The Valley Primary School, Oakamoor

✨Class of 2023 ✨

✨✨Proud does not even cut it!✨✨

🎪You certainly did put on ‘The Greatest Show’ Team Valley, well done to each and every one of you!🎪

⭐️You all shone!⭐️

Please find attached details of the Year 6 Leavers Party on Friday 21st July 2023.

If you are able to contribute towards party food, please see one of our wonderful Year 6 parents.

Please may we also remind you that there will be no wrap around care after school on Friday so that staff members can attend.

Many thanks,
The Valley Team 🌳.

Thank you for the lovely invite Mrs Lumsden-Cook 😊.

📚 Get ready for Summer Reading Challenge 2023, Ready, Set, Read!, arriving at your local library this summer. 📚

📚The Summer Reading Challenge encourages children to keep reading during the school summer holidays – and to enjoy anything they like to read! Children aged 4-11 are invited to set a reading goal and collect rewards for their reading.📚

📚We had a visit from Terry today who told us all about it! 📚
✨It’s FREE to take part, and last year 75% of children taking part improved their reading skills over the holidays.✨

✨Find out more at https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/ or pop along to your local library to sign the kids up! ✨

Our unconventional sports day on Thursday was a great success! It was lovely to welcome our loved ones into school to take part in hammerthrow, discus, egg and spoon, archery, shot put and welly wangling with us. Take a look at some of these action shots 👀, there was no competitiveness at all from our visitors 🤥🤔😂.
Thank you for coming and joining in with us!

The Valley Team 🌳.

Don't our Year Sixes look fabulous in their new hoodies? The staff didn't want to miss out either. 😊

Some of our children went to The Cheadle Academy this morning to receive awards for their sporting achievements this year. Well done to all our winners!

Class Three enjoyed their final Forest School session of the year today. The Year Six children decided we should have a feast - so we did!

Class Three (especially Mr Greaves) enjoyed today's fire and food based Forest School session. 🌳

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✨Reminders ahead of our trip tomorrow✨

*All children to be in school for 8.30am for registration please.

*Children are asked to wear their P.E kits along with their school hoody or school jumper/cardigan- if you would you would like to pack them their joggers/leggings as an extra layer - please do so.

*The weather has decided to take a turn and has forecast some rain. Please send your child with a raincoat.

*If they have a bucket and spade, they can bring this with them - they will be in charge of their own belongings.

*A packed lunch is required, please do not send any glass bottles or fizzy drinks.

*We will update you on our estimated time of arrival back to school via email.

✨We are very much looking forward to our whole school trip and we will update social media with some wonderful pictures of our adventure.✨

See you tomorrow,
The Valley Team 🌳.

We only went and won!!! Could not be more proud of our little school! The Valley Primary School, Oakamoor we did it!
A huge thank you to everyone who volunteered to help us make this happen. Thank you to our The Valley School PTFA Oakamoor - we couldn’t have done today without you! What memories we have made for our little ones ♥️ They all looked fantastic!!

A huge thank you to Mrs Stanway and Something Special Cheadle Ltd - SSC Ltd.
With their hard work, we have a brand new football kit for our children to wear during team events from September. Something Special very kindly offered to sponsor the kit for us and I’ll think you will agree that the TMPF colours we have gone for, look very smart indeed. Mrs Stanway did a great job with the ordering and Something Special very kindly agreed to sponsor The Valley and our friends at Dilhorne Endowed Primary School.

What a super couple of days for our Y5/6 Rounders Team!

Yesterday, we took part in the CADSSA Rounders Tournament, our children played fantastically and really gave it their all. This was a warm up to the next event which took place this afternoon.

Today, we were involved in another Rounders tournament, this time hosted by The Cheadle Academy…..and…..we only went and WON!!!

My goodness, I am so proud!!! Look at those faces! 😁

Evening The Valley Primary School, Oakamoor folks.

Just a couple of quick notes regarding the Cheadle Carnival on 1st July

School will be recruiting and inviting kids to taken part in the carnival and chance to be on the Valley School Float (provided free by the awesome Swinson Transport in Denston).

The procession will begin at 12pm - the procession goers will need to be ready by 11am at Cheadle School. (details to be provided soon). Finish time hasn’t been confirmed but I imagine it will take about an hour. Feel free to spend some time looking around the Cheadle Carnival afterwards and / or joining us for some chill time drinks afterwards with the family.

The theme is, of course, the greatest showman TBC (you know the album that’s on repeat in your car right now!!). School will give more detail on what is required with regards dressing up etc…

Hope this helps. I will post more info as soon as I get it and Deb will send some info soon. If you have any questions drop me a message or post here.

