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26/02/26

Look away now if squeamish! This afternoon Year 6 learned all about our heart and even got to dissect a pig’s heart linking to our science topic and book in English.

18/02/26

In Week 6, Aylesford hosted a Performing Arts VIAT Masterclass for all the primaries. The children had an incredible time and, after warm up games, and developing their body language and facial expressions, performed 'Naughty' (from the musical Matilda)! #futureperformers

13/02/26

We love to celebrate sport at VIPS Aylesford and this week has been no exception. Livvy in year 6 proudly represented our school when she played for the Tonbridge and Malling District under 11 girls team in a match against Crystal Palace. Keep following your dream!

13/02/26

We continue to follow the journey of Taylor in Year 3. Last weekend she took part in the All England Open Championships in the famous tower in Blackpool. Her ballroom and latin American dances earned her medals which she was proud to share in school.

13/02/26

For Safer Internet Day this week we enjoyed an assembly delivered by our digital leaders and completed activities in classrooms. Our Yr 5 & 6 pupils took part in a Digital Detox and were challenged to stay off social media for 24 hours. Well done to those who managed! @UK_SIC

13/02/26

Number day 2026 raising money for @NSPCC

12/02/26

Some of our Year 5 and 6 girls took part in a ‘This Girl Can’ event this week which aims to promote gender equality in sports and encourage girls to participate more. They had a brilliant time and represented the school perfectly - go on girls!

12/02/26

Well done to our UKS2 Athletics team for achieving 3rd place last week! 🥉

12/02/26

🥉Bronze medals for our KS1 Athletics team this week! Well done!

06/02/26

THIRD PLACE 🥉 for our amazing UKS2 athletics team this week! Well done!

05/02/26

Year 4, Birch class have been busy sewing in their DT lessons. They have designed and made t-shirts for Bella, our reading bear. A wonderful link between DT and the National Year of Reading. Well done Year 4.

04/02/26

Year 5 have been exploring illusion art based around the work of MC Escher. They have enjoyed experimenting with different techniques to produce some wonderful optical illusions.

03/02/26

Year 3 finished off their DT topic by making bread rolls last week. The children loved mixing, kneading and waiting for the dough to prove before baking it. The results were very much enjoyed! @PaulHollywwod_

02/02/26

Shoutout to James for completing his mile swim! Amazing achievement, well done! 🏊

02/02/26

We are so very proud of Taylor in year 3 who is now competing at a national level for ballroom and Latin American dancing. She achieved a 1st place in the U12 starters section and 3rd in the U10 & U8 sections. Blackpool here she comes! Keeeeep dancing!

30/01/26

Willow Class were very excited to receive one of our National Year of Reading Champion badges for their wonderful book review of The Bog Baby.

29/01/26

Oak Class have been very busy this week learning about odd and even numbers and how to improve the paintings of famous artists.

28/01/26

VIPS Aylesford are all very excited about the Winter Olympics. We have all drawn our country and cannot wait to watch the events. Each class is researching their country and creating flags. @BBCSport @sebcoe @LizYarnold

27/01/26

Year 4 have been working hard to create a fantastic outcome for their history work on the Stone Age this term. @britishmuseum @MaidstoneMuseum

27/01/26

Beech Class have been exploring space and the earth this term. In science they used a torch and a globe to help them understand how night and day occur as the earth rotates on its axis.

23/01/26

Congratulations ot Livvy in Yr 6 who is part of the Youth Council at Aylesford Football Club where she plays. She organised a specialist bag of resources to support the girls teams at training and match days. We are very proud of her @aylesford_fc

22/01/26

Year 5 have thoroughly enjoyed reading Cosmic by @frankcottrell_b They have written some very engaging character studies of Liam, the main character in the novel. Well done Beech class.

21/01/26

Year 4 working incredibly hard to produce a fantastic written outcome on the Stone Age in history!

20/01/26

National year of reading 2026 has got of to a brilliant start here at VIPS Aylesford. Thomas in Yr 6 has completed his 'read your height' challenge and we are so very proud of him. We always knew he was an avid reader but this is an incredible achievement. Well done Thomas!

