Farewell from Mrs Jenner
Dear Parents/ Carers,
It has been wonderful to be part of the final celebration assemblies and to see so many students receiving awards for progress and attitude across the curriculum. Please go to each year group page for a full list of awards presented.
It was a fabulous evening at the Sports Awards and we were honoured to have Gary Mabbutt, former Tottenham Hotspur Captain and England footballer, as our guest speaker. He spoke about resilience and overcoming barriers, including his personal struggle with diabetes. He encouraged our students never to give up and always try their best, he was keen to highlight that he was fortunate but that students must maintain a focus on their academic studies. He was a true gentleman.
I have written to all parents regarding start of term arrangements and the school’s expectations for September. The letter is on the website and can be viewed by clicking here. It contains very important information regarding uniform, attendance and start of term arrangements.
Mr Charlton will be writing his first communication to all parents and carers at the beginning of the new school year.
I would like to draw your attention to vacancy that we have in the canteenCatering Assistant Vacancy if you have any questions and require further information please contact phenrye@rodingvalley.net
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Welcome to the final bulletin of the year as we break for summer.
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It is really important that our students remain safe over the summer holidays and please see attached link for some information for parents.https://www.escb.co.uk/about/campaigns/onlinesafety/?utm_source=e-shot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=OneNews13July
It has been a real privilege to have served the Roding Valley Community for 11 years and leading the school for 7 years. I am very proud of the school’s achievements, the creation of a very successful sixth form, the team that has been created and given the now oversubscription for places, the realisation of my vision ‘to become the school of choice in the local community’. All schools need to continue to move forward and evolve and I am confident that the school will continue its upward trajectory and high expectation under the new leadership of Mr Charlton from September. Roding Valley High School is a very special place, the students are amazing and the teachers are highly skilled & committed; I will keep a very fond eye on its future endeavours. Thank you for all your kind messages, I have appreciated them all.
The community will also say a fond farewell to Mrs Dyer, the Deputy Headteacher. Mrs Dyer has been at the school for 27 years. She is a dedicated teacher and leader, she always believes in every student and wants to find the best in everyone. Mrs Dyer has had a huge positive impact on the Roding Valley community and supported thousands of students in her time here. I am sure that she helped many of your children along their journey and you will join me in wishing her well as she takes up her first headship, which is very well deserved.
All that is left to say is ‘enjoy the summer break’. I hope that you get some time with family and friends or just take a well-deserved rest.
A final farewell
Mrs Sharon Jenner. Headteacher
Messages from Our Year Progress Leaders
Our team is proud to be your child’s Year Progress Leader and very much looking forward to supporting your child and with such a great cohort of students, we are sure it will be a great half term To ensure that you are aware of who your child’s Year Progress Leader is and who to contact, please refer to their details below:
Year 7: Miss Reed
To contact Miss Reed, please email hreed@rodingvalley.net
Year 8: Mr Ryan
To contact Mr Ryan, please email fryan@rodingvalley.net
Year 9: Miss Fazakerley
To contact Miss Fazakerley, please email jfazakerley@rodingvalley.net
Year 10: Miss Pinches
To contact Miss Pinches, please email tpinches@rodingvalley.net
Year 11: Miss Edwards
To contact Miss Edwards, please email cedwards@rodingvalley.net
Year 7 News
Message from Miss Reed
I cannot believe we have come to the end of Y7's first year at Roding Valley High School. It has been an absolute pleasure to see them grow and develop throughout the year. I must say that I am so proud of how well they have done this year with their positive attitude and fantastic progress and am looking forward to taking them into Year 8 as their Progress Leader.
As we moved into the final week of the term, we celebrated all of the great achievements students have gained throughout the year across all subject areas.
I want to make a special mention to the following students:
You can see all of our awards and celebrations by clicking on the following link below:
Year 7 Celebration Assembly Summer 2023
Later that day, the whole school headed down to the school field for Day 2 of Sports Day. Year 7 competed in the track events representing their house. A special mention to Bobby Witchell who broke the school 100m record. Well done to the Hawking House who won the overall!
Well done to all of those students who went on the Southend rewards trip. I am sure they had a fantastic day!
