Young Leaders Award - 2009
Once again a group of year 7 pupils have been selected to follow a course in becoming a young leader. This year, 14 pupils are involved in developing their leadership and communication skills throughout the summer term by leading a variety of sporting activities. At present they are preparing for an athletics festival on Tuesday 16th June, when 90 year 5 pupils from Cleveland Juniors, Christchurch Primary and Uphall Primary will come to Valentines to take part in the event. Everyone is looking forward to this exciting afternoon of sport.

Mrs May

Netball League Finals

Netball League Finals

The netball teams at Valentines have had a very successful season. Out of 6 teams, 4, by winning all or most of their games, were successful in reaching the netball league finals. These teams were year 8,9,10 and 11.
On Monday 23rd March and Wednesday 25th March the finals took place at Valentines High School, organised by Mrs Dunn.
The wind was blowing furiously and rain kept threatening but all players battled on and Valentines were the winners of the league final with ALL 4 TEAMS!!
Year 8 beat Oaks Park - 15 - 13
Year 9 beat Beal - 22 - 6
Year 10 beat Wanstead - 13 - 10 and
Year 11 beat Woodford - 12 - 8
What fantastic results !
Well done to everyone

Mrs May

District Cross Country Championships

11 Year 7 pupils took part in the cross country at Wanstead Park this afternoon and we had a variety of results. It was great to see pupils pushing themselves hard to perform in such a competitive event. Well done all.

Mr Weaver

Junior Sports Leaders
The sports leaders have all been working hard this term to pass their Level 1 in Sports Leadership.
They have enjoyed leading pupils from local junior schools and on Tuesday 10th March, the Tuesday group paid a visit to Uphall Primary to lead a group of year 5 pupils in small game situations.
They were very well prepared and, in spite of the bad weather, they led their games with confidence and enthusiasm.
The afternoon was a success. Well done to all the leaders.

Mrs May

Girls Football

Valentines High School have had a football coach in to coach girls in years 7, 8 and 9. She has been coaching them in variety of skills and game play. The girls love it, they are now out on the new astro turf after being in the sports hall for a few weeks. They are playing with a variety of different year groups so friendships have been created and the pupils are really enjoying themselves. If any one else wants to attend the club they are more than welcome. Its on Monday lunchtimes. Hopefully see more of you there.

Mrs Dunn.

Sports Leaders.
On Tuesday 3rd March and Thursday 5th March, the year 11 sports leaders planned, organised and led a circuit of 6 stations and 2 fitness tests for a small group of year 8 pupils. They ran their sessions very well, showing good organisational skills and they motivated their pupils to work hard and produce their best performance. The year 8 pupils enjoyed the session and overall it was a very successful afternoon.
Well done to both sports leaders and year 8.

Year 9 Basketball

Year 9 have had an excellent basketball season this year and remain undefeated in the league. They are at the top of the table and have been working and training hard to play to the best of their abilities. They then defeated teams from the league above in their route through the cup and only got beaten by Chadwell heath in the cup semi final. Well done boys I look forward to next year and more success!

Mr Weaver