The Rivers C. of E. Academy Trust
Join Us for Our Next Open Morning! We're excited to welcome prospective families to our Open Morning on Friday 26th June. Date: Friday 26th June Time: 9.30 am - 11.00 am Location: Burlish Park Primary School, Windermere Way, Stourport-on-Severn Please share with the wider community Contact the school office to book a place 01299 823771
Last week, Robins Class explored the wonderful story Handa's Surprise and they brought the tale to life by tasting some of the exotic fruits from the book! The children loved exploring the colours, smells, and textures of the fruits.
Starting teacher training with no experience? You're not alone. In this video, a trainee teacher explains that one of the best parts of training with The Rivers Teaching Alliance has been the strong friendships they have made and the constant support from both peers and mentors. Even though they had never taught in a school or stood in front of a class before, they quickly built their skills thanks to the encouraging, collaborative environment around them. If you're thinking about becoming a teacher and want to train somewhere friendly, supportive and confidenceboosting, find out more about training with The Rivers Teaching Alliance: https://www.riverscofe.co.uk/page/?title=Initial+Teacher+Training&pid=124 #TeacherTraining #RiversTeachingAlliance #InitialTeacherTraining #Education #Teach #ITT #ProfessionalDevelopment #traintoteach
Day 2 of our Easter SATs Camp Our Year 6 superstars focused on reading, practising key skills including skimming and scanning, vocabulary, retrieval, and inference. A huge well done for giving up time in their Easter holidays to build their SATs skills Another egg hunt too - 97 out of 100 found... those last 3 remain a mystery! Big Thanks to Miss Burtonshaw & Miss Rudd The Rivers CofE Academy Trust
SEN Coffee Morning For this term's SEN Coffee Morning, we were delighted to welcome the NHS SALT (Speech and Language Therapy) Team, who delivered a fantastic session for parents all about listening skills. We truly value our close working relationship with the NHS SALT team they are in school every week, meeting with children, reviewing targets, and training staff to ensure the very best support for our pupils. A huge thank you to them for their ongoing partnership and commitment!
What a fantastic first day at Easter Camp for our Year 6's! Today's focus was on building strong foundations in the basic skills of maths, with lots of activities to boost confidence and understanding. Of course, there was also time for a very exciting Easter egg hunt! Plenty of eggs were found, but a few are still hiding... ready for day 2! The Rivers CofE Academy Trust
Year 3 enjoyed a lovely end to the term. Time appears to be going so fast. Be proud of everything you've achieved - well done and a very Happy Easter.
Robins had a wonderful time tasting hot cross buns as part of our Easter activities. We talked about the special cross on top, the different flavours, and used our senses to explore the smell, texture, and taste.
Summer Term 1 School Dinners – Now Open for Booking! We would like to inform parents that school dinners for Summer Term 1 can now be booked via ParentPay! Please log in to ParentPay to make your selection. #SchoolDinners #ParentPay #SummerTerm1 #HealthyEating
Well done to our Rivers Maths Championship participants who demonstrated their maths skills and knowledge excellently You are all Jubilee Park STARS
Well done to our 'Table of the Half-Term' winners - Reception and Year 6 Thank you for demonstrating your STARS values each day at lunchtime
Reception had a very special visit to our neighbours at The Belmont - Sanders Senior Living today. We had an Easter egg hunt then exchanged the plastic eggs we found for chocolate from the Easter Bunny! Thank you so much to everyone at The Belmont - you are so generous and the children LOVED it! Happy Easter everyone! The Rivers CofE Academy Trust
Year 3 have had an enjoyable week. We have visited the library, we listened to a story and took part in a book quiz at the end. One group won prizes for the highest score.. In DT, we made our very own pasta mixture and practiced the different techniques needed to do this mixing,kneading and rolling . We used different flours to make two different batches one for someone who had allergies and another for who didn't. We even tasted these which resulted in a mix of opinions. In Literacy we have designed our own dog food for a robotic dog. We have had another enjoyable day in Forest School doing various activities.
What an amazing end to the term for Reception! Thank you Friends of NWPA for our 'Easter Eggtravaganza'. We LOVED it! #reception The Rivers CofE Academy Trust
Happy Easter to all our families. Have a lovely break and we will see you all again on Monday 13th April.