I would like to thank the academic mentors for their hard work and endearing positive attitude throughout the year and helping Y7 transition so well. A reminder that these will remain the first point of call in September.
I would like to wish all parents and students a safe and fantastic summer break and look forward to seeing everyone in September.
Miss Reed
Saif Baig who won the Year Progress Leader Award
Ayla Zolfaghari who won the Headteachers Award
Message from Mr Ryan
I can't believe we have made it to the end of Year 8. There have been so many exciting opportunities for the year group to participate in and it has been lovely to take the children to both Manchester and Lincolnshire.
On Tuesday, I had the pleasure to hand out award certificates to the year group and it was lovely to see different students receiving nominations in different subjects, then they normally would. Please click on the link below to see all of the celebrations and awards from our final assembly of the year.
Year 8 Celebration Assembly Summer 2023
I am very proud of the year group as a whole and would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support over the year.
Another highlight for me this year was finding out that year 8 was the best year group for getting involved in Sports' Day this year and a massive well done to all those who participated.
Could I please remind you of our pre-loved Uniform shop where all donations are most welcome.
After the summer holidays we start Year 9, when the year group will make their option choices and need to think about their futures outside of Roding Valley. However, before that happens we have a long summer holiday to enjoy, relax and reset. I look forward to seeing everyone back in school in September.
Mr Ryan
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Year 9 News
Message from Miss Fazakerley
Since our last bulletin, Year 9 have been extremely busy. We have seen our students attend the Newsies theatre trip, participated and won awards at the Challenge & Enrichment showcase, competed at Sports Day, participated in a rewards afternoon and celebrated a year's worth of hard work in our end of year celebration assembly – well done to each and every student who has been recognised for their hard work. You can see all of the student nominations and awards from our celebration assembly by clicking on the link below.
Year 9 Celebration Assembly Summer 2023
On a particular note, I would like acknowledge: -
As we move into the new school year, your child's uniform may need adjusting. Many skirts are now too short and shirts too small to tuck in. Please can I remind you about the high expectations that we have around uniform and these must be met when your child returns in September. Our full uniform policy is available on the website should you need further guidance. I would also like to encourage you to donate any pre loved uniform back to the school so that other families can take advantage of a more affordable option.
I would like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to all of our students at Roding Valley, but in particular Year 9. I have loved working with each and every student and parents throughout my time as a Year Progress Leader. I will always have fond memories of the three years I have spent with you. I look forward to hearing from colleagues remaining at Roding Valley High School about your successes as you move through your 7-year journey. When we return in September, Ms Wills will be YPL for Year 10. Her email address is rwills@rodingvalley.net Please direct any queries and concerns to her.
We look forward to welcoming all our Year 10's back to school in September. They will remain in their current forms, but will receive a new timetable. Have an enjoyable summer and enjoy spending some quality time together. Stay safe!
Zoe Hedges who was awarded the YPL Award
Abigail Burger who was awarded the Headteachers Award
Year 10 News
Message from Miss Pinches
Well done Year 10 you have finally made it to the last week!
It has been a jam-packed schedule the last few weeks and it has been great to see so much engagement from our students across these opportunities. I have been incredibly impressed with the Year 10 cohort and their attitude towards Careers week, Enterprise day and Sports day. I hope it has been not only an enjoyable but a valuable experience for all students involved.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank a few staff who have put so much time and effort into these events. Ms Mason our Careers advisor, Mr Patel our Head of Business and Mr Allen our Head of PE. Your effort has been invaluable to our final few weeks and I know students have enjoyed every minute of it. Special thanks to Mr Murray for helping out across the events the last few weeks.
We had an exceptional celebration assembly on Thursday and it was a real joy to see so many students achieving across the school and to take the opportunity to highlight that. A special mention to Omari Bramble who received the final Head Teachers award from Mrs Jenner this year. You can see all of or celebration nomination and awards by clicking on the link below.
Year 10 Celebration Assembly Summer 2023
On a personal note, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our amazing team of Academic Mentors for their hard work this year. Some of these staff will stay with us for Year 11 but some will be moving onto other year groups and will be missed. A big thank you to: Ms Cain, Ms Walker, Mrs Thompson, Mr Allen, Ms Woods, Mr Huxford, Mr Perera, Mr Cohen, Ms Patel, Mrs Collins and Mr Ali.
