Parent Bulletin Weekending 15th November 2019 by Roding Valley High School

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RVHS Parent Bulletin Aspiration Respect Endeavour Friday 15th November 2019 Message from the Headteacher

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It is now one of my favourite half terms in school as we look forward to the excitement of Christmas. Other key dates:  Thursday 21st November : Year 8 Parents Evening 4:30pm to 7pm  Wednesday 27th November: Key Stage 3 Awards Evening - invite only  Monday 2nd December: Positive parenting Forum  Friday 13th December: School Christmas lunch  Monday 16th December: Key Stage 4 and 5 Awards Evening  School term finishes on Thursday 19th December Can I remind parents that school is closed on Friday 29th November to all students. Please do note other upcoming events on the school calendar.

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The Year 11’s have been superb during their ongoing PPEs (Pre Public Exams) and I would like to thank parents for their ongoing support at home. The Year 13 PPEs and Year 9 exams begin on Monday 2nd December. Students should now be revising and preparing for these exams. I would like to invite you to the 6th Form Open Evening on Thursday 5th December; this is from 5pm to 7pm. If you have a child in Year 11 it is really important that you attend, this will give you an insight into the Post 16 curriculum and the A level choices that are on offer here at Roding Valley High School. As a school we offer a very wide breadth of A Level choices with some opportunity for vocational courses. We are also part of the Epping Forest Consortium and this allows students to study one of their A Levels at Debden Park High School, which has proved to be very successful for some students. Anjuli Wheaton, Director of Sixth Form will be talking to parents at 6pm. Please open this link for our latest Extra-curricular Activities and Enrichment timetable. The school marked Remembrance Day with the whole school listening to the Last Post followed by a two minute silence out on the playground. It was truly wonderful to have our community of 1500+ people coming together to show such respect, in a moving and inspiring way.

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I would like to inform parents that Mr Cheema, my Deputy Headteacher is unfortunately currently off on compassionate leave, Miss Dyer has been appointed the Acting Deputy Headteacher in his absence and will assume all of his responsibilities. As the nights continue to draw in and can you remind your children to be mindful of walking home in the dark, using appropriate road crossing and keeping to well-lit areas. I also ask for your continued support in ensuring that students go straight home and are not hanging around the station and High Street areas after 3:30pm. There have been some incidents of anti-social behaviour and I don’t want our students involved for their own safety and well-being. The school has experienced lots of successes in the last few weeks, sporting, debating and in the performing arts. Please read and enjoy the details in the bulletin. Can I recommend that you follow the school on twitter and Instagram for daily updates of the wonderful activities our students are involved in. Kind regards Sharon Jenner Headteacher

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Monday 18 November

Year 10 Assessments begin

Monday 18 November

Year 12 Roadster Event

Wednesday 20 November

Year 11 Maths in Action

Thursday 21 November

Year 11 Mock Hospitality and Catering Exam

Thursday 21st November

Year 8 Parents Evening@4:30pm

Monday 25 November

Year 11 Art and Photography Unit One Exam begins

Tuesday 26 November

Year 12 Parents Evening

Wednesday 27 November

KS3 Awards Evening – Invite only

Friday 29 November

School is closed for Inset Day

Monday 2 December

Year 13 PPE’s begin

Monday 2 December

Year 9 Exams begin

Tuesday 3 December

Winter Concert – 6pm in the Main Hall

Wednesday 4th December

Year 12 Trip to Warwick University

Thursday 5 December

Year 10 Art Trip

Thursday 5 December

Sixth Form Open Evening

Friday 6 December

Year 13 Economics- Strong Foundations Workshop 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

Year 9 and 10 Trip to Tilbury Docks In the last week of the last half term our students had an enjoyable time visiting the Tilbury docks where they were inspired to look into Chemistry-based career paths.

Student Poppy Tribe wrote: “At the Tilbury how-chemistry-works fair, we watched a series of Chemistry-based presentations, the majority of which were on chemical engineering. This inspired us to think about taking Chemistry at A level and look at careers to do with chemistry”.

Year 7 Reading with the Residents of Poets Place In a reading initiative designed to support our Year 7 students with their reading development and build important inter-generational relationships. Our Year 7 students and the elderly residents of Poets Place came together as part of the school’s new reading initiative, Reading with Residents this week.

Our Reading with Residents programme runs once a week for a six-week period; in each session a Year 7 student partners with their resident buddy to spend 20 minutes actively reading out loud and 20 minutes working together on word exercises and games.

Year 9 PRISONMENOWAY! We were grateful to welcome ‘Prison Me No Way’ this week which educates young people about the causes, impact and consequences of crime. Students also learn how to stay safe, deal with life challenges and lead law abiding and positive lifestyles. Young people face far greater challenges than previous generations and we want to help them stay safe, be able to meet those challenges and not get involved in crime. We also hope to inspire some young people involved to join some of the professionals working with them today and consider it as a possible career path.

