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RVHS Parent Bulletin Aspiration Respect
Endeavour
Week ending: Friday 22nd September 2017 “Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world�. Nelson Mandela
Message from the Head of School. It has been a really positive start to the year and this week has been very busy in school. The students are now settled and working really hard, their uniform and conduct has been excellent. Our school has been open this week for tours by prospective parents and their children. Our students were excellent, a real credit to the entire school community. I was very proud to lead these tours and let our visitors see our school in action on a normal day. The feedback has been incredibly positive and I look forward to the Open Evening on Thursday 28th September from 5:30pm to 8pm. Please can I remind parents that we close at 12:20pm for students on that day and we expect them back on site for 11am on Friday 29th September. They will go straight to their tutor groups ready to start lessons period 3. They will not have access to food until lunchtime so please ensure they have had a hearty breakfast beforehand. I do hope that many will be acting as tour guides on the night or supporting in faculty areas. Please do encourage them to help on the night but please do sign the consent form and make arrangements to collect them at the end of the evening. I would like to announce that Paul Wershof has stepped down as Chair of Governors after 10 years of outstanding service and commitment to the school. He will remain on the governing body as the vice chair. I trust that you will all join me in thanking him for all that he has done to serve the school community; he has worked tirelessly to support the students and has always been incredibly supportive of the school. He will be succeeded by Tony Barritt (previously the vice chair), a very experienced governor. Tony has written a letter which I have attached to this bulletin, introducing himself and providing an update from the governors. Last night we had both Year 8 and Year 12 Information Evenings. At these events Information was shared with parents/ carers on ways in which they could help their son/daughter to maximise their achievement and progress this academic year. We also showed parents our revised school reports which we will be using this year in Years 7-9. We hope that parents will find the revised version more user friendly and enable parents to track their child's progress against the new 9-1 GCSEs. We will discuss at the Parents forum on the 16th October and your feedback is appreciated. The supporting literature has been emailed out today to the parents of both Year groups and can also be found on the school website www.rodingvalley.net with the Year 10s.
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