Parent Bulletin Week ending 22nd March 2019 by Roding Valley High School

RVHS Parent Bulletin Aspiration Respect Endeavour Week ending: Friday 22nd March 2019 “Our vision is to be the school of choice for our local community, developing successful young people with high aspirations, who show respect for all and endeavour to become the very best that they can be.”

Message from the Head of School

With Easter fast approaching, there is a final push towards the public exams. Please can I remind both Year 11 and Year 13 parents that we are holding an Exam Support Session on Monday 25th March at 6pm, in the main hall. It will be based on practical strategies that can be used to support students before the public examinations. For those parents who attended our Parent forum, we will revisit and extend some specific ideas. There will be a full revision programme offered by the school in the first week of the Easter break. Personal Learning Checklists (PLCs) breakdown the content that your son/ daughter is studying in their individual themes/ topics/ units/ modules. As a school we have encouraged their widespread use across the school and subject areas. They support assessment and revision. Our initial focus had been in the exam year groups but we are now increasing their use across all year groups, as we recognise how supportive these are to our students. The link to the GCSE and A Level PLCs can be found on the school website. https://www.rodingvalley.net/teaching-learning/revision-resources/ Nobody could argue that reading is not important and that a person can be limited in what they can accomplish without good reading and comprehension skills. Reading develops the mind, builds vocabulary and supports understanding. The reformed curriculum is very contextual and reading for understanding is a vital skill that we need to develop in young people. We are now in the third year of our DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) initiative. This is where every Year 7, 8 and 9 spends 20 minutes a day reading at a set time. This has been successful and has shown an increase in reading progression and the enjoyment of reading. It is expected that every student should have a reading book with them, when they don’t and are just given a book, it does not really support the activity or the level of engagement. Please do ensure that your child has a reading book; please do check the suggested reading lists on the school website. https://www.rodingvalley.net/teaching-learning/reading-lists/

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Please can you also take the opportunity to check that your son / daughter has all the correct equipment including a scientific calculator. Can I remind parents that the girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skirts should sit below the knee and at this time of the year, many have grown and may need replacing over the Easter Holiday. We have now agreed our term dates for 2020-21, details of these can be found below and are available on the school website.https://www.rodingvalley.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2020-21-RVHS-TermDates.pdf Each week we promote a short term calendar, if you would like to see our full year, please click on the link to our website; https://www.rodingvalley.net/parents/calendar/ Links to the key information, including extra-curricular clubs and policies can be found further on in the bulletin. Thank you for the continued support of the Swimathon. Have a good weekend Sharon Jenner Headteacher

Date

Event th

Monday 25 March

Year 11 and 13 Photographs

Monday 25 March

Year 11 and 13 Exam Support Evening

Tuesday 26 March

Year 9 YES Conference

Thursday 28 March

GCSE Music Conference@6pm

Thursday 28 March

KS3 Up for Debate

Thursday 28 March

Primary Maths and Science Event

Friday 29 March

Year 10 Speak Out Challenge

Friday 29th March

Year 11 Science Drop Down Day

Friday 29th March

Year 11 MFL Trip to the Europa Centre

Monday 1 April

Year 9 Maths, English and Science Assessments Year 9 Girls DTMP Injections

Tuesday 2nd April

Year 11 Boys Theatre Visit

Thursday 4 April

Year 10 Parents Evening

Monday 5 April

End of term Break begins

Tuesday 23rds April

Start of Summer Term begins and students return to school at normal time. Parents are invited to the events that are highlighted blue.

If you would like to view the school calendar for the Year, please go to: https://www.rodingvalley.net/parents/calendar/

Message from Mr Dobson This week during character and culture the Year 7s have been looking at the very serious topic of exploitation and how it has manifested itself in the modern world. Mr Cheema presented an excellent assembly which highlighted the issue and what to look out for. The clear message of the weekly theme was to reiterate our primary motive which is to keep our students safe. The key to this is for our students to make sure they tell a parent/carer or adult at school about any issues or concerns they have. Once we all know then something can be done to resolve the situation.

