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• Friday 20 June 2025 Flu Immunisations - September 2025 If your child is currently in Nursery, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4 or Year 5 please read the following information carefully.
• Friday 20 June 2025 A milestone moment for LRPS: France 2025
• Tuesday 17 June 2025 Y5 Debating Competition at Newcastle Civic Centre We are very proud of our Year 5 debating team who have today represented Lemington Riverside in the West End School's Trust (WEST) debating competition at Newcastle Civic Centre.
• Monday 16 June 2025 Sports Days 2025
• Tuesday 10 June 2025 Class Teachers - 2025/2026 School Year We are pleased to confirm our class teachers for the 2025/2026 school year.
• Friday 6 June 2025 Walbottle Y6-7 Transition Information We have received information from Walbottle Academy regarding the Year 6 transition day that takes place on Wednesday 9 July 2025.
• Friday 9 May 2025 Keeping your child safe online Please see the document below for some useful tips on how you can help to keep your child safe when they are online.
• Tuesday 6 May 2025 Summer term 2025 - Dates for the diary
• Tuesday 29 April 2025 Come and join us for a cuppa!
• Monday 28 April 2025 Branded uniform? Not a problem here!
• Monday 28 April 2025 Term dates/training days confirmed for 2025/2026 Our confirmed term dates and the dates which school will be closed for staff training days (INSET days) in the 2025/2026 academic year can be viewed below:
• Tuesday 8 April 2025 April 2025 Newsletter
• Monday 7 April 2025 Easter Week at Lemington Riverside
• 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

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