Trial Blog Archive

Some of our pupils took part in the County Swimming Championship today. The children represented their town and school in the KS2 swimming gala. Everyone had their best swims and turned that into becoming County Champions. Well Done to everyone who swam today.

We celebrated World Book Day today by coming into school dressed up as a word that we liked. We had a vocabulary parade in the hall where we could proudly showcase all the words that we’d thought of. There were so many words that were represented: colourful, electric,...

On Tuesday, we celebrated Cultural Passport Day, where parents and carers had the opportunity to come into school to take part in a range of activities linked to our Red Rose values. These included going on a hunt for some insects or small creatures (Respect), making...

Children in Key Stage One had a magical visit from retired Red Rose teacher and local writer/illustrator, Christine Harris today. Everyone was captivated by her story 'Waiting', and we were given a special glimpse into how she creates her beautiful illustrations. The...

Year 5 pupils have had an exciting science based visit to Hermitage Academy this week. After getting their steps up, with a walk up to the school, they experienced an animal heart being dissected, extraction of DNA from a banana and explosive reactions of alkaline...

As part of the Design and Technology curriculum, year 3 and 4 were making their own bread rolls today. The session was delivered by Chartwells, who are our school meal provider. Each pupil had thought about what roll they would like to make. They then made the dough,...

Years 3 and 4 took part this week in sessions as part of our Waste Warriors programme, which featured four engaging activities in the afternoon. The first session focused on making smoothies using slightly overripe fruits that would typically be thrown away, showing...

This morning, children in Moonlight class performed a class assembly for their families.  They used songs, props and fantastic narration to share their learning journey in Year One and Two so far.  This included sharing artwork inspired by Paul Klee, performing a 'Cat...

Yesterday, the Dance Club proudly represented Red Rose at the annual Dance Festival, organised by the Durham and Chester-le-Street School Sports Partnership. The event took place at the Gala Theatre in Durham, where our dancers, cheered on by parents and fellow...

We are becoming increasingly aware of the many situations in which we might be exposed to scams. The first and most important thing to recognise is that falling for a scam does not make us foolish. In other crimes, victims are not expected to feel embarrassed—and...