On Wednesday the Year 7 staff took all the Year 7 students on a trip to London. This was a fantastic end to the term’s unit of work.
The students had a wonderful time. Below are a few of their quotes:
Ruby: I was scared at first about the London Eye, but I faced my fears and did it.
Jessica: The London Eye was fun.
Lily: I enjoyed the boat and the man talking about history.
Jayden: I liked being on the River Thames and waving at people on the bridges.
During one of our lessons this week we went into the woods with Year 8 Lime to put up the bird boxes, bat boxes and bee houses that they made. The students loved finding trees to place their homes on.
We had our second DEAR event on Wednesday afternoon. The staff and students took the opportunity to pick up their favourite books or magazines and spent a quiet twenty minutes reading.
Thank you Mrs Pomeroy for organising the event.
A huge congratulations and thank you to all the students and staff that contributed to a fantastic day of Sport yesterday. As mentioned in assembly today, performance is just a small part of what it takes to be an outstanding sports person. Teamwork and enjoyment for sport are two areas we as a PE Department strive for all our students to possess and a number of individual rewards were handed out in assembly to reflect this.
The event was however, designed as a team competition and below is a breakdown of the results per year group followed by an overall scorecard with all year groups combined. A huge congratulations to our overall winners, Team Rehm (Green).
Final Totals
Year Group
| Team Bolt
(Yellow) |
Team Holmes
(Blue) |
Team Rehm
(Green) |
Team Barber
(Red) |
|
| Y7 | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st |
| Y8 | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st |
| Y9 | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 4th |
| Y10 | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 3rd |
Overall
| Team Bolt
(Yellow) |
Team Holmes
(Blue) |
Team Rehm
(Green) |
Team Barber
(Red) |
|
| Y7 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 22 |
| Y8 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 23 |
| Y9 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 12 |
| Y10 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 15 |
| Total | 61 | 62 | 76 | 72 |
| Overall position | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd |
Congratulations Immy
Imogen Day competed in the club competition at HBS Revolutions last Saturday and came first place for her floor routine and her vault piece in her category.
During DT this week some Year 9 students were learning how to follow instructions to make a shape or pattern in DT. They used their numeracy skills to construct the tallest tower in the school so far!
With the General Election on Thursday this week, we thought it would be good for the students to engage with our democratic process as much as they could and learn a little about it.
The students were taught about the election process. They then understood the process of voting for the leader of the country and that this is part of being a Democracy, one of our British Values, and that not everyone in the world has this opportunity.
On Thursday, students had the chance to vote in our own General Election. Each student received a Ballot Paper with four candidates to choose from, representing the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Green Party.
Students needed to mark a cross in the box for the candidate of their choice, and then post their vote into the Ballot Box, which was outside the Hall.
The box was available all day, just like a real Voting Station.
Votes were counted
131 students voted, which was a better turn out than in the General Election. We found the results were different too!
Stitch – Conservative: 41 votes
Elmo – Labour : 40 votes
Shrek – Green party : 35 votes
Lorax – Liberal Democrats: 10 votes
5 papers were spoiled and discounted.
Thank you for Mrs Holop for organising and Mrs Rea for assisting her.
Headteacher: David Pearce | Contact: Iona Varol (Office Manager)
The Valley School, Broadhall Way, SG2 9BN | Tel: 01438 747274 | Email: iona.varol@thevalley.herts.sch.uk
Senco: senco@thevalley.herts.sch.uk
Headteacher: David Pearce
Contact: Iona Varol (Office Manager)
The Valley School, Broadhall Way, SG2 9BN
Tel: 01438 747274
Email: admin@thevalley.herts.sch.uk
Senco: senco@thevalley.herts.sch.uk