Riverside News Issue 457 – 13.06.25

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⭐ STAR of the Week ⭐

Leopard: Aleanna W

For remembering some of the intertesting facts we learnt about Meerkats and writing her own little fact file! Well done Aleanna, we are very proud of the independent writer you have become!

Zebra: Bella B 

For always showing such enthusiasm with all her learning. Bella is always so engaged and will always challenge herself by completing the daily challenge every day. This week Bella has written a lovely postcard as part of our Meerkat Mail learning. Bella is a great role model in Zebra Class. Well done Bella!

Lion: Poppy G

For showing great enthusiasm and bravery in the swimming pool. Keep shining and enjoying every splash!

Bear: Myla R

For amazing enthusiasm and team spirit when completing races as part of our athletics sessions.

Otter: Daisy J

 

For your fantastic engagement in our science lesson! You spotted lots of similarities and differences when comparing animals from different classification groups and you answered some of the challenge questions! Great work!

Seal: Nancy P

For being a superstar reader, showing excellent understanding of the story and using this knowledge to answer comprehension questions thoughtfully and in detail. Great job Nancy!

Dolphin: Ethan F

For a much improved attitude to his learning, engaging with lessons and trying his best. We are proud of you – keep it up!

Tiger: Olivia L

For writing excellent sentences that included speech and apostrophes for possession and for always giving 100 percent to everything she does. Olivia, your effort and attitude are truly outstanding, well done!

Panda: Elsie R

For by using fantastic expanded noun phrases, you brought your writing to life with vivid and engaging description.

Turtle: Tilly M

For trying your best with classification keys in science. Even though you found this challenging you didn’t give up, you showed excellent resilience. Well done!

Giraffe: Josiah A-B

For having a much more positive week! You’ve shown fantastic effort and determination, especially in English, where you’ve written an excellent start to your modelled write. Your enthusiasm and impressive scientific knowledge in our science lesson also stood out. Well done, keep it up!

Monkey: Oakley F

For exceptional understanding of the book Wonder, demonstrated through insightful interactions with the text and the ability to make thoughtful inferences.

Kangaroo: Sophie H

For always striving to do her best, completing the challenge work, contributing excellent ideas during discussions and being a fabulous role model.

Koala: Joseph L

For the enthusiasum he is bringing to our production rehersals – he has listened carefully to diretions given and is really bringing the roles he is playing to life!

 

📅 UPCOMING EVENTS! 📅

Dates not shown on previous issues are added in RED!

Summer 2 2025

23/06/25 — Year Six secondary transition week (Essex)

27/06/25 — ‘Jump Up’ Day

27/06/25 — New EYFS Stay & Play Session 1

30/06/25 — Year 6 to Mersea

02/07/25 — Year 6 Return from Mersea

03/07/25 — KS2 Districts

04/07/25 — Year 6 Performance to school

08/07/25 — EYFS drop in session

09/07/25 — Sports Day

11/07/25 — PTA Event – KS2 Summer Disco

11/07/25 — New EYFS Stay & Play Session 2

11/07/25 — Reports to Parents

15/07/25 — Year 1 to Hyde Hall

16/07/25 — Sports Day (Reserve)

17/07/25 — PTA event – EYFS / KS1 summer discos

18/07/25 — EYFS Trip – Gruffalo Park

18/07/25 — PTA event – Year 6 Leavers Event

22/07/25 — Year 6 Graduation 9:30am

22/07/25 — Children break up for the Summer Holidays today

Letters

Below are a list of letters, leaflets and posters uploaded to the website this week.

Leaflets/Posters for Parents

Letters sent this week

Years 5 & 6 Swimming Autumn 2025 – 13.06.25

Sports Day Letter 2025 – 13.06.25

Music lessons at Riverside Primary School – 11.06.25

Previous letters, leaflets and posters can be found on the school website Events & Letters > Letters & Parent Meetings

Reminders

Reporting Pupil Absence

This is a reminder to all parents/carers that the correct way to report absences is to leave a message on the absence line answerphone daily. If messages are sent by email to the admin email address they will not be registered in time for the morning attendance and you may then receive a call from our attendance team.


