Parent bulletin week ending 20th October 2017 by Roding Valley High School

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Week ending: Friday 20th October 2017 “Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere”. Chinese Proverb

Message from the Executive Headteacher. It has been very busy half term at RVHS and I have been very impressed with the work that has gone on around the school. In lessons, our focus has been on ensuring that there is high quality teaching and learning with staff working with our new ‘ACED’ approach in lessons: Assessment, Creativity, Engagement and Differentiation being the core elements of every successful lesson. The new positive attitude for learning programme has embedded itself very well and it is really great to see the very high number of students achieving so many achievement points. Outside of lessons, there has been a real focus on our extra-curricular and enrichment provision and, once again, it is great to see so many students attending clubs at lunchtime and after school. Our new build is progressing on time and it will not be very long before the actual building starts to take shape. The building will be open next September and will help provide additional capacity to the school as numbers rise and our Sixth Form grows. Our new AstroTurf also opened on time recently and is being used extensively in lessons, lunchtimes and after school. Our Open Mornings and Open Evening saw large numbers of prospective parents come to the school and the feedback we received was extremely positive. As well as the visitors to the site, it was great to see so many of our students help out either as tour guides or in subject areas on the Open Evening and they were outstanding ambassadors for the school. We were also pleased that our Progress 8 score following the summer examinations is above the national average. Progress 8 is the new measure of school accountability and a positive score is indicative of the hard work and determination shown by our students and staff in preparing for their examinations. As well as our new approach to teaching and learning, we have also launched Show My Homework this half term. Looking at the statistics on usage, it is pleasing to note how widely it is being used and hopefully parents are finding it easier to keep up to speed with what your children are doing for homework. We will also be launching our reporting system after half term and, again, this should be easier for parents to interpret how well your child is doing. Both of these changes were brought about as a result of feedback from parents at our Parents Forum and I would encourage all parents to attend if possible. The next meeting takes place on Monday 4th December.

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Finally, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank all parents and carers for their continued support of the school this term. One of the key features of any successful school is the support of parents and carers and your continued support is greatly appreciated by the staff at the school. I hope everyone has a restful and enjoyable half term holiday and school resumes on Monday 30th October.

Mr. P Banks Executive Headteacher

Parent / Guardians Please remember that the only Jumper permitted to be worn by students has the Roding Valley Logo embroidered on the front. These are available to buy from Forest Casuals in Loughton.

Date

Event rd

Monday 23 to Friday 27 October th

Monday 30 October Thursday 2

November

Friday 3 November th

Tuesday 7 November

Half Term Break Year 11 Assessment Exams start KS3 Awards Evening

Epping Forest Youth Conference and Debate 2017 Senior Math Challenge STEM Fantastic Plastic Lecture at QMU

Thursday 9 November

Year 7 Mental Health Yes Partnership Business Awards

Friday 10 November th

Saturday 11 November

Year 13 Literature Lecture on WW1 and its aftermath Mock Bar Trial Regional Heat

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Year 7 Our first half term is now over and our Year 7 students have made a fantastic start to their time at Roding Valley and have settled in our school and community. It has been a pleasure to see the year group grow in confidence and independence over the last seven weeks. New friendships have formed, students are working hard in lessons and enrichment has got off to a really positive start. It has been a delight to see students interacting with others from a variety of year groups over activities that they are so enthusiastic about. We hosted a celebration assembly to congratulate and acknowledge all the achievements we have accomplished so far.

The following students were awarded in this week’s celebration assembly:

Tutor Top Students

Head of Faculty Students

YPL Top Students

 Louis Lazarus

 PE: Harry Cain

 Danny Robinson

 Ruby Coyte

 Music: Amelia Weekes

 Tanika Luba

 Cydney Spinoza

 Languages: Ruby Coyte

 Zara Lewin

 Nathan Bloom

 Humanities: Alexander Smith

 Harry- Ray Conlay

 Mia Patten

 Maths: Saul Grey

 Archie Worth

 English: Campbell Wilson

 Sara Shahparifa

 Science: Artemis Barnett

 Latiah Hajdar

Year 7 Football Congratulations to our year 7 football team who have won yet again with a score of 10-3 against Brampton Manor! Their record thus far is truly outstanding.

