Christmas – JMAC- The Blog Experience

Christmas Concert 2K19

With the end of the year coming quickly, it’s time for St. Aidan’s Annual Christmas Concert. On Monday 16th, all the school’s musicians and vocalists gathered together to showcase their talents with a selection of festive songs. They also performed for a second time on the Tuesday afternoon for the annual pensioners concert. The Assembly Hall was transformed into a winter wonderland to accompany the performances to bring the Christmas spirit to the community.

Throughout the night, we seen performances by the Junior, Senior, Samba and Swing bands joined by the schools’ choir and solo vocal pieces by Katie McCrum. It was a bittersweet night as for many of the bands’ star players this would be their last Christmas Concert as a pupil of St. Aidan’s.

Christmas Jumper Day 2019

Tis the season for Christmas jumpers. APD ambassadors in St. Aidan’s ran a Christmas jumper day on the 13th of December to raise money for the association of disabled people. Pupils from St. Aidan’s high school will be going to India to give help first hand this summer.

St. Aidan’s has worked with APD for the past years to try create a world of Equity, Dignity, and Justice for people with disability and plans to work with APD for years to come.

Strictly Comes Dancing 2019

Glitz, glamour, lights. On Monday St. Aidan’s teachers hit the stage to show what they can do out of class. Strictly came to St. Aidan’s high school and the crowd was excited. A group of teachers were randomly paired up to dance and strut their stuff to raise money for APD.

APD (the association of people with disability) India is a non-profit organisation that aim to rehabilitee people with disability especially in India.

S5 Ceilidh

Every December the fifth year students at St.Aidan’s High come together to celebrate Christmas in the best way, by having a ceilidh! The committee have worked so hard over the past few weeks leading up to the big event.

Everyone was dressed to impress on the night and thoroughly enjoyed one of the best experiences of their fifth year.

The night featured lots of Dancing and singing as well as a lovely meal. The students even put together a video for Mrs Devlin who unfortunately could not make it to the Ceilidh that night.

Some of the fourth year pupils came dressed as elves for the night to help serve drinks to the fifth years.

An overall great night for everyone!

Photographs- Daphne Miller and Eilidh Kinsman

Edited- Daphne Miller

Tin Tuesday

“We want to make everyone feel included at Christmas, we send them a Christmas card to wish them a merry Christmas”

The RE department in St. Aidan’s have started it create Christmas parcels for local parishes filled with tins, sweets, and essentials. Pupils have also been donating money. With the help of all the WPS classes, Caritas pupils, and the school as a whole they aim to send 100 parcels to local community.
Mrs Hynes said “We need to remind ourselves Christmas is about receiving presents but also about giving. The parcel give everyone the opportunity to give something. We’ve had some people bring in bags of shopping.”
Caritas student Hollie Conlin said “We want to make everyone feel included at Christmas, we send them a Christmas card to wish them a merry Christmas” This thought is shared throughout the school and the students are getting ready to deliver the parcel.

SCIAF Real Gifts

This week St. Aidan’s High school Caritas class promoted and sold SCIAF Real Gifts during a Christmas themed staff coffee morning. The pupils served mince pies, coffee and tea to the large number of staff who visited during their Christmas lunch to show support.

Purchasing a Real Gift provides something vital for people living in poverty in Africa, Asia or Latin America such as emergency blankets, seeds or even a goat. Whilst also giving a thoughtful gift to someone in your life. The pupils raised around £180 from this event.

~A Christmas Dance to Remember~

Every year S5 come together to celebrate the best night of their year. The Christmas Ceilidh. The 5th years formed a Ceilidh Committee that worked tirelessly to make the night the best their year group have had so far.

Continue reading “~A Christmas Dance to Remember~”

Secret Santa Present Ideas

Secret Santa is a great idea to have some fun at Christmas time and get a surprise for a friend, however finding something for them sometimes isn’t very easy.

Here are a few gift suggestions that will help:

Shower speaker – your friend can listen to their favorite songs all the time.
Mason Jars – These are a really nice touch, you can use it to drink out of or even use it as a decorative ornament.

Mermaid sequin cushion – This is very pretty and changes color when you touch it

Travel mug – These are very practical.
Colorful globe – They are really fun to spin and look good sitting in your room.

Personalised phone case – Make sure you know what type of phone your friend has first.
Planner – These can be useful for the new year ahead
Calendar – Get a calendar with something you know they’ll like.
Color changing bath lights – These are really relaxing and pretty.
Key Finder – Helps to locate your keys if you lose them, very handy.

Nutella Cookbook – For people who love chocolate.
Lava Lamp – There amazing

By Lauryn Omeike