THIS WEEK: POPLAR CLASS NEWS, P.E. NEWS, PHONICS, Y5 UFTON

COURT TRIP, Y2 SCIENCE, PTA NEWS, LOTS MORE DATES FOR YOUR

DIARY, AND MUCH MORE! …

The Riverside

Reporter ISSUE 60:9th March 2018 www.riversideprimaryschool.org.uk

@RiversideMhead THIS TERM’S SCHOOL VALUES ARE TO SPOT OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE:

DON’T FORGET MOTHER’S DAY ON SUNDAY. BEECH CLASS DIDN’T, AND

EVEN RECRUITED KANDINSKY TO HELP

CONFIDENT & RESILIENT

From the Head’s Chair

This week our year 2 children have been taking maths outside and bringing it to life

whilst measuring and recording their Olympic jumps. The focus, measurement and

discussion was a great part of their learning and the discussion, team work and pride

was palpable. I’ve tweeted Greg Rutherford so let’s see if he responds! Well done beech

and Birch class’.

The second Phonics session was again well attended by parents of Reception children

and I am really proud that so many of you took the opportunity to come and learn about

how we help teach children to read

at RIVERSIDE – as well as how you

can help accelerate this at home.

Thank you Mrs Arnold – especially

as it was your birthday! (We did sing

)

Year 5 enjoyed a fantastic visit to

Ufton Court on Thursday to support

their learning about the Anglo

Saxons. They experienced a Viking

Long-ship and recreated the battle

of reading, whilst getting physical and really bringing their learning to life! Well done

children and thank you to Mr Bennett and Miss Moody for arranging the trip.

Year 2 have also been learning about

growing plants in science, understanding

life cycles and what plants need to keep

healthy. They

have planted

radishes,

lettuces and

sunflowers so

I look forward

to seeing the

fruits of their

labour!

Meanwhile, in

Reception,

the children

have been

putting their taste

buds to the test

this week and by

the looks of things,

the sour taste of

the lemon juice on

their porridge was

quite new and

unexpected! These

experiences are

brilliant and the

fact we can

capture them for

posterity is even better

Finally this week I’m really proud that we have our PTA building their activities, intentions

and visibility – the piece in this week’s Maidenhead advertiser is lovely. Thanks to the

work so many of you have put in so far and I look forward to reaping the rewards for the

school and, most importantly, the children in the future

Nick Stevens Headteacher

Riverside Primary School & Nursery Tel: 01628 621741 Email:

riverside@rbwm.org.uk

P E NEWS

We had a fantastic week for RIVERSIDE this

week, with yet more proud moments and

exciting times...

The Year 4 football team had a mixed School

Sports Partnership competition at Altwood

School on Thursday morning and the children

were extremely excited!!!

We had 3 games to play on our pitch and there

were 14 teams playing. We started off against

Courthouse

(who

eventually got

through to the semi-finals) and lost 2-0, however it

was a great warm up game to start us off, as our

second game against Cookham Dean was a victory

with a hat-trick being scored by Amaan and Haleema,

the final score being 4-1. Our last game was against St

Lukes. We maintained the pressure but neither side

scored (which was a shame) but all the same it was a

thrilling game! Well done to all the players and

particularly well done to Azaan, as he managed to

save a goal with the help of Amaan.

The team played well as a team and we all had a lovely

time on the fantastic facilities Altwood School had to offer. Well done to Abdulaleem,

Ezzah, Haleema, Umaymmah, Azaan, Amaan I, Amaan A, Murtaza, Aiden and Salman:

you looked very smart and although we didn't get any further in the competition, we had

the opportunity to work as a team throughout the morning and we saw an improvement

in confidence and the team’s general standard of play.

After school was a home Netball match against Cookham Dean and this was another

exciting episode in the Riverside day. The year 3 and 4's were also having netball

practice so it was ‘all go’ this evening! In the first three quarters, Cookham Dean were

beating us but in the final quarter, we seemed to have got our positions right and it all

clicked into place and we finally won 9-7! It really was a nail biter of a game and as an

Umpire and a coach I was so pleased to see the determination of our children shine

through and win. Thanks to Mrs Yaseen for her help with refreshments after the game

(and words of encouragement from the sidelines) and to Mr Cranfield and Mrs Gowing to

cheer our team on as well as Mrs Azaad (cheering for both sides).

Well done to the team, Rehan, Michell (well done player of the match), Bre, Tasmiah,

Safia, Ruquyyah, Laiba Alesha and Laiba, we have another match against White

Waltham next week away so please wish us luck for that!

POPLAR CLASS NEWS

Poplar class have been very busy since the start of term.

This week in English we have been developing our

knowledge of issues and dilemmas. The children have

all shown great progress to what an issue and dilemma

is and how to write a response to dealing with the

problem. It has been very pleasing to see children

come up with their own solutions to a dilemma and

using descriptive and emotive writing, using a story hill

to support the structure

of their writing.

In Maths, we have been

learning how to

construct bar graphs

and describing how we

need to use a suitable

scale to present our

findings. We collected

data within the class

and created bar graphs about our favourite fruits and class birthdays.

It has been wonderful to see children in Poplar class to continue develop their reading

skills and enjoying a range of books, some children have been searching for words which

end in -s, -es or –ies. It is a real pleasure to see children read their favourite or a new

book.

Some children also had the opportunity to visit Altwood School to take part in a football

tournament, all the children were very excited to visit the school and play against other

competing schools. Well done to all the children who took part.

A big well done to all the children in Poplar Class. Keep up the good work!

Thank you to Mrs Duckworth and Mrs Ashton for all your hard work and support in

lessons, it is greatly appreciated.

THINGS WORTH CELEBRATING…

HOUSE POINT TOTALS THIS WEEK…

KITES EAGLES KESTRELS FALCONS

55 51 47 42

BEST ATTENDANCE OF THE WEEK… (Expectation 96%)

WALNUT 79.6% BIRCH 78.6

CHESTNUT

&

CHERRY

77.6%

IMPORTANT MESSAGES & REMINDERS

COLLECTING YOUR

CHILDREN

Please ensure you collect your children promptly at 3.15

(the end of the school day) unless they are attending

school clubs. Children can become anxious if parents do

not arrive on time and the Office Angels often have a

queue in the office Many thanks for your cooperation.

COLD WEATHER

If the weather is cold / frosty / snowy outside before you

leave for school, please ensure your child has

appropriate clothing to keep them warm – especially at

play and lunch times. Named coat, hat, scarf and gloves

are a must. Thank you!

DATE OCCASION WHO?

Every Day Breakfast Club open from 8.00am All

Sun 11 Mar Mother’s Day ALL

Wed 14 Mar Y4 Road Safety Workshop Y4

Thur 15 Mar Norden Farm Arts Workshops - Willow & Walnut

class Y5

Fri 16 Mar Norden Farm Arts Workshops - Poplar & Holly

class Y4/6

Fri 16 Mar Football Match vs Oldfield Football Team

Sat 17 Mar St. Patrick’s Day ALL

Mon 19 Mar Parents Evening 4.30pm – 6.30pm ALL

Tues 20

Mar Roughshod Drama Workshop Y5/6 Y5/6

Thur 22 Mar Parents Evening 3.30pm – 5.30pm ALL

Fri 21 Mar Easter Cracked workshop Y6

Wed 28 Mar PTA Disco FS2/KS1 - 5.15pm / KS2 - 6.30pm ALL

Thur 29 Mar End of Term – 2pm Finish ALL

Letter or form to follow / available