In our lunch time yoga club, the key stage 2 children are beginning to develop their flexibility, strength, coordination, and body awareness. They are focussing hard to improve their concentration, sense of calmness and relaxation.
During the Autumn term Year 3 children have been learning how to play Mini Tennis as part of the P.E. curriculum. We made sure that our children had the best introduction to the game using a dedicated tennis coach from our local area. We took a team of eight children to a local cluster Tennis Challenge competition sponsered by the Tony Blair Sports Foundation held at the Wyvern Academy in Darlington and our team were the winners! Following on from our success we represented our cluster at the Darlington finals again held at the Wyvern Academy on Tuesday 20th February. All our hard work and practice paid off and we held our own against the best teams from St Augustine's, Hurworth and Northwood beating all the competition and were the winning school. This meant that our team will now represent Darlington in June in the Regional finals to be held in Teesside. Our successful team will play the best schools from Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and Stockton.
Reid Street pupils were fascinated to hear from mountaineer Steve Graham in a recent assembly. He told them all about the mountains he has climbed in his 'seven summit' challenge. Pupils were amazed to hear about the -80 degree temperatures and 200 mile an hour winds he may experience during his next climb - Mount Everest. He brought some of the clothing and equipment he will need to survive and everyone enjoyed seeing Mr Banks dressed up as a mountaineer. At the end of the week, all pupils took part in their own 'climb' doing the same amount of steps each that Steve will need to get to the top of the world's highest mountain. This was a sponsored event and will raise essential funds for St Teresa's Hospice. A BIG thank you to Morrisons, who have agreed to match fund money raised by Mrs Appleby.
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