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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...

25 October, 2024 / 0 Comments

Macmillan Coffee Morning Grand Total & Raffle Winners

We would like to give a big thanks to all that attended and donated to our Macmillan Big Coffee Mornings last week. It was so good to see so many new and old faces in our hall on each day. We would like to thank you all...

02 October, 2024 / 0 Comments

Riverside Football Team

Last night, our football team played at Ryton Federation in the County Cup tournament. Although we did not make it to the finals, they all played extremely well in all three games. I was so impressed with their teamwork skills, resilience and support of each...

20 September, 2024 / 0 Comments

Good Morning From Dukeshouse Wood

Everyone has had a good night's sleep. All up early, showered and on way for breakfast before the start of a fun, busy day! ...

14 September, 2024 / 0 Comments

And They’re Off!

Our Year 6 pupils set off on their residential trip this afternoon, for a fun-packed weekend at Dukeshouse Wood. The whole school joined their parent/carers outside to wave the children off on the coach. We will try to post updates over the weekend on the website, if...

13 September, 2024 / 0 Comments

Sports Day 2024

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...

19 June, 2024 / 0 Comments

Anglo-Saxon Fun at Jarrow Hall

Year 3 and 4 had a wonderful time at Jarrow Hall today learning about life during the Anglo-Saxon times. We enjoyed a fantastic workshop about Crime and Punishment. We looked at artefacts and handled swords, spears and shields. Then we re-enacted a battle with these. ...

12 June, 2024 / 0 Comments

Making Volcanoes in Year 4

Year 4 have been studying Natural Disasters last half term. In geography, we investigated a variety of disasters such as; volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and floods. In Computing, we used Excel to create graphs and charts about earthquakes. In English, we wrote instructions about How to...

27 February, 2024 / 0 Comments

Did you know that we have our very own clothes bank located in school?

Located just outside the Community Room on the main school car park, you can access the clothes bank at anytime during the week to donate any unwanted items of clothing. So if you are planning to have a big clearout soon, we will gladly take...

25 January, 2024 / 0 Comments