The choir was invited to take part in a very special memorial service at Bondgate Church on behalf of the cooperative funeral service. This was a beautiful service and the choir performed two songs whilst the congregation wrote messages of remembrance for their loved ones and lit candles. Children were praised for their performance, behaviour and attitude throughout the event and the staff could not be prouder of how they represented our school. See below for some of the positive comments they received: "The choir made the service for me." "The service was lovely as always but having the children's choir made a big difference." "I'm a governor at Reid Street, it was great to see the children here." "We only came out in the cold because we knew Reid Street Choir was going to be here." "We live near the school, we went to Reid Street, our kids went to Reid Street and the choir just made the night for us." "The children's choir was a lovely touch, they made it so Christmassy and made me feel emotional." "Thank you Julie Guest and the lovely kids from Reid Street School, it was a wonderful night." A huge well done to the choir! READING VOLUNTEERS
Come and join our team! We are very lucky to have a dedicated team of reading volunteers who come into school on a weekly basis to listen to pupils read. Our volunteers provide valuable one to one support to pupils which benefits their reading massively. The more pupils read, the more progress they make and the more confident they become. Pupils really enjoy this individual reading time and our volunteers find it hugely rewarding too. So if you can spare an hour or two once a week please call into the office for more details or e-mail [email protected] We will be holding a training session for reading volunteers on Monday 10th December from 1.30 – 2.30. If you are interested in attending please let the office know. If you cannot attend the training, but would like to volunteer as a reader in school, please call in to the office. On Thursday 22nd November, Reid Street Primary school were invited to the AGM (Annual General Meeting) for St. Teresa’s Hospice. We were asked to attend to receive a certificate for our charity fundraising and the contribution we made from our PIE challenge winnings.
Heidi (Head Girl) and Liam (Head Boy) attended the important meeting with Mrs Ayto (Head of school) and Mrs Davison (Head of KS2) at the Blackwell Grange Hotel. It was incredible to see how many people were there - I’d estimate about 100 people. When the rewards part came, we were one of the first to be called out! We raised just over £3000 for the local hospice. Everyone applauded our fabulous total and the people who worked at St. Teresa’s were thrilled. We listened to a speech about Seven Summit Steve’s work just before we received our wonderful award. The Northern Echo even took our picture with the award before we left. We are very grateful for the amazing certificate we have received and we will continue to support the local hospice. Heidi and Liam Our all girls tag rugby team travelled to Mowden Park Stadium to compete in Darlington’s first ever girls only tag rugby competition. The girls played 7a side on the grass pitches at Mowden Park against multiple Darlington schools.
Despite the cold weather, the girls played incredibly well. They won several of their matches and finished in 6th place out of the 12 teams that took part. Over the course of the afternoon, the girls developed not only their confidence, but also their skills. Well done, girls. The three year 5 girls that took part are already looking forward to next year. On November 6th, 24 children from year 5 and 6 competed in the first of three Indoor Sportshall Athletics cluster competitions. The children took part in events such as relays, obstacle races, javelin, speed bounce and triple jump to name but a few. The team performed incredibly well and acquired an outstanding points total of 250! We will now compete in the Darlington final at the Dolphin Centre next week.
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