Riverside Primary Academy | Key Stage One

Key Stage One

World Book Day!

The children have had an absolutely AMAZING day celebrating World Book Day at school! They started their day with an assembly by Mrs Knott and talked about why Reading is important, not only for school but also for pleasure at home! The children then took part in...

Autumn House Games 2022

The Riverside House Games have started today. The children worked in their house groups and competed against the other houses. They showed excellent teamwork skills! Once all classes have finished, the results will be announced! At the end of the year, we will have an overall House...

Thank you for attending Sports Day!

Thank you very much to everyone - family and friends - that came along yesterday to enjoy our Sports Day at Riverside. A special thanks to those parents who joined in with the adult races. The children and staff all had great fun and we hope you...

KS1 Trip to Bamburgh and the Grace Darling Museum!

KS1 enjoyed learning all about Grace Darling's life and experimenting with lots of different items/clothing during the workshop. We then explored the Church of St Aidan's and its grounds finding both Grace's grave and memorial site. Also, we looked out across the waves to Longstone Lighthouse...

The Queen’s Jubilee Celebrations!

There has been a buzz in the air today at Riverside as the children all came into school to find their classrooms decorated for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations. From Nursery to Year 6, all of the children have been learning about the Royal family and the...

NSPCC Number Day!

Today we took part in the NSPCC number day. Children and staff dressed up for digits and enjoyed a variety of fun mathematics activities, while raising money and awareness for the NSPCC. Thank you to everyone who donated. ...

Christmas Lunch Day – Friday 10th December 2021

On Friday 10th December 2021 our cook and the kitchen staff will prepare a traditional Christmas lunch for all children and staff in school. The children can also choose to wear a Christmas jumper on this day to get into the festive spirit. In addition, there once...

Badge design competition 2021

We would love as many children as possible to showcase their artistic talents and design a badge for the WOW activity tracker. The design should be linked to climate change, so your job is to research and then draw an animal that you would like to...

England Does the Daily Mile!

Today our children have all been part of England Does the #DailyMile ! The event was to get 1 million children moving in England. #1millionmoving We enjoy doing this each day, but today was especially important. Some teachers have shared some pictures of their class...

Premier League Primary Stars Wellbeing challenge

During the holidays, we have challenged the children to complete the 'My Wellbeing Week' challenge. You can set up an account and complete this online and submit the Wellbeing Week template before the deadline of Monday 19 April 2021.  However, we are also sending paper copies...