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      <title>Royal Rise Primary School News</title>
      <description>News from the Royal Rise Primary School website</description>
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      <copyright>Copyright: (C) Royal Rise Primary School 2026</copyright>
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        <title>World Book Day</title>
        <description><![CDATA[This year World Book Day is on Thursday 5th March. On this day, the children are invited to dress up as a book character and bring the book the character belongs to or come to school in their PJs with their favourite bedtime story. Who will your child choose to be&amp;amp;quest;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Royal Rise Book Fair - 2nd - 5th March</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Royal Rise will be hosting a book fair from Monday 2nd March - Thursday 5th March 2026.]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Royal-Rise-Book-Fair</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>PTA Lunar New Year Bake Sale</title>
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        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/PTA-Lunar-New-Year-Bake-Sale</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>My Family Coach</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Cygnus Academies Trust has invested in My Family Coach, a website produced by specialists in child behaviour, parenting, and education. It&#39;s full of resources on popular parenting topics and provides support when you need it most.]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/My-Family-Coach</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Winter Reading Challenge 2025</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>PTA Festive Disco 2025</title>
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        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/PTA-Festive-Disco-2025</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>News Term 1 (2025-2026)</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>News Term 3 (2024-2025)</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>News Term 2 (2024 -2025)</title>
        <description><![CDATA[This page]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>January 2024 News</title>
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        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/January-2024-News</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>December 2023 News</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>September 2023 News</title>
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        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/September-2023-News</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>October 2023 News</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>November 2023 News</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ACE Week Year 6</title>
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        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/ACE-Week-Year-6-11022022084119</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ACE Week Year 1</title>
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        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/ACE-Week-Year-1-10022022133050</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ACE Week Year 2</title>
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        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/ACE-Week-Year-2-10022022133107</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ACE Week Year 3</title>
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        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/ACE-Week-Year-3-10022022133125</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ACE Week Year 4</title>
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        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/ACE-Week-Year-4-10022022133149</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ACE Week Year 5</title>
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        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/ACE-Week-Year-5-10022022133234</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Term 3 Week 3-4</title>
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        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Term-3-Week-3-4</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Superstar Writers!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are so impressed with the hot writes that these children in Year 2 have produced! They used some fantastic adjectives, expanded noun phrases, conjunctions and even some similes! Well done you superstars!]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Superstar-Writers</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Sports Partnership award!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We&#39;re proud to announce that we&#39;ve been awarded &#39;Most improved school&#39; by the Tonbridge &amp;amp; West Kent School Sports Partnership!]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Sports-Partnership-award</link>
        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Euro Semi-final celebration!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[To celebrate England making it through to the Euro 2020 Final this weekend the children are welcome to come to School tomorrow wearing red and white clothes or their football shirts.]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Euro-Semi-final-celebration</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Eat Fresh Competition</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Well done all children of Royal Rise, final submissions have come in for the Eat Fresh competition and we have received 82 entries across all year groups! That&amp;rsquo;s amazing??, fingers crossed and let&amp;rsquo;s see if we can win some vouchers for our school! Good luck ??]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ACE Week - Year 6</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 6 have had a fantastic week putting all of their curriculum skills to work through drama, art, writing and maths. They&#39;ve also experienced what it might have been like to be a child at school during the victorian era!]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/ACE-Week-Year-6</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Mental Health Awareness Week</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ACE Week - Year 1</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 1 have thoroughly enjoyed writing their own versions of Jack and the Beanstalk, with the additions of pineapples, witches and castles; they&#39;re rather magnificent! They have also been showing off their DT skills by making 3D Tudor houses, and their art skills by painting their own castles.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ACE Week - Year 2</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 2 have enjoyed investigating the question &#39;Why is it so important to be a responsible archaeologist?&#39; Within English, they have written narratives, instructions and diary entries related to Howard Carter&#39;s discovery of Tutankhamun&#39;s tomb.]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/ACE-Week-Year-2</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ACE Week - Year 3</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 3 have been working hard on their ACE work over the past couple of days. They have produced wonderful poems, newspaper reports and paintings all around answering their topic questions &#39;The Romans made life in Britain better. True or false?]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/ACE-Week-Year-3</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>It&#39;s ACE Week!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[What an exciting start to the week it&#39;s been, we&#39;ve seen some excellent collaboration amongst the children across the school, as they work together in groups to show off their subject knowledge!]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/It-s-ACE-Week</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ACE Week - Year 4</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 4 have loved their first day of ACE. the children were focusing on  the Vikings and answering the key question &#39;Heroes or Villains&#39;. Children have been creating routines to recreate an invasion, debating and sketching longboats, and will apply watercolour to this.]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/ACE-Week-Year-4</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ACE Week - Year 5</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 5 have thoroughly enjoyed the start to ACE week. We&#39;ve seen some incredible art work, excellent team work and fantastic resilience during their work!]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/ACE-Week-Year-5</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Continuing our journey to become a greener school</title>
