Redlands Primary School has been working hard over the last few months being leaders throughout the week to the younger year groups. These are a few of their comments about their role as a leader;

When I was picked to be a Sports Leader for my school, I was very excited about it. I worked with Daniel, Mark, Bradley and George. They helped me to sort the equipment and organize the games. We separated into teams, so that we could do 2 games at 1 time. The games were handball and catch ball. I enjoy playing all sports myself and feel I can encourage others to do the same and they will feel better in themselves.

I was really happy to be picked and proud that the school could see me as a leader to others, I do feel confident with something I am good at and think others will as well when I show them.

I fell I work well in a team and can show them how to play the games and understand the rules and most of all enjoying it even though it can get a bit competitive!!

Sports keep you fit and healthy and help you make lots of new friends at the same time so I would encourage anyone to try it out!  

Callum Savage

I loved being a sports leader; I loved the activities that we did for example newcombe, hand ball, hulahuping and rounders. It was hard because the little children were not listening. I loved the opportunity in me getting a chance to be a sports leader thank you. 

Mark Fitzakerley    

I really enjoy being a sports leader because I get to help a lot of children and teach them different games. I also like helping the children play games and helping them when they can't do something like hit the ball in rounders or they can't catch the ball in newcombe. But the best bit about being a sports leader is looking after the little ones and meeting people around the school that you don't already know.

George Agnew 

Yr 5 /6 Athletics: Friday 6^th June

Participating Schools: Norbridge, Sir Edmund Hillary, Redlands, Prospect Juniors.

120 pupils from the Valley family took part in this event which was held at Mount St.Mary’s Stadium. The festival was led by CSLA and HSLA students from the Worksop post 16 centre and the pupils experienced a variety of athletics based events and worked as teams which combined pupils from each school. The team atmosphere was fantastic and it was great to see pupils from the different schools working together and encouraging each other to do their best.

KS1 Multi Skills: Friday 13^th June

Participating Schools: Prospect Infants, Redlands, Sir Edmund Hillary, Norbridge

Almost 160 KS1 pupils took part in this event which was planned and run by the Yr 10 Level One Sports Leaders from Valley School. The leaders had been planning the event and designing their own multi skills activities in their leadership lessons which had a focus on developing agility, balance and coordination. The event was a real success and all the pupils involved had a great time and experienced a variety of different activity stations as well as working in teams with pupils from other schools.

Yr 3 /4 Multi Sports: Friday 20^th June

Participating Schools: Norbridge, St.Johns, Redlands, Sir Edmund Hillary

120 pupils took part in a range of sporting activities which included tag rugby, tri golf, rounders, cricket, relay and football. The sessions were led by CSLA students from the Worksop Post 16 centre and all the pupils rotated around to experience a total of 10 different sports. Each school was also presented with a bag of tag rugby equipment at the end of the afternoon. The pupils involved worked really hard on each activity and were worn out by the end of the afternoon!!

Yr 3 / 4 Cricket & Multi skills Festival

Friday 22^nd February & Friday 14^th March

Over 100 Yr 3/ 4 students from the Valley Family took part in the Cricket & Multi skills festivals held at Valley and run by the Yr 10 sports leaders. Following training from the Community Cricket coaches at Trent Bridge, the sports leaders successfully ran the festival and set up activities which developed their cricket skills and agility, balance and coordination. The students involved really enjoyed the event and the sports leaders earned praise from the coaches in their ability to lead the various activities.

Yr 5 / 6 Rugby

Friday 29^th February

Following a period of coaching from Steve Shaw in the primaries during the first half term, each school entered a team into the family festival where Steve commented that the standard of play was excellent. After lots of very close scoring games, Norbridge school won the event followed closely in second place by St.Johns. Well done to everyone who took part and many thanks to Steve Shaw for his excellent coaching within the primaries.

Primary Dance Festival

Monday 10^th March

This was an opportunity for our family to showcase the dance work that is done within their schools during both curriculum and OSHL time. The performances included cheerleading from Redlands, gunboot dancing from Prospect Juniors and dance using hoops and balls from Norbridge. Students from the Yr 7 Dance clubs at Valley also performed and it was a really enjoyable afternoon showcasing a variety of dance styles.

Parents also came along to the event to support the schools.

Valley Dance Extravaganza

Wednesday 9^th / Thursday 10^th April

Over 100 dancers took part in this event which was the culmination of work by the Yr 10 / 11 and Yr 13 Dance Leaders. Since October the dance leaders have led weekly clubs for KS3 pupils after school in order to prepare them for the performance. They put together some superb choreography using a variety of dance styles which ensure the show was a complete success. Performances from the leaders themselves were amazing and the high standard ensured that the audience were not disappointed. There was a packed 300 audience both nights which meant that £1200 was raised for the local Bluebell Wood Hospice.

Valley Students run the Race for Life – Sunday 15^th June

50 students and 20 staff from Valley have entered the Race for Life and are now in training to complete the event. The Race for Life club has now started and the girls are already keen to start building up their fitness and endurance for the event.