We wish our students a fantastic half term and look forward to continuing the positivity, hard work and enthusiasm next term! Miss F Williams YPL Year 7

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Year 10 YPL Thoughts of the Week………….. We are now coming to the end of our first half term as year 10 and what a great 6 7 weeks it has been. The The students students have have really really hit hit the the ground ground running running and and are are fully fully appreciating appreciating the the work work that that there there is is to to be be done leading up to their GCSE’s. done leading up to their GCSE’s. 7 weeks; assemblies, dramatic performances, sports There have been lots going on over the last 6 Assemblies, Dramatic performances, Sports Homework, Rehearsals for Peter Pan, Openas well fixtures, homework, rehearsals for Peter Pan,fixtures, open evening, music lessons information evening, evening, lessons, Information Evening, as well as lots of good work going on in lessons. as lots of Music good work going on in lessons. The students will have earned a well-deserved rest over half term so they come back refreshed and ready ready to to start start all all over over again again with with another another important important half half term. term.

Year 10 Awards Assembly

Form Tutor Awards

And the Winners were:

 Matt Freedman 10W  Sarah Bagshaw 10Q  Oliver Wells 10X  Patsy Stow 10V  Chloe Julians 10U  Crystal Kucukarslan 10U

YPL Award

Form Attendance for the Half Term

10U Top Progress Points  Paige Ellicock-Williams

 Ethan Price

 Ryan Clark

 Florence New

 Ruby Moody

 Hannah Green

 Simay Ahmet

 Daisy Taylor

 Lauren Atkinson

 Madison Holden Ettridge

 Sophie Lewis

 Ellie Blundy

 Nathan McDougall

 Leighton Brooks

 Saskia Cushings

 Callum Hilton

 James Garcia

 Katy Roberts

 Maisie Mead  Libby Schalm  Ben Ketteridge

 Phoebe Boyle

 Adam Wigley: Helping coach year 7 rugby after school  Teagan Andrews: Being very welcoming and friendly  Ella Margetts: Supporting and putting back in to school  Checardi Pirincci: Helping a year 7 pupil who was struggling Mr T Price YPL Year 10

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Year 11 The Year 11 students have made a fantastic start to their final examination year during the first half term. A large majority of the year group have returned to us extremely focused and determined and I look forward to seeing this attitude and commitment continue through to their summer exams. The first sets of examinations begin when we return on Monday 30th October. The students will sit exams for all of their subjects and the results will be used for their post 16 applications be that Sixth Form, College or/and Apprenticeship. Please ensure your child is completing purposeful revision over the half term break. On Monday 30th October there will be no Year 11 assembly due to the Science exam which will begin at 8:45am prompt. Please ensure you child knows they need to be at the Sports Hall Playground BEFORE 8:30am.

Top Progress Points Huge congratulations to the 10 Year 11 students below who have earned the most Progress Points this first half term:  Ella Davis: 1026 pts  Sasha Bingham: 1025 pts  Annie Rose: 1024 pts  Christopher Hunt: 1022 pts  Callum Say: 1022 pts  Anthony Rogers: 1019 pts  Saqib Raja: 1018 pts  Jack Gower: 1017 pts  Rhys Avey: 1016 pts  Hana Damania: 1015 pts

11a/EN5 “For their superb, positive, "yes I can" attitude to learning - doing all the right things to help themselves achieve better outcomes in their GCSES”. Nominated by Mrs. Lafferty

IMPORTANT REMINDER The first exam week for Year 11 starts immediately after they return from half term break, Monday 30th October. The students will sit exams for all of their subjects and the results will be used for their post 16 applications be that sixth form, college or/and apprenticeship. If your son/daughter has not already started preparing for these exams, they must start NOW! Mr J Quirk YPL Year 11

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Year 11 Assessments Please find below a copy of the forthcoming Year 11 Assessment Timetable. All students will receive their individual timetables shortly from their Form Tutor. Timetables will be printed on YELLOW paper and contain all information regarding examinations including conduct, expectations and equipment requirements. A further copy will be emailed to the students via their school email account. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ms J Draper.

