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Visit from Olympic Athlete Peter Bakare

Earlier this week, pupils in Reception to Year 6 at Riverside Primary Academy were involved in a sponsored exercise event delivered by Chris from @SportsforSchools and an olympic athlete @PeterBakare. All children tried their very best and had an amazing time! Afterwards, we were given an inspirational...

Year 3 and 4 Quicksticks Hockey Tournament

Yesterday, some children from Year 3 and 4 were involved in a Quicksticks Hockey Tournament. Mrs Judge and Mr Melrose were very proud of how well they tried and participated. One of our teams even came in second place! A huge well done to all...

Forest Schools – We Need Your Help

            At Riverside Primary Academy, we are always looking for new ways to improve and enrich our curriculum.  We wanted to let you know about our exciting new initiative, Forest Schools. What is Forest Schools? Forest School is an inspirational programme that offers our children regular opportunities to...

Sponsored Fitness Event – Monday 12th March

Tomorrow afternoon, Monday 12th March, we will be taking part in the Sports for Schools sponsored fitness circuit event. During this time, the children will meet Peter Bakare, an Olympic Volleyball Player. Please ensure that your child has a full P.E. kit (including footwear) in school...

Zoo Academy Rescheduled!

      Following the bad weather last week, we unfortunately had to postpone the planned visit of Zoo Academy for our Nursery and Reception children. We know the children were very disappointed that they missed out on meeting all of the wonderful creatures due to the snow. However,...

World Book Day and Other School Events

Staff will be doing everything they can tomorrow to try and reorganise and reschedule any events which may have been missed due to the poor weather conditions.  World Book Day celebrations will certainly be rescheduled as this is an in-school event involving our staff and...

School Will Be Open Tomorrow – Monday 5th March

School will be open as usual tomorrow (Monday 5th March 2018).  Please can all pupils and staff wrap up warm as the temperatures are still low.  Pupils are encouraged to bring spare socks to school to ensure they have warm dry feet all day.  ...

School will REMAIN CLOSED on FRIDAY 2nd MARCH

Due to the poor weather conditions and weather warnings still in place, the school will remain closed on Friday 2nd March 2018.   There will be an update on Sunday afternoon to inform you about plans for Monday.   We will use our text messaging...

Chick Update

[gallery type="slideshow" size="large" ids="20241,20238,20233,20243,20239,20244,20242,20240"] Yes - we are very lucky to have hatched all 10 chicks. We have 5 girls and 5 boys, the lighter yellow chicks are boys and the darker brown chicks are girls.   They are a little bit noisy and have been...