This morning, we had a FANTASTIC assembly with some special visitors! The Man in the mirror and Snow White from Time Theatre School came to talk to the children this morning in assembly. They told jokes, laughed and danced with the children! The teachers loved dancing along...
Today, in assembly we held our annual Harvest Festival. We began by looking at some of the vegetables harvested from our own forest school area and some of the fruit and vegetables from our harvest songs. Then, some Year 4 children presented information about Harvest...
Riverside Primary Academy are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded our first Green Flag by Eco Schools England this year . This special award recognises the work we have completed as a school to learn about environmental issues as part of our curriculum...
Every Friday we have Praise Assembly to celebrate achievements in and out of school. Mittrha showed us her sporting medals today!...
This week, Key stage 1 visited the fantastic railway museum, Locomotion, in Shildon! Children found out about the famous George Stephenson and the amazing contribution he made to the history of the railway! They enjoyed a workshop and looking at the trains to see how they had...
This week , we had some special visitors to our school. Tracy Allison manages the Community Hub in the Metrocentre and is running a project about plastic pollution in rivers and seas. Our school has been chosen to help with this project and our Year...
First of all, the staff at Riverside would like to thank all of the family and friends that came to support the children from Reception up to Year 6 today. All of the children have had great fun competing against the house teams in their...
A big thank you from Riverside! We had a great time celebrating Earth Day and raised £62 pound for The Sea Life Trust charity. Thank you for your kind donations. Mrs Ritchie and the Eco-Cops...
Well done to all the children who brought in used batteries last term. The batteries collected by each class have been weighed by the Eco- Cops and the results are finally in! Weighing a huge 11.5 kilograms, a huge well done to Year 4 who collected...
Today, we celebrated world book day in school and dressed up as our favourite book or story characters, or in comfy clothes, for a day of reading and book related activities! We started the day with an assembly by Mrs Knott to talk about Reading and...