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Leopard: James M For bringing amazing energy to our classroom every single day! You are an enthusiastic learner whose incredible knowledge of animals and dinosaurs—and your joy in sharing it—makes our class a brighter place. Well done Superstar! |
Zebra: Alfie R For writing some fantastic sentences about minibeasts! He has worked incredibly hard on his handwriting, focusing on making his letters the correct size and shaping them beautifully. Keep up the amazing work, Alfie! |
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Lion: Alfie M For your amazing focus while sewing your puppet all by yourself and for putting so much effort into your reading this week. You have also been super helpful during tidy up time each day. Well done! |
Bear: Scarlett B For an amazing effort during whole class learning. You have been a wonderful role model, sitting beautifully, listening politely and engaging well with all areas of learning. |
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Otter: Polly B For always being super helpful, polite, and caring every single day. Polly is an amazing role model in Otter Class who always looks out for others and works incredibly hard on all of her independent activities. Well done, Polly! |
Seal: Primrose P For being a total superstar in everything you do! You always try your absolute hardest, never give up and bring so much kindness and helpfulness to our classroom. You have been truly amazing in Year 2, Primrose. Well done! |
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Dolphin: Finley C For always striving to do his best. for using tolerance for working on challenging questions and for achieving many team points in his work. What a star! Well done Finley, keep up the good work. |
Giraffe: Olivia L For creating an excellent pasta salad in our DT lesson this week. You learnt some great new cutting skills and produced a tasty treat. Well done.! |
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Turtle: Mason O For working incredibly hard in every single subject this week and putting in maximum effort. We are so proud of his focus and super attitude toward learning! Well done. |
Panda: Jack M For your wonderful behaviour and for consistently being a fantastic role model to everyone in our class! |
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Tiger: Hollie-Rose B For being a remarkable role model who leads with kindness and is always there to support and lift up others in the classroom. Well done Hollie-Rose! |
Meerkat: Esther M For always being her happy, smiling self and lighting up the room wherever she goes. Your Achievement in working incredibly hard during your morning lessons shows fantastic dedication—thank you for bringing such bright energy to our school day! |
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Rhino: Henry T For always working sensibly, listening carefully and showing the true spirit of resilience by giving your absolute best every single day. |
Kangaroo: Andrew O For a fantastic performance in the Year 6 production, and for consistently demonstrating a kind, caring nature toward both peers and adults. |
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Koala: Eleanor E For her outstanding performance in the Year 6 production, showing everyone what a huge talent she has. Eleanor, you absolutely shone on stage and we are so proud of you! |
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Dates not shown on previous issues are added in RED!
10/07/26 — PTA: KS2 Summer Disco
15/07/26 — Year 6 Leavers Party
16/07/26 — EYFS Gruffalo Trip
17/07/26 — Year 6 Graduation at 9am
17/07/26 — Children break up today
With the warmer weather, it is wonderful to see so many children active and using bikes or scooters to travel to school. However, we must ask for your cooperation in keeping our school grounds safe and accident-free during the busy drop-off and pick-up times.
Please note the following important rules regarding wheeled transport:
No Riding on School Property: For the safety of toddlers, parents, and staff navigating the busy playground, children must dismount their bicycles and scooters at the school gates. Please remind your children that they must walk their bikes or scooters once they are inside the school grounds.
E-Scooters Are Strictly Prohibited: We would like to remind families that privately owned e-scooters are not permitted on school property under any circumstances. In addition to the legal restrictions regarding their use on public pavements and roads, they pose a significant safety hazard in a crowded school environment.
Thank you for working with us to keep our pathways safe for everyone!
Below are a list of letters, leaflets and posters uploaded to the website this week.
Letters sent this week
Important Notice Regarding School Books 10.07.26
Year 3,4,5,6 Football Trials-Girls
Year 3,4,5,6 Football Trials-Boys
Previous letters, leaflets and posters can be found on the school website Events & Letters > Letters & Parent Meetings
We have received a deeply concerning report from a member of our local community regarding a possible near-miss outside the school earlier this week.
On Tuesday afternoon around 3:20 PM, a young boy on a scooter crossed the end of The Drive alone, without stopping or looking for oncoming traffic. Fortunately, the motorist involved was driving very slowly and was able to react quickly, preventing what could have been a serious accident.
While we are addressing this directly with our students in classes to reinforce vital road safety rules, we urgently need the support of all parents and carers to keep our children safe.
How You Can HelpTalk to your children: Please speak with your children tonight about the dangers of the roads. Remind them to Stop, Look, and Listen, especially if they are on scooters or bikes. They must never assume a driver has seen them or will be able to stop in time.
Keep corners clear: The driver noted that their visibility was severely restricted because cars were parked on the double yellow lines on the corner of the junction.
Park legally and safely: Parking on double yellow lines or blocking junctions—even for “just a minute” during peak drop-off and pick-up times—puts lives at risk. It creates dangerous blind spots for both drivers and children trying to cross.
Please help us keep all of our students safe by parking responsibly and talking to your children about road awareness.
Thank you for your cooperation and continued support in keeping our school community safe.
Starting next week, our new class times will be:
1st Class: 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM
2nd Class: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
The club runs through the summer holidays. Please contact MERIDIAN KUNG FU directly.
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.
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!
Can You Help? Plastic Pallets Needed for OPAL! 🧱✨
Our OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) project is going from strength to strength and the children are absolutely loving their enhanced outdoor playtimes! To help us build even more exciting, creative and rugged play structures, we are currently on the lookout for plastic pallets.
Plastic pallets are fantastic for school play because they don’t splinter, they wash down easily and they are incredibly durable for building dens, staging and obstacle courses.
What we need: Clean, sturdy plastic pallets (any size or colour).
If you work for a business that has spares, or if you happen to have any lying around that you could donate, we would be incredibly grateful!
Please contact Mrs Chandler at: dolphin@riversideprimary.co.uk and we can arrange dropping them off.
Thank you so much for your continued support in making our playtimes amazing!
