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We were thrilled to welcome a fantastic team of historians from Durham University Libraries to our school today for an engaging workshop with our Year One and Two pupils! The children had an exciting time stepping back over 350 years to investigate the Great Fire of...

Year 6 today visited Nissan to take part in the Nissan Monozukuri Caravan programme. The day consists of a blend of constructing a Nissan style car - Buddy - on a Lego production line, being creative with Lego to design a new vehicle, learning how robotics ensures...

We started this term with an Archery Session for our year 3, 4 and 5 pupils. We had some real budding Robin Hoods! Thank you to Chester-le-Street and Durham School Sports Partnership for running such a great session. 

This week, our School Council represented Red Rose in a meeting with 'Urban Foresight', the team who are overseeing the 'Chester le Street Strategic Place Plan' to help improve our town. The children carried out research with their own class then presented their...

Last week, we had our Key Stage 2 Carol Concert at the church of St Mary and St Cuthbert in Chester-le-Street. Our Year 6 children told us all about Christmas traditions that have come from the original Christmas story of the birth of Jesus. We also had some beautiful...

Our talented Year 1 and Year 2 children captivated audiences this week with their spectacular Christmas performances. The children put on two wonderful shows, beautifully telling the traditional Christmas story through a delightful mix of narration and classic carols....

'Tis the season of the Key Stage 2 Forest school. Year 5 and 6 have been out this week enjoying making christmas decorations, completing den building and they even enjoyed hot chocolate and marshmallows. Year 5, due to the lack of rain, managed to get a fire lit to...

We were delighted to host a special Christingle Service in school today for our Key Stage 1 pupils, delivered by our friends from St Mary and St Cuthbert's Church. The children learned about the meaning of the Christingle and what it represents, before making one of...

Our Nativity season has started with a truly lovely performance of the first Christmas story told by our reception children this morning. A great retelling of the story of the birth of Jesus accompanied by songs such as Clip Clop; An Angel Appeared and Jesus is Born....

Forest School is an important part of our learning here at Red Rose Primary School, and this week, it was Moonlight Class who demonstrated their determination when learning outdoors.  The children worked together, showing great teamwork, to build some amazing dens....