RVHS Bulletin - Weekending 12th June 2020 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 Bulletin Aspiration Respect Endeavour Weekending Friday 12th June 2020 Message from the Headteacher There are currently many challenges to be overcome and my thoughts are with all in the Roding Valley community who have reached out regarding concerns from the ongoing pandemic. This has affected many of our families in many different ways, suffering loss, financial hardship, job insecurity and general increased anxiety. I appreciate that this is a worrying time as we all try to navigate our way through the complex easing of restrictions from the lockdown and the impact this has on us all. As a constant, our school remains committed to the ongoing education and welfare of all our students. I trust that if an issue is being shared, then we are doing our very best to try and support and help during this time. We have evolved and continually improved the current online provision and structure for students, but recognise that this is never going to be the same experience as attending regular school. However, this future period remains uncertain and the government has asked that we only consider Year 10 and Year 12 for any ‘face to face provision’ and that we cannot at this stage offer any further onsite provision to Years 7 to 9 until September at the earliest. Any physical face-to-face provision is to only supplement the ongoing online curriculum, which is to remain the primary method of teaching and learning. We recognise that to be proactive as a school, given social distancing remaining in force, we must lay the foundations for a blended curriculum. A blended curriculum may involve students being in school only part-time from September. To this end, I am currently investigating the increased purchase of school-based technology and coordinating training for staff in innovative remote practise. They have come a long way in a short period of time and I am incredibly proud of all my staff for the remote opportunities and support they are offering the students during this difficult period. I am delighted that all our students have access to the full curriculum, mental health support and activities, PE challenges, House competitions and now online assemblies; which address current issues affecting teenagers. The level of communication has been very high and resulted in good levels of engagement across the school community. Our aim is to increase the level of video-recorded teaching to all students to accompany their weekly assignments from the 29th June. These recordings of our teachers delivering their own subject offer a chance for our students to understand difficult content, process information and feel supported. These have been very popular with students and do provide some facial engagement with teachers, which also has obvious wellbeing benefits.

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We have since closure, delivered live teaching in the Sixth Form; but are now planning to extend to the Year 10’s from the 29th June. We will be providing live lesson etiquette and safeguarding guidance over the next couple of weeks to best prepare our students for this experience. This will lay the foundations for further online delivery if we do move into a blended curriculum in September. We are really looking forward to seeing our Year 10’s and Year 12’s over the next two weeks during our progress and welfare interviews, to which every child in those year groups has been invited. Government restrictions on numbers mean that daily invite/attendance is very limited. Detailed instructions and invites have been sent to the students and parents. Following this, the next phase of their offer on site will include some small-targeted intervention groups to address non-engagement and misconceptions. This will supplement the new offer of access to live lessons, pre-recorded video teaching and on-line clinics, which will remain the primary method of delivery and access for most. Black Lives Matter I am sure you will be aware of the recent events that have taken place as a result of the murder of George Floyd and the global outpouring of grief and anger, which has resulted. Just to be clear, as part of our ethos, Roding Valley High School stands against racism of any kind. As a school, we have endeavoured to develop community values with a focus on tolerance, mutual respect and understanding alongside cultural exchange. Our school Character and Culture programme has been developed and we will continue to evolve to ensure that we learn about the BLM movement and encourage critical thinking and engagement with Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) voices. It is vitally important that the principles of human rights, equity and anti-racism continue to be at the centre of all the work that happens in our school. We recognise wholeheartedly that we can always improve on what we do and we welcome advice and suggestions on how to support BAME members of our school and wider community. Your child may wish to learn more about the social, historical and political context of the Black Lives Matter movement. We have therefore included in this week's Humanities Broadcast the beginning of a series of historical profiles on important people from the BAME community. Further to this - Roding Reads will contain a selection of literature written by BAME authors. We really encourage our students to engage with this. Please do enjoy the rest of the bulletin; it contains lots of key information and ongoing celebration of student achievement. Get training for the Roding Valley Virtual Sports Week starting 22nd June. I think the sun is due to return for the weekend! Stay Safe! Kindest regards Sharon Jenner Headteacher

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All issues of our weekly newsletter ‘Roding Reads’ on all things reading are now available on our School Website.

