Red Rose News
New Life @ Red Rose
This week, year 5 have had some exciting visitors. They arrived on Monday in egg form and then gradually, during the week, they emerged from the safety of their eggs to become little tiny chicks! They have brought great curiosity and immense pleasure to the school who...
Library Visit by Rainbow Class
On Tuesday, children in Rainbow class took a special trip to Chester-le-Street library! The children were warmly welcomed by the librarian, who gave them a fun tour and showed them where to find picture books, storybooks, and even a cosy reading corner. Inspired by...
Easter Celebrations – Year 5
On Tuesday afternoon, our two year 5 classes presented to parents an Easter Coffee afternoon. The aim of the afternoon was to show what year 5 had learned about Easter. There was information about Ash Wednesday and Lent and then there was a little drama about 'The...
Yoga with Year 5 and 6
Our Year 5 and 6 pupils have tried something new - Yoga. Beth, a trained yoga teacher from the Durham and Chester-le-Street School Sports Partnership, has been in and delivered 6 sessions over the term. It was something totally different to what we normally do in PE. ...
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt PE Festival
This half term, children in Reception enjoyed attending a PE festival at Maiden Castle, themed around one of our favourite stories, 'We're All Going on a Bear Hunt'! Pupils worked with their classmates on a carousel of fun activities based around infant agility...
Key Stage 1 Art Workshop
Key Stage One was delighted to welcome parents and carers into school for a fun and creative Art Workshop afternoon. Everyone had a fantastic time crafting their own masterpiece, inspired by the work of renowned artist Paul Klee, using watercolour paints. A big well...
Orienteering with Year 5 and 6
On Friday, Year 5 and Year 6 participated in an exciting orienteering event. The course featured 12 stations scattered across the school grounds. Each pair of pupils was given an ‘electronic dibber’ to track their times as they navigated between stations. Before...
Galaxy Egyptian Assembly
This week, Galaxy Class shared with us the work that they had been doing on the Ancient Egyptian period. They presented amazing facts they have been learning about in History lessons to their parents and to the school. Everyone shared with us facts and information...
Apollo Class Assembly – Egyptians
This week, Apollo Class enjoyed taking a step back in time to the Ancient Egyptian period to present all the fascinating facts they have been learning about in History lessons to their parents. A fantastic performance! Great speaking and enthusiastic singing! Even a...
Biggest Ever Football Session
Our school took part in the Biggest Ever Girls' Football session recently which involved some of our Year 6 girls supporting and running football sessions at lunchtime. This runs alongside our Girls' football team who are going from strength to strength, recently...