        <description><![CDATA[As part of our journey and challenge set by Eco-Schools UK, we&#39;re working hard to introduce new species of plants, flowers, vegetables and fruits; which we hope will encourage new species of animals, insects and pollinating insects, to call Royal Rise home.]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Continuing-our-journey-to-become-a-greener-school</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Alien spaceship crash lands!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A mysterious alien space ship has crash landed on the Key Stage 1 playground!]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Alien-spaceship-crash-lands</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Ramadan Celebrations</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Across the school, we have been learning about Ramadan this week. Two of our year 3 children bought in their beautiful prayer mats and explained how they celebrate Ramadan with their families.]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Ramadan-Celebrations</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>We&#39;re excited to show you what we&#39;ve been up to during half term!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Mr &amp; Mrs Cheeseman and a small team of volunteers have been incredibly busy transforming  our central area into a fantastic sensory and vegetable garden. There&#39;s lots of lovely plants, which are perfect for a sensory space, a variety of calming musical instruments as well as a &#39;sensory walk&#39; with a variety of different textures. We can&#39;t wait for all our children to experience the sensory garden and reap   the benefits that an outside learning space can bring to deepen children&#39;s learning and experience of the world around them. But it doesn&#39;t stop there!]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Welcome-back-to-school-we-ve-got-lots-for-you-to-s</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 1 Outdoor area rejuvenation!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Mrs Kearney and Mrs Whittle have been hard at work redesigning their outside area for Year 1. There&#39;s now an outside seating area, a trough for growing fruits, vegetables and flowers as well as a variety of other outside learning resources to aid their learning of plants, flowers, insects and animals!]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-1-Outdoor-area-rejuvenation</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>We&#39;ve achieved &#39;Green Flag&#39; status!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We&#39;re very excited to announce that our efforts to improve bio-diversity on our school grounds, as well as our eco-committee&#39;s efforts to inform and teach others about the importance of ecology has been recognised by Eco-Schools England.]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/We-ve-achieved-Green-Flag-status</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Rock Down Relief UK</title>
        <description><![CDATA[This week, children from Year 2-6 will be competing in the Times Tables Rockstar&#39;s Rock Down Relief. A chance to compete against each other using their times tables knowledge. Which class will come out victorious? Who will be the Royal Rise Champion of Champions?!! ]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Rock-Down-Relief-UK</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Home Learning January 2021</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Dear Parents/ Carers,]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Home-Learning-January-2021</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Christmas Jumper Day</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Thank you everyone for your donations for Christmas Jumper Day!Â ]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Christmas-Jumper-Day</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Eco-School Bronze Award Achieved!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We&#39;re very proud to announce that we have achieved our first award on our road to becoming a more ecological and sustainable school. Members of Year 6 have taken on the challenging task of the &#39;Eco-Schools Green Flag Award&#39;, but have risen to the occasion completing a sustainability review as well as reviewing the school&#39;s current practices!]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Eco-School-Bronze-Award-Achieved</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Geography Day</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The whole school had a FANTASTIC day celebrating countries around the world. Read on to find out more...]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Geography-Day</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Sports Leaders</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Some of our Year 5 and 6 children have taken part in training to help them become effective sports leaders within school. During their training, they discovered different qualities needed to be a sports leader and took part in team games.Â  They are looking forward to leading sports events within their bubbles.]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Sports-Leaders-Year-5</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Sports Leaders</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Some of our Year 5 and 6 children have taken part in training to help them become effective sports leaders within school. During their training, they discovered different qualities needed to be a sports leader and took part in team games.Â  They are looking forward to leading sports events within their bubbles.Â ]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Sports-Leaders-Year-6</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Ocean Pollution Conference</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 6 had a fantastic geography opportunity today to join in with a global conference all about how to stop plastic pollution.Â  The MPs running the conference were interested in what the next generation think so we&#39;ve submitted some questions.Â  Year 6 are excited to make a change for the future of our planet.Â  Will you join us in our decision to stop using single-use plastic?]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Ocean-Pollution-Conference</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Anti-Bullying Week</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Here at Royal Rise, we have spent the week dedicating extra time to learning about what it means to stand up against bullying. Our main focus has been on ways we can prevent it from happening and how we should be mindful of our actions and words choices online and in person. ]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Anti-Bullying-Week</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Children in Need</title>
        <description><![CDATA[What an amazing day we have had with Diwali AND Children in Need! 
Our focus this year was on well-being and being active! We learnt all about Five to Thrive (giving, being active, connecting, taking notice and being curious) and had an amazing time completing activities to give everyone a boost. ]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Children-in-Need</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Diwali Celebrations</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The children at Royal Rise had a fantastic afternoon celebrating Diwali.  They all learnt about why it is celebrated and the story of the festival of light. 

Children dressed up as key characters, sequenced the story, made Rangoli patterns, completed quizzes and had lots of fun! 

Happy Diwali! ]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Diwali-Celebrations</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Remembrance Day</title>
        <description><![CDATA[On Remembrance Day today, we paid tribute to all those who have fallen in war by holding our two minutes silence and watching a Remembrance assembly video across the school....]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Remembrance-Day</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Welcome to our new website</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We hope that you find it easy to use and full of the information you require, whether you are a current or prospective parent or a member of the wider community.]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/WelcomeToOurNewWebsite</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>2021 Prospective parents - come and &#39;meet the team&#39;</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Looking for a school for your child next year? Come and meet the team so we can show you why we&#39;re so amazing and how we can help your child &#39;be the best that they can be&#39;!]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/2021-Prospective-parents-come-and-meet-the-team</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Music Mark Award achieved!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that we have been successful in becoming a Music Mark School! This means that we have been recognised for our commitment to providing a high-quality music education for all children in our school.Â ]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Music-Mark-School</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Returning to Royal Rise</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The staff at Royal Rise are very excited to be welcoming the children back to school.&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
        <link>http://royalrise.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Returning-to-Royal-Rise</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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