INCLUDE | INNOVATE | INSPIRE
Welcome to Riverston School
Our Aims and Ethos
Riverston School provides a warm, caring and stimulating environment where children will learn new skills. We excel at providing each child with the right skills to prepare them for life in the wider world. We are part of a community characterised by a profound respect for and encouragement of diversity, where important differences among children and adults are celebrated. What drives us is ensuring that children have the best possible life chances and that they are not limited by the perceptions of themselves and what they might achieve in life.
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HEADTEACHER'S WELCOME
I am delighted to welcome you to Riverston School and College. If we have the pleasure of you visiting in person, you will quickly see we are a very unique setting with the reality of inclusion at our core. We are an independent school in the heart of London, and reflect the diversity that surrounds us. Our students reach across all abilities and backgrounds. Our small classes and nurturing environment provides the platform for success that a traditional educational setting cannot provide. Many of our students come from a place of broken relationships with the school system, difficult experiences in their peer relationships or a lack of empathy and understanding from professionals working with them. We look to repair relationships and trust in the school system so that students feel safe enough, and happy enough, to reach their academic potential.
Our extensive therapy team including drama therapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy, allow us to cater for students with wide ranging needs, including those with mental health difficulties as well as learning needs. We offer a broad and rich curriculum which includes GCSEs, A Levels and BTECs, alongside a range of life skills courses that help prepare our young people for life beyond secondary education. Our future focused ethos means we take a very child centred approached and look to tailor our provision to the needs of each individual, leading them to where they want be in adulthood. Whether that is further education, employment or simply being able to live independently, our focus is on the child and family voice and their hopes and aspirations. We very much hope you will have the chance to visit our fantastic school, so we can show you our ethos and values in practice.
Guy Baker, Headteacher
This week, our Eco Club focused on the significance of rainforests and their global impact. 🌎💚 It’s inspiring to see our students engage with such crucial environmental issues. What actions do you take to support our ecosystems? Comment below! #EcoWarriors #RainforestProtection #FutureGenerations
Jun 23
We are thrilled to share that our students had a wonderful time planting and caring for the beautiful plants generously donated by the Cancer Research charity! 🌱 Their enthusiasm for nurturing these green companions is truly inspiring. Let’s continue to grow together! #PlantLove #CommunitySupport #GrowingTogether
Jun 23
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend as we begin to approach our summer break! 🌞 A special shoutout to our Year 7 student, Kason, who has been making great strides in Occupational Therapy. He’s been tackling various challenges that push his creativity and problem-solving skills. Keep up the fantastic work, Kason! #SummerBreak #OccupationalTherapy #StudentSpotlight
Jun 20
This week Ms Goodman has shared our Occupational Therapy form time programme, which focuses on the following task.
For this weeks OT form time program we are going to look at using a Calendar to help to plan and organise our activities.
Activity
Please print off one of the attached sheets for each student. They are going to fill in the Calendar with the activities provided.
Depending on your class, each student can go ahead and complete the activity themselves, or your could read out each activity to be added the calendar, to the whole class, for them to add one event at a time.
At the end - hold them up and see if they all look similar.
Discussion
How do you keep track of what you have coming up in the next week / month. How do you remember important dates and events coming up?
Do you use a paper diary, a Calendar on the wall, Calendar on your phone , don’t use anything, other?
Do you rely on family or others to tell you what is happening each day?
You can view the activity sheets here: https://linktr.ee/riverstonschool
Jun 19
