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Year 3 Camping Fun!

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...

Day At The Beach Theme Menu – Friday 10th June 2022

Day At The Beach Theme Menu - Friday 10th June 2022 Our school meal provider, Dolce, are planning a "Day At The Beach" theme menu this Friday 10th June 2022. The menu has a variety of beach themed dishes which we are certain the children and staff...

The Queen’s Jubilee Celebrations!

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...

Planting Trees!

Ridley and his sister Edith applied for some sapling trees which were delivered to their house. They kindly brought them into school to donate to our forest school area. Some were fruit trees and others were birch. Ridley and Edith, together with their friends and Mrs...

School Council Bake Sale – Thank You!

Our School Council would like to thank you for your generous donations to our bake sale which was held in school this week. We have had two busy days of selling cakes and we raised a fantastic sum of £309.73 which will go into our...

Pre-Loved Uniform Sale

With everyday costs of living on the rise, many families may be struggling to buy many items including new school uniform. We have a vast amount of pre-loved uniform which has been kindly donated by our community. If you would like to pick up a few extra...

Dunston UTS Family Season Ticket

Our neighbours at Dunston UTS Football Club have kindly donated some family season tickets to giveaway free to our pupils and families. Each ticket grants access for 1 Adult and up to 2 under 16s to all of Dunston's Northern Premier League fixtures. If you would...

NSPCC Number Day!

Today we took part in the NSPCC number day. Children and staff dressed up for digits and enjoyed a variety of fun mathematics activities, while raising money and awareness for the NSPCC. Thank you to everyone who donated. ...

Governors Community Award Nominations

Calling all heroes!    Do you know a local hero who should be recognised for their kindness in our community? If any of our pupils have gone above and beyond to help people in their local community, we would love to hear about it for our Governors Community...