For many years, St Anthony’s Catholic School has permitted public access through the rear of its grounds, allowing passage between Brownfields Lane, Riverside and the Windsor Community Precinct.

Following a recent review under the Child Safe Framework and discussions with Council Officers and Catholic Education Tasmania, it has been determined that continued public access through this thoroughfare presents an unacceptable risk to the safety of students and staff. As a result, the gates at both ends of the accessway will be permanently locked from 13 October 2025. Signage will be installed at each entry point to inform the public of this upcoming closure.

Riverside High School offer sporting programs, events, and rosters to our students that greatly contribute to a positive school culture; strong connections; and student wellbeing here at school. The major focus of our school’s sporting teams and individual events is for students to participate in a range of sports that enhance teamwork, fair play, wellbeing, and resilience while having lots of fun with their friends. This philosophy transfers into our HPE lessons, where a range of activities and sports, aligned to the Australian Curriculum, are offered to students.

We have provided new experiences to students, such as introducing the sport of rowing to Grade 7 and 8 students. Joining with Tamar Rowing Club, students were exposed to practical and information sessions that directly linked to opportunities within our community. Another example of engagement with our HPE program is our Term 3 whole-school dance unit that culminates in a lunchtime flash mob experience in the quad. Many students showed enormous growth to overcome some trepidation towards dancing in front of others. They were assessed by performing a sequence of dance steps they choreographed within a group.

Our Wednesday senior and Thursday junior sports teams, plus our Saturday junior netball teams all showed significant commitment and growth throughout their sports rosters. No matter the results from week to week, all teams were encouraged to display teamwork, resilience, and respect for their teammates, the opposition, and umpires/referees. Although not all our teams were able to win their respective competitions, the following teams were able to bring a pennant back to the school.

The RHS champion teams in their respective rosters for 2025 are:

We still have many events to come in Term 4. The Riverside High School and NHSSA Athletics Carnivals; all schools touch football tournaments; and the schools triathlon challenge are some events that our students will be involved in while representing Riverside High School.

Mr Sanders
Head of Sport

This year, Riverside entered 8 teams into the High School Netball Championships. Students competed in back-to-back games against fellow Government, Catholic, Independent and Specialist schools from around the state in a round robin, day long, carnival.

The first day showcased some of Riversides fantastic emerging talent and saw our Grade 7/8 girls develop their skills and teamwork throughout the day. Riverside Gold finished near the top of their pool and Navy and Maroon finishing somewhere in the middle of their pool. The girls enjoyed the experience and are keen for more netball in years to come.

Day two saw our junior boys enjoy their fast paced, highly skilled netball style. These boys left the other schools stunned with some perfect passages of play in attack and accuracy of shots. So much so, they finished 2^nd overall and are off to compete again at the state finals in November!

Day three saw three Grade 9/10 girls teams give their all in some tight clashes against the other schools. All teams kept spirits high against some tough clashes. The Grade 9/10 girls are to be commended on their team spirit and positivity throughout the day.

Day four showcased the athleticism and sportsmanship of our Grade 9/10 boys who gave 100% all day. These boys are to be commended on their eagerness to learn the rules and implement team strategy passed on by the guidance of some fantastic student coaches. 

Well done to all who were involved in this competition, you represented the school with pride and good luck to our junior boys who are off to Hobart in November for the state finals.

Miss Rolls

 

Team Maroon

On Tuesday team Maroon played 5 games at the Silverdome. The team found a good flow and came away with one victory, winning by 6 points against Cressy. Players that stood out today were Isla, Rosa and Charlotte, who performed with outstanding sportsmanship and effort. Overall, it was a great experience. Everyone gave it their all and, most importantly, had fun.

Coaches Lucy and Lily

Team Gold

Team Gold played five tough games against northern teams and came away with three wins, finishing third overall. A surprise loss to Scottsdale meant we just missed out on making the Grand Final. In every match, we gave it our all and worked together as a team. We saw great communication, accurate passing, and awesome sportsmanship throughout. Everyone contributed to the wins, and most importantly, we all had fun.

Coaches Emma and Grace

Team Navy

Team Navy played five games of netball, working hard and showing great teamwork. Even though we didn’t come away with any wins, everyone gave it their best. We went into our first game with a few challenges and things to improve on, but the girls kept pushing forward. They listened to feedback, learned from each game, and kept improving, making it tough for the other teams. Coaching this team was a fun and new experience for us, and we really hope we get the chance to work with these awesome girls again.

Coaches Charli, Beatrix and Sierra

On Thursday, 18^th September, the Grade 9/10 Drama students relished performing their whole-class play in the Riverside High School Hall.  The evening performance was attended by a host of family and friends who all enjoyed the opportunity to see the students strut their stuff.  The performances were all outstanding with many in the audience saying they were close to tears as they watched the young actors create such believable characters on stage.  The play was set in a school and dealt with some challenging themes of grief, anxiety and pressure, and many members of the audience congratulated the group on how touching the play was and how sensitively these complex themes were handled.

On the following night the students took the play on the road, performing in the 70^th Anniversary of the Deloraine Youth Drama Festival.  Riverside High School has had a long association with the festival which happens to be the longest running youth drama festival in Australia, so it was great to be there to be part of the anniversary celebrations.  Angus R was awarded Runner Up Best Actor and there was lots of positive feedback provided to everyone by the adjudicator.

The students are to be commended for their solid efforts throughout the rehearsal period and their commitment they showed to their performance on stage.  Performing in front of an audience is one of the most challenging experiences a student can have and each and everyone of these students should be congratulated on their contribution to the smooth running of the show.  Not a line was dropped, or a cue missed.  A special mention must also be made in gratitude to Greyson C-H, Ace K and Hope G, who stepped in to help with sound, lighting and curtain.  Hope also stepped in to fill in an acting role at Deloraine, which is a huge ask of a Grade 8 student to step up and perform with the senior Drama student cohort.

The Drama Performance night was a great success and the students performed beautifully and behaved impeccably over the two nights.  It is a joy to see all their hard work pay off with such a well-received performance that was so thoroughly enjoyed by the audiences both here and at Deloraine.

Mrs McMahon

On Sunday, 21st September, ten students from Riverside High School, competed in the northern heat of the MAT Maths Relay at St Patrick’s College. With a 45-minute time limit, students race to complete 20 questions of increasing difficulty. Each team of 3 or 4 students has a runner (this role rotates throughout the team) who moves between the (teacher) marker and the rest of the team, some students worked up quite a sweat! The rest of the team works on the problem. When a problem is taking too long, a team may decide to pass but they cannot return back to that problem.

This year, our Intermediate team (Harry, Isaac and Kenny) placed second in the heat with a score of 60, well done gentlemen! Our Junior teams (Linh, Maddie, Michelle and Millie, as well as Freddie, Lottie and Sam) did us proud, with one of the teams placing equal fourth with a score of 120 points.

State results will be released later in the week.

Mrs Peterson & Ms Jago

On Wednesday, September 10, our students took the stage at the Tasmanian Battle of the Bands 2025 at Door of Hope.

Grade 9 band Empire (Ben, Ezra, Harry, Kennedy, and Lachy) impressed the crowd with a high-energy set that showed off their tight playing and stage presence.

Grade 7 acoustic performer Annalise also wowed the audience, delivering a confident and heartfelt solo performance well beyond her years.

Both acts did our school proud — a fantastic effort from our young musicians!

Photo Credit: Daimon Shelton (Picture Haus Photography)

Mr Rainbird