You can now visit our YouTube Channel where Video Teaching & instruction are available for you to watch. If you subscribe to our channel, you will be notified when new content is uploaded.

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 We are so proud of all of the hard work our students have been doing at home. Our teachers have been extremely impressed with the quality of work that is being submitted on a daily basis. However, we know that this has been a challenging time and there are still some areas that our students need more help withplease click on this link and it will take you to a 5-minute clip from Ms. Larkin that covers five top tips when assessing our home learning provision. The video covers work submission, videos recorded by our teachers and how to access feedback.

 RVHS YouTube Channel - RVHS now have their very own YouTube channel! You can access the channel by clicking the our YouTube Header to the Left: We also have a number of teachers who have created their own subject channels- where video teaching & instruction will be available! These channels are brand new and content is being uploaded as it is created! So keep a look out for the new links on the RVHS YouTube Channel.

 Reach Out If You Need Help: We are encouraging our students to get in contact with their teachers through Google Classroom (in the comments section) or to email them directly if they need help. There is now a ‘Support with Home Learning Video’, which you may find helpful.

 If you are still struggling to submit your assignments via Google Classroom- then do not worry- we can help you! You can either click this link, which will take you to our step by step guide OR click this link to watch a step by step video. Submitting your assignments through Google Classroom means that your teacher can see your work, give you some feedback or even celebrate your work in the Parent Bulletin! If you are still struggling with this, then please email plarkin@rodingvalley.net

 Please remember that if you cannot find our original Home Learning booklet with our Google Classroom codes, RVHS suggested timetable and step by step guidance for students & parents on how to use Google Classroom, then please follow this link to our website: https://rodingvalley.net/info-faqs/home-learningmaterials-during-covid-19/

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Challenge and Enrichment Weekly Brain Boosters House Competition Winner! Congratulations to Anish Amin for this for winning the History Brain Booster Challenge.

CHALLENGE Every Thursday Our Challenge and Enrichment Team will be launching a new and exciting STEM Challenge that our students can participate in. This week’s challenge is:

The Hand Challenge To complete this challenge, students will need to create a prosthetic hand! Please click on the video to watch a tutorial on how to make a Prosthetic hand. All entries should be emailed to Mrs Patel and Mr Ibrahim.

This week's brain booster is from the Art department-check your emails for more details - get involved and send all images to shpatel@rodingvalley.net If you have completed and submitted all of your work to your teachers/ Hear are a few extra activities you can complete: 

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Complete the Brain Booster Challenges each week-check your emails on a Monday for a different subject each week and earn House points! Get involved with Debate Club - please email Ms Garip – sgarip@rodingvalley.net for more details

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Get involved with the next issue of our School Magazine RVHS Exposed - email Mrs Patel for more details.

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Look at the Big Bang Fair website to see how the big bang fair can help get you involved

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Get involved with the weekly STEM Challenge. Check your emails each Thursday for each new challenge.

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Get involved with one of the many competitions dotted throughout this bulletin

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Please do check this new feature on the School website to get involved in any of the activities. If you would like more information, please email Mrs Patel or Ms Garip!

RVHS Exposed! The next edition of the RVHS Exposed – Student Magazine will be available before the end of term.

If you have any great articles/pictures you would like to share or would like to write about something you have done during lockdown, a book review, time with your family, community service or a new hobby etc. please email Mrs Patel at shpatel@rodingvalley.net by 30/6/2020. Your fantastic work will be published in the next RVHS Exposed. I look forward to receiving some great work!

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Message from Mr Hussain I hope this update finds everyone well.

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I want to start by congratulating our new House Captains that were appointed just before half term. All the candidates went through an application and virtual interview stage before being selected. The students had some brilliant house event ideas and I look forward to them implementing those ideas going forward. To introduce themselves, the students have put together the following video clip; please use the link below to access their video:

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House Competitions If you would like to enter any of the competitions, or to find out more information about any of the challenges, please do email houses@rodingvalley.net Kind regards, Mr Hussain Associate Assistant Head Teacher â&#x20AC;&#x201C; House System Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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Our House totals for this competition are:

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Thank you to all of the students that entered the designs we received were amazing. Selected entries will be on display on the school fence soon. Enru Li Murray House

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Congratulations to Lily

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Lily submits an excellent standard History essay for Miss Larkin to mark every week. Well done Lily, Keep up the amazing work!