I was overwhelmed by how much the students gained from taking part in the day. The staff that ran the sessions were brilliant at engaging the students and are so passionate about helping students make the right choices in life. I am sure it will be a day that stays with the students for a long time.

# All of our students found the sessions invaluable and would thoroughly recommend this experience. “The talk with Anna stood out because we got to talk to someone who has been though the prison experience. It helped me to improve my confidence in making the right choices”. “I learnt not to follow the wrong crowd and to listen to my role models”. “I found the workshop with the prisoner interesting. The prisoners account of what it’s really like in prison has really made me think it is a place I never want to go”. “I found the mock prison cell terrifying. I was amazed how small it was”. Thank you also to Mrs Cain for organising this event. Written by Miss Williams – Year 9 Progress Leader Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

Chelmsford Shakespeare Festival 2019 Last week, our Drama students visited The Boswells School for the annual ‘Chelmsford Shakespeare Festival’, joining students from four other schools to perform extracts from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, the funny bits. Our students featured throughout the evening; popping up in and amongst the audience whilst rehearsing their play (within a play) in the woods. It was a fantastic showcase of our student’s skills and love of Drama. Well done to everyone who to part!

Netball and Football Tour to Malta On Thursday 24th October our students had the opportunity to travel to the island of Malta for a Netball and Football Tour. They all had a fantastic time, thank you to our staff for organising this trip! If you would like to see more photos from their trip, please visit our twitter page.

A Level Photography Trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum Last week our A Level Photography students had a wonderful time at the Victoria and Albert Museum, visiting the Tim Walker Photography Exhibition. They even managed to get a quick stop at the Natural History Museum too!

ROTARY YOUNG CHEF COMPETITION Thursday 12th December 2019 3.15pm-5pm

Please come and compete with your culinary skills in the first round of this competition - to cook a main course meal. See Mrs Blundy or Mrs Wilkes in Room T2 to sign up Last Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RIBI Young Chef Winners and Judges

Year 7 Trip to Lambourne End This week Mr Price, Mrs Lafferty and Mrs Collister had the pleasure of taking 15 of our Year 7 students to Lambourne End Activity Centre. Our students had a fantastic time and behaved impeccably and were a credit to themselves and the school.

On Thursday 7th November, our Student had a very successful meeting where the following topics were discussed:  Launching our fantastic antibullying initiative  Discussion on canteen menu- healthy eating  Reducing our plastic- action points for our next meeting. Our Student Voice is made up of two student representatives from each Year group and led by Head boy Sam Copeman and Head girl Maisha K- who were fantastic at the meeting, well done!

Congratulations to Xenia Tseka in 7R, who has won the Star Writer Award for her about mental health, in response to the extended reading students completed in Mental Health Awareness week. Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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This week, our House Leadership teams (across Years 7-13) have led House assemblies. Last academic year, students fed back that they would like to support a charity and raise funds throughout the academic year in order to give back to the wider community. The House Captains, Deputies and Leaders have worked together to identify and select a charity that each House will support this year. A separate letter from the Deputy Head Girl who oversees the House System, Imogen Kemp will be distributed next week. On 8th November, Year 7 had the pleasure of taking part in an Escape Room/Crystal Maze style house competition during the lunch break. The event was organised by Ms. Hodges and Miss Woods and students thoroughly enjoyed the range of activities on offer. The winning House will be communicated in the next House update once all the scores are totalled. A massive thank you to the House Captains and Deputies for supporting during this event.

Upcoming House Events Below you can find details of some of the house activities that are offered to our students over the next half-term:  Photography Competition – Please email Miss Costello all entries:  Bottle Recycling Competition continues – Please remember to use our House Recycling bins  Year 9 Vodafone Digital Creators Challenge Competition  Year 7 and 9 Creative Writing Competition – More Information is available from Ms Di Ilo  Career of the Month Competition – more information from Mrs Mason  Weekly MFL Vocabulary Competition  Year 10 Inter-House Football and Basketball Competition  Food Bank Appeal  End of Term Charity Fundraising Event Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

Winners of the MFL Vocabulary Competition. Well done to Latiah Hajdar and Lily Klein for winning our MFL House Vocabulary competition last half term. Well done to both of them for raising points for Murray house.

Inter-House Football and Netball Results (Boys and Girls Combined Scores) I am delighted to share with you the results of last half-term’s PE House competitions. Thank you to the PE department for running such a wide range of House activities.

