Year 2 had a messy but fun afternoon making Challah bread ready for our RE assembly tomorrow! This bread is shared by Jewish families on their sabbath day! 
Year 2 spent the afternoon learning about Remembrance day and why it is important.
We created some art to be taken to the cenotaph to pay our respects.
Well done Year 2 for your outstanding and respectful attitudes.
Year 2 have further developed their artistic skill of blending this week.
We explored cool and cold colours using watercolour pencils and learned how to blend the colours using water and a paintbrush. 
As part of British Science Week, Year 2 were given the opportunity to be forensic detectives and asked to solve the mystery of who stole the sweets!
They learned all about fingerprints and how they are unique. They enjoyed using the ink pads and magnifying glasses to find the prints that matched the ones on the jar and could identify the different patterns, whorls, loops and arches.
Well done Year 2, you’ll solved the crime!
This week, the KAPLA project has given us the opportunity to develop our STEM skills.
Logical thinking – develops spatial awareness and enhances awareness of shape, volume and sense of balance whilst developing manual dexterity.
Stimulating creativity – enhances creative thinking and children to express their artisitic talents.
Concentration, patience and perseverance.
Teamwork – communication and cooperation.
We also demonstarted all of our school values- showing RESPECT to others, taking RESPONSIBILITY, demonstrating ENGAGEMENT and showing amazing RESILIENCE when the project became tricky.
We would like to thank Kapla for an amazing two day project and a massive thank you to all of our volunteer helpers who were invaluable!
Today the children showed great citizenship, they wanted to help members of our community this winter so they teamed togther with local charity, Hebburn Helps.
The children collected donations of warm blankets and hot water bottles in school, the student council then delivered them to Hebburn Helps who will distribute them to families in need.
Classes from Valley View, attended the Remembrance Day Ceremony at Monkton Cenotaph.
Members of the student council presented a wreath, on behalf of the school and displayed some art work, that the chilkdren had produced to show their respect.
On the 6th June 2022 we hosted a community event in school to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Families from Valley View Primary School came together to for an afternoon of entertainment; we played games, socialisied and enjoyed some delicious home made scones and refreshments.
We would like to thank all of our families for joining us for this celebration and to South Tyneside Platinum Jubilee Community Fund.
A great time was had by all, we cant wait to welcome our community to our next celebration!
Year 2 have had an exciting half term so far!
We have looked the work of Jackson Pollock and then created our own artwork in his style. We needed to mix colours and decide whether we wanted to blow, splat or drizzle the paint to create our paintings.
In literacy, we are reading the story of ‘The Little Red Hen’. We visited Hedworthfield Primary School to visit their hens. We planted corn together, mucked out the cages and made food for them.
