Riverside News Issue 458 - 20.06.25 - Riverside Primary School

⭐ STAR of the Week ⭐

Leopard: Alexander M

For being such an enthusiastic mathematician! Alexander loves to complete the independent maths challenges in class and show us all what a super learner he is. This week he has been creating some tricky caterpillar repeating patterns. Well done Alexander!

Zebra: Jackson B

For trying hard with his mini beast learning this week. Jackson created a brilliant spider and wrote amazing facts in his little book of mini beasts. Well done Jackson!

Lion: Rex D

For always striving to do his very best in class. Rex has enjoyed the challenges around the classroom this week and has demonstrated a strong grasp of our minibeast theme. Keep it up.

Bear: Isla M

For being an amazing, kind and caring friend who is always respectful to others. You are always polite, thoughtful and show wonderful empathy towards your friends. Keep shining superstar!

Otter: Denis O

For an amazing first week in Otter Class! You have made lots of friends and tried hard with all of your work. well done!

Seal:

For

Dolphin: Ellie-Rose A

For consistent hard work and for always showing STAR values. Well done Ellie.

Tiger: Hugo S

For demonstrating resilience by programming an emotion badge on a BBC micro:bit, overcoming problems during development and successfully working out how to complete the extension task. Excellent achievement Hugo!

Panda: Devon F

For consistently showing kindness, even when faced with challenges. Your thoughtfulness and care for others is something to be proud of.

Turtle: Finley T

For always setting a shining example to others in Turtle Class. Your kindness, dedication, and outstanding behavior inspire everyone around you. You are a true role model.

Giraffe: Elliot C

For showing a fantastic attitude in class and striving to do his best in everything he does. His determination and hard work has really shown in his excellent work this week.

Monkey: Kobie G

For outstanding achievement in utilising Scratch to create an engaging maze game.

Kangaroo: Lydia H

For being an excellent role model, always working hard, fantastic contributions to class discussions and always being supportive of her peers.

Koala: Emily C

For not only her fantastic portrail of Mr Smee, her acting has really brought the character to life but also for her great writing in our model write this week.

📅 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

Autumn 1 2025

01/09/25 — INSET Day – School Closed to Pupils

02/09/25 — Children return today

22/10/25 — Individual Photographs

24/10/25 — Children break up today

03/11/25 — Children return today

06/11/25 — Flu Immunisation

Letters

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

Leaflets/Posters for Parents

Letters sent this week

Year 4 Pasta Salad ingredients – 20.06.25

Year 6 WhatsApp Groups – 20.6.15

Invitation to Join Our Parent Council date – 16.06.25

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 4's Creative Covers for Healthy Eating! 🥗

💥 Districts Prep is Going Strong! 💥

🌸🧺 What a magical day at the Mad Hatters Tea Party on the field last Friday! 🌸🧺

💡💻 Code, Create, Animate! Tiger & Panda Class Take on the micro:bit 🚀❤️

A Polite Reminder – Scooters and Bikes on the Way to School

We’ve had a few parents share their concerns about younger children riding scooters or small bikes at speed on the way to school, particularly along Ferry Road. In some cases, children are well ahead of their adults, and there’s a real worry that one could accidentally veer into the road before a parent is close enough to intervene.

Please can we kindly ask all families to ensure that children stay close and ride at a safe pace when travelling to and from school. This helps to keep everyone safe – especially near busy roads.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support in keeping our school community safe.

Attendance

Otter	99.30
Dolphin	98.70
Bear	97.60
Tiger	97.50
Leopard	96.30
Seal	96.10
Lion	95.00
Kangaroo	93.90
Panda	93.50
Turtle	93.30
Giraffe	91.70
Koala	91.60
Monkey	91.00
Zebra	89.30

SEN Coffee Mornings

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

Autism Act

Hello everyone!
I am pleased to announce that ‘destination autism’ – guiding your journey will run again in the autumn term. It often becomes a lifeline for some parents as it their first step into learning about autism.The course details are as follows:
It will be held at Great Wakering Primary Academy from 9 45 (9 30 arrival) to 11 30
on the following dates:

Wednesday 10 th ,17 th , 24th September
Wednesday 1 st , 8 th and 15th October

The course is open to parents/grandparents/carers of children of all ages. The child
does not need a diagnosis for them to attend.
Sarah Bell
Autism Act

If you are interested in accessing this course, please drop an email to SEN@riversideprimary.co.uk and we will complete the referral from and get it sent across to Sarah Bell. This will need to be done by Thursday 26 th June at the latest.Miss Marshall and Mrs Rice

Reading Awards

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

EYFS

Bennie F

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

EYFS

Harley W

Year 2

Lily C

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

Year 2

Rechard C

Year 5/6

Sadev W
James R
Summer G

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.

Isaac D

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

George T

Gold award as they can fluently and rapidly recall the 7, 8, 9 and 12 times tables.

Ella S

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!

Our dedicated Opal and play lead team are looking for resources to expand our children’s lunchtimes.

If you are having a clear out, rather than taking a trip to the tip we can reuse it. With a little imagination, our children can use an old pot and spoon to make the best mud pie anyone has ever seen 🥧 The suitcase that is gathering dust in the loft can transport our children to the moon and back🚀

We are currently looking for the following:

Suitcases
Pots/pans/spoons/ cooking trays/ old oven racks
Old kettles/toasters
Milk creates
Un used paint brushes
Instruments
Blankets/cushions/carpet

KS2 have also found a new passion in a good game of pool, so we are looking to expand the amount of children who can play it at any one time by sourcing another pool table.

Calling all local businesses: do you have any large pallets you want to get rid of that we can use as storage? Or any cable wheels we can use as activity tables? We will gladly receive them.

As always, support from parents, carers and the wider community is greatly appreciated in supporting our children’s imaginations 💭☺️

Any donations can be left in the red building foyer or larger items outside the bottle greenhouse.

Thank you from team Opal and the Play Team

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’— Summer.

Riverside News Issue 458 – 20.06.25