Trial Blog Archive

As an introduction to their new class book, year 3 and 4 have been making crowns this afternoon. The book they will be reading is The Crown by Emily Kapff. Speaking from the future, a girl wears a crown made from the rubbish passed down to her by previous generations....

Year Two has been bustling with creativity throughout January! We have been working hard in our writing lessons, using Edward Lear’s classic poem, The Owl and the Pussycat, as our inspiration. The children have really impressed us with their developing literary...

One of our Red Rose values is Opportunity. During each half term a range of after school clubs are offered and many pupils take up these opportunities. Here is a flavour of our after school clubs during this half term. There are a range of clubs including: puzzles,...

Our year 5 and 6 pupils welcomed their adults in to work with them on their cultural passports. The cultural passport is our way of encouraging pupils to be involved in a range of cultural activities. The sessions today covered sewing and drawing a self portrait with...

Today, the children in Rainbow class brought their history learning to life during an exciting Forest School session! By safely observing their cardboard Tudor houses burn, the children were able to see first-hand just how easily the fire spread during the Great Fire...

Our young scientists in KS1 have been continuing to explore the world of materials this week. Through fun hands-on activities, the children investigated why certain objects are made of specific materials! There was lots of great scientific vocabulary being used as...

This week, our Key Stage 1 artists started their creative journey into collage. The children have been busy exploring different textures and layering techniques, discovering how a variety of shapes and materials can come together to tell a story. It has been wonderful...

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.