Finally, I would like to wish you all a safe and relaxing summer break and can’t wait to welcome everyone back in September ready to go for Year 11.
In England, a Free School Meal (FSM) is a statutory benefit available to school aged children from families who receive other qualifying benefits and who have been through the relevant registration process. Recently, the process of applying for Free School Meals at Roding Valley High School has changed to an online application in order to improve speed and reduce the burden of paperwork for parents. For more information on the qualifying benefits and for more information, please visit our Free School Meals page on our school website. It is important that parents register their children for free school meals if they are entitled as the school receives additional funding known as the Pupil Premium to support the children’s learning. The use of the pupil premium is personalised to meet the needs of the children who are entitled to support, such as 1-1 tuition, additional LSA support and intervention groups, access to school visits, Learning Mentor, speech and language assistants, Family Support and counselling.
If you believe that your child is eligible for Free School Meals, please click here to use our Free School Meals Checker. Your Certificate of Eligibility will then need to be emailed to finance@rodingvalley.net
6th Form News Message from the 6th Form Team
House Captains
We have now appointed our house captains for all houses. Congratulations to Hawking House, who won Sports Day, stealing the title from Churchill! An excellent first leadership experience for Hannah and Joseph.
Sixth Form Captains
6th Form News
Year 11 Transition Day
On Thursday 29th June, we welcomed all of our future year 12 students to come for a transition day. They had an opportunity to experience sixth form life. Some photos from the day are below. Thank you to Mr Vermaak and Mr Naidoo who personally cooked for every one of them. It was our pleasure as the sixth form team to serve these students their lunch on this day in our Brook Library garden, getting the chance to meet each of them personally. We hope they enjoyed it as much as we did.
Year 12 Award Assembly
Following on from our year 12 PPEs, we celebrated exceptional attainment and exceptional progress in our awards assembly. Students making exceptional progress, or those achieving an average grade of an A or A* were presented with a certificate.
All those students were then entered into a prize draw and 7 lucky students won a voucher to spend. Keep up the hard work year 12!
6th Form News
Year 13 Leavers and Prom Night!
On 5th July, we held our Leavers Assembly and Prom. These were both very enjoyable events, if a little emotional! Photos are below.
We look forward to seeing Year 13 on results day. Please look out for an invitation to our celebration event in Autumn.
You can find our last 2 weeks 6th form bulletins below: -
Sixth Form Bulletin No. 37
Sixth Form Bulletin No. 38
Thursday 6th and Monday 17th July saw a change to the Sports Day format at Roding Valley. With some new events added in for students and staff a like over two days of competition. These two days turned out to be a brilliant two days of athletics and inter house competition.
The format of day 1 on Thursday 6th July remained the same as previous years with each year group making their way to PE to complete in the field events (long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus, javelin and high jump), the long and middle distance track events (1500m and 800m) and the introduction of the 50m hurdles and 300m/400m sprint events in their morning lessons and then competing in the tug of war in the afternoon.
In each event students are allowed a maximum of two boys and two girls with 10 house points on offer for the winning student in each event.
The afternoons tug of war competition saw combined year group teams battle it out. The eventual winners in a very competitive competition were Hawking who won their first tug of war title.
Day 2 on Monday 17th July saw the sprint athletics programme of 200m, 100m and relays with the whole school attendance on the field. Alongside these events students could also take part in the same activities as last year on the other field such as the darts throw, bean bag toss and welly boot throw but also two new events; the chest push and archery. These seemed to be a hit with both students and staff and a huge amount of points were won from these five events.
Over the two days a total of 31 new Sports Day records were created by our students. Year 7 with something to prove to the school as the new kids on the block created the newest records, with 12 records. Year 9 created 10 new records, with Year 10 and Year 8 creating 5 new records a piece on another record-breaking couple of Sports Days.
The schools Year 12 students are an integral part of each day as they help select the teams for each house in all the events in the weeks leading up to Sports Day and also help officiate, score and record on both days alongside the PE Department. The annual Year 12 relay race to reward the sixth form for their great effort and support on the day was back, with the winners being Murray in a tightly contested race.
