After school clubs, pe and sports events

School PE lead is Adelle Burnicle

After Schools lead is Holly Smith

Change4Life Lunchtime Club

This term, children from KS2 are taking part in a lunchtime Change 4 Life club. The Change 4 Life Programme is a healthy lifestyle programme to support primary school children. It involves lots of fun and practical activities for children, including healthy eating tips, making healthy snacks and participating in team games to encourage a healthy lifestyle.

This week, the children enjoyed participating in team games which enabled them to build up their relationships with the other children, get their bodies moving and to develop their skills in a particular sport. The children who attend the club will be Change 4 Life ambassadors for our school.

Laps to Lapland

Rudolph needs our help! He needs to get back to Lapland from Valley Road. It is 2268 miles to get there! We have 14 days to do it! So far we have managed 1004 miles.

Emerald class have completed the most miles so far. Well done Emerald.

Sports Day 2019

Well done to everybody who took part in Spots Day this year. Congratulations to all of our winners.

Farringdon Sports Event

Play leaders from Farringdon Sports Academy came to Valley Road today to host a sports event for Reception children. Some of our Year 5 play leaders helped too. We had a brilliant time. The children enjoyed taking part, cheering on their team mates and showed off some of their excellent PE skills: running, jumping, throwing and catching. Well done everyone for taking part and being such aspiring athletes.  

The Royal Marines 

Today the Royal Marines visited our school to work with children from Year 5 and 6. Our trust school Highfield, also came over to join in the fun. We took part in team building games, travelled through a giant assault course and we toasted marshmallows around the fire pit. Come and see us in action.

Dance Festival

On Thursday 20^th June 2019 20 children took part in the annual Dance Festival at the Sunderland Empire. The children put on a fantastic performance and represented our school exceptionally well. The children in Year 5 and 6 were very helpful and mature and they did a great job of supporting the younger children. Well done to all of the children who took part- you are a credit to Valley Road and we are incredibly proud of you!

Athletics 

 We took part in an athletics festival with other schools. We learnt lots of skills such as, throwing, catching, running and jumping. We had lots of fun and made new friends.

Skipping Day 

Year One took part in a sponsored skip to raise money for the British Heart Foundation and equipment for our playground. We did lots of different skipping activities such as a skipping replay, long ropes and freestyle skipping. We had lots of fun!

Sportability 

 Rainbow room represented Valley Road at the Sportability Schools Games competition. We are waiting to hear whether any of our pupils made it to the Tyne and Wear Finals. 

Swimming 

Well done to Year Five who took part in School  Games Swimming Tournament, at The Aquatic Centre.  They enjoyed it so much, we are looking forward to starting a swimming club in the summer.