Riverside Primary Academy

Coronavirus Latest

Update Friday 20th March: From Friday 20 March schools, childcare and other educational settings are closed for everyone except Children of Critical Workers Vulnerable children The official government guidance on this is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers The government has published a list of critical workers: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision Message from our Chair of Governors We...

12 March, 2020 / 0 Comments

World Book Day in Early Years

Early Years children enjoyed getting dressed up and taking part in World Book Day activities today. They enjoyed reading lots of lovely stories and swapping books with their friends. ...

05 March, 2020 / 0 Comments

Riverside Mascots at Dunston UTS

Luckily the bad weather held off on Saturday giving some of our children the opportunity to spend some time at the Dunston UTS match. They were mascots for the players and accompanied them on the pitch for kick-off. Joined by their families in the stands, they...

02 March, 2020 / 0 Comments

Lost Property!

Does anyone recognise this bag? It was found outside the school gates office over a week ago and has not been claimed. If it belongs to you, please contact the school office to confirm the contents and get it back. Thank you. ...

13 February, 2020 / 0 Comments

Artsmark Gold Award

Our pupils and staff are celebrating after receiving the prestigious Gold Artsmark Award. Artsmark is the creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England. The award provides a clear framework for teachers to plan, develop and evaluate arts, culture and creativity across the curriculum. There...

11 February, 2020 / 0 Comments

All You Knead Is Love

Reception class took part in a well-being week last week and as part of this, we decided to bake some delicious bread. Everyone worked together to add the ingredients and kneed the dough. We then put our bread in the oven to bake. The children...

11 February, 2020 / 0 Comments

As part of well-being week, our Reception children created some wonderful pictures to post home to their parent/carers. The children were so excited to go outside of school to the post box. ...

10 February, 2020 / 0 Comments

The Italian Experience

Our school meal provider, Dolce, are planning an Italian Experience theme menu on the Thursday 16th January 2020. The menu has a variety of international themed dishes which we are certain the children and staff will love. If your child does not yet stay for school lunches...

08 January, 2020 / 0 Comments

EYFS Christmas Production Tickets

Our EYFS Christmas production of ‘The Sleepy Shepherd’ will be taking place on Thursday 12th December 2019. There will be two performances, each beginning at 9.30am & 1.30pm. To allow us to adhere to Fire Safety regulations, tickets are limited to two per child and will be...

03 December, 2019 / 0 Comments

KS1 Christmas Production Tickets

Our Key Stage 1 Christmas production of ‘Babushka’ will be taking place on Wednesday 11th December 2019. There will be two performances, each beginning at 9.30am & 1.30pm. There is no cost for the performance but tickets must be requested through your SIMS Pay account. To allow...