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Following a false start due to flooding, Team Riverbank is up and running again and we’re feeling like we’ve never been away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After weeks of waiting and following all the instructions for preparing the school for reopening, it all came to nought when the thunder and lightning struck! I felt so sorry for our class teachers who had prepared their classes, beautifully, only for us to discover the fallen roof tiles and soaking wet corridors and carpets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was all hands to the pumps to get the classes up and running again for our pupils. A special thank you must go to the ACC workers who assessed the damage and then, ultimately, worked all day Thursday and Friday to ensure we could open on the Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was very disappointing that we could not provide our pupils with their full day induction but the pupils did very well in taking in the new arrangements for being in school and travelling around inside Riverbank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our P4-7 parents are adjusting to not being allowed in the playground and our Nursery and P1-3 parents are becoming accustomed to the one way system which works its way around the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many other changes have happened due to Covid 19. It’s really tricky having to conduct all our meetings with parents and partners, virtually. And, whilst we can’t invite visitors into school, at the moment, we hope that parents and carers will contact us by email or telephone if they have any concerns or things they may wish to discuss with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that we’re back, I have received some lovely photographs of pupils at work, back in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n