19/01/26

Willow Class have had a very busy week completing large scale practical maths and learning about JMW Turner who spent much of his life in Margate in Kent @TCMargate

PE and Sport

At Valley Invicta Primary School at Aylesford we believe all children should have the opportunity to live healthy and active lives. A positive experience of sport and physical activity at a young age can build a lifetime habit of participation.

Physical activity has numerous benefits for children’s physical health, as well as their mental wellbeing and children who are physically active are happier, more resilient and more trusting of their peers. Ensuring that pupils have access to sufficient daily activity can also have wider benefits for pupils and schools, improving behaviour as well as enhancing academic achievement.

Using the Primary PE and Sport Premium funding we ensure that children meet this target. This Government funding should be used to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of the PE, physical activity and sport offered by schools.

This means that schools use the premium to:

develop or add to the PE, physical activity and sport that your school provides
build capacity and capability within the school to ensure that improvements made now will benefit pupils joining the school in future years

Schools should use the premium to secure improvements in the 5 key indicators.

Your School Games Mark

Valley Invicta Primary School was awarded the Your School Games GOLD award for our PE and Sport provision in 2018/19.

Sports Mark

The School Games Mark is a government-led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. Participating in this process allows schools to evaluate their PE provision and assists them in developing an action plan for future progress.

For more information on the Your School Games please click the link: https://www.yourschoolgames.com/how-it-works/

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Youth Sport Trust

Youth Sport Trust Home Learning PE activities that can be done individually or in pairs/small groups with a focus on the development of physical competence and actively learning the importance of personal skills to support social, emotional and mental wellbeing.

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/pe-home-learning

60 second Physical Activity Challenges

A fun ‘compete against yourself’ approach to physical activity with a focus on resilience and perseverance and the aim to achieve bronze, silver or gold medal aims. We have a range of activity cards and videos.

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/60-second-physical-activity-challenges

Active Breaks

These are general fun physical activities for children to do throughout the day as a way to get active, have fun as a family and break up the day. Examples include hide and seek, den or fort building and 'hot potato' ball games. https://www.youthsporttrust.org/active-breaks

Change4Life

Change4life

Change4Life aims to ensure parents have the essential support and tools they need to make healthier choices for their families. We know that modern life can mean we are a lot busier, less active, and more reliant on convenience and fast food than we used to be. But that's where Change4Life comes in, helping families with fun ideas to help kids stay healthy, whether with easy recipes for busy weeknights, great sugar swaps, Disney-inspired games to get kids moving or help in understanding food labels.

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/aboutchange4life

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities

https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups

Cosmic kids yoga

Cosmic Kids Yoga

Yoga helps to encourage self-esteem and body awareness with a physical activity that’s noncompetitive.

https://www.cosmickids.com/category/watch/

https://www.youtube.com/cosmickidsyoga

Get Set Club

Get inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games, free activities, challenges and learning resources.

https://www.getset.co.uk/resources/home-learning/primaryhomelearning

LTA

Tennis LTA

Improve your tennis skills any time, any place, with our home activities.

https://www.lta.org.uk/play-compete/lta-youth/tennis-at-home/#

Sport England

Stay in, work out tips, advice and guidance on how to keep or get active in and around your home.

https://www.sportengland.org/stayinworkout

Kent School Games

Kent School Games

The School Games personal challenges are a student led approach, aiming to improve individual’s performance. This interlinks with the school games mission of helping individuals achieve their personal best. There is a wide variety of challenges to choose from, follow the link below for more information:

https://www.kentschoolgames.com/stayhomestayactive

CBeebies

Andy’s Workout - CBeebies

Andy travels the world to amazing places and learns to move like the animals he meets on his wild adventure. Can you adventure with Andy and learn some animal moves of your own?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06tmmvz

Premier League

Premier League Kids Quiz

Test your children's knowledge in the Official Premier League Kids Quiz every Thursday at 10:00am.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1651504#

Premier League Stars

A wide collection of free, curriculum-linked resources to educate and entertain children at home. You can find lots of ideas for helping your children get active, as well as fun videos, games and worksheets for Maths, English and Health and Wellbeing.

https://plprimarystars.com/

The Body Coach

Joe Wicks

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

Find out more about how we collaborate through Sport across VIAT by watching our video:

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