Jack Blower

Churchill

Shola Fuller

Hawking

Aleyna Tekbasti

Rendall

Dilan Ulkan

Churchill

Natalie Wallace

Rendell

Kareema Bakhtiyar

Murray

Arbjola Zenelaj

Rendell

Marce Sunar

Hawking

Laycee Jesson

Murray

Hooren Ahmed

Hawking

Message from Miss Williams We are now four weeks into the new term and the majority of year 8 students are continuing to represent the year group positively at all times. I have however become increasingly concerned by the number of students who are failing to turn up to lessons on time with all their equipment and are not therefore ready to learn. This is a basic expectation for all of our students. As a result, as of next week; I will be closely looking at the behaviour points of all students and sending letters home if your child is not following our school expectations. This will hopefully keep you more informed about the areas, which will be affecting your child’s progress so that meaningful conversations can take place to support the sanctions and interventions taking place in school.

Healthy living and nutrition week is taking place in March so I would like to encourage students to think about what they can do to stay healthy and improve their nutrition. The challenge is to complete and submit any of the following tasks:

 Create a healthy lifestyles poster  Cook a healthy meal, take a photograph and write a paragraph about what it contains  Create your own breakfast/lunch menu  Write about your own exercise routine  Create a 4-week exercise plan and complete it. Students judged in First, second and third place will win Points for their Houses. Good luck!

Year 8 Handball On Tuesday, me and 8 other Year 8 girls went to Bower Park School in Romford, for the Essex handball competition. We all had very little knowledge about handball but we’re all raring to go and eager to play. We played an overall of 6 games against 6 different schools in the area. We all played very well and won all of our games except for 1, against the national handball champions (Bower Park School.) Overall we came 2nd and were all very happy! We had a fantastic day and enjoyed every minute. Written by Bronya Overington Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

I would like to nominate my Year 8 Religious Studies class (8a/RS4). Their commitment and hard work is outstanding. They are truly fantastic! Nominated by Miss Williams

Poppy Arnott

Churchill

Sophie Compton

Murray

Lola Collings

Hawking

Emily Crisp

Hawking

Caleb Beer

Churchill

Huseyin Boyraz

Pankhurst

Phoebe Morris

Churchill

Gemma Ochiltree

Churchill

Hayden Porter

Hawking

Henry Edward Hammerston

Churchill

Message from Mr Ryan It has been another busy week for year 9 and it is a pleasure to have conversations with students who are excited or curious about 40/40, our series of lectures aimed at broadening our students knowledge of wider issues.

Our first lecture was held by Miss Wybrant, who spoke about Myasthenia, an illness that she has personal experience of. Students were moved by the lecture and I had many interesting conversations following it. I look forward to seeing the reactions to the rest of our speakers.

Ellie Dennis

Hawking

Suzannah Grosvenor

Murray

Pankhurst

Luisa Munn

Hawking

David Moir

Murray

Anastasia Grytsai

Rendell

Sophia Barrett

Churchill

Adam Ghounbaz

Churchill

Natalie Lewis

Pankhurst

Tsitsi Mawadzi

Pankhurst

Hamid Lahreche

Message from Miss Reed We are running a training course for Year 10 students who are interested in becoming a ‘Youth Well-being Champion’, where our students will undergo training in order to increase awareness amongst young people of how to look after their own and their peers’ emotional well-being. Any students, who are interested in being part of this, should speak to me for more information. Please can I remind parents that the Year 10 Parents Evening is coming up on Thursday 4th April, please encourage your child to book appointments with their class teachers.

Year 10 Girls Handball Well done to our Year 10 Girls Handball team, who on Thursday 21st March achieved a fantastic 2nd place at the Essex County Handball Competition held at Bower Park. The girls won 3 out of 4 games losing out narrowly to the home team! Team: Teri Sandford, Brogan Skiverton, Jada Ali, Mia Ali, Elizabeth Wheeler, Bobbi Tucker, Sarah Cockram, Chloe Slatford.

