Howay The Lads!!!!!!

In school today our children were in great spirits and looking absolutely fantastic in black and white. We’ve listened to Local Hero and sang along to The Blaydon Races throughout the day. All in support of Newcastle United’s trip to Wembley on Sunday. HOWAY THE LADS!!!

World Book Day!

Happy World Book Day to everyone! We all had an amazing day celebrating Reading and World Book Day today! Children came to school in comfy clothes or as a book character of their choice and all looked FANTASTIC! Even the teachers chose their favourite characters to dress as for the day as you can see by the photos below including the hungry caterpillar in Nursery, Dorothy and Mini mouse in Reception. Key Stage 1 were all characters from Alice in wonderland including Alice, the Mad Hatter, Queen of hearts, the Cheshire cat, rabbit and the queens guards – the cards!...

Vera Lynn

Year 6 are learning about World War 2 and have been looking at Vera Lynn’s war-time songs. Katie has brought in a photo and medal from her Grandad who fought in the Korean war; he had heard Vera Lynn singing as he left to go to war.

Key Stage 1 celebrate Valentines day!

Key stage one have been very busy today creating Valentines masterpieces! They have been drawing valentines day pictures, making heart wreaths, love bugs and using the laptops to create Valentines day cards!

Eco- Cops Spread the Word!

The Eco- Cops have delivered an assembly today explaining the importance of looking after our planet. We are also launching ‘Switch Off Fortnite’ beginning today. In the next 2 weeks we are trying to save as much electricity as possible in school. Can you join in at home and help do your bit for our wonderful planet?

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Achievement, Teaching, Behaviour and Leadership

Welcome to our Academy… As Headteacher of Riverside Primary Academy, I would like to warmly welcome you to our school website. I hope you can find all of the information you require about our school here, but if you have any further questions, please ring us and ask. The Governing Body, the Leadership Team and I have a very clear vision of what we want and how to get the best deal for our children and the community we serve. For this reason, we made the decision in 2012 to become an academy. This means we have been given the freedom to make choices for our school which bring the most benefits to our children and our families. We are no longer a Local Authority school and therefore, there are some differences in the way we do things at our school to the way they are done in others. … Read More