Murray once again dominated the other activities that were staffed by other departments from the school, winning the bean bag toss and the darts throw high score and finishing second in the chest push and the welly boot throw. This accrued a huge 180 house points to their sports day total on the day from just these 4 events.
The last event of the day and a big favourite of the students saw the Staff inter house relay race. Excitement was building prior to the day and all afternoon from students and staff a like for this race, and it didn’t disappoint.
This event always catches the student’s imagination as they lined the finishing straight to witness members of staff compete for their house in the final event of the day, with Hawking house led by team captain Mr Jones, continuing the tradition of winning the Roding Valley Staff relay race as they have done in the last two sports days in 2019 and 2022.
The format of day 1 on Thursday 6th July remained the same as previous years with each year group making their way to PE to complete in the field events (long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus, javelin and high jump), the long and middle distance track events (1500m and 800m) and the introduction of the 50m hurdles and 300m/400m sprint events in their morning lessons and then competing in the tug of war in the afternoon.
In each event students are allowed a maximum of two boys and two girls with 10 house points on offer for the winning student in each event.
The afternoons tug of war competition saw combined year group teams battle it out. The eventual winners in a very competitive competition were Hawking who won their first tug of war title.
Day 2 on Monday 17th July saw the sprint athletics programme of 200m, 100m and relays with the whole school attendance on the field. Alongside these events students could also take part in the same activities as last year on the other field such as the darts throw, bean bag toss and welly boot throw but also two new events; the chest push and archery. These seemed to be a hit with both students and staff and a huge amount of points were won from these five events.
Over the two days a total of 31 new Sports Day records were created by our students. Year 7 with something to prove to the school as the new kids on the block created the newest records, with 12 records. Year 9 created 10 new records, with Year 10 and Year 8 creating 5 new records a piece on another record-breaking couple of Sports Days.
The schools Year 12 students are an integral part of each day as they help select the teams for each house in all the events in the weeks leading up to Sports Day and also help officiate, score and record on both days alongside the PE Department. The annual Year 12 relay race to reward the sixth form for their great effort and support on the day was back, with the winners being Murray in a tightly contested race.
Murray once again dominated the other activities that were staffed by other departments from the school, winning the bean bag toss and the darts throw high score and finishing second in the chest push and the welly boot throw. This accrued a huge 180 house points to their sports day total on the day from just these 4 events.
The last event of the day and a big favourite of the students saw the Staff inter house relay race. Excitement was building prior to the day and all afternoon from students and staff a like for this race, and it didn’t disappoint.
This event always catches the student’s imagination as they lined the finishing straight to witness members of staff compete for their house in the final event of the day, with Hawking house led by team captain Mr Jones, continuing the tradition of winning the Roding Valley Staff relay race as they have done in the last two sports days in 2019 and 2022.
The final results were revealed on the day and overall winner of Sports Day 2023 was Hawking, securing their first ever Sports Day title and stopping Churchill’s dominance of the event with a total of 1225 points.
Well done Hawking!
Please see a selection of pictures from some track events, the Welly Wanging and of course the staff relay!
Friday 21st July was a non-uniform day for students who wished to take part. All students that chose to wear non-school uniform made a donation to the charities listed below with a third of the donations going to the PTA, which helps to fund whole school improvements e.g. water fountains for students. The totals will be counted by house leaders and the points will be allocated to the houses accordingly.
Year 12 STEM trip to the Royal Society Summer Exhibition
The Summer Science Exhibition at the Royal Society was an amazing experience for me. I found it extremely exciting and interesting, learning about how real life applications of the topics we learn can help to better healthcare and general quality of life. I found it particularly important as one of the exhibitions was on the biomedical engineering used to help with eye surgery. Optometry is a field I'm looking to go into, so getting the opportunity to attempt "eye surgery" on a 3D printed replica eye was an awe inspiring experience. I came away with so much information that I talked for hours after attempting to fit all the fun stuff from the morning into a conversation with my mum. I'm very glad the school have this as a trip, as I likely wouldn't have been aware of the exhibition if it wasn't for them. I would recommend it to anyone, as it has such a wide range of projects that anyone can find something that will interest them - Nancy Tabram, 12U
Year 9 Catering & Hospitality
RVHS Sports Awards 2023
Wednesday 19th July saw the return of the prestigious sports awards evening hosted by the PE Department. It was a fantastic evening to celebrate the success of students who have represented the school in fixtures this year and students in their PE lessons With over 300 students and parents/careers in attendance it was a great review of the sporting year. Students who represented the school received a colour badge to proudly wear on their blazer to continue the tradition the PE Department started last year. Depending on how many teams they represented.