Congratulations to the Year 10 Boys Futsal team for finishing 2nd place at the County Finals. Ali Springer, Alfie Sergent, Joe Marjason, Jamie Thomas, Tom Callagher, Ed Johnstone,

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George Taylor, Tommy Harrison. Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

Millie Simmons 10U.

“For the excellent progress the students made in Physics”.

Murray

Harry Balmforth

Pankhurst

Grace Reynolds

Pankhurst

Bella Carr

Rendell

Ethan Lyons

Rendell

Jessica Okaka

Murray

Lily Padington

Pankhurst

Roberto Rusu

Pankhurst

Rocco Coakley

Rendell

Megan Allgood

Churchill

Jenny Lycett

Theme of the Week! Next week in Assembly, our students will be asked to consider the following theme:

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On Wednesday 20th March, RVHS was visited by the highly regarded theatre company ‘Splendid Productions’. The company of three actors performed a startling and innovative version of the ancient Greek trilogy of plays ‘The Oresteia’, adapted by Splendid’s artistic director, Kerry Frampton. The play was performed to our Year 10 and 11 GCSE drama students, as well as the Year 9s who have just opted for the GCSE course.

The show reduced a nine-hour drama about justice, revenge, matricide, patricide and the rule of law to one hour and ten minutes! There were emotional moments, bloody murder and songs, which steered us through the complex story of Agamemnon, Clytemnestra and Orestes’ troubled family life. After the show, the students took part in a lengthy and informative Q&A session with the cast, which covered matters including the style of the show, how they adapted the work to make it about modern issues like feminism and me-too and how the actors had joined the industry.

The GCSE students will be writing about the show in their upcoming exams, and we were all delighted to have experienced such a terrific and energetic performance, giving us plenty of ideas for our future drama work. Written by Mr Wilson Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

Message from Mr Price Key Dates I want to draw your attention to some key dates for your son/daughter as we approach the GCSE exams:  Monday 25th March: Leavers Photographs  Monday 25th March: Year 11 Exam Support Session for Parents  Wednesday 26th/Thursday 27th March: Geography field visit to Mersea  Friday 29th March: Science Enrichment Day for all students  Monday 8th April to Friday 12th April: Intervention/Support sessions in school.  Monday 29th April to Thursday 2nd May: Art and Photography Exams  Monday 13th May: Last formal day of teaching for Year 11 students  May Half Term Week: Intervention/Support sessions in school.

Details on the Year 11 Prom and Year Book will follow in next week’s Parent Bulletin

Steps to Success Well done to the following students for making 10 ‘Steps to Success’ this week……

Strive for 5 - Maths PiXL Conference On Wednesday, some of our Year 11 students had a fantastic time learning lots at the Strive for 5 Maths Conference

 Harry Coulson  Romy Franz-Bodenham  Jasmine James  Tom Scott  Nick Norman

Chloe Brown

Rendell

Constanta Sclifos

Rendell

Taren Enver

Murray

Chiara Giambona

Rendell

Dilan Osman

Pankhurst

Jessie Taylor

Churchill

Sadie Woodland

Murray

Jack Fenton

Hawking

Katie Carter

Churchill

Ewan Harris

Churchill

Well done to Year 12 Geography for braving 60mph winds, dorm rooms, Ms Barronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s driving and limited Wi-Fi last weekend. They are now experienced in geographical investigation, ready to complete their own coursework. The trip included a close encounter with wild seals, a walk round the idyllic town of Cromer, a trek along sand dunes and assessment of the impacts of coastal erosion surrounding North Norfolk.

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Exams Support Evening Attention All Year 11 and 13 Parents We would like to invite you to attend our Exam Support Evening on Monday 25th March at 6pm in the School Hall. We will be providing you with some valuable resource to help you support your child through their important upcoming exams. Please come along!

