This week saw the end of some of the PE and Games activities  with an Inter House competition with the children before they change activities after half term.  Falcons, Kites, Kestrels, and Eagles were all trying to get the 20 house points for 1st place, 15 house points for 2nd place, 10 house points for 3rd place and 5 points for 4th place.  The emphasis was for children to enjoy a relaxed competition but also practice the skills they have been learning for the past six weeks.

Year 1 was multi skill based - Kites won for Cherry Class and Falcons won for Chestnut Class

Year 2 was based on throwing, catching and target throwing - Kestrels won for Beech Class and Kestrels won for Birch Class

Year 3 was based on throwing and catching games - Oak and Olive will do their competition on Wednesday,  results are as  follows

Oak Kites came first and Kestrels came first in Olive class

Year 4 was based on hoop and zone ball - Kites in Pear Class were most improved and Eagles won for Poplar Class

Year 5 was based on Tag Rugby - Kestrels won for Walnut Class and Kites and Falcons were joint first for Willow Class

Year 6 was based on Football - results will be shared on Thursday - In year 6, the winning House for Holly was Kestrels.

The children have got stuck into the competition and is another good way to show progress in PE and for the children to be exposed to a bit more competition.  Generally there was a good feeling and wearing the house t shirts made the event even more special.

Wow what a lovely way to spend a Monday morning with none other than 8 Year 4 children in our First Mega Fest which is a Rugby Festival concentrating on the Values of Rugby which are T R E D S ( which stand for Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline and Sportsmanship ) which was demonstrated in abundance all morning, the children as ever  made me feel  so proud and had an excellent  attitude throughout the festival.

Although it was not a competitive event as such there were 180 children from local schools taking part in various stations where they learnt to play Rugby Rounders, Rob the Nest, Breakout Tag, Rugby Netball and four games of Tag Rugby, where I have to say the children really improved on with confidence, skill and knowledge!  The children completed 8 stations and were fantastic in each game and station, we had some great trys from Owais, Ismail and Bilal collectively with Oscar, Mustapha, Hiba, Elif  and Ibrahim making great tags to the opposition. 

Well done to the team and it was definitely a team Riverside effort! It was also a first for some of our children to represent the school and I really was proud and it made my heart have a warm fuzzy feeling, we had great support from the parents too so thank you for the lifts to and from the event and the cheering from the sidelines!

One of the staff from another school even asked if he could have one of our players so you can imagine how proud that made me feel too!!

Well done to Elif, Oscar, Hiba, Mustapha, Bilal, Owais, Ibrahim and Ismail, you were a real pleasure to take!

On a wet and wintry Thursday afternoon, Riverside Boys Years 5/6 football team had their first fixture of the new year academic year. They played two games against some strong opposition, neighbours Braywick Court and Waltham St Lawrence.
Considering it was the boys first few games together, they played well and can be proud of their efforts.

The first half of the first game against Braywick Court was tough and if it wasn’t for some strong tackling from the dynamic defensive duo of Salahuddin and Eisa, Braywick would have been out of sight. The second half saw much better cohesion and control from the middle of the pitch, Leo, Ameen and Murtaza all playing with their heads up. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough and Braywick Court proved too strong.
Final Score loss 1-4

The next game started well with Azaan and Amaan showing great strength on the ball to hold off some tough tackling. Riverside took the lead through a determination to apply pressure when the opposition had the ball. As the game went on, goalkeeper Farhaan produced some excellent saves and was beginning to make excellent use of his hands. However, Waltham St Lawrence came back strong to equalise with a few minutes left. A neat little one two between Hasan and Salman nearly ended up with Riverside taking the win but it wasn’t meant to be and the game ended in a draw. 
Final Score Draw 1-1
Next fixture is on Monday 21st at Holyport, kick off 3:30pm.

What a wonderful afternoon at Newland's Secondary School, this was a first festival for some of our children this afternoon and what a credit to the school they really were, Miss Porter and myself were amazed at the excitedness of our children and they looked oh so smart in our new Competition polo shirts, we can literally spot our children wherever we go now as they look so smart...

We started the afternoon off with pushing the balls with the pillow polo sticks to get used to how to hold the sticks, this was a completely new festival for us to go to and the children got stuck into it quickly before they got caught by Olaf! They then went onto another station where they aimed at the goal area and cones and then in the last station they had to weave through the other players who were polar bears.

They then went onto play a game against St Marys and drew 0-0 and then went onto win against Furze Platt Junior School with a winning goal from Corey!!  Well done team.

Well done to Afsar, Emiko, Yusraa, Sahil, Corey, Killian, Abdul Raheem and Rameez, all children will receive a certificate and should be pleased with how they performed in the game situation.

What a fantastic morning of football and the quality of play was really good with a lot of the teams present really working  hard as a team!!  St Edmund Campian and Courthouse came first and second in the tournament and this was a first boys tournament that we have entered run by Maidenhead Magpies in the Community and it was so nice to see such good sportsmanship.

Thank you boys for being a real pleasure and joy to take to a tournament, not only did they look the part, they played the part well and have given us some things to think about further when we play our fixture on Thursday this week.

Well done to Murtaza (Captain), Amaan A, Azaan, Salman, Salahuddin, Eisa, Samriddh, Saqib and Bailey-Ray, some great goals from Azaan, Murtaza and Amaan A and some great saves from Salman and Azaan.

The results of the game were as follows...

Riverside v St Edmund Campian Lost 0-4

Riverside v All Saints Drew 1-1

Riverside v Courthouse 2  Lost 0-2

Riverside v Holyport Lost 0-2

Riverside v St Marys Won 2-1

Riverside v Courthouse 1 Lost 0-5

Riverside v Jennetts Park Lost 0-3

Well another amazing game played by the Netball team, another victory 10-2, the girls played really well  and demonstrated fantastic sportsmanship and honesty when they knocked the ball out of court and when they said three cheers at the end.  I am so proud of them they really have shown a maturity and an eagerness to improve.

Congratulations to Ezzah who was nominated Player of the Match and well done to Safia, Sumaiya, Hafsah, Vaania, Charlotte, Fahtima and Haleema, although this is our last game before half term we still have another week training so am looking forward to the Year 5 and 6's and Year 4 too!

Well another lovely game of netball was had by our team today and it is always so nice to have a home game, I think the children definitely showed they were in their comfort zone and really have shown great movement on court and some fast passing.

The first quarter was 6-0 to Riverside, followed by 10-1 in the second quarter.  On the third quarter, the score was 14-1 and the final quarter was 17-1, another outstanding victory to Riverside, Charlotte and Ezzah worked really well together and were helped out by the rest of the team, Vaania, Haleema, Sumaiya, Safia, Fahtima and superb defending from Amaan A and Hafsah.  Once again thanks to the parents that came and saw the rest of the match, I know the children loved having some support!

We have another match next week so watch this space for further details!!!

Let Ezzah and Charlotte tell you about their new shooting technique.  Well done Charlotte for Player of the Match and well done to Safia for being a great captain!