Red Rose News

Vex Go Festival
A team of our Year 6 pupils took part in a Vex Go Festival organised through the Nissan Skills Foundation and supported by The Reece Foundation. The team had to build an underwater course, construct a robot and then drive or programme it to perform tasks. Each task...

Cultural Passport with Year 5 & 6
Today was Cultural Passport day for years 5 and 6. This is a time when our pupils can work with their adults, working through different activities related to, and updating, sections in their cultural passport. Year 6 were involved in making a story board and...

Key Stage 1 Sculpture Project
As part of our exciting new Art topic on sculptures, children in Key Stage One enjoyed a wonderful trip to Chester-le-Street Park. The visit gave pupils the chance to see a variety of sculptures up close, inspiring them to think about different shapes, textures, and...

Cricket Festival
This afternoon, we were represented by some year 5 and 6 pupils at the Durham and Chester-le-Street School Sports Partnership's Cricket Festival - run by Durham County Cricket Foundation. We had a brilliant afternoon at the pituresque Durham City Cricket Club in...

Durham Dash
Durham Dash is an event that we always look forward to each year. This year the event took place at Beamish Museum and on a stunning evening in the magnificent grounds of Beamish representatives from years 3, 4, 5 and 6 took part. Running a 650 metre loop, or chest...

Nissan – Lesson in a box
This term, Galaxy has been working on a fantastic project with Nissan. They worked with the Year 3 children and talked them through what life is like in the Nissan factory. The children loved finding out how big the factory is - approximately 50 football pitches - and...

Frisbee Excitement
Our Key Stage 2 pupils had a great day learning and playing Ultimate Frisbee with our School Sports Partnership. It is definitely all about the technique to get a good throw and sucessful catch. Warm up games, then a few games of Ultimate followed by a distance...

Supporting Healthy Sleep: Parent & Carer Workshop
This week, we were delighted to welcome sleep specialist Veronica Warrilow to our school for a Sleep Workshop for parents and carers. The session focused on supporting families in establishing and maintaining healthy sleep routines for children, a vital aspect of...

New Reception Wine and Cheese Evening
Yesterday, we were delighted to welcome the parents and carers of our new Reception starters, who will be joining us this September, to a special Wine and Cheese Evening. This was a wonderful opportunity to meet fellow families, chat with staff, and explore the...

Forest School with Reception
Children in Early Years had the pleasure of welcoming their family members into school for a fun filled Forest School session. The atmosphere was filled with excitement and curiosity as both children and adults immersed themselves in a variety of enriching outdoor...