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Early Years Foundation

The elves visit Riverside Primary Academy

This morning when the children arrived at school, they found that some elves had appeared as if by magic in their classrooms! Santa has sent some of his magical friends to stay with the children for December! Take a look at some of our magical elf friends...

Christmas Raffle – Please Check Your Tickets

        Some prizes are yet to be claimed from the school office.  Do you have any of the following tickets? Blue 571 - 575 Yellow 791 - 795 Yellow 876 - 880 Yellow 801 - 805 Blue 766 - 770 Blue 766 - 770 Blue 590 - 600 Yellow 896 - 900   Basketball Raffle Prizes White...

Reception go to Thornley Woods

Reception had a great time at Thornley Woods this week! They even had a special visitor who brought chocolate lolly pops and hot chocolate for all of the children! He then had to rush off back to the North pole to get organised for Christmas! Have a look...

SCHOOL FUNDING CRISIS – please support our schools

Dear Parents / Carers If you think Government should fund schools sufficiently and fairly, please show your support by adding your name to the petition ‘Increase Funding for Schools’, as well as encouraging family and friends to do so, via the link below: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/232220  You will be asked...

Christmas Fair

We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all our children, families, parents / carers and wider community for making our Christmas Fair a HUGE success.  It was so lovely to see so many people in our school hall tonight supporting our academy. ...

Baking Bread in Reception

Reception enjoyed making their own bread last week to help them to remember the ‘b’ sound from their Read, Write Inc lesson. After making the bread they enjoyed reading the story of the Little Red Hen together. Of course they enjoyed tasting the bread too. ...

Afternoon Tea in Reception

Reception class enjoyed afternoon tea at Riverside Hotel on Friday (the school hall). Everyone enjoyed tea, sandwiches, cake and biscuits. It was such a lovely way to end the week. ...

Reception’s First School Trip

Both Reception classes had a fantastic day at Gibside National Trust yesterday. They all took part in a Fairytale Workshop and explored the wonderful grounds of Gibside looking for signs of autumn. They all then had fun in the park and some of the children were...

Dukeshouse Wood!

Our Year 6 pupils had an amazing time at Dukeshouse Wood this weekend. From completing mammoth tasks such as making a bed, to putting all their worries aside when taking part in many of the fantastic activities that Kingswood offered: 3G swing, zip line, fencing,...