Why It Is Important To Socialize With Your Friends over an Xbox/PlayStation It is very important during this pandemic to socialise with your friends and not grow distant from them if possible. During this time, it is very easy to feel lonely because you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see any of your friends or family members face to face, other than your close family. This means it is very important to speak with your friends most days, or at least try and keep in touch with them if you can. Another reason why it is important to socialise with your friends is because this whole pandemic can be quite traumatising and it is very relaxing and usually calms you down if you speak to other people who are in the same situation.

Congratulations to Abigail, who has been as been making fantastic use of her lockdown time to learn a new skill and make these beautiful cushions. The quality of her needlework is amazing and self-taught.

One of the ways you can do this is to talk to your friends you already know over Xbox/PlayStation or on the phone. Sometimes staying inside all day gets very boring so it is good to find enjoyment somewhere. Other ways are going for a walk, sitting in the garden or doing exercise wherever you can. These are a few of the many reasons why it can be positive if you safely communicate with your friends online. Written by Louis James - 8X Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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Mr Warry’s

 Charlie Hanshaw

Congratulations to

 Ralph Marks

Henry Twyford.

 Havin Yalcin Keep up the great work!

He has produced some fantastic work for all subjects. Henry is so self-motivated and he always will go the extra mile. Excellent focus during these difficult times.

A Day in the Life of Lockdown by Tim Garrod - 8X "I get ready at about 8:30 a.m. and write on a timetable the work that needs to be completed. One new thing I enjoy is making bread; I am now Head Baker of the house! I am accessing all the work on Google Classroom and getting through it, then uploading it. I am happy with the constructive feedback that has been given by my teachers, as it tells me what I have done well and how I could improve. I found the subject Romeo & Juliet interesting and challenging. When the time comes, I will be prepared to return to school." We await his recipe for us all to try!

Careers Advice Year 11 and Year 13 Parents and Students. Do you need any support with Post 16 or Post 18 choices? If you have just left Roding Valley, do you need help with college or apprenticeship applications? Maybe a CV review or just general careers advice? Mrs Mason our careers advisor is available for all students requiring Post 16 and Post 18 careers advice. You can contact her dmason@rodingvalley.net and follow the careers department on twitter for up to date careers information @RVHS_Careers

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Year 7:  George Averkiou Congratulations to

 Oliver Furby

Milica Bozhinsovka

 Meliz Rayif For trying their best in completing the work set well done!

For her continued determination in producing high quality work.

Year 8:

Well done Milica!

 Arthur Maskell  Eli Classen  Rafay Ahmad

All editions of our Maths Broadcast are now available on our School Website.

For trying their best in completing the tasks set. Year 9:  Abigail Furbank  Alicia Acheampong

Please do take the time to read these as they contain some fantastic puzzles and competitions for our students.

 Louis Lazarus  George Edwards  Joshua Jobson  Nichita Haiseniuc For a fantastic effort in completing all of their work. Well done to all students that received a Certificate in Science last term for all your hard work and efforts during these circumstances. All of Mrs Patel’s Science Star students were emailed individually.

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Congratulations to

Alice Anderson For her amazingly comprehensive notes on the Enlightenment and changes in society Well done Alice, keep up the amazing work!

Star Students Congratulations to the following students who have completed the last three pieces of work to a very high standard. They have strived to constantly improve their work and their self-motivation is admirable.

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Lewis Choules Jack Croll Mercelar Elphus Leya Hines Lucy Moir Megan Passmore Jade Power Isabella Ruse Grace Welton Lucy Salmon Stacie Sebuabey Evie Smith Livvy Spiller Diya Wahiwala Hannah Ward Lili Warden Erin Weeks Zeynap Yilmaz Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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Congratulations to

Daniel Mehr For winning this week’s French Competition.

 Will Cratchley,

Well done Daniel, keep up the amazing work!