Year 7 Football House

Netball Points Won 50 40 30 20 10

Hawking Churchill Rendell Murray Pankhurst

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Points Won 50 40 30 20 10

Hawking Pankhurst Churchill Murray Rendell

Year 8 Football House

Netball Points Won 50 40 30 20 10

Pankhurst Churchill Hawking Rendell Murray

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Points Won 50 40 30 20 10

Hawking Churchill Rendell Pankhurst Murray

Year 9 Football House

Netball Points Won 50 40 30 30 10

Murray Hawking Churchill Pankhurst Rendell

House Hawking Churchill Murray Pankhurst Rendell

Our Art Department have been running the design a Christmas Card House competition in association with Loughton Town Council. We’ve had a large number of entries from our students and have awarded house points as follows:     

Hawking (13 entries) : 50 points Churchill (11 entries): 40 points Pankhurst (8 entries): 30 points Murray (7 entries): 20 points Rendell (4 entries) : 10 point

House Design a Christmas Card.

Whilst the winning Christmas card design will be judged by Loughton Town Council, our brilliant Art department have awarded their own winners as well and thought additional points should be given. 1st Place: Anthony Blackledge 2nd Place: Xenia Tseka 3rd Place: Thomas Chilvers Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

Points Won 50 40 40 20 10 Congratulations to all of the students that took part in our House events last term! I hope to see as many of our students take part in the wide range of House activities we have planned for this half-term. Kind regards, Mr Hussain Associate Assistant Headteacher - House Activities

The Year 7 Netball Team. Mr Price witnessed a great game of netball where RVHS won against a strong West Hatch team 12-8. A lovely group of girls playing with such commitment and skill. A pleasure to watch. Well done Miss Edwards and the team!

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“For showing round a new student with real maturity and having a great attitude and approach to school life”.

For their hard work and attention to detail. This group get 40minutes history a week and I'm so proud of what they manage to accomplish in their lessons and as homework. Well done guys! Nominated by Ms Preston

Year 7 Drama “For their Pantomime Mood Boards, they are some of the best we have ever seen!”

Louis Szabo

Well done Louis!

Nominated by the Drama Department

Well done to Form 7T for having the highest attendance. Keep up the good work! Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

Anna Maksymiuk

Nichita Haiseniuc

My Star Students this week are Anna Maksymiuk and Nichita Haiseniuc for showing resilience whilst settling into Roding Valley life.

Our Students of the Week nominated by Mrs Walker and Mr Wilson for their extraordinary commitment and contribution to Drama- well done!

Poppy Arnott

Keira Swinson

Nathan Wakinshaw

Amy Lewis

Emily Bagshaw

Joseph James

Message from Mr Ryan Welcome back after half term. It's hard to believe that we are two weeks in already. Can I please point out that for the next two weeks Year 10 students will be sitting assessments in all subjects. Revision materials can be found on SMHW, Doddle and Seneca. These assessments will help us to identify and establish which students require interventions and specifically which ones. Before we broke up for half term, I was lucky enough to be able to accompany a group of 20 students to the WOW (World of Work) Conference. Here the participants learnt about employment skills, what employers are looking for in an employee and (quite importantly) what jobs are out there. At the end of the workshop the students were awarded certificates by the Mayor of Loughton. I was also able to hand out certificates for Sports awards before the break. It is lovely to reward participation in more than one sport.

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Message from Miss Wheaton I look forward to welcoming parents of Year 11 students to our Open Evening. This will be held on Thursday 5th December from 5pm until 7pm. I will be making a talk at 6pm, in which I will be sharing the A Level provision we have in the Sixth Form at Roding Valley and how we can support your son / daughter to make fantastic post 16 choices over the coming year. All subjects we offer will be available to discuss their courses in the Brook Building before and after the talk. We look forward to welcoming you.

Update on Our Current Year 13 I wanted to share an update of how our current Year 13 students are getting on with their applications to Universities. We have sent off a record number of applications so far and students have had some exceptional offers back from a vast range of institutions. All students who have received offers, have done exceptionally well, some notable mentions include: 

Tom Abbott, who has received offers from Warwick and UCL to study Mechanical Engineering.

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Imogen Kemp has received positive responses from all her universities to study Business.

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Alex Croll has received offers to study Mathematics from Bristol and Warwick.

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Lyubka Nikolova has received a number of offers to study Psychology, most notably at Sussex and Loughborough.

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Asha Uddin has received offers to study Politics and International Relations at a range of universities including, Sheffield and Kent.

We look forward to supporting all our students in fulfilling their aspirations. Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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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

After School  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 Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

 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

After School  GCSE Open Access to Art & Photography: Year 10 & 11  Physics Clinic: Year 11  History Clinic: Year 10 & 11  Concert Rehearsals: All Years  Year 9 Football: Invite only

At RVHS, we communicate by 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

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.

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