We are recruiting a Head of Digital Services. For more information visit our website. We are pleased to offer prospective candidates the opportunity to have an informal conversation about the Head of Digital Services role with our CFOO. These discussions are designed to give you the opportunity to learn more about the role, the trust and our strategic priorities. If you would like to book and confirm an informal discussion via teams, please contact HR on HR@riverscofe.co.uk. We ask that you commit to one of the scheduled time slots wherever possible. We will have time slots available: Friday 27th March between 9:00am – 3:00pm Monday 30th March between 10:00am – 1:00pm Tuesday 31st March between 1:00pm – 4:00pm Wednesday 1st April between 10:00am – 1:00pm Thursday 2nd April between 1:00pm – 4:00pm If you are unable to make any of these dates/times and would still like to discuss the role further, please contact HR to see if an alternative time can be arranged. https://www.riverscofe.co.uk/work-for-us-1/vacancies?vacancyid=198
Here are our Easter prize winners! The PTA organised a treasure hunt and an Easter colouring competition. The winners are taking home some lovely treats.
As we break up for the Easter Holidays all staff would like to wish all our children and their families a lovely and peaceful Easter holiday. Thank you for a wonderful Spring Term – we are so proud of everything the children have achieved! We look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Monday 13th April 2026. Wishing you all a joyful and blessed Easter break. Cutnall Green PTA The Rivers CofE Academy Trust
Last day of school! Wishing everyone a wonderful and relaxing Easter holiday. Enjoy the break and make some lovely memories
As part of our science topic of plants, 3R had an outdoor lesson with Mr Jones. We used the outdoor space to learn about plant life, seed dispersal and even got to re-enact or create our own story about plant life.
Congratulations to our winners of the Eggcellent Eggshibition Eggstravaganza!
Happy Easter to all of our families, children and staff. We hope you enjoy the time with your children
Eggcellent Eggshibition Eggstravaganza! A huge thank you to everyone who took part- your creations are absolutely eggstraordinary! Please keep an eye out for the winners!
Rainbow Room have been enjoying some Easter crafts over this past couple of days. This has included an egg hunt outside, where we all took our baskets and looked around the school grounds to find as many as we could!
Reminder: Please Set up the Arbor Parent App We kindly remind all parents and carers to set up the Arbor Parent App if you have not yet done so. This will ensure you do not miss future communications from school. Should you require any assistance, please contact the school office. Thank you for your continued cooperation.
Thank you to all our parents who came along to our Easter bonnet parade today. The children did an amazing job showing off their Easter hats – they all looked fantastic! Have a lovely Easter!
Reception were invited by Peter Rabbit to go on an Easter egg hunt. The children were so excited and had lots of fun finding treats along the way. A big thank you to Evie and Carter for being our amazing Peter Rabbits!
Yesterday, Reception were kindly invited by Glebefields Library to attend their Easter party. The children were thrilled to enjoy a fantastic magic show by Andy's Magic Entertainer and had a truly wonderful time. A big thank you to all the staff at Glebefields Library for making the experience so special.
We will miss you Mrs Inston
Yesterday, the Nursery visited Glebefields Library and met Andy's Magic Entertainer. The children had a fabulous time.
The Easter bunny made a visit to the forest today! Reception class worked so hard together to find the eggs. What a wonderful way to end the Spring term
Thank you to all our parents who joined us for our Easter Bonnet Parade. You would agree they were fabulous. Have a lovely Easter and don't eat too much chocolate
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Y2 Easter craft is in full swing!
What a fantastic display of creativity and curiosity! This year's science competition was packed with impressive entries, showcasing so much effort, imagination and brilliant thinking. From exciting experiments to well-thought-out projects, it's clear how much hard work went into each one. Well done to everyone who took part - the future of science is looking very bright!
A huge well done to 1H for achieving the most improved attendance this week!
End of Spring Term Reminder Today is the final day of the Spring Term! Please remember that there will be no wraparound care this afternoon, so all children need to be collected promptly at 3:15pm. Thank you for your support this term – we hope you all have a lovely break!