 Kailen Archer,

 Sienne Harding.  Caleb Beer,  Grace Felicio,  Harry Hopkins

Remember to keep up to date with our weekly mindfulness newsletter ‘#Roding Matters’, these are all now available on our School Website.

 Lucy Luong,  Alexander Smith,  Ava Vinten,  Demi Watts.

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Louisa Nicholson – Yr. 7

Congratulations to the following students, who have chosen as our French departments’ Star Students this week:

Lukas Jasevicius – Yr. 7

Year 7:  Emma Garland  Louisa Nicholson  Lukas Jasevicius Our students have created their own theme parks. Some fantastic work! Well done everyone who sent work in! Emma Garland – Yr. 7

Year 8:

 Georgia Baker  Austeja Mikenaite  Hannah Clemens Our students created their own dream houses. Again, some fantastic responses! Well done everyone who sent work in! Year 10:

 Leya Hines  Kelly Nan  Daniel Mehr  Zak Smith

Hannah Clemens – Yr. 8

Georgia Baker – Yr. 8

These students worked brilliantly in their live lesson this week

Spanish Year 8  Hannah Carter

 Louis James

 Athina Christofi

 Santiago Levy

 Joseph Coyte

 Bianca Nedelcu

 Lily Griffin

 Ava Towner

 Sara Iotu

Your Challenges for languages this week are:  Challenge One: Watch a film or series in French/Spanish (there are plenty on Netflix) and write a review (best review sent in earns 10 House points). Try to watch with subtitles in French/Spanish.  Challenge Two: Practise the language you are studying on an app for 10 minutes a day, e.g. Duolingo (Let us know how you are getting on) Enru Li Murray House

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All editions of our Humanities Broadcast are now available on our School Website. Please do take the time to read these as they contain some fantastic news, tips, puzzles and competitions for our students.

We have also included a pattern at the end of this bulletin.

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Congratulations to the following students who have been named as Mrs Barronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Star Geography Students.

As Public Libraries remain closed, Essex County Council has launched their new one-stop shop for #LibrariesFromHome. If you are not already a library member, you can join the library online and receive a temporary card number to access many of their online resources.

Haris Mushtaq Full marks for his Geography assessment! Well done, please keep up the amazing work!

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Ruby Simmons

For an excellent geography test result.

For her excellent Geography project on 'My Local Area'.

Well done, please keep up the amazing work!

A true Geographer. Ms Barron is delighted!

By joining #LibrariesFromHome, You will be able to access free E-books, Eaudiobooks, E-newspapers, Emagazines and E-comics. There is direct links to RBdigital, BorrowBox and PressReader, plus links to download their apps to your own device. #LibrariesFromHome has also made some quick start video guides on using these and some #OneMinuteBookReviews with spoiler free ideas from Library staff on what to read next. For children (and parents!), there is a section for our popular online Rhyme times, Story times and Crafts, so you can view all the videos from one place. Join in with the actions and sing along to some much-loved songs and rhymes, enjoy sharing stories, and be inspired to get creative as you build craft and create. For book groups, find video tips on how to start and organise your online book group and where to find your next read with more to come! Please click on the link to visit #LibrariesFromHome

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Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding effort and achievement in English. A Certificate of Achievement is on its way thto youth

Star Students for the Week of 11 - 15 May were: Year 7:

Year 8:

 Jennifer Cuison  Iyla James  Luke Curtis  Jack Balbes  David Luong  Isabelle Slevin  Liam Smith  Jake Katyal  Lily Anstey

 Robert Davenport  Daniel Carter  Athina Cristofi  Evie-Mae Edwards  James Newman  Ashaz Bashir  Alex Allsop  Hannah Carter  Amber Baxter

Year 9:

Year 10:

 Joshua Jobson  Dharam Sharma  Grace Donaghue  Lulu Weiner  George Pictor  Skye Salek-Haddadi  Campbell Wilson  Millie Williams

 Erin Weekes  Kevin Ciobanu  Travis Woodland  Adam Ghounbaz  Harvey Gilbey  Ethan Harvey  Ethen Dignam  Megan Passmore  Cem Eren

