The Great Valley Bake Off!

On Wednesday the food room was transformed into the famous tent as we hosted our very own The Great Valley Bake Off! Students each had to make a Victoria Sponge cake with minimal support, and as you can see in the photos they all did brilliantly. Mrs Rea was especially impressed with their independent approach and enthusiasm for the task.

A huge thanks to the staff who supported in coming to be the judges. Feedback on all the cakes was brilliant and it was hard to pick a winner. However, Cody managed to win the coveted Star Baker award. The judges were particularly impressed with the height of the sponges and the decoration on top. Well done Cody!

Aladdin Trip

A group of students travelled to Milton Keynes to see a wonderful production of Aladdin on Wednesday. Students said their favourite characters were the Genie, Aladdin and Jasmine and everyone was blown away by the incredible flying carpet. We came away with lots of fantastic ideas for our own production. The students were impeccably behaved in a packed theatre and were a credit to themselves and to The Valley School.  Thank you to Ms Crosby for organising the trip and all the staff who were involved in supporting it.

Painting the flats for the Aladdin production

Some of the Year 9s and BTEC year 11 group have been busy this week with Miss Flynn painting the flats for the Aladdin production in June. This will be the stage background. They’ve been practicing their blending skills and have done a super job.

Year 8 May Day Assembly

The Year 8 worked very hard all week to, planning an amazing May Day assembly to share with the whole school.  Many of the Year 8 students were involved, showing off posters they designed, reading out extracts, or acting in videos they had produced.   There was a school poll that voted Mr Pearce as May Day King, Ms Howarth May Day Queen and Archie the dog May Day Prince.  The picture shows all three feeling very proud of themselves.

The audience were able to participate in an interactive quiz at the end.  An exciting assembly was enjoyed by all!