Sports News Under 13‘s Girls Football The season so far……….. Update Played: 10

Won: 9

Goals scored: 51

Goals conceded: 13

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Finalists of Essex cup (Date to be confirmed)

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Last 16 of the National cup (404 teams entered)

RVHS v FitzWimarc School- Semi Final of Essex Cup Roding Valley played extremely well against an athletic Fitzwimarc team, leading the game going into the last few minutes where a last minute goal took the tie to a 2-2 draw. The RVHS goals coming from Grace Craven and Faith Mensah, the girls worked hard in extra time to take the game to penalties. The penalty takers were: G. Craven, L. Jesson, F. Mensah, H. Luxton, M. Monou and L. Lawrence all the girls converted their penalties, with a special mention to L.Jesson for a fantastic calm and collected top corner penalty and M.Monou for saving a Fitzwimarc penalty putting RVHS through to the Essex Cup final……..

Child Exploitation How can I support my child? Parents/carers can discuss the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships with their children, this is really important in helping highlight potential risks to them. There are also practical steps you can take, such as:

 Don’t wait to be 100% sure, collect evidence, if you suspect that your child is at risk – act now and call Child Line or Essex Police  Stay alert to changes in behaviour or any physical signs of abuse, e.g. bruising  Be aware of new, unexplained gifts or possessions, e.g. mobile phones, and carefully monitor any instances of staying out late or not returning home  Exercise caution around older friends your child may have, or relationships with other young people where there appears to be a power imbalance  Make sure you understand the risks associated with your child being online and put measures in place to minimise them. This parent leaflet is a useful guide to help you talk to your child about CSE. Online Safety Sometimes grooming and sexual exploitation takes place online. Make sure you know how to keep your children safe. If you are worried about something that has happened online, help is available:

 Has someone acted inappropriately towards your child online? Report it to CEOP.  If your child shares something online that they wish they hadn’t, they shouldn’t feel guilty. ChildLine can help you and your child get the image removed.  NSPCC has advice and tools to help keep your child safe whenever and wherever they go, including Parents' perceptions of sexting What to do if your child goes missing If your child does not return home when you expect them to and you are worried, in the first instance you should try and find out where they are. Contact relatives or friends to see if they have seen them or know where they are. You should also search your property and local area to see if you can locate them. You should also:

 Try to contact them directly via mobile phone, text or social networking sites (such as WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat)  Check their bedroom and any other place where your child might be within the house or building  Check the garden, garage, sheds, grounds and surrounding area  Check with their friends, school, neighbours, relatives, work or anyone else who may have any suggestions about where they might be. Ask them to tell you immediately if they hear from the missing person However, if your child is missing or has run away from home, you must contact the police. Dial 999 in an emergency situation or call your local police force immediately on 101 If you cannot locate your child following a telephone and physical search then you should report them missing to the police by dialling 101. You do not have to wait 24 hours before reporting them missing. Find out more about Missing Children and what to do, please use the following links:

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We would like to ask Parents to remind our students that all Mobile Phones should be switched off at all times throughout the school day. If they are seen or heard by a member of school staff, they will be confiscated. Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

Introducing The Team So Far:We have entered two teams of five to swim a total of 10kms. We have representing the teachers: Mohamed Ibrahim, Physics Teacher and Chris Dobson, Year 7 Progress Leader and Geography Teacher. Steve Abbott: parent to Thomas and George, and Natasha Dean Conway: parent to Joshua for the parents. Our students so far are Emily Fairhead, Jemima Purser and Ema Zilute Year 7, Joshua Conway and Nathan Wakinshaw, Year 8 and our Governor is Sharon Famiglietti.

Why Did You Want To Join the School’s Swimathon Challenge? “As a RVHS teacher I am really looking forward to being part of the Roding Valley team participating in an event that will raise money to help find a cure for cancer - a disease that has affected my life on far too many occasions.” C Dobson, Year 7 Progress leader and Geography Teacher “I'm so pleased to be able to support these charities as my family has been affected recently. I love swimming so will look forward to the challenge.” Emily Fairhead, Year 7 student “As a Governor and parent I wanted to organise a charity event that included the whole school community as I believe that schools need to be more than just education. On a personal note, I have lost several people to cancer, my cousin to Hodgkin Lymphoma at 16, several good friends including a mum of children in the school and my dad has suffered life-changing disfigurement to the disease so I would love to raise as much as we can for these charities. On a lighter note my swim strategy will be to hang onto the feet of one of our team who has the unfair advantage of in built flippers!” S Famiglietti, Governor and Parent Support our challenge and see how much we have raised so far at: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rodingvalleyhighschool