We had a very egg-citing afternoon celebrating our annual decorated egg competition! Take a look at all of our egg-cellent entries - we were blown away by the creativity A huge well done to our winners! We hope you enjoy your Easter egg prize
Congratulations to Reception and Year 3 who are the class winners for the spring term attendance award Both classes will be treated to a disco after the Easter holidays
Huge congratulations to Wyatt who was awarded the most improved attendance award for the spring term! Wyatt has improved his attendance by a huge 20.5% - well done! Keep up the fantastic effort
We are super proud of our children who hadn't quite reached their bronze award in the autumn term, but persevered to achieve their bronze award for the spring term! Well done - keep up the fantastic attendance
Today we celebrated attendance in our 'Going for Gold' assembly Children who had maintained 97% and above attendance for the spring term and had previously earned their bronze award, were presented with their silver award! What a fantastic achievement and we can't wait to see if you can achieve your gold award in the summer term! Well done to the children who won the prize draw and received a £20 Amazon gift voucher each
Mrs Price had a fabulous tea party with this half-term's 'Reaching and Believing' winners All of the children chosen demonstrate their STARS values daily and are role models to their friends - well done! Keep up the fantastic work; you are all Jubilee Park STARS
Year 4 were fantastic chefs today! We designed, made and evaluated omelettes to celebrate dairy and seasonal foods.
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A huge thank you to all the parents who attended Parents' Evenings on Tuesday and Thursday this week , giving us the valuable opportunity to discuss your child's learning and progress Your support makes a real difference We would also like to thank all staff for their hard work in making these evenings such a success #parentsevening #learningjourney
We're pleased to share a new opportunity for mums at Burlish Park Primary School. "The School Run" is a free, women only beginner running group taking place after Easter, designed for parents who are already at school early for pick up. Rather than waiting in the car, this is a chance to use that time to get some fresh air, move a little and do something for yourself in a relaxed and supportive environment. The first two sessions on Thursday 16th April and Thursday 23rd April will be introductory sessions. Following this, sessions will run every Thursday and Friday during term time until the summer holidays. Burlish Park Primary School (the field next to school off Coniston Crescent) Thursdays & Fridays (term time) 2:30-3:10pm (before pick up) The sessions are free to attend and suitable for complete beginners - walk, jog or take part at your own pace. Please see the attached poster for more details and how to sign up. This is being delivered by one of our school mums and funded by Public Health to support wellbeing and physical activity in our community.
We pleased to announce the following clubs for Summer Term 1 Pudding and Pie Worcestershire Laura M's Music Lessons Kidderminster Harriers FC Please note Pudding and Pie and Allotment Club are to be booked via the external contactor, Football and Lego & Colouring CLub are bookable via ParentPay
Year 6 have been enjoying the Spring weather in PE this afternoon!
Congratulations to our Easter bonnet winners! Mrs. Lindley and Mrs. Jelfs were very impressed with everyone's imagination, colour, and creativity. Here are their favourite designs who all received a prize. A huge well done to everyone who took part in this year
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Pupils from across our trust schools, plus guests from Franche Community Primary School, Baxter College and Christopher Whitehead Language College, took to the professional stage for our annual two-day Dance Festival. From parkour-inspired routines and Bhangra scarf dances to contemporary pieces and cheerleading, every performance was a celebration of hard work and joy. Our pupils showed confidence and were truly extraordinary! We provide meaningful experiences beyond the classroom to help every pupil be extraordinary and this dance festival is a shining example of our mission in action. Thank you to every pupil, staff member and partner school who made this celebration of creativity such a success. King's Worcester Burlish Park Primary School Cherry Orchard Primary School and Little Cherries Pre-school Cranham Primary School and Cranberries Nursery Cutnall Green C of E Primary School and Preschool Dudley Wood Primary School Great Witley CE Primary School Heronswood Primary School and Pre-School Jubilee Park Academy North Worcester Primary Academy Northwick Manor Primary School St Clement's C of E Primary School St Peter's Droitwich C of E Academy Summerhill Primary Academy Wychbold First and Nursery School
There are lots of fun events happening at the Hive during the Easter break!
