Parent Bulletin Monday 7th October 2019 by Roding Valley High School

“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.”

RVHS Parent Bulletin Aspiration Respect Endeavour Monday 7th October 2019 Message from the Headteacher

Right now there is not a Headteacher in the land that is more proud of the staff and students in their school. I am proud every day, but our Open Morning was such a huge success as a result of a massive team effort and our school shone. Thank you to all of our students that participated on Saturday, in their roles as student guides, actors, debaters, scientists, musicians, chefs and mathematicians. Their enthusiasm and their pride for our school was outstanding. It was another amazingly busy week here with sporting events, the Duke of Edinburgh and Creative Art successes. We are always encouraging our students to get involved and they are certainly doing just that. You will find included with this bulletin a copy of the October edition of our student magazine ‘RVHS Exposed’, please do take the time to read through this. I am so please for our newly appointed Year 7 House Leaders – what a fantastic start to their seven year journey.

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Congratulations to our Year 10 Students, who this weekend visited the Chilterns to complete their Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award Assessment Expedition. I would like to bring to your attention that we have now launched our new and much improved Roding Valley website â&#x20AC;&#x201C; www.rodingvalley.net , please do take the time to have a look. You can also keep up to date with all of the up to date news from RVHS on twitter - @RodingValleyHS or our Instagram account rodingvalleyhs I hope you enjoy our Parent Bulletin celebrating all the success and achievements of our wonderful students. Mrs S Jenner Headteacher

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Saturday 5 October

Open Day

Monday 7 October

Parent Tours of the school@9:15am

Tuesday 8 October

Parent Tours of the school@9:15am

Tuesday 8 October

Year 11 Trip to the Branding Museum

Wednesday 9 October

Parent Tours of the school@9:15am

Wednesday 9 October

Year 7 Road Safety Show

Thursday 10 October

Parent Tours of the school@9:15am

Thursday 10 October

Sports Award Evening@6pm

Thursday 10 October

Year 10 New Scientist Live Trip

Thursday 10 October

Year 8 Assessments begin

Friday 11 October

Parent Tours of the school@9:15am

Friday 11 October

Year 9 Road Safety Show

Friday 11 October

McMillan Coffee Morning

Monday 13 October

Year 8 Assessments begin

Thursday 17 October

Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award Assessment Expedition 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/ Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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On Saturday, we opened our doors to hundreds of prospective students. It was a fantastic day showcasing all of the amazing things that our school has to offer. From our English department presenting scenes from ’An Inspector Calls’ to live debates in our Brook Library from our Debating team. Parents were also able to attend our Headteacher’s Presentations which featured some amazing musical and dramatic performances from a few of our Year 7 and 8 students. We would like to thank all of the staff and the students that participated and for their hard work that made this event such a success!

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Written a well-structured essay?

'Star Writer Award' for this week goes to

Nojus Stegvilas 7X for his written work on his first week at Roding Valley High School.

Crafted a compelling story? You can be nominated for a 'Star Writer' award by your teacher to win a prize and have your work published in the parent bulletin. Submissions should be emailed to ACED@rodingvalley.net

We would like to introduce to you our new Student Voice Panel:

 Year 7: Anthony Blackledge and Ilya James  Year 8: Bianca Nedelcu and Sydnae Smith  Year 9: Archie Worth and Charlotte Erescova

 Year 10: Lauren Marks and Tolani Aradeon  Year 11: Charlotte Copeman and Jenny Lycett  Year 12- Hannah Green and Raj Singh

Our Student Voice is run by our Head Boy Sam Copeman and Head Girl Maisha Khondokar.

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Open Morning Debating The debate on the open morning was a huge success for years 7-11 with some very interesting arguments made. The debaters not only researched and wrote speeches, but the eloquent expression of their arguments and answers of the questions from the audience were very well presented. A big well done to all that took part!

Raajveer Singh took time from his Bar Mock Trial at lunchtime to help Joe with his Maths homework. Raj is a great mathematician and used his strength in maths to help others! Well done!

Year 13 Debating

Some interesting topics are debated with our Year 13’s every Friday. This week the topic included “Women should be positively discriminated into CEO positions for better representation in the workplace”. Jessica Overett was the strongest Debater with her well thought out and research driven arguments. Well done! rodingvalleyhs

Thank you to all of the Year 7 students that applied for the position of House Leader this year, all the applicants made it awfully difficult for our House Captains to decide on the new House Leaders. Congratulations on the following nominated students, we look forward to having them develop our House system further this academic year.

