Another thrilling competition on the Netball courts at Furze Platt Senior School was tackled by the Year 5 and 6 Netball team today, the girls were very excited to be participating and representing Riverside today.....

There were 15 teams there and there were 3 pools, we were on Court 3 and had to play against St Lukes ( a win for us 7-0) and St Edmund Campian ( another win for us 4-0 ), we then lost 1-0 against Lowbrook A team and our last game was against Oldfield and they beat us narrowly by 3-1.   This meant that we got through to the next round and we ended up playing against St Edmund Campian A and lost by a small margin, final score Riverside 2, St Edmund 3.  Our girls showed resilience and a desire to go further but sadly on this occasion we did not get to play any more games but I have to say they did really well to get where they did, the final results will be sent to us but we came back to school with our heads held high and proud of our achievements today.  Well done team Riverside, a great result and well done to Sumaiya for being captain and to the rest of the team for excellent play.. Well done also to Charlotte, Ezzah, Vaania, Safia, Hafsah and Haleema some really great moments of good netball.

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!

Dear Parents/Carers

I hope you all enjoyed the Summer holidays and are looking forward to the exciting year ahead. 

Sign up for clubs will be on Thursday 12th September 2019 and Friday 13th September 2019 in the main reception. Please note that ALL after school clubs will be £2.00 per club, per week. Clubs run for 5 weeks so therefore will be £10.00 per club, per term. ALL lunchtime clubs are free of charge and there is no need to sign your child up for these as they can just turn up on the day. 

Money for each club is to be put in an envelope with your child's name, class and club choice. 

Clubs will commence week beginning Monday 16th September 2019 for 5 weeks. 

We look forward to seeing as many children as possible sign up for these exciting clubs. The new enrichment timetable for this term can be found under the children tab, clubs and activities. 

Best regards

So so so........

After such an epic weekend for British sport, I wanted to be the first to tell you of our first Year 3 and 4 Girls Football team friendly match against Braywick Court School, we had a fabulous first game and it was the first time that the girls had played together as a team and we had a last minute addition to the team, thank you Lithanya!

The girls had a fabulous game, we had 15 minutes for each half and we had a hat-trick from Hiba and Diya scored too, leaving us with a final score of 4-1!   As goal keeper,Zaina saved some amazing penalties  and attempts at goal, well done to all the girls involved, it was so nice to have support from all the families and I can safely say that their confidence grew throughout the 30 minutes, so thank you to all the families for your support.  Hiba gets a special mention as she was voted by Braywick Court as Player of the match.

Well done to team Riverside, a great way to finish our fixtures this year and a great starting point for November! Laila made a great captain too, thank you.

Well done to Lily, Diya, Laila, Hiba, Zaina, Daania and Lithanya, you should be very pleased with your first match and onwards and upwards for September, make sure you train in the holidays!!

Our last School Sports Competition for the Ascot and Maidenhead School Sports Partnership and what a scorcher of a competition it was!!

We played against Courthouse ( they won against us) and Larchfield ( we won against them) and although we didn't get in the first four placings, Mrs Duckworth assured me that the children showed some brilliant batting and bowling skills and ones that our children should be very proud of...  The competition was in a beautiful setting and well done to the team who had a really good time, well done Hafsah, Anum, Ezzah, Joshua, Ibrahim, Abdual-Sami, Sami, Hashim, Idris and Amaan A.

Here's hoping we will improve on our placings next year!

Below are some photos of the event.....

And finally......

Archery for all classes!!

Well done everyone on a very busy and active week!!!