Good luck to our extraordinary finalists in the Worcester News Education Awards taking place tonight. Holly Lashford - School Business Manager of the Year The Boxcar Rally – STEM Project of the Year Miss Tombs - New Teacher/Tutor of the Year Northwick Manor Primary School #Extraordinary People #ExtraordinaryEducation #STARS
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Last week in year 6.... We looked at measuring angles in maths and calculated those in triangles. In history, we debated whether the Benin Bronzes should be returned to Nigeria or not. We took part in a scavenger hunt for Comic Relief and learnt all about the eye in science.
Year 5 loved watching Flow at the Vue cinema this morning. Thank Into Film for the tickets! The Rivers CofE Academy Trust
What a beautiful day for an Easter Bonnet Parade! All of the Easter bonnets look absolutely fantastic. Please keep a look out for the winning designs later today. A huge thank you to all the parents and carers for your support in helping the children create their wonderful designs! Happy Easter!
The Hive have planned lots of fun Easter activities to participate in.
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Thinking about becoming a teacher? It's not too late to start. In this video, a former trainee teacher shares why they chose The Rivers Teaching Alliance. At The Rivers Teaching Alliance, we offer supportive, highquality training that helps you build confidence, develop your skills, and gain real classroom experience. Whether you're changing careers or starting something new, you'll be part of a community ready to guide you every step of the way. Find out more about training with The Rivers Teaching Alliance: https://www.riverscofe.co.uk/page/?title=Initial+Teacher+Training&pid=124 #TeacherTraining #RiversTeachingAlliance #InitialTeacherTraining #Education #Teach #ITT #ProfessionalDevelopment #traintoteach
Our first Meet, Make and Create. Mrs Downes led a wonderful 'child-free' evening event. A fantastic evening playing with water colours.
Starling Class had a wonderful morning enjoying Easter activities with their parents and carers, thank you to everyone who joined us and got involved! This afternoon we rounded off the day with our Easter Parade. The children looked fantastic in their bonnets and loved showing them off around the playground. Well done to all of our brilliant pupils for their creativity and enthusiasm!
Does chocolate grow on trees? Reception had fun finding out this week. They then wrote instructions for a chocolate mug cake, made it and...ate it! Delicious! #learningisfun #reception The Rivers CofE Academy Trust
Year 5 have loved their netball unit in PE this half term. They have shown fantastic teamwork and worked really hard to improve their passing and defence skills, well done year 5!
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We're Hiring! Lunchtime Supervisor Cherry Orchard Primary School is looking for a caring and reliable Lunchtime Supervisor to join our friendly team. This is a fantastic opportunity to support our children during lunchtime, helping to create a safe, happy, and positive environment. What we're looking for: A positive and approachable attitude. Enjoyment in working with children. Ability to promote good behaviour and play. Why join us? We are proud to be part of The Rivers Academy Trust, offering a supportive working environment and access to a range of staff benefits. Location: Cherry Orchard Primary School If you'd like to make a difference in our school community, we'd love to hear from you! Apply now or contact us for more information. https://www.cherryorchard-pri.worcs.sch.uk/page/?title=Current+Vacancies&pid=32 #WeAreHiring #SchoolJobs #LunchtimeSupervisor #EducationCareers The Rivers CofE Academy Trust
Yesterday Year One were visited by two nurses to support their learning all about Florence Nightingale. They explored different equipment that nurses use to help them to look after people and thought about how nursing has changed over the years. What a great experience for them all.
Y1 had a brilliant time in forest school this week! Y1 cannot wait to see what summer term in forest school brings!
NonUniform Day Reminder! Just a reminder that Friday 27th March 2026 is NonUniform Day!
Y2 had a great time at The Hive this morning. The children made us very proud with their levels of respect, curiosity and engagement. We had a tour of the library and then we participated in telling the story of A Midsummer Night's Dream. It made us laugh and we enjoyed acting it out!
Well done to our Latin and Cheerleading dancers who performed for the Rivers Dance Festival at Stourport Civic Hall today. You were all absolutely amazing and blew us away with your brilliant dances!
