Riverside Primary Academy | Mr Smith

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Applications for Reception 2019 – NOW OPEN!!

If your child was born between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015 you can apply now for your child to start reception class in September 2019. Apply online at: www.gateshead.gov.uk/schooladmissions Online applications must be submitted by 15 January 2019. If you do not submit your form by...

KS1 Golden Ticket Winners

On Monday afternoon it was the turn of our KS1 pupils to spend their five Golden Tickets on a trip to the Jumparena. Everyone had a fantastic afternoon out of school and burned off a lot of energy in a very hot and sweaty trampoline park. Well...

Golden Ticket Winners!

These KS2 pupils have 5 or more golden tickets and as a reward Mrs Goodfellow took them to Jumparena this afternoon!! We all had an amazing time and worked off our school lunches. A huge thank you to the staff from Jumparena who were lovely and...

Sports Day 2018

Thankfully the recent good weather continued long enough for us to hold Sports Day 2018 as planned this week. A huge thank you to all the staff for preparing the events, the children for their excellent attitude and behaviour and to our parent/carers who came along...

Be a Smarter Parker

We have received a number of complaints about illegally and inconsiderately parked vehicles near our school which coincide with the school’s start/finish times and in particular when there are whole school events such as sports day. This not only causes inconvenience to local residents but also...

Food-ball’s Coming Home – Thursday 12th July

  Our school meal provider, Dolce, are planning a world cup theme menu on the Thursday 12th July. 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 but...

Race for Life 2018!

What a beautiful day, a fantastic turnout and great fun! We have all had a lovely time and would like to thank everyone that turned up to watch the children run during the event and stayed to enjoy the sun and stalls afterwards. Also, a...

Changes to Data Protection Law

You may be aware that from Friday 25th May 2018, the rules around data protection are changing. The 'General Data Protection Regulation' (GDPR) will change how we can use your personal data and keep it safe, and will also strengthen your rights over your own...

Skipping Event – Total Sponsor Money Raised!

A huge thank you to all pupils, parents, families and staff for for making last week's Jump Rope for Heart Skipping event  possible. We have totaled up the sponsor money and are delighted to announce that we have raised a staggering £1098.90 for the British Heart...

Raffle Prize Donation

These wonderful hampers have been generously donated by one of our families for us to raffle to raise funds towards our Forest Schools project. One hamper is for children and the other is for adults. Tickets will be on sale from next week at school break...