Big thanks, look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on the day!!!

Happy days.

Steve et al. # # #

Class Three enjoyed their Forest School session this afternoon. Lots of climbing and den building.

🍫🍫Our chocolate bingo was a roaring success on Friday and we cannot thank you enough🍫🍫.

We wanted to put together an appreciation post towards the wonderful raffle prizes that were kindly donated. Thank you so much!

* Asda Cheadle - Chocolate Hamper
* Morrisons Cheadle Community - Chocolate Hamper and wine.
* Domino’s Cheadle - Pizza Vouchers
* Just Straight Talk- Dudley Zoo pass
* Wetherspoons Cheadle - Bottle of rum
* Hetty's Tea Shop - Vouchers
* Ramblers Retreat - Vouchers
* JCB - JCB Digger.

We think you’ll agree these are all fantastic prizes!

We made a huge £469.85 from the sale of raffle tickets, bingo cards, ice creams/lollies and donations for refreshments! A huge thank you!

The Valley Primary School, Oakamoor
Valley School PTFA Oakamoor

Good afternoon,

We hope you have had a lovely weekend.

We are in the process of working with the PTFA and finalising details surrounding the Cheadle Carnival on Saturday 1st July. We will share these with you as soon as we can.

In working towards a superb float that will stand out from the rest, we ask for any donations of brightly coloured decorations. The theme for the float is 'The Greatest Showman' and all things carnival/circus. If you have any unwanted brightly coloured bunting/garland, white or red material/curtains, lanterns or anything else you feel would be suitable, please could you send it into school by Friday 23rd June.

May we also remind you that if your child is wanting to be involved, they are asked to wear their costume outlined in the letter already sent out before half term.

As always, any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to approach a member of staff.

Many thanks in advance for your support,

The Valley Team and PTFA.

We hope you are all having a wonderful day celebrating with your families 💙

Thank you to everyone who came to support us tonight and for the abundance of chocolate donations! What a brilliant night!

Thank to our wonderful The Valley School PTFA Oakamoor for your hard work in organising this event.

Have a great weekend,
The Valley Team 🌳.

What an awesome Bingo night at The Valley Primary School, Oakamoor. Who’d have thought it could be so exciting!?

Over £550 made for the Valley School PTFA Oakamoor - unbelievable!

More importantly what a massive turnout! Great to see so many faces, new and old. Hopefully we’ll get some of you at the next PTFA 🥴😂

Big thanks to all those who helped…you know who you are 😘.

PTFA

🧊🍦 ICE CREAM FRIDAY 🧊🍦

After school tonight, we will have delicious Daltons ice cream for sale, aswell as ice lollies to cool you down on another beautiful day! Prices start from 50p.

🍫 CHOCOLATE BINGO 🍫

Tonight at 5.30pm, our doors will be open and we will welcome you to our very first chocolate bingo! The prizes are wrapped, the amazing raffle prizes are waiting and the bingo callers are on hand to make a great family night!
If you haven’t already let us know you are able to make this event, please let us know in the school office today.

Many thanks to our The Valley School PTFA Oakamoor for organising!

Enjoy your day,
The Valley Team 🌳

✨It was wonderful inviting our male members of family to our special lunch today.

✨Thank you for coming and thank you to Kat and Roz for the delicious food.

Look at these happy faces….

The Valley Team 🌳.

☀️ Please remember to send children with water bottles, hats and suncream for the predicted weather this week.☀️

Thank you,
The Valley Team 🌳

Is it time to come home girls?

What a fantastic day!!!
We travelled to Tittesworth Reservoir where we enjoyed a morning of orienteering, followed by an afternoon of water sports. We took part in both kayaking/canoeing and paddle boarding - which was just amazing!
Our girls were absolutely great!
They are looking forward to seeing their loved ones tomorrow and they ask that you have the biggest squeezes ready them 🥰.

A brisk walk over The Roaches this morning, followed by a spot of climbing and weaseling this afternoon. A hearty turkey dinner for evening meal and the children are currently enjoying a campfire with hot chocolate. Mrs Bould has taken over duties and Mr Greaves can report that he is already in bed. 😴

A walk up The Roaches this morning after a good eight hours sleep last night.

Good evening. What a day! The children have enjoyed climbing, axe throwing, archery and animal tracking. We are all showered and getting ready for bed. Let's hope for more sleep than last night!

Good morning from the Year Six residential. We all survived the first night. Time for a sausage sandwich!

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Good evening,

A reminder that the PTFA are holding a Chocolate Bingo next Friday 16th June 2023. Doors will open at 5.30pm and the games will begin at 6pm.