Star Students for the Week of 18th - 22nd May were: Year 7:

Year 8:

Year 10:

 Enru Li  Daisy Warden  Nojus Stegvilas  Kyan Landeta  Efe Cetin  Freddie Rose  Charlotte Palmer  Xenia Tseka  Taliah Wood

Year 9:

 Aran Chudasama  Ruby Simmons  Natalia Mizzi  Danny Robertson  Madison Hamilton  Indiya Jane Simon  Austeja Mikenaite  Michelle Benson  Iman Shahzad Udin

 Emily Crisp  Shay Flanaghan  Ava Vinten  Flavius Timis  Tyler Fegan  Henry Twyford  Jamie Tee  Aydin Ahmet

 Erin Weekes  Lucy Salmon  Haval Yalcin  Evie Smith  Haris Mushtaq  Kelly Nan  Charlie Hanshaw  Cem Eren

Star Students for the Week of 1st - 5th June were: Year 7:

Year 8:

Year 9:

Year 10:

 Anthony Blackledge  Jessie Tucker  Jean-Marc Harriot  Seth King  William Edwards  Bethany Cooper  Liam Smith  Bobbi Swaby  Alfie Mackee

 Rhea Ellerby  Emily Fairhead  Joseph Coyte  Poppie Watson  Jaeden Twaites  Rosa Marshall  Tim Garrod  Luca Mckie

 Gemma Ochiltree  Bronya Overington  Hannah Luxton  Louis Medhurst  Bobbie Deboo  Amy Lewis  Megan Chilvers  Calum McCullagh

 Diya Wahiwala  Olivia Black  Brook Purser  Ayse Ibrahim  Aimee Garvey  Bobby Lawson  Adam Gowler  Scott Kenealy

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Message from our Year 7 Progress Leader Miss Edwards Welcome back to our final half term of this academic year. I hope you were able to enjoy some time away from our new 'virtual world' over the break and appreciate the glorious weather we have been experiencing. It sure is making this lockdown all the more enjoyable and tolerable. I wanted to thank those of you who took the time to complete the parent survey on our home learning provision. Your feedback has been valuable in guiding us to make some adjustments and improvements to our provisions for our final half term. These home learning provisions will continue for the remainder of this school year. We have some very exciting opportunities coming up that will interest many of our amazing Year 7 students. Applications for House Leader positions will be released very soon. Please keep an eye on your @rodingvalley inbox for further details regarding this exciting opportunity. We are also launching our very first 'Virtual Sports Week' to replace our traditional Sports Day. This will be a week long House competition featuring numerous different challenges to gain valuable House points. Get your House colours ready and your creative hats on. I cannot wait to see the results! Some of our wonderful tutors have wanted to recognise the hard work of their some of their tutees during this difficult time. I would like to congratulate these students on their endeavours to stay engaged and committed to their learning during this unusual time.

 7S: Ria Blundell - for her amazing flapjacks recipe (see below and give it a go!)  7X: Ava Coletta, Layla Currell, Lexi Sofocli and Jake Katyal - for their continued hard work.  7T: Luke Smith and Ellie Carter - for working incredibly hard whilst at home. A special mention to Anthony Dean, who has been nominated by Mr O for his exceptional work in computer science. I encourage all of our Year 7 students to continue with their home learning routines in the final 6 weeks of the year. It is very important to keep our minds engaged and active to stay happy and healthy. Please do get in contact with your teachers should you need any assistance with any of your work. Please use your school email accounts or google classroom to make contact. All of the wonderful teachers at Roding Valley are more than happy to reach out and provide that little bit of extra support should it be needed. Please stay active, stay healthy and stay alert. Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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Message from our Year 8 Progress Leader Mr Dobson Thanks to all the Year 8’s for successfully engaging in work after the Half Term break. Also, thank you to the Parents and Carers who have contacted me and the Year 8 team with questions regarding virtual learning, accessing google classroom, the intensity of the work set and how best to support the students learning. A reminder to parents and Carers who have yet to contact the school with questions regarding Home Learning you can email me or the child's tutor and we can quickly and effectively find a solution. Not to use a well-worn motto, but we are all in this together and as a parent myself with four children in the house, I know how difficult it is to juggle working from home and making sure, the children stay on top of their learning. If there are specific curriculum questions then there are contact details for the principal Curriculum Leads in this Bulletin.