Monday 30th October 2017

Periods 1 + 2 09.00 - 11.00 TO START AT 08.45 PROMPT  Science (Combined) (2hrs) Foundation/Higher

Periods 3 + 4 11.20 - 13.20

Period 5 14.05 - 15.30

Maths P1 - NonCalculator (1hr 30m) Foundation/Higher

English Language (1hr)

Maths P2 - Calculator (1hr 30m) Foundation/Higher

Media Studies (1hr)

English Literature (1hr)

Wednesday 1st November 2017

Physical Education P1 (1hr 15m)

History (1hr 15m)

Music (1hr)

Thursday 2nd November 2017

Geography (1hr 30m)

Chemistry (Triple Science) (1hr 45m)

 Business Studies U1 (45m)  Economics U1 (45m)

Friday 3rd November 2017

 Drama (1hr 45m)  Psychology (1hr 30m)

Physics (Triple Science) (1hr 45m)

ICT (1hr)

Monday 6th November 2017

 Business Studies U3 (45m)  Economics U5 (45m)

 Computer Science (1hr)  Religious Studies 1hr 45m)

Tuesday 7th November 2017

 French Listening & Reading - Foundation (1hr 20m)  French Listening & Reading - Higher (1hr 45m)

Tuesday 31st October 2017

 Biology (Triple Science) (1hr 45m)

Physical Education P2 (1hr 15m)

Spanish Listening & Reading - Foundation (1hr 20m)

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RVHS Sixth Form Celebration Assembly And the Winners were: Form Tutor Awards  Olivia Richardson

 Thisbe Barnett

 Kevin Turner

 Jessica Galloway

 Abbie Juniper

 Ellie Spencer

 Imogen Riordan

 Natalie Walker

 Tom Karim

 Matthew Wright

 Sarah Cannon

 Joe Roberts

 Darina Zhecheva

 Samantha Cockram

ATL’s – the following students were celebrated for their positive attitudes to learning: Year 12 Abbie Juniper, Imogen Riordan, Jessica Weaver, Liam Briggs, Igor Dasuzhan, George Gorak, Jamie Henderson, Emily Lee, Gabrielle Murray, Ben Peet, Jamie Richards, Eliza Royce, Jessica Stelzner, Kevin Turner, Matthew Wright, Anas Akhazzan, Mohammed Ali, Sannah Apabhai, Miya Atherton, Yagmur Bostan, Ben Botterman, Harry Boyd-Walker, Sian Burke, Grace Cain, Jake Carter, Chloe Croll, Angel Dean, Jodie Doy, Sophie Ellecock-Williams, Claudia Ferreira, Ben Harris, Ella Harris, Anisa Hoque, Grace Hughes, Jodie Humphries, Leia Humphries, Charlie Jeakins, Hollie Lawless, Alex Lynes, Joseph Marler, Andrew Merry, Sarah Naqvi, Billy Neil, Catherine Norris, Temi Olusesan, Rachel Opoku-Manu, Emily Overett, Joseph Parsons, Celeste Radclyff, Alice Celeste, Rebecca Reed, Joe Roberts, Lana Roberts, Ellie Russell, Jasmin Spall, Charlotte Taylor, Scott Taylor, Luke Thurlow, Mya Warner-Campbell, Kye Warsame, Megan Wright, Darina Zhecheva.

Year 13 Thisbe Barnett, Jessica Galloway, Isobel Hooper, Chloe Humphries, Lauren Humphries, Lucy Raymond, Olivia Richardson, Matthew Tinker, Lillie Butler, Liberty Burrows, Nancy Callagher, Holly Carter, Estella Chambers, Lizzie Cushion, Kate Laws, Giedre Sulcaite, Jade Tucker, Serene Ahmad, Felicity Andrews, Samuel Balmforth, Amy Barker, Jack Beddall, Joshua Beecham , Skye Bramley, Sarah Cannon, Samantha Cockram, Cameron Coote, Grace Cownden, Jack Davies, Sena Demiryaban, Joe Farquharson, Sam Flynn, Caprice Foster, Dani Francois, Leo Gilbert-Jones, Oliver Halliday, Humzah Hussain, Tom Karim, Anya Khan, Olivia Leighton, Lucy Lucas, Kyle Lundie, Nathan Mellule, Jo Merrison, Grady Petit, Taylor Read, Lily Rowswell, Juan Manuel Sanchez-Zamora, Ellie Spencer, Ben Thorpe, Natalie Walker, Amber Wigley, Emily Willis.