Dolly Curtis and Archie Savage

Hassan Salem and Juanita Wilson

Jack Morris and Melissa Bulgurcu

Jamie Hinwood and Tylan Sami

Finn Nicholson and Elizabeth Thomas

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Message from Mr Price Thank you to all our Year 7 students who supported our Open Morning this past weekend. It was a fantastic day where our students got the chance to showcase all of the amazing things that they have done (already!) and will be doing throughout their Seven Year Journey! It was great to see how proud they are of the RVHS already!

Usually our Star Student Award will go to one student, but I wanted this week’s Parent Bulletin to show how many nominations I received this week! Clearly our Year 7 students are making a great impression on their teachers. Long may it continue!!

Nina Nosa-Omede

Sydney Piper

Theo Crawford

“All three students have made a great start to life at secondary school”.

Charles Bachell

Lexi Sofocli

Nojus Stegvilas

“These three students have made a particularly great start to their school year, accruing lots of ARE points, and getting involved with so many of the enrichment opportunities on offer.”.

Donnie Webb

Freddie Rose

“For his excellent contribution in Science”.

Andrei Butnaru

“For their excellent contributions in their English lessons”.

Xenia Tseka “For showing a positive attitude in English. She is going to be an English subject helper on open morning. She is always trying her best. A real delight to have in the class!”. rodingvalleyhs

Congratulations to the following Year 7 students that have won our Character Award during the month of September:

Usually our Class of the week Award will go to one class, but again I wanted to show how many nominations I received this week! Keep up the fantastic work!

 7a/sc4: For their enthusiasm in 

Oscar Farrugia

Archie Savage

Luke Curtis

“For his invaluable, mature and caring response in the community when helping with an accident in Loughton High Road”.

“For showing aspiration and determination by playing the piano in assembly on his first day of Year 7”.

“For his invaluable, mature and caring response in the community when helping with an accident in Loughton High Road”.

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Science. 7BEn1: For their excellent effort in preparation for their English assessment. Poets Place Reading Group: For being delightful with the residents and being a real credit to our school. Hooray for reading with oldies!!! 7bGeo1: For having a great attitude to four figure and six figure grid references. Their use of OS maps was excellent. Well Done! 7a/Es2: For their positive and enthusiastic attitude to language learning. 7a/Hu: For their fantastic extended writing responses to 'Geography in the News'

Year 7 Sport Congratulations to all of the students who have represented our school in sporting activities already! We have already seen success with our boy’s Football, girl’s Netball and Cross-country teams. Keep up the fantastic work!

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What a great start for the Year 7 Netball team, winning 12-11. The team played a blinder especially Charlotte Palmer (GD), Hannah Salmon (GA), Saffron Heatley (WD), Ruby Harris (C) and Jessie Tucker (GS) and Olivia Elsdon (GK), who showed great sportsmanship. We played against Davenant and in the last second our GS scored a magnificent goal as soon as the whistle blew. Since our GK hurt herself, Ava Corletta stepped in, and played as an amazing replacement. Our attack side was brilliant because Evie Seymour (WA) attacked every place she possibly could. Daisy Callagher (WA) also played great and attacked every pass, everyone in this team played unbelievably well and we deserved the win. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope this winning streak continues! Well one to the Players of the Match Jessie Tucker and Saffron Heatley! Match Reporter: Jessie Tucker 7S

Year 7 Christmas Theatre Trip: 17th December 2019 Our Year 7 Christmas theatre trip to see Billionaire Boy, the new West End musical. This is the story of Joe whose life is transformed, after an unexpected change of fortune. But then things become complicated for Joe. With his new best friend, Bob, at his side, Joe navigates an assault course of school bullies and dangerously inedible canteen food. To make matters worse is the impossibly pretty new girl Lauren, is she all that she appears to be? Letters for the trip have been emailed home to Year 7 parents. Tickets cost ÂŁ21 and we have 90 places available for this amazing show. For more details, speak to your English teacher.

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Message from Mr Dobson I'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all the parents who came to the Information Evening on Thursday. These are exciting times at Roding Valley High School as we move forward this academic year. Throughout the building there is a vibrant and dynamic atmosphere which has been a pleasure to witness over the last couple weeks. Please can I remind you that our Year 8 Assessments begin this week and that our Year 8 Parents Evening is on Thursday 21st November. Thanks to all the Year 8 students who helped at our Open Day on Saturday, it was great to see our Year group being important ambassadors for our school. I would just like to congratulate our Year 8 footballers who did very well but were eventually beaten at their match last week, but their resilience and attitude must be commended.

8b/RSca Year 8 Students this week have shown a phenomenal attitude to learning and an Nominated exceptional work ethic, and are taking advantage of every opportunity given to them,by Miss Williams both in and out of lessons. It is important that this wonderful momentum is fuelled and nurtured throughout the year.

Congratulations to Finn Madigan 8V who won our Character Award during the month of September for his empathy towards lost and worried Year 7 students. He offered to leant them his reading book so that they wouldn't get in trouble, despite not knowing how he would go about getting it back.

