Wow! Students have been participating in a wide range of activities including Indonesian dance, Batik art and Wayang puppet making, along with practicing speaking and writing stories using the Indonesian language! Keluarga Keluarga means ‘family’ in Indonesian. Year 5 students made booklets and wrote about their family members – who they were, their names and … Read more
At Riverside, our Year 1-6 students are encouraged to participate in the Mastery Badges Program. Students are tested fortnightly by our Deputies and Principal in both high frequency word knowledge (literacy) and times table knowledge (numeracy). Students are awarded their Mastery Badge for each level once achieved. A big well done to all who are … Read more
It was wonderful to see the support of our school families with the number and wide variety of costumes paraded by students who enjoyed dressing up for Book Week – a fun day for all! Book Week is a time to ‘Read, Grow, Inspire’! Dating back to 1913 Children’s Book Week evolved when Franklin K. … Read more
Students have been involved in a great range of events over the weeks, including a visit from some West Coast Eagles players! PSSA Cross Country On Wednesday August 2nd in cold, wet and muddy weather, our interschool cross country team braved the conditions to run to the best of their ability in the PSSA Cross … Read more
NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. Our students enjoyed participating in a range of cultural activities: Playdough Bushfood Activity (K-PP) Students had fun modelling playdough to the shapes of bush food and learnt the pronunciation of words: Sand Tracks Symbols Game (Year 1-2) The … Read more
As part of our school’s focus on improving Literacy outcomes for all students, Riverside Primary School runs a number of programs under the MultiLit banner. MultiLit stands for Making Up Lost Time in Literacy and is an intensive reading program designed to increase children’s progress in reading accuracy, fluency, comprehension and spelling. It is a research … Read more
Over the last month Riverside students have been RISING up! Two Riverside values we have been focussing on are Inclusive and Respect. Here are some photos of our students modelling our expectations. For the pictures with the newspaper: Year 2 students had to work as a team to ‘cross the river’ but there is a … Read more
Students were greeted to the smell of bacon cooking on the barbeques for our Riverside BIG BREKKY held on Thursday 15th June 2023. We are so lucky to have the support of East Lake Church, with volunteers rising early to prepare a full breakfast including bacon and egg rolls, a selection of fresh fruit, muesli … Read more
It’s wonderful to see our school community participate in the special days held this term! Support ensures the success of these events and it is much appreciated. National Walk Safely to School Day It was fantastic to see our school community supporting ‘Walk Safely To School Day’ – an event which promotes being active and … Read more
Students have enjoyed participating in a range of sport over the last 5 weeks, including the year 3 Soccer Carnival, Winter Sports Fixtures and Dockers Cup. PSSA Year 3 Soccer Carnival A great day was enjoyed by our Year 3 students who played their first interschool sports carnival at Peelwood Reserve last Thursday. The students … Read more