RVHS Extra-Curricular Enrichment Activities â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Spring 2019 Club/Activity

Teacher

Year Group

Room

Day

Time

Art Open Gallery

DTI/PBA

Years 10 & 11

A1 & A3

Mon & Thurs

3:05pm to 4.30pm

Netball Fixtures

LBL/HRE

All Years

Various

Mon & Wed

3:05pm to 4pm

Year 11 Composition Support

JSA

Year 11 Music Students

CA2

Mon to Fri

3:05pm to 4.30pm

Art Open Gallery

DTI/PBA

Year 10 & 11

A1 &A3

Mon to Fri

Lunch time

The Zone

RLA

All students

The Hub

Mon to Thurs

Lunch time and 3:05pm to 4pm

Photography

SCO

Years 10, 11, 12 & 13

Mon to Wed

3:05pm to 4pm

PiXL Edge Club

FWI

Years 7 to 9

ME2

Monday

3:05pm to 4pm

Sociology Surgery

SGR

Sociology Students

E10

Monday

3:05pm to 4pm

Science club

WMC

All years

Monday

3:05pm to 4pm

Year 13 Business

TGR

Year 13

IT2

Monday

3:05pm to 4pm

Year 10 Business

TGR

Invited year 10s

IT2

Monday

Lunch time

KS4 Exam Literature Texts on Film

CBL

Years 10 to 11

Monday

Lunch time

Year 13 Economics

OHU

Year 13

IT3

Monday

3:05pm to 4pm

KS3 Languages Club

PML/ZER

Year 7 to 9

Mondays

Lunch time

Maths Club

SRH

Year 7 to 9

Tues & Thurs

Lunch time

Cartoon Club

MC1

Year 7 to 9

Tues & Thurs

Lunch time

Handball

CAL

all students

Tuesday

Lunch time

Year 7 and 8 Computer Club

TGR/JHI

Year 7 & 8

IT3

Tuesdays

Lunch time

Year 9 Computer Club

NCO/MSE

Year 9

IT4

Tuesdays

Lunch time

Clay Club

PBA

Year 7 to 9 by invitation

Wed

3:05pm to 4pm

Girls Rugby

LJO

All students

Wednesday

3:05pm to 4pm

Media

CPE

Year 10 to 13

Me1

Wednesdays

3:05pm to 4pm

CiDA Coursework Support

NCO

Year 11

IT4

Wednesdays

Lunch time

Year 10 Brain Boosters

HRE

Year 10 by Invitation

ME2

Thursday

3:05pm to 4pm

Choir

BKA

all students

CA4

Thursday

Lunch time

Year 11 Business

TGR

Year 11

IT2

Thursday

Lunch time

KS5 Clinic

CTA

Year 12 & 13

E12

Thursday

3:05pm to 4pm

Maths Homework Support

OED

All years

Thursday

3:05pm to 4pm

Year 11 English Clinic

English

KS4

English

Thursday

3:05pm to 4pm

Business/Eco Surgery

OHU

Year 10 to 13

IT3

Thursdays

3:05pm to 4pm

History Film Club

TPR

Year 7 to 9

Friday

Lunch time

Geography Attenborough Club

JLI

Year 7 to 9

Friday

Lunch time

English Literacy Club

CBL

Year 7 to 9

Fridays

Lunch time

Carnegie Reading group

CBL

Year 7 to 9

Fridays

Lunch time

Year 7 Cooking Club

MBA

Year 7

Wednesday

3:05pm to 4pm

Before School: 8:15am to 8:40am Break: 11:00am to 11:20am Have Fun and Raise

Lunch: 1:20pm to 2:05pm After School: 3:05pm to 3:30pm

Please be aware that from Monday 12th November, students will not be served outside of these times.

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