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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