Chloe Ryan Visits Reid Street

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​On Wednesday 27th June, Chloe Ryan (an England School Girls player) visited Reid Street to talk to our girls’ football teams. She spoke about her journey and her passion for the sport, followed by a question and answer session. Chloe then worked with the girls to produce posters on all of the key attributes of… Read more »

Armed Forces Day

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On Monday the 25th June, 7 children from Reid Street Primary School took part in a big event called Armed Forces Day because their parents had links to the army or the forces.First we got ready and walked to the town centre so we could watch all the breath-taking events of Armed Forces Day. We… Read more »

KS2 Sports Day

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​Well, what a fantastic day we had for our KS2 Sports Day. The weather could not have been better. The children had slightly longer than usual on the field and managed to complete most of the activities. It was great to see the children laughing, enjoying themselves and being so supportive of each other. Thank… Read more »

Art Garden Visit

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​Mrs Brown’s art club had an exciting opportunity to create some art work for a local community garden (Business Central).We designed and decorated some compact discs in art club and the following week we took a trip to the garden to meet up with Mr and Mrs Hinde. They hung the children’s artwork from the… Read more »

Global Goals

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​The children have participated in a range of fun and exciting activities, throughout the week. Each class was given a country to focus on. First, they used their geography skills to locate their country on maps and globes and then looked at the geographical features. Next, they had to think about the 17 Global Goals… Read more »

Gymnastics Final

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​Following on from our success in our cluster gymnastics tournament, our teams from lower KS2 and upper KS2 took place on Wednesday 13th June at Hurworth Secondary School.  The standard of every school participating was of an incredibly high standard. The lower KS2 children were amazing and were the winners of the gold medal, beating… Read more »

Everest Events

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This year, pupils have been involved in a completely different charity event.   Back in February, Steve Graham (mountaineer and local businessman) and a representative from St Teresa’s Hospice delivered an assembly which told the children about Steve’s up and coming challenge to climb Mount Everest.  Steve was hoping to raise as much money as possible… Read more »

Carmel Climbing Wall Competition

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​On Tuesday 5th June, 24 children from Key Stage 2 visited Carmel Climbing Wall after winning a competition where they had to persuade Mrs Ayto why they should be able to visit the wall. The children persuaded Mrs Ayto using a wide range of methods such as poems, letters, posters, dances, songs, raps and even… Read more »

Mass Dance

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​On Sunday 20th May, fifteen children took part in this year’s Mass Dance in Darlington’s Market Square.  This Mass Dance was created to support the theme of mental health and was about ‘Expressing Yourself’ through dance.  The children performed in front of a large audience alongside a number of dance schools and other primary schools… Read more »

On top of the world!

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The Reid Street School logo made it to the top of the world this week! A huge congratulations to Steve, who managed to reach the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday. An amazing achievement. Look out for news on future fundraising activities as we continue to try and raise as much money as we can… Read more »