Bronze 1 Team
Silver 2 Teams
Gold 3 Teams
Platinum 4 or more teams
Well done to the 19 students who received a platinum badge.
Arabella Yassin
Ayla Zolfaghari
Bobby Witchell
Evie Johnstone
Hetti
Collischon
Isobel Mckay
Isabella
Mcloughlin
Theo Averkiou
Tristan Sutton
Audrina Souha
Cerys Clark
Freya Watson
Tom Barnes
Matthew Sutton
Fearne Johnson
Evie Ward
Louis Steele
Mirabelle
Morgan
Evie Allen
There were four nominations for team of the year with the winner being decided on the night, they were: The Year 9 Boys football team for winning the West Essex & Harlow District cup, The Year 8 Sports Hall Athletics Team for winning the West Essex Competition, the Year 8 Boys football team for winning the West Essex & Harlow District cup and the Year 7 Athletics team for finishing 2nd out of 14 schools at District Sports.
We were also joined on the evening by special guest Gary Mabbutt MBE Gary is a former Tottenham Hotspur captain and England International football player, who played for the club 611 times, winning the UEFA Cup in 1984 and the FA Cup in 1991
Gary produced an inspiring speech to the audience along with a poem named ‘Thinking’ by Walter D Wintle and then underwent a question and answer session with Mr Allen and the audience which was extremely informative and inspirational for all who attended.
Alongside the representation badges were the big awards of the evening. Each year group had a Boy and Girl outstanding achievement in PE award winner which led to the overall outstanding achievement in PE winner being crowned from this list of students, The Moncur award, the new Sports Leaders Awards for Boy and Girl, Chelsea Foundation Player of the Season and Team of the year.
Winners of the outstanding achievement awards:
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11
Girl Ayla Zolfaghari Francesca Hussain Evie Ward Jessie Tucker Rhea Ellerby
Boy Tristan Sutton Ralph Boudakian Jaden Fyffe Luke Passmore Alfie Padington
The Sports Leaders Award winners were: Bryce Archer and Kai Mistry
Chelsea Foundation Player of the Season was: Sonny Binet
The Moncur Award winner was: Eirini Markaki Team of the Year winners were: The Year 9 Football Team
Overall Outstanding Achievement in PE Award Winner was Evie Ward
It was a fantastic evening of celebration, thank you to all those students and parents/careers who attended.
I look forward to seeing students wearing their PE Colours badge around school on their blazers
Mr C. Allen
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
The school does not authorise any holidays during term time except if the Headteacher deems it an exceptional circumstances. A ‘Leave of Absence’ form must be completed (these are available at Student Reception) detailing your exceptional circumstances.
Please be aware if the absence is not authorised and the holiday is taken, the case will be referred to the Local Authority 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 here.
Who to contact
Should you have any concerns about your child’s attendance or punctuality please contact your child’s Year Progress Leader or our Attendance Officer Ms A Parsley (aparsley@rodingvalley.net)
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Explore together: Ask your child to show you their favourite websites and apps and what they do on them. Listen, show interest and encourage them to teach you the basics of the site or app.
Chat about online safety little and often: Young people are likely to want to explore new apps and websites this month, whether that is for learning or for fun. Take this opportunity to talk to them about how to stay safe on these new services, and in general. Ask if anything ever worries them while they are online. Make sure they know that if they ever feel worried, they can get help by talking to you or another adult they trust.
Help your child identify trusted adults who can help them if they are worried: This includes you and other adults at home, as well as adults from wider family, school or other support services who they are able to contact at this time. Encourage them to draw a picture or write a list of their trusted adults.