Ahead of this very exciting event, Mrs Bateman will be selling raffle tickets starting tomorrow (6th June) from 3.15pm on the school yard, priced at £1 per strip.

We have many fabulous prizes to be won:

*x2 Large Pizza Domino's Vouchers;
*Rambler's Retreat Gift Voucher;
*Wetherspoons have kindly donated a bottle of rum;
*Morrisons have kindly donated a beautiful chocolate hamper and a bottle of wine;
*Asda have donated chocolate treats;
*Photo Stoke Family Photographic Experience;
*A bottle of Baileys;
and hopefully more prizes will be confirmed within the next week.

Winners will be announced on the night.

If you have not already let us know you are willing to attend, please let the school office know. Remember to bring the whole family along!! Prices to play start at £1 for one book or £5 for 6 books. There will be refreshments on offer for you all to enjoy.

Please may we remind you that Friday is another non-uniform day where we are asking for chocolate donations - many thanks in advance for this.

We cannot wait to welcome you into school for a very exciting event and thank the PTFA for their hard work in organising this for us all.

The Valley Team 🌳

⭐️What a beautiful, sunny week for a half term break! We hope you’ve had a wonderful time. ☀️

⭐️We look forward to welcoming you back tomorrow for our final half term of the academic year - where has the time gone to?

⭐️With the forecast weather this week, please could we ask that named caps/hats are brought into school and that suncream is applied before coming to school. 🧢 ☀️

⭐️Wishing the Year 6’s a very lovely week at residential - don’t forget your suncream and hats too!

⭐️Wrap around care will resume as normal and information regarding after school clubs will be sent out tomorrow ready to begin Monday 12th June.

⭐️Class 2 and Year 5 will have a Forest School session on Tuesday afternoon - please send in suitable clothing for this - thank you.

See you tomorrow,
The Valley Team 🌳.

Guess where Class Three have been today? 🍦

Following today's PTFA meeting we can now announce a few exciting events coming soon. Specific details will follow but here is a teaser...

From Friday 9th June - Ice Cream Friday!!!! Indulge in a Daulton's ice cream pot or enjoy a scoop and a cone/ice-lolly. What better way to end the week! Prices start from just 50p!

Friday 16th June - Chocolate Bingo! Doors open at 5.30pm, eyes down at 6pm. Games for kids and adults and a chance to win choco galore!!! What's not to like? We've even thrown in a raffle with some awesome prizes. Join us in Friday’s (26th May) non-uniform day as we ask for donations of chocolate, please.

Saturday 1st July- Cheadle Carnival! We have a float in the Cheadle carnival... a great chance to warm up our voices as 'The Greatest Showman' comes to town.

Friday 15th September - Quiz night! A huge welcome to new parents and a welcome back to the rest of us. Mr Lumsden-Cook and Mr Gallagher will be hosting the quiz of the century (no pressure) with fun and games for adults and kids.

If you would like to get involved in any of the above please drop us a line. Help is much needed and any support appreciated, no matter how small!

Many thanks,
The Valley School PTFA Oakamoor.

⭐️We would like to congratulate all of our Year 6 pupils on all their hard work during this week’s assessments. ⭐️

⭐️We are beyond proud in the manner with which they have approached this week.⭐️

⭐️Have the most wonderful weekend, you deserve it!⭐️

The Valley Team 🌳.

Good evening,

A quick reminder that there will be no celebration assembly tomorrow due to the KS2 SATs.

Thank you,
The Valley Team 🌳

Team Y6,
Team Valley……
We’ve Got This!

🇬🇧We had so much fun celebrating the King’s Coronation 🇬🇧

👑We started by wearing our beautifully decorated crowns to Celebration Assembly and then our head girl Esme and Harry delivered the very kindly donated Coronation mugs to our children. Thank you to the Oakamoor Parish Council for these lovely keepsakes. 👑

🧺 The rain held off long enough for us to enjoy our picnic outside and we ended it by singing the National Anthem 🇬🇧🎵.

🪩 During the afternoon, we all got our dancing shoes on and had a boogie, followed by lots of tasty treats and a film to end the day. 🎥

⭐️Many thanks for the donations of sweet treats.⭐️

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy this very special day.

The Valley Team 🌳

🥹 We just had to share these photographs of our preschool Forest School group - Oakamoor Acorns - enjoying the absolutely beautiful bluebells in our woodland. 🌳

⭐️If you are interested in joining our group on a Thursday afternoon, please contact our school office on 01538 702355 (option 2) for more information. ⭐️

🌳We are so very lucky to have such a beautiful Forest School. 🌳

☀️On Tuesday, we had an afternoon of pure joy as our wonderful children from Class 1-3 spent time together in the glorious sunshine. ☀️