Form 8Q  George Glen - For working well at home, he gets his work done independently. He got an English certificate for good quality work.

 Kenny Ball - For doing online courses in money management and practising his drawing skills.

 Emily Fairhead - For her outstanding cake making skills and working independently at home.

 Lillian Webster- For getting a certificate for good quality work in history and working independently at home

Form 8R:  Aran Chudasama -

For sharing a pic of his lovely mocktails ... All those who are working so hard and making such a great, independent effort. I am so proud of you! Ms P :)

Form 8T  Liorah Corbin and Josh Martin - Working hard on their home learning  Lola Halls - For making a great effort on her 3D Shapes Hunt in Maths Form 8U  Laura Cratchley - Great work produced across numerous subjects in addition to a very positive attitude displayed.  Hugh Luton - Great work produced across numerous subjects in addition to the very positive attitude displayed.  Thais Alberto - Great work produced across numerous subjects in addition to a very positive attitude displayed. Form 8V  Abby Crawford-Kite - for challenging herself and setting personal targets and achieving them.  Alex Allsop - for continuously engaging with work and staying positive.  Conner Hagger - For showing resilience and keeping a positive attitude Form 8W  Archie Carr - For being on top of work & engaged in activities.  Athina Christofi - For being on top of work & engaged in activities.  Ruby Crook - Being active learning new skills such as baking & painting Form 8X  Louis James - For his Not Your Homework advice to his peers, hard work and self-motivation at home.  Sophie Bailey - For the incredible effort in RS.  Daniel Carter - For all the positive feedback I have received from his effort in his Science work. Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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Message from our Year 9 Progress Leader Mr Warry I hope you have all had a lovely half term holiday and have enjoyed the weather as much as you can while staying safe. We are not into the final half term of Year 9 and it has been lovely to see that you all have made a positive start to your GCSE studies. Your teachers are working hard to help make this time productive so that you get the best start to your GCSEs as possible. It is really important that you focus on the work being set and keep on top of your studies. It is now clear that we will be following our remote learning provision for the rest of this half term. It is really important to use this time to set out our goals. Year 9’s have moved onto the next stage in their learning journey so it's important that goals are set for what is taken out of this opportunity. I encourage parents to actively discuss aspirations and goals with their children. Where do you see yourself after Year 11? What would you like to gain from GCSEs? What does your 'ideal' results certificate look like? What job would you like to do in the future? What is your goal for this week? Form tutors would have not made several calls home to their tutees. It is really important that students utilise these calls to discuss what students have been struggling with and what help is needed. Tutors can then ask the subject teachers to provide additional support where needed. Can I ask parents to look out for calls coming from private or withheld numbers; it is likely to be your child's form tutor calling. Stay safe, stay well and enjoy the time with your family