Event

Date

UCAS Workshop: Tutor Nominees

Monday 30 October

Time

UCAS Workshop: All Welcome

Tuesday 31 October

UCAS Workshop: All Welcome

Thursday 2

UCAS Workshop: All Welcome

Friday 3 November

6 Form Open Evening th

6 Form Exam Week

November

Thursday 7 November th

11 December to 19 December

10am 15:05pm to16:05pm 15:05pm to16:05pm 15:05pm to16:05pm TBC Timetable TBC

Mr L Harris Head of Sixth Form

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A Level Taster Tuesday Turn up and enjoy the lessonsâ&#x20AC;¦. Do as many as you wish after school 3:10pm to 3:45pm. This is your chance to get to taste and experience and a flavour of KS5 lessons. Date

Subject & Topic

Tuesday 31st October

Psychology: The Science of Happiness

Tuesday 7th November

Sociology and the world we live in: The purpose of life

Lead Teacher

Room

FWI

Tuesday 14th November

Philosophy & Ethics

JHO

IT5

Tuesday 21st November

History: How the World came to love the Bomb.

MCO

Tuesday 28th November

Geography: Geology through Chocolate

KSO

IT5

Tuesday 5th December

Photography/ ART

SKA

A2/ Darkroom

Tuesday 5th December

English

CBA

Tuesday 12th December

Politics: Boris, Brexit and Beyond

MCO

Tuesday 9th January

Business: Money, money, money!

OHU / LHA

IT3

LHA

IT5

OED

AWY

Tuesday 16th January Tuesday 16th January Tuesday 23rd January

Economics: Is Protectionism ever justified? Thatcher versus Trump

Maths/ Further maths Biology: Breathing systems underwater- how do they work?

Tuesday 30th January

Chemistry

NPO

Tuesday 6th February

Physics

KAL

OHU

IT3

Tuesday 20th February

Computer Science or BTEC IT: Have you tried turning it off?

Tuesday 27th February

TBA

IT5

Tuesday 6th March

Media

CPE

ME1

We look forward to seeing you at the Taster sessions.

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Careers Information Booklet The Essex Employment and Skills Board have produced a booklet called ‘What’s Your Thing’ this is a guide for careers and job opportunities in Essex. The booklet will be delivered to all Year 9 students in Essex and they will help inform and inspire students in the career choices they make by providing an insight into different roles available, the skills that are in demand and what salary they might expect to earn. The information focuses on seven priority sectors which contribute significantly to the local economy but are also facing significant skills shortages: 

Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering

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Care



Construction



Finance & Insurance



Health



It, Digital & Creative



Logistics

These sectors have been identified as being really important for Essex because of their contribution to economic growth or because they support the well-being of residents. These sectors all have lots of job vacancies and great career pathways too. I encourage all parents and students to read the booklets not just in Year 9 to help them identify the wide range of careers available to them here in Essex: https://www.essexesb.co.uk/careers/careers-information-booklet-for-young-people

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Future Chef Cooking Competition The Food & Nutrition department held their annual Future Chef Cooking Competition on Monday 16 October. All of our entrants were keen and ready to cook up a storm, and we had many fantastic dishes. All of the students worked hard to produce a dish worthy of a win and a chance to represent the school in the next round of the competition which is held in January.

A very well done to, Jessica Okaka, Hannah Ward, Abby Ward, Tommy Yeomans, Mehdi Pascoe and Amelia Martin.

Our winner was Abby Ward and Amelia Martin was a close second, both girls go through to the next round. Lastly, a big thank you also to our judge Mrs. Sargent.

Event

Date th

PTA Meeting

Monday 13 November

Christmas Market

Thursday 23 November

Time

Venue

7pm onwards

Main Reception

7pm to 10pm

Main Hall

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Sports News WGEL Schools Cross Country League 2017 Secondary Girls Year 7/8 Bronya Overington came 2nd overall in her category, coming 2nd in each of her 3 races. Massive Congratulations in your first year competing especially against Year 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Secondary Girls Year 9/10 Ella Margetts came 2nd after a fiercely contested 3 races. It came down to the last race where she came in at 2nd place to claim Silver, by 1 point. As always a superb effort Ella.

