Welcome to The Vale Academy

Don’t miss our school tour tomorrow! 🏫 Join us from 9:30am – 10:30am to explore our school, meet our team and discover what life is like here. Visit our website to secure your place today! Can’t make it? Click the link below to find out about our upcoming tour dates 👇 https://www.thevaleacademy.co.uk/admissions-1/school-tours

⚽ Another great week of football at TVA! ⚽ Our teams enjoyed some fantastic results last week, with plenty to celebrate! 🌟 Year 3 & 4 Boys and Girls Both our boys' and girls' teams went undefeated throughout their festival games! A fantastic achievement and a real glimpse of some stars for the future. 🌟 Year 5 & 6 Girls – EFL Cup Our girls competed in the EFL Cup and came away with a fantastic victory on penalties! There were some brilliant saves from both goalkeepers, along with a resilient performance from the whole team. The girls now join our Year 5 & 6 Boys in qualifying through to the next round later in the year! A huge well done to all of our pupils who represented TVA with such pride.

✨ Our new sensory room is here! ✨ We’re so excited to share this welcoming and calming environment with our children, to give individuals a space to regulate, reset, explore and feel supported when they need it. A huge thank you to Mrs Howarth for all the hard work and thought that went into making this happen. We can’t wait to see this space in use!

🌼Congratulations to Mr Webber, Miss Elliott and our Eco Club! Well done on receiving the ‘Best School’ commendation at yesterday’s Dunstable in Bloom awards ceremony, recognising the wonderful work the group have done in growing and maintaining blooms across our school. A fantastic achievement and one to be very proud of! 🌼

We were absolutely delighted to hear that The Vale Academy was one of the winning schools in the recent 'What School Means to You' drawing competition with CBC! Our pupils produced some fantastic artwork, sharing their own creativity and perspectives on what school means to them. We’re especially proud that selected artwork from the competition has now been featured in new leaflets celebrating the creativity of our pupils. A huge well done to everyone who took part, and a special congratulations to our talented Vale artist Anastasia!

Is your child starting school in 2027? 🏫🎒 Come along to one of our upcoming tours and get a feel for everyday school life at The Vale Academy! Take a look around, meet our team and see how we create an environment where pupils develop confidence, curiosity and a love of learning from the very beginning. 📅 7th October | 9:30am–10:30am 📅 14th October | 10:30am–11:30am 📅 15th October | 9:30am–10:30am Book your place today via our website: https://www.thevaleacademy.co.uk/admissions-1/school-tours #Primaryschool #Dunstable #Schooltours #DunstableSchools

🌧️☀️ Our final morning at Condover! ☀️🌧️ The rain may have come down overnight and this morning it is drizzling, but our smiles are still wide and the sun is almost shining through! Another breakfast has been enjoyed and, believe it or not, parents… the children can even strip their own bed sheets ready for the cleaners! We’ll leave it up to you whether that new skill continues at home! There’s still plenty of adventure to squeeze in before we leave, with abseiling, buggy building, aerial trek and trapeze on the programme this morning! Then it’s time to head home, full of stories and ready to tell you all about the amazing time they’ve had at Condover! What a fantastic trip it has been!

🌍💨💦 LAND, AIR & WATER – WHAT A DAY AT CONDOVER! 💦💨🌍 Our Year 5 & 6 children had another action-packed day at Condover yesterday, tackling challenges on land, in the air and on the water! 🏎️ LAND – Teamwork and tactics were put to the test as they designed and built the best buggies they could, before jumping aboard and enjoying the ride with their friends! 🧗 AIR – They’ve been pushing themselves to their limits with climbing and abseiling. It’s been fantastic to see them encouraging one another, facing their fears and celebrating each other’s achievements! 🛶 WATER – And, of course, there’s been plenty of splashing around! The kayaks have provided lots of fun, laughter and a few very wet children! They’ve also had the all-important visit to the Condover shop, where they’ve been busy spending their money and choosing souvenirs to bring home. Now it’s time to get ready for another amazing dinner 🍽️ to refuel after such a busy day… before heading out for tonight’s evening activities! 🌙✨ Another brilliant day packed with adventure, teamwork and friendship! Final day loading!

🌟 Condover, Day 2! 🌟 After some sleep last night… we’re up and ready to go again! Breakfast has been eaten and the children are fuelled up for another action-packed day. Today’s activities include kayaking, abseiling, swimming and trapeze! 🛶🧗‍♀️🏊‍♂️🎪 Lots of excitement, challenges and adventures ahead!

And the adventure continues! The children enjoyed a run-around quiz this evening... hopefully burning off some of that energy before their first night of sleep! 🌟