Today Key Stage 2 attended an AMAZING assembly hosted by the award-winning Scottish author Stuart Reid! Stuart’s first book won the Silver Medal at the Forward National Literature Awards, and his books are written to inspire children to read for pleasure and the children had...
Last week, Year 5 visited Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens. They looked around the museum and they took part in an art workshop learning how to sketch different rainforest leaves. The children were so well behaved and had a great day! A huge thank to...
Today, Mrs Wall's class visited the Great North Museum. It was a fantastic introduction to the new topic we are learning. We had to find lots of historical artefacts and use clues to find places on a map of Ancient Greece. At the end of...
Today Mr H has visited the school for the Stone Age topic in years 3 and 4. They enjoyed cooking bread around a fire pit, drawing with charcoal and making a pot out of clay. ...
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...
All of the children that attended Dukes House Wood had a brilliant time. They took risks and challenged themselves on multiple occasions over the weekend all while demonstrating their amazing personal skills - team work, respect and resilience! ...
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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...
The children in year 3 have had a wonderful experience at our first overnight camping event over the past few days in school. There were an abundance of activities for the children to take part in, including orienteering, inflatable assault course, archery, toasted marshmallows and songs...
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...