Her Silver contributed to the Year 9/10 team coming 2nd overall in the team category. Congratulations to the other team members being:

Teagan Andrews (8th),

Mia Ali (11th)

Jada Ali (14th).

Well Done Girls!!

Secondary Boys Year 7/8 The Year 7/8 boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team eventually finished 3rd overall in the team event with the team consisting of: Archie Sherrin,

Henry Williamson,

Bailey Allen,

Lewis Choules,

Elan Wainer,

Charlie Ruse

Charles Garner,

Secondary Boys Year 9/10

A special mention to William Whitehall who was our highest ranked runner finishing 6th overall.

Tom Callagher came 3rd overall in this category with a huge finish in the race to move up 3 places in the last 50 metres. A great effort in all 3 races with 3rd place thoroughly deserved. A mention to Edward Johnstone who also participated in this event, who finished 6th.overall.

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. Student Absence If your child is unable to attend School for any reason please report their absence by phoning the school number by 9.30am at the latest, you must also ring in each day of your child’s absence. 020 8508 1173 On their return to School please ensure your child brings with them a letter or medical evidence if requested explaining the reason for the absence for our records.

Medical Appointments Please make sure you make any medical or dental appointments outside of school time. If this is not possible, then please try to ensure that your child attends school before and/or after their appointment.

Holidays in Term Time It is not school policy to authorise any holidays during term time except in exceptional circumstances. A ‘Leave of Absence’ form must be completed (these are available at Student Reception) should you require leave for your child. A letter detailing your exceptional circumstances should accompany it. Please be aware if the absence is not authorised and the holiday is taken, the case may be referred to the Education Welfare Service, who may issue a Penalty Notice for £120 (or £60 if paid within 21 days) to each parent for each child taken out of school. For full details regarding attendance please see our Attendance Policy, which can be found on our website or contact Mrs Jeanette Low, our Attendance and Welfare Manager on the school number.

Guidance for Common Ailments Please see the following guidance from the NHS of common childhood illnesses; this advises what type of illness requires time off from school and what does not. Should you require further guidance please contact the school.

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School Communications We have been communicating by email for over a year now in a bid to get information to you quicker and more cost effectively. We found, however, our previous parental communication system did not give the functionality that people expect from smart phone apps today. So the school has invested in a new communication system call RS Connect Ed and with this comes a shiny new App. MyEd is the free parent app that gives you a multitude of communication and information features to stay in touch with what is going on at school. The app gives you direct access to your child's attendance, timetable, absence records, achievements, behaviour and much, much more. You will also see that we update and change the information in the app as the school year moves along. Click here to see a short video about the app We are able to send you messages directly to the MyEd app relating to important information about your child's education and to remind you of events that are taking place at school. We can also embed links to regularly used systems, for example Parent Pay & Doddle so you can keep everything in one place. You will receive a notification if we send you a message and there is no charge for the messages you send to us. The App can be downloaded by anyone and they will have access to information also available on our website Only parents will be able to access their own studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s information as long as we have the email address and mobile number you are using to access the App. Everyone will be able to see image to the left. But only parents of students in the school will be able to access this when clicking on the My Students tab.The MyEd app is available for both Apple iOS and Android devices and can be found using the links below: Step 1 - Go to your App Store Step 2 - Search for My Ed Step 3 - Download the Free app Apple iOS App Google Android App Once you have installed and opened MyEd, search for Roding Valley High School and follow the simple instructions to identify yourself. Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you are having any problems and we will help you get set up.

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EXAMINATION INVIGILATORS REQUIRED Roding Valley High School is currently looking to expand our team of Invigilators for the forthcoming and subsequent examination sessions and is looking for efficient, flexible and well organised people. The role involves overseeing and supervising examinations and ensuring Awarding Bodies guidelines and regulations are followed. There are also internally scheduled examinations held throughout the school year where you will be required. Hours will be on a varied/ad-hoc basis, held throughout a school day. We do ask that you can commit to working 8-10 hours (per week if required) during exam periods. There will be appropriate training for successful candidates. Please contact Jenny Draper, Examinations Officer on 0208 508 1173 for further details.