Year 5 have had a fantastic day cooking today! We chose herbs and spices to add to our sweet and savoury tarts and then tasted and evaluated them this afternoon. The Rivers CofE Academy Trust
A huge thank you to the wonderful families who took time to join us for the litter pick. This is our 3rd year helping to keep our environment tidy
A HUGE congratulations to our fantastic Year 3 and 4 team for winning the Rivers Maths Championships today! We are incredibly proud of your teamwork, determination and brilliant problem-solving skills.
This term, YR have learned so much about space as part of our Out of This World topic. Their enthusiasm and curiosity have been incrediblethey've been so eager to explore and discover more every day! Today was especially exciting as we took a special trip to space . Before blasting off, the children had to make sure they were fully preparedhelmets, space suits, boots, gloves, and of course, their space passports were all essential for the journey! It was a fantastic experience filled with imagination, learning, and lots of fun.
After two exciting heats last week, the six finalists Heronswood Primary School and Pre-School, Cutnall Green C of E Primary School and Preschool, Dudley Wood Primary School, @francheprimary, Cherry Orchard Primary School and Little Cherries Pre-school and Great Witley CE Primary School came together today for an incredible Maths Championships final! The teams battled it out across six challenging rounds. Final Results: 1st Place: Dudley Wood Primary School 2nd Place: Franche Primary School 3rd Place: Cherry Orchard Primary School A huge congratulations to our champions and well done to every school that competed so brilliantly throughout the competition. Catsi Creative
On Friday Year 3 enjoyed their DT lesson making pasta from scratch. They especially enjoyed tasting it.
In Art, Year 6 have been combining different techniques when painting a landscape. Take a look at these master pieces!
A Huge Thank You! A massive thank you for your amazing support with Red Nose Day. We've raised an incredible £232.15 for such an important cause.
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Unlock a world of collaboration when you train to teach with The Rivers Teaching Alliance. This video shows how training with us gives you opportunities to work with others. Our partnerships with different schools, our trusts, the university and other education groups mean you can learn from experienced teachers, share ideas and build a professional network that will support you throughout your career. Find out more about training with The Rivers Teaching Alliance: https://www.riverscofe.co.uk/page/?title=Initial+Teacher+Training&pid=124 #TeacherTraining #RiversTeachingAlliance #InitialTeacherTraining #Education #Teach #ITT #ProfessionalDevelopment #traintoteach
So very proud of the writing in Year 3 . We are loving our text George's Marvellous Medicine and the sequence of work this imaginative story has brought so far. From sketching Grandma, to drafting the ingredient for our own medicine - the children's work is creative and well thought out.
Just a few days to go! Come and meet us at The Hive, Worcester, on Monday 23 March and learn more about our PGCE (hub-based) programme for aspiring primary teachers. If you've been thinking, "Is now the right time?" this event will give you the answers and guidance you need to take the next step. We will be there from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm and ready to chat. #TeacherTraining #EducationCareers #PGCE #WorcesterEvents #TheRiversTeachingAlliance
This week YR, as part of our topic Out of This World, Reception have been learning all about the solar system. They enjoyed exploring the different planets and worked together to put them in the correct order from the Sun, showing great teamwork and enthusiasm. The children also had lots of fun dressing up as astronauts, using their imaginations as they thought about what it would be like to travel into space. It has been a fantastic week of learning and discovery!
Lissie is our Star of the Week in YR! She has demonstrated our STAR values by showing kindness, respect and working hard in her learning. Well done, Lissie we are all very proud of you!
Reception had a wonderful time celebrating Red Nose Day, showing great creativity as they designed their own noses and created cheerful, happy faces. Thank you so much to all our parents for your support and donations – we really appreciate it!
Year 2 had a fantastic day at Dudley Zoo today. The children were brilliant and the amazement on their faces seeing the animals was lovely to see! Please keep an eye out on here next week, as once photos have been collated from all the classes, we will upload more. Unfortunately, we didn't manage to bring back a flamingo for Mrs Jeynes ...
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This week Reception loved teaming up with Year 5 for Science Week! We used curiosity and clever thinking to build our very own birds nests with materials we collected ourselves! Well done guys, Super Scientists
Contact Us
The Rivers C of E Academy Trust
School Lane, Cutnall Green
Droitwich
WR9 0PH
Telephone: 01299 851178
Email: info@riverscofe.co.uk