Be non-judgemental: Explain that you would never blame them for anything that might happen online, and you will always give them calm, loving support.
Talk about how their online actions can affect others: If your child is engaging with others online, remind them to consider how someone else might feel before they post or share something. If they are considering sharing a photo/video of somebody else, they should always ask permission first.
Parental controls: Make use of the parental controls available on your home broadband and any internet enabled device in your home. You can find out more about how to use parental controls by visiting your broadband provider’s website.
Direct your child to age appropriate information about relationships and sex: It’s natural for young people to start exploring their sexual feelings online and adolescents are more inclined to take risks. It’s important to understand this and to talk to your child in a positive way. Thinkuknow, Brook, The Mix and Childline all provide age appropriate information about relationships and sex that you can signpost your child to.
Make sure they know about CEOP: Young people can report a concern about grooming or sexual abuse to CEOP at www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/ and get support from a specialist Child Protection Advisor.
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Support your child with Thinkuknow websites
The age appropriate Thinkuknow websites are a great way to start and continue chats about online safety.
11-13yrs Thinkuknow website: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_13/ 14yrs + Thinkuknow website – https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/14_plus/
Our websites provide open and honest guidance for young people on friends, relationships and the internet, covering topics like dealing with pressure; consent; and getting support when you are worried.
You will find lots more advice on keeping your child safe online at www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents.
If you are worried that a child or young person is at risk of harm online, you should call the police. Young people can make a report to CEOP at https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/
Other Recommended Resources
Parent Info: Expert information for parents about building their child’s resilience both online and off. Produced by NCA-CEOP and Parent Zone. This free service can be embedded on to your child’s school website. www.parentinfo.org
Brook: Information and advice for young people on sexual health and wellbeing, including staying safe online. https://www.brook.org.uk
The Mix: Support service for young people with information and advice on sex and relationships. https://www.themix.org.uk
Internet Matters: A useful tool showing how to set parental controls across a range of devices and websites. http://www.internetmatters.org/parentalcontrols/interactive-guide/
NSPCC Net Aware: Provides reviews and guidance on the most popular social networks, apps and games that children use. https://www.net-aware.org.uk/
Childnet – Information and advice for parents and carers on supporting people online. https://www.childnet.com/reso urces/supporting-youngpeople-online
How Can I Access Edulink?
EduLink can be accessed on any device – PC, laptop, tablet or mobile device – via the web browser or via the EduLink app. The link to access the EduLink login page on a web browser is www.edulinkone.com
Alternatively, you can download the EduLink App which is available to download for free on Apple or on Android.
Both the App and the web browser will display this log-in screen.
The School ID is ‘Roding’.
Parents/Carers will need to enter the Username and Password they have been provided with and click ‘Log in’.
The displayed is dependant of the platform you are logged in to:
Via Web Browser
Via the EduLink App
Navigating Edulink
You are able to navigate each of the following areas in EduLink:
Achievement: You van view all positive achievements that have been awarded to your child
Account Information: In this section you can view the current address we have for your child on file, your child’s Year group and the name of their Form tutor
Timetable: In this section you can view your child’s daily timetable
Absence Reporting: This feature will allow you to send a direct message to our Attendance Officer, to notify us of any absence for your child
Linked Resources: This section contains links to all the schools learning resources available to your child both at school and at home
Update Information: This section shows all of the contact information we hold for yourself and your child. You can review and update this information with any changes that may occur
Exams: You can see all of your child upcoming exams; your child can also access this information so they can manage their own exam schedule
Documents: In this section you can view your child’s reports
Parents can access information on all their children currently admitted to Roding Valley High School. If you require any assistance, please contact Mr Vermaak or Miss Stewart (mvermaak@rodingvalley.net or lstewart@rodingvalley.net )
Classroom
How to Log on to Google Classroom?
Students can log into their Gmail using their school email address and their password. Their school email will be the year they started at RVHS started plus their first initial and surname @rodingvalley.net (example- 19plarkin@rodingvalley.net).
