Today Riverside Primary Academy celebrated the Harvest Festival in school. We held an assembly in which children from Years 3 to 6 read out prayers and thanks for the harvest. Every class sang a harvest song beautifully. Thank you very much for all of the donations....
Today we celebrated World Mental Health Day across the whole school by getting up and active completing 'walk the talk'. The children went out on a short walk with a friend and shared any thoughts and feeling they had. We learnt several strategies to support...
The girls' team played very well last night. Although we did not win, we tried our very hardest and had lots of fun. Well done to all and thank you to those who came along to support! ...
Today is poetry day and the theme was refuge. Year 5b have written their own poem as a class and performed it today. Check out the video below. [embed]https://youtu.be/3YLyywPtMTc?rel=0[/embed] ...
Yesterday was the first league game that our recently created football team attended. Although we did not make it to the finals on Monday, the team played extremely well and should be very proud of themselves. The player of the match was the team captain, Riley....
Year 5 have had a brilliant time today baking Victorian sponge cakes as part of their 'Victorians' topic. They followed the recipe excellently well, worked very sensibly as part of a group and best of all, got to taste their Victoria sponge cakes which I can...
The whole school results for the house groups are: Fourth Place: Mars 151 points Third Place: Neptune 157 points Second Place: Jupiter 158 points First Place: Saturn 187 points Well done!...
Both Year 5 classes enjoyed a brilliant trip to Beamish yesterday to learn all about life during the Victorian era. They enjoyed taking part in a lesson in the Victorian school; visiting the coal mine; taking a ride on the steam train; and exploring lots of...
Year 5 have been learning many essential life skills in their First Aid training today. They looked at DRABC (Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing and Circulation); how to perform CPR; what a defibrillator is, how to use it and where it is located in our school;...
More of the children have planted a sunflower as part of the school's pledge. Thank you to all for your donations so far. It is much appreciated. ...