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• Tuesday 25 March 2025 Important update on school meals As a school, we were disappointed to learn that paid-for school meals will be increasing from £2.20 per day to £3.00 per day (for children in Reception-Year 6) and from £2.10 per day to £3.00 per day (for children in Nursery) from 1 April 2025.Whilst we recognise that everything will increase in cost from time to time, we feel a daily jump of 80p/90p per day is completely unreasonable. For example, if you have three school-aged children in your family this is an increase of £12 per week.We don't think that it is fair that hard working families who are already battling with the cost of living hikes should have to deal with a such a significant increase for school meals.We've been working hard behind the scenes to come up with a solution and can confirm that Lemington Riverside will be funding the increase from 1 April 2025, up until the end of the summer term (17 July 2025) - this will mean that prices for school meals will remain at the
• Friday 21 March 2025 Win tickets in a corporate box for Newcastle United v Crystal Palace, thanks to Howard Snaith Coaches!
• Friday 21 March 2025 Win a signed pair of Bruno Guimaraes' boots!
• Wednesday 12 March 2025 March 2025 Newsletter
• Tuesday 11 March 2025 Black & White Day: Friday 14 March Our city is buzzing this week ahead of Newcastle United's game against Liverpool in the League Cup Final on Sunday 16 March!
• Monday 10 March 2025 Book Fair Returns!
• Monday 10 March 2025 SEND Social for Parents/Carers
• Monday 3 March 2025 World Book Day - Thursday 6 March This Thursday is World Book Day and we will be marking the day at Lemington Riverside with a number of activities in school.
• Tuesday 11 February 2025 Disco Tickets
• Monday 10 February 2025 February 2025 Newsletter
• Friday 7 February 2025 Exclusive free ticket offer for Lemington Riverside families at the Centre for Life
• Friday 7 February 2025 'The Bridge' children showcase their art work at Baltic! A group of talented children from The Bridge at Lemington Riverside Primary School have been working on a very special art project – and now their incredible work is on display at the Baltic Art Gallery on Gateshead Quayside!
• Thursday 6 February 2025 Updated school policy on administering pain relief Please see our updated 'Supporting Children with Medical Conditions' policy below. We would like to particularly draw parents/carers attention to the updated school procedures for administering pain relief in school (such as Calpol) - this can be found in Appendix 2 on the final page of the policy or read directly below the document.
• Thursday 6 February 2025 Champions Thursday Following Newcastle United's fantastic League Cup Semi Final victory last night over Arsenal at St. James' Park, we have a fantastic attendance and punctuality prize to give away TODAY - Thursday 6 February.
• Monday 3 February 2025 Valentines Day Discos
• Thursday 23 January 2025 Important: Weather Warning The Met Office have issued an amber weather warning for high winds for our area between 06:00 and 21:00 on Friday 24 January.
• Thursday 23 January 2025 STEMtastic 2025
• Wednesday 22 January 2025 Relationships & Sex Education (RSE) Policy Consultation We are currently carrying out the statutory 3-year review of our Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) policy at Lemington Riverside.
• Tuesday 14 January 2025 Sleep Workshops We are pleased to share details of a free workshop taking place at the Charlton Street Hub on Wednesday 12 February 2025, 1:00-3:00pm at the Charlton Street Community Hub (next door to our school).
• Wednesday 8 January 2025 Christmas Jumper Collection The festive season may be over, but we are thinking ahead to Christmas 2025 already. If your child has grown out of any of their Christmas jumpers, other festive clothes or Christmas accessories we would love to add them to our pre-loved clothing stall so that other children in school can make use of them next Christmas.
• Tuesday 7 January 2025 January 2025 Newsletter Check out all of the latest news from Lemington Riverside in our January 2025 newsletter.
• Tuesday 17 December 2024 Remembrance Day Appeal Last month we had a number of Remembrance Day activities in school. We are delighted to share that we raised just under £85 for the Royal British Legion.
• Tuesday 17 December 2024 Themed lunch days: January 2025 We are pleased to confirm two themed lunch days in January 2025.
• Monday 16 December 2024 Newcastle Eagles basketball ticket giveaway
• Monday 16 December 2024 Year 4 Swimming We are delighted to confirm that we will be offering free swimming lessons for all children in year 4 in the first half of the Spring term, this opportunity is possible due to our ongoing partnership work with Royal Grammar School Newcastle.
• Thursday 12 December 2024 NUFC Challenge Update!
• Wednesday 11 December 2024 Lemington Riverside choir perform in Eldon Square Today (Wednesday 11 December) our Lemington Riverside Christmas Choir put smiles on the faces of the Christmas shoppers at the John Lewis store in Eldon Square Shopping Centre, Newcastle.
• Wednesday 11 December 2024 Supermarket Vouchers: Christmas Holidays We are pleased to confirm that we are able to send out supermarket vouchers to parents/carers of all children who are entitled to income-related free school meals this Christmas.
• Wednesday 11 December 2024 'Feeding Families' Food Hampers
• Tuesday 10 December 2024 Cranberry the Elf and her festive friends visit Lemington! Today we had some very special visitors to Lemington Riverside! We were joined by Cranberry the Elf and her festive friends.

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