Supervision

This is a gentle reminder that parents are responsible for supervising their children and siblings on-site before and after school. We have had a couple of incidents reported to us which were considered ‘near misses’ and children could have got hurt. Thank you for your attention to this matter.


KS1 Playground
Please do not allow children to play on the equipment either before/after school. At the end of the day, parents and children should leave the site promptly . This enables us to open up the playground for our other clubs. Thank you.


KS2 Playground
Please note that the day in KS2 does not start until 8:40am when the doors open. Children should not be left unsupervised on the playground before this time. Children should not play on the equipment. Thank you

 

Latest Facebook Posts

🌟 Year 6! 🌟

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Prep for Districts is Underway! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

🥇🍽️ Design-a-Meal Competition Winners! 🎉👩‍🍳

🎭✨ The Wizard of Oz 🎭✨

🎭 Behind the scenes with Year 6! 🎭

🌍✨ Celebrating Creativity in RE! ✨🐍

🕵️‍♂️✨Year 4 became character detectives in our Talk for Writing lesson! 🕵️‍♂️✨

SEN Coffee Monrings

Here are the SEN coffee morning dates for 2024-2025. If you have a child currently on the SEN register, are curious about an element of SEN or simply would like to come along for a chat about something SEN related, please attend.
 
They will be held in the red building meeting room at 9:10. If you would like to attend, please drop an email to sen@riversideprimary.co.uk.
  • 26th June- Focus to follow
We look forward to seeing you, 
Miss Marshall and Mrs Rice

Reading Awards

Well done to the following children who have received their Bronze award for reading 50 times.

Year 1

  • Theodora L

Year 2

  • Olivia H

Year 3

  • Jayden S

Year 4

  • Lacey S

Well done to the following children who have received their Silver award for reading 100 times.

EYFS

  • Teddie G
  • Ophelia H
  • Oscar W
  • Taine N

Year 1

  • Nellie H
  • Hollie N
  • Jack H
  • Jaxon B

Year 3

  • Isaac D
  • Jack K

Year 4

  • Thomas E

Year 5/6

  • Sophia H-R

Well done to the following children who have received their Gold award for reading 200 times.

Year 1

  • Teddy L
  • Willow A
  • Adalyn T

Year 3

  • Casper G

Year 4

  • Ella S
  • Theo W-Y
  • James M-L
  • Anabelle L

Year 5/6

  • Lilly O
  • Gregory S
  • Ayla L
  • Finley J
  • Freddie H
  • Andrew O
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Times Tables Awards

Congratulations to the following Year 3/4 children who have earned their;

Bronze award as they can fluently and rapidly recall the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

  • Henry H
  • Casper G
  • Sophie D

Silver award as they can fluently and rapidly recall the 3, 4, 6 and 11 times tables.

  • Henry H

Team Points

OPAL

We are excited to share that we have begun the OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) project to enhance the lunchtime experience even furtherfor your children. The aim is to provide more opportunities for creative and active play. 

Please keep an eye out for a parent survey that will be sent to you soon. This section of the newsletter will keep you updated on our OPAL journey, including upcoming developments and ways you can get involved.

Also, if you are having a clear-out, please look out for our donation requests for resources to enhance the playground. Your contributions would be greatly appreciated!


🌟 Calling All Dinosaur Lovers! 🦖🦕

We’re creating an exciting Dino World for the children to enjoy at lunchtimes, and we need your help! If you have any spare dinosaur toys—big or small—we’d love to give them a new home where they’ll be played with and loved.

🦕 Donations can be dropped off in the red foyer

Thank you for helping bring this prehistoric playground to life!

Dinner Menu

We are operating a two week rolling menu. The menus, ingredients and allergen lists can be viewed on our website by clicking here.

Makaton: Sign of the Week

We’re excited to share our ‘Sign of the Week’— Mum and Dad.

Charity Run

Tomorrow, Olivia W, Lilly O, and Mason O will be getting muddy for a great cause as they tackle the Pretty Muddy 5k obstacle run in support of Cancer Research UK. Expect laughter, teamwork, and plenty of splashes as they race through mud pits and climb over challenges — all to help beat cancer sooner.

Any donations would be greatly received.

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/slay-queens-10

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