Please see below some important upcoming events for your diaries:  Year 8 Assessments: Week beginning 7 October

 Year 8 Parents Evening: Thursday 21st November Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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Jahzeek Milwood

“For her excellent contribution”.

“For showing respect and kindness”.

Nominated by Miss Williams

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Message from Miss Williams Another busy and productive couple of weeks for our Year 9's. Miss Edwards took 62 students off on their adventures to gain their Duke of Edinburgh award. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme is a programme of practical, cultural and adventurous activities designed to aid the development of young people. Thanks to our dedicated teachers, the Duke of Edinburgh award has become extremely popular amongst our students and a prominent part of school life. Achieving this award has given our students the skills, confidence and a view on life that everyone is looking for, from employers to colleges and universities. Congratulations to you all for your resilience, hard work and positivity!

I have included some key dates for the upcoming year below:  Exam Week: Week beginning 2nd December and 22nd June

Archie Worth

Charlotte Erescova

I am delighted to announce our new Student voice representatives Archie Worth and Charlotte Erescova. Our Student Voice representatives play an important part of ensuring an exceptional student experience for everyone. They represent the views of students and give them a voice in the decision-making process. They do this by taking up and acting on ideas and suggestions on behalf of students and provide feedback to us teachers and staff members. You both will do an amazing job I'm sure!

 Parents' Evening: Thursday 23rd January  Options Evening: Thursday 13th February  Options Choice Form Deadline: 1st March  Assessment Week: Internal assessments in April

Punctuality Year 9 Football Congratulations to our Year 9 boy’s football team who won 6-0 against Kingston Grammar School. Excellent teamwork and grit demonstrated! A big thank you to their new coach Mr Olaitan.

The vast majority of Year 9 students arrive at school in good time for the day. We ask students to arrive at 8.30am so that they have time to organise themselves for the day ahead before Period One. Please encourage your son/daughter to leave home in good time so that they arrive here on time. Thank you for your support with this. rodingvalleyhs

Congratulations to the following Year 9 students that have won our Character Award during the month of September:

Cody Smith

Angel Hicklin

Gabriella Vlietinck

“He always shows enthusiasm in Period One. Always ready to go and get involved. He has shown dedication, initiative and aspiration through the tasks set”.

“Angel has had a fantastic start in Maths. She went over and above what’s expected of her, helping other students to understand the work. What a star!”

“For independence Gabriella always has everything ready. She is organised and knows when and how to ask for help. She is quietly excellent every day”.

Alexander Smith 9S

Jamie Tee 9Q

“For following instructions and showing determination in our Maths class”.

“For showing overwhelming enthusiasm and dedication to form activities and as Character and Culture”.

Frankie Locke 9T “For his focus and efforts in his history lesson. Really pleased with his positivity and contribution.”.

Caleb Beer 9W “For following instructions and showing determination in our Maths class”.

Sophie Reed “I’m very impressed with Sophie’s determination, hard work and kindness shown towards others”

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Message from Mr Ryan It has been another busy fortnight with the Year 10’s truly getting stuck into their GCSE courses and school in general. Last week our students had their first English assessments and it was wonderful to see the whole year group revising in preparation. I was so pleased to hand out letters to those students who wanted to take part in our open morning. I also think that it's really impressive that our Duke of Edinburgh Expedition trip went ahead despite the turn of weather.

Congratulations to the following Year 10 students that have won our Character Award during the month of September:

Adam Ghounbaz

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Elphus

“For showing aspiration and determination by applying for the Music technology qualification as an additional subject and studying for it after school and during lunchtime each week”.

“For showing aspiration and determination by applying for the Music Technology qualification as an additional subject and studying for it after school and during lunchtime each week”.

Michel Nowak

Alex Duca

Lucy Salmon

Emily Brown

Cristina Cataeva

Dominic Allen

Congratulations to all of our Star students that have been nominated by different departments, keep up the good work! rodingvalleyhs

11B/So1 Some great revision posters and mind maps and essays from Miss Garip’s Sociology class. Keep up the great work!

Freya Kennedy

Joseph Stevens Congratulations to all three students for the commendation they received from the researchers for their participation on a research project for their Sociology class.

Thomas Allsop

Year 11 French Intervention  Mondays in B2 for speaking + complex structures  Thursdays in B3 for Higher  Thursdays in B4 for Foundation Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

Congratulations to

David Igwe 11U, who won our Character Award for the month of September for his determination. In Geography David has set himself high targets and is consistently working hard to meet them.

