Dunston Riverside Community Primary School

Y3 Celebrate Harvest Festival

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:26:01 +0000

Year 3 held a whole school assembly to inform the other children why we celebrate Harvest Festival. They also read prayers and thanked everyone for the kindness they showed when donating food. They explained that the food will be packed away and sent to help homeless people and The People's Kitchen.

Each class sang their own Harvest Festival song.

Baking in Nursery

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:16:44 +0000

In Early Years we bake.

Year 1 Visit to Saint Nicholas's Church

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:13:11 +0000

On the 22nd September 2011, we walked along to our local church in Dunston where the Reverend David Atkinson met us. While we were there we explored the inside of the church and learned lots about baptism.

In this picture you can see Mum (Teri), Dad (Ewan), Godmothers (Courtney and Tilly) and three Godfathers (Ryan, Bradley G and Connor). They are using the doll to act out the christening of baby Rose.

Here is Reverend David at the font using the holy water to baptise baby Rose. He made the sign of a cross on the forehead of the baby to show that the child now belongs to the church.

Year Two Library Trip

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:51:04 +0000

We visit Dunston Library every three weeks. The pupils in Year Two enjoy reading the range of books on offer at the library.

Year 2 CLC Visit

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:23:19 +0000

Pupils in Year 2 learned how to create a story with moving images and music at the Gateshead City Learning Centre.

Macmillan Coffee Morning 2011

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:11:01 +0000

Cakes, cups of tea, coffee and a chat! Thanks to everyone who made our coffee morning a great success. Money raised has been donated to this fantasic charity.

Harvest Festival 2011

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:44:38 +0000

Well done to all of the the pupils and parents from Dunston Riverside Community Primary School who donated food for our Harvest Festival. All donations have been collected by Gateshead Social Services.

During the Harvest Festival each class performed a song of 'Thanks Giving' for the whole school.

Thank you to Mrs Gordon and Year 3 for organising this event.

Family Learning - Cooking 4 Life

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:17:11 +0000

Our 'Happy and Healthy' Family Learning members took part in a Cooking 4 Life session with Nick the chef. A great time was had by all!!

Children and family members were actively involved in making a meal to eat.

Dunston Riverside Rabbits

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:53:50 +0000

The pupils and staff at Dunston Riverside Community Primary School would like welcome our pet rabbits. We have five rabbits to look after and our pupils have named them.

Year Two named the above rabbit Charlie.

Year Three named the above rabbit Alvin.

Year Four named the above rabbit Fluffy.

Year Five named the above rabbit Nibbles.

Year Six have named the above rabbit Woody.

Year Two Trip - Clasper Towers Adventure Playground

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:21:06 +0000

The children in year two had a fantastic afternoon at clasper towers adventure playground.

Year 6 Cycling Challenge

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:30:38 +0000

Some of our Year 6 children visited Kingsmeadow to take part in a cycling challenge with some other local schools. After learning how to use the mountain bikes, they raced around a cycling circuit of hills and obstacles. All the children had a brilliant day, and Liam and Caitlin both won a medal!

Music Workshop - KS2

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:36:43 +0000

Everyone had great fun during a Key Stage 2 Music Workshop.

Children sang, performed and played musical instruments. They learnt about music from different parts of the world including;

Highlife Music from Ghana

Flamenco Music from Spain

Cajun Music from USA

Reggae Music from Jamaica

Gypsy Music from Romania

We had such good fun EVERYONE joined in and really enjoyed the singing session!

Listen and watch a movie about it here ... MOV02517.AVI

YEAR 6 PROM - CLASS OF 2011

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:25:43 +0000

Year 6 Trip To South Shields 2011

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:16:33 +0000

The pupils in year six enjoyed their trip to South Shields. A visit to the museum followed by time spent in the park meant a great day was had by all.

KS2 Production 2011 - Cinderella

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:08:57 +0000

Well done to all of our KS2 children who took part in the end of year production. Have a look at the cast photographs in the presentation below.