Everyone is up in Hornbeam and Woodland Lodges, ready for the day ahead. Some slept better than others (including staff!) as everyone adjusted to a new place and being away from home. However, we fully expect that a busy day with lots of fresh air and activity will soon put that right!
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Monday 29 September 2025 Carroty Wood 2025 Day 1 It was very special to wake to bright sunshine and blue sky for the first day of Year 6's trip to Carroty Wood. We hope and pray that the lovely weather will continue throughout the week.
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Monday 21 July 2025 Visit from the Egyptian Coptic Church We were delighted to welcome Father John and Deacon Marcos of the Egyptian Coptic Church in Hove to lead collective worship. They spoke about Psalm 139 and also led us in prayers and singing of Psalm 150.
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Wednesday 16 July 2025 Year 5 visit St Mary and St Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church 2025 Year5 visit Coptic Orthodox Church
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Monday 23 June 2025 Lifesaving Trip at the Beach Year 6 went to Brighton beach this week to learn about beach safety and how to be a lifeguard.
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Thursday 19 June 2025 Withdean Athletics 2025 Aldrington proudly sent over 40 athletes to the inter-school tournament at Withdean, where the children had a fabulous time and demonstrated excellent sporting attitude, resilience, and a positive mindset throughout.
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Tuesday 17 June 2025 Drusillas Trip Reception had a wonderful time on our first school trip to Drusillas! We spent time looking at the animals and took part in a special interactive workshop about minibeasts.
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Friday 13 June 2025 Bikeability Year 6 children have been doing their Bikeability sessions this week, and today we got the sunshine for it!
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Thursday 12 June 2025 Create Music Summer School You may already be aware of Create Music’s Summer School but please find below a link to the Create Music website for further details. Music Summer School July 2025 | Create Music There are still places available and we wanted to make families aware of this opportunity. All courses are taught by experienced Create Music teachers, offering an opportunity to develop musical skills over a range of courses that all lead to a celebration performance. We also offer a bursary scheme for families on low incomes.
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Wednesday 4 June 2025 Greek Day For Year 5
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Friday 23 May 2025 Aldrington Entrepreneur 2025 From the 19th of May to the 23rd of May, Year 5 and 6 created different products in groups of four. Each child was from a different class so everyone had to work as a team. Children had been assigned different jobs. Each group had a child who was either…
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Tuesday 20 May 2025 Year 5 Actors of Dionysus 2025 This week, Year 5 did a performance of the start of Euripides' The Trojan Women. We were led by actors from the Actors of Dionysus who helped us experiment with different tableaux, physicality and voice work. We learned a lot about Greek theatre and enjoyed performing to Year 6. Check out the photos!
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Monday 12 May 2025 Year 5 Fundraising Movie Night
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Friday 9 May 2025 Trip To The Rampion Visitors Centre The children had a fantastic day in sunny Brighton. The day began with a visit to the Rampion Windfarm Visitor Centre. After this, the children had lunch and having eaten headed for the West Pier Centre where they learnt all about the history of Regency Brighton and beyond! Then they enjoyed an entertaining and amusing Punch and Judy show and finally, the children took part in a beach clean.
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