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Message from Miss Wheaton Work Shadowing This week we have launched work shadowing with our Year 12 students. In the last week of the academic year all students will be going out into the workplace to experience a sector they are interested in. Our Year 12 students will need to be really proactive with seeking out appropriate work placements and the quicker they start approaching employers, the better. If you run or are employed by a business or sector that would be kind enough to give one of our students this invaluable experience, don't hesitate to get in touch with us at sixthformoffice@rodingvalley.net

Football An outstanding start from our newly formed Sixth Form Football team this week. In their first game of the season they won 8 - 0. A fantastic effort from all involved! Well done!

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 The Zone: in the Zone- All Years  GCSE Open Access to Art & Photography: Year 10 & 11  Keyboard Club: All Years  Y10 Combined Science Support  Sociology Surgery: Year 10 & 11  Girls Cricket: Year 7 to 9  Sportability - Invite Only

 The Zone: in the Zone- All Years  GCSE Open Access to Art & Photography: Year 10 & 11  Rugby Skills: Year 7 & 8  Basketball: Year 7 to 9  Debate Club: All Years  Y7 Science Support: Year 7  Cartoon Club: Year 7  Chess and Board Game Club: Year 7 to 9  KS3 Maths Club: Year 7 to 9  Choir: All Years  Literacy Games: Year 7 to 10  French Club: Year 7

After School  GCSE Open Access to Art & Photography: Year 10 & 11  Year 10 Music Technology: Year 10  Homework Support: The Zone  Computer Aided Design  Chelmsford Shakespeare Festival: Year 8 to 10  Science Club: Year 7 to 9  Combined Science Clinic: Year 11  Netball: All Years  Football: All Years  PiXL Loric Club: Year 7 to 10

After School  GCSE Open Access to Art & Photography: Year 10 & 11  Dance: All Years  KS3 Languages Club: Year 7 to 9  Christmas Carol: All Years

Thursday Lunch Time  The Zone: in the Zone- All Years  GCSE Open Access to Art & Photography: Year 10 & 11  Handball: Year 7 to 9  Y8 Science Support: Year 8  Y7 Drama Club: Year 7  Handwriting Club: All Years  Logic Club: All Years  Chess & Board Game Club: Year 7 to 9  KS3 Maths Club: Year 7 to 9

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 GCSE Open Access to Art & Photography: Year 10 & 11  Christmas Carol: All Years  Girls Football: all Years  Combined Science Clinic: Year 11  Chemistry Clinic: Year 11  English Clinic: Year 11  Photography Club: All Years  Concert Rehearsals: All Years  Year 11 GCSE Music Composition Support: Year 11  Maths Support: All Years

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 The Zone: in the Zone- All Years  GCSE Open Access to Art & Photography: Year 10 & 11  Sixth Form Football Fixtures: 1pm to 5pm  Touch Rugby: Year 7  Debating: Year 11  Y9 Science Support: Year 9  Y10 Triple Science Support: Year 10  Creative Writing Club: Year 7 to 10  Year 10 Music Technology  Well Being Wednesday: The Hub – All Years

After School  GCSE Open Access to Art & Photography: Year 10 & 11  Netball Fixtures: All Years  Combined Science Clinic: Year 11  Biology Clinic: Year 11  Cooking Club: Year 7 & 8  Media Support/Intervention: Year 10 to 13  Clay Club: All Years  Concert Rehearsals: All Years

Friday Lunch Time  The Zone: in the Zone- All Years  GCSE Open Access to Art & Photography: Year 10 & 11  Debating  Sixth Form Football Fixtures: 1pm to 5pm  Carnegie Reading Group: Year 7 to 9  Humanities Club: Year 7

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At RVHS, we communicate by email 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 ParentPay & 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. Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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At RVHS, we use Show My Homework; an account has been created for you to keep up to date with your child’s homework progress from home.

What is ‘Show My Homework’? Show my Homework is a simple online solution for students and parents to view homework details and upcoming deadlines. Mobile apps and notifications ensure you always know what homework your child has and when it’s due. How to Log In?  Go to www.showmyhomework.co.uk/pin  Or you can download the app.  Enter your PIN details that you have been given in the letter provided by your school.

What are PINs? PINs are unique codes that ‘Show My Homework’ has assigned to each parent that allow us to confirm their identity on initial login. After logging in for the first time users will be asked to provide more memorable login details for future use. PINs are then only be used as a backup in case you forget these logins.

 Click ‘Log in’  Create a memorable password and enter your email address then click ‘Update you details’.

Students do not need a pin to be able to access their homework. They can gain access to their Show My Homework account though their Gmail account.

You are now able to access your account and view all the homework that has been set for your child. If yourself or your child experience any difficulties with using ‘Show my Homework’ or you no longer have your pin, please contact Miss Larkin: plarkin@rodingvalley.net

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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.

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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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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. 0208-508-1173 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 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 on the following page 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 on 0208-508-1173

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