Trial Blog Archive

'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....

Our teams have recently taken part in a Sports Hall Athletics competition and performed extremely well winning the event. Huge congratulations to the team for the hard work an d success. Then today our year 5/6 basketballers took part in a competition at Park View...

This morning, we held an Online Safety workshop for parents. The aim of the session was to give information and advice on how to keep our young people (and ourselves) safer when they are accessing the online world. Hannah, from the Durham Learn team, led the session...

We had a wonderful day welcoming Year One and Year Two parents and carers into school for our Cultural Passport Day. Everyone took part in a range of engaging activities, including making a musical instrument, designing cards for a local care home, and creating bird...

This week, years 3 and 4 had a great day exploring the country of Italy. Using the Commando Joe equipment the challenge was to recreate the unique map of Italy. There were some great creative ideas to help make the boot and ball shape from the equipment. Year 3 and 4...

This week, Key Stage 2 pupils 'attended virtually' a Be Internet Legends assembly. The 5 pillars that we use to support our Online Safety education are Be Sharp - Be Alert - Be Secure - Be Kind - Be Brave. The theme for this assembly was 'Be Kind'. The online assembly...

This week, we welcomed Year One parents and carers to a Phonics and Reading Meeting to share information about how we teach phonics and reading in school. During the session, staff explained our approach to phonics, including the structure of our daily lessons, the...