Once your child has have logged in, they will need to click on the google apps button and then select ‘Google Classroom’
Your child will then be able to see all of the classes they belong to. They will then need to click on the class they want to use resources for and take a look at everything that their class teacher has posted for them to work on. They will be able to download items and make comments on them. Teachers will be regularly posting new work on their Google Classrooms.
What to Do if your child is a Missing a Subject their Google Classroom?
If your child is missing a Google Classroom for one of their subjects, they will need to click on the addition symbol, followed by ‘Join Class’ and then enter the Class Code for their missing subject. Class Codes are available from their subject teacher.
Top Tips for Our Students
Students must keep up to date with their lessons by using Google Classroom every day.
Use their workbooks to complete the work shown on their Google Classroom.
Don’t slack on presentation! Keep their notes in order of the lessons on the Google Classroom.
Year 11 and 13 Students: There will be revision materials available on Google Classroom. Please use them.
What is DODDLE?
Doddle provides students with access to thousands of engaging, formative resources and guides students through the curriculum.
Doddle Progress automatically tracks student attainment in key curriculum skills. Parents can see student attainment and progress through our easy-to-use Doddle Parent feature. Skills within Doddle are rated as red, amber or green. These ratings give a clear indication of how much progress a child has made and highlight the weaker areas to be targeted with revision.
Each student has a personal Doddle account where they can access their homework to-do lists and families can view the work their child has been assigned.
These accounts enable parents to view their child's results and encourage them to better their scores by using Doddle's revision resources.
Find out how to create a Doddle Parent account and then link that account to your child with this short video:
We have also included a link to a very useful guide on how to view your child's due and submitted homework:
Find out how to view and track your child's homework with this short video.
Find out how our school uses Doddle Progress by watching our short video to find out how Progress works.
We have also included a link to a very useful guide on how Progress works and how you can use it to help your child's learning.
We have also included a link to a very useful guide on Troubleshooting
This is a valuable resource that will assist parents in supporting their child’s progression. Please use the following link to the log in:
What is Seneca?
Seneca is a free home learning & revision platform that is very popular with our students. It is based on cognitive science, has adaptive learning and can be accessed by our students via their phones!
What Content is available to our Students through Seneca?
Seneca has resources available for KS3, KS4 and KS5 students that has been supplied to them from AQA, OCR, EdExcel Pearson and IGCSE.
Our students will be able to access content designed for each of their subjects and also for their specific courses. There is so much to choose from.
Some areas are even linked to the Exam Boards Course Specifications.
How to Access Seneca?
Students will need to go to https://www.senecalearning.com/, click try for free and create a log in with their school email address.
Once Logged in
Once they are logged in, students are able to search for different subject areas and learn about their chosen topic. At the end of each subject presentation there will be a quiz on the presentation
This Online tool will enable our students to stay on top of their home learning.
Year Progress Leaders
Year 7: Miss Reed – hreed@rodingvalley.net
Year 8: Mr Ryan -fryan@rodingvalley.net
Year 9: Miss Fazakerley – jfazakerley@rodingvalley.net
Year 10: Ms Pinches – cpinches@rodingvalley.net
Year 11: Miss Edwards – cedwards@rodingvalley.net
Sixth Form: Ms Curling – lcurling@rodingvalley.net
Heads of Faculty
Creative Arts: Mr Tisdale – dtisdale@rodingvalley.net
English: Mrs Routledge – lroutledge@rodingvalley.net
Humanities: Mr Cocker – mcocker@rodingvalley.net
IT/Business: Mr Hussain – ohussain@rodingvalley.net
Maths: Mr Edeko – oedeko@rodingvalley.net
MFL: Mr P Melvin – pmelvin@rodingvalley.net
Personal Development: Ms Preston – tpreston@rodingvalley.net
Science: Mr Poovillingham - npoovillingham@rodingvalley.net
Sports & Nutrition: Mr Jones – ljones@rodingvalley.net
SENDco: Mr T Taylor– ttaylor@rodingvalley.net
General Enquiries
office@rodingvalley.net
Sixth Form Enquiries
sixthformoffice@rodingvalley.net
Finance
finance@rodingvalley.net
Safeguarding:
safeguarding@rodingvalley.net
How to contact any member of staff at Roding Valley High School: Initial + surname+@rodingvalley.net
