Physical Education is an essential component of the curriculum at Riverside Primary School. All Pre-Primary – Year 6 students receive 60 minutes of specialist PE time each week where they are taught to move their body, understand movement, and learn through movement. In addition, Year 3 – 6 students also participate in 60 minutes per week of organised sport. In the early childhood and junior primary years there is a strong emphasis on the fundamental movement skills, which include locomotor, body management and object control skills. In the middle and upper years, the students begin to refine their movement skills and apply them to modified games, applying strategies and tactics to game situations.
In-term Swimming Lessons
All students at Riverside participate in in-term swimming lessons.
- Term 1 Year 3-6 Avalon Beach
- Term 3 Pre-Primary -Year 2 Mandurah Aquatic Centre
Sporting Schools
Riverside is an active Sporting Schools participant and through this funding, students are able to experience learning across a variety of sports including gymnastics, hockey, volleyball, basketball and bike education.
Intra School Carnivals
The Faction Athletics Carnivals in Term 3 are a highlight on the school’s calendar. The Year 1-6 students participate in many individual and team events on the day where they showcase their running, jumping and throwing skills with participation in the rotation style carnival the emphasis. The Kindy and Pre-Primary students also participate in a similar half day carnival.
Students are also given the opportunity to participate in a Faction Swimming and Faction Cross Country carnival.
Interschool Carnivals
Being a member of the Peel School Sports Association (PSSA) Riverside Primary School is an active participant in several interschool events across the school year.
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 |
| Leaguetag (Year 5/6) | Winter Sport and Lightning Carnival (Year 5/6) | Cross Country | Red Ball Tennis (Year 4) |
| Swimming (Year 4-6) | Dockers Cup (Year 5/6 Girls) | BWA Basketball (Year 5/6) | T20 Cricket (Year 5/6) |
| 5 a Side Soccer (Year 3) | Athletics (Year 3-6) | Lawn Bowls (Year 5/6) |
