Year 9 Trip to the Royal Gunpowder Mills

We had a packed day at the Gunpowder Mills with a presentation from an actor who told us lots of information about being in the blitz and what it was like for people living through the war.

We were drilled like soldiers around part of the site and had to step in time.  We went to see a real Anderson shelter and experienced real sounds of what would have been heard by the people who had to use one.

We saw lots of missile shells as the Mills were a place of manufacturing them.

Year 10 Science

Year 10 students were conducting experiments using heat this week.  Below are some photos of the Year 10s using the Bunsen burners.

Year 10 Community Group 

We have officially signed up to do a community litter pick on the 26th of September through the organisation called Million Mile Clean-up. The litter pick will take place in the woods behind The Valley School Periods 2, 3 and 4.

In preparation for the task we have been discussing health and safety, equipment, environmental impact and a site survey to include a tally of items found. This information along with photos will be shared, if appropriate, with the organisation to promote the effort that the students are making towards the local community.

Year 8 Lime Design & Technology

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.

Olympic Sports Day

 

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