Message from our Year 10 Progress Leader Mr Ryan Welcome back after what I hope was a relaxing half term. Although this is a strange time, it is also quite exciting, as we get ready for the end of Year 10 and the beginning of Year 11. With this in mind, I really do need you all to keep up the hard work. I am getting such positive feedback from your teachers and it is great to know that so many of you are engaging with the home learning that is being set. From the 15th June, school will be reopening for 'face to face' interviews where you will be able to speak to a member of staff about any issues you may be having in relation to your studies and we will identify what support we can put in place for you. We are still making plans for seeing you before the end of term. During this half term, we would really be focusing on work experience and your futures after Year 11. Could I ask that if you haven't already, you complete the CV and submit it to the Google Classroom and also complete the 'Virtual Work Experience'. A letter has also been sent out advising your parents of another scheme that you can get involved in to do with careers and choices. This week 8th – 12th June there was a 'Virtual Careers Week’, which was provided via the Careers & Enterprise Company. This was in partnership with the Oak National Academy. They ran a series of workshops and events that our students could take participate in. For those of you still unsure about which path you might take, I hope you found this to be a really good resource. In one weeks’ time, we will be launching the applications for House Leaders. Please keep an eye out for more information to follow in the virtual assembly. I would also like to draw your attention to the house competitions that are running. You can always say that you have represented your house in your CV. It has come to the point of the year where we get ready for Year 11. One of the significant elements of this is the YES prefects and Subject Leaders roles is YES Prefects and Subject Leaders. Please keep your eyes open for further information, which will be coming out soon! I am looking forward to seeing you all. Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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Weekly Schools Bulletin from Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service A resource to support schools and families throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Your ECFWS Healthy Schools and Public Health Team are coordinating family friendly activities, advice and guidance for parents covering themes outlined within national guidance on Personal Social Health and Economic (PSHE) education. We will be sharing these in the coming weeks on our Facebook pages, which can be found via our website. These resources are easily adaptable at home, school or in ‘virtual’ classrooms. Parents are encouraged to visit our COVID-19 Pandemic Resource Hub for support and guidance during this time.  Making Decisions: Everyone finds it hard at times to make decisions. It can be a stressful time for young people who are making big decisions like what to do after they finish school. Childline are offering top tips, advice and support for young people who are feeling anxious about decision making and coping with the choices they’ve made. To find out more click here.

Weekly Schools PSHE Challenge Each week we will be setting a challenge linked to themes within the PSHE programme to support wellbeing. Each challenge will be delivered as a question we want students to consider and answer using a range of different ways e.g. Podcast, poster, artwork, story, comic strip, newspaper report, mind map or power point presentation by students, parents, siblings and friends may provide support with this; alternatively the challenge can be completed independently. We are encouraging you to share with us the work being done so we can celebrate the amazing things you are doing to support pupil wellbeing at this time. This week’s topic is Managing Change  Question: What help and advice would you give to someone who is returning to school, starting a new class or going to a new school or college?  Activity: Design a poster, create a mind map or write an article for a magazine  Learning Objective: Identify changes and challenges that people might experience when starting a new class, school or college.  Learning Outcome: Explain ways to positively manage changes and challenges  Resources: - Dealing with change - Embracing change and transition in uncertain times Did you know… Charity Nip in the Bud has produced a short film and fact sheet to help parents and teachers deal with any potential feelings of apprehension and anxiety that children may experience on returning to school. The resources can be accessed here. Every year, during the month of June, the LGBT community celebrates in a number of ways. Stonewall have created secondary home learning packs.  Do you need support regarding a particular child or young person? Your School Nurse is available to support you with the Health and Wellbeing needs of any child, young person or family you may have concerns about. Please contact your local team for further information: Mid Essex Tel: 0300 247 0014, North Essex Tel: 0300 247 0015, South Essex Tel: 0300 247 0013 West Essex Tel: 0300 247 0122  CHAT Health: Our texting service remains active and is well resourced with highly skilled School Nurses. Young people have the opportunity to contact us directly.  Checkout our website and search engine for services local to schools and your communities: www.essexfamilywellbeing.co.uk Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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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.

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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’re worried. You’ll find lots more advice on keeping your child safe online at www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents. If you’re 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/resources/suppo rting-young-people-online

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Prepare Yourself  If possible, find a space that is tidy and organized.  Sit at a table if you can  If you have siblings or parents who working too, try sitting and working together.

 If you need quiet, sit in your room if you can.

During Your Day  Plan your day. Make sure you know what you are doing when. Why not plan your day the night before? Write out a schedule (including breaks). An example plan would be as follows:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

English (include 30 minutes reading

Maths

Science

Humanities

Art & Creative Subjects

Lunch

French / Spanish

Business / IT / Computer Science

English (include 30 minutes reading

Maths

Science

 Avoid distractions when you are working. Unless you need it for research, put your phone away for a while.

 Keep active! You are more likely to focus better on your work if you plan active breaks in between tasks

If you get stuck  Ask a friend or family member – they might be able to help.  Contact your Teacher or the Subject Leader. Keep in touch using your school emails. We’re still here to support you. If you don’t get reply, it might be that they are poorly. Copy in another teacher too and we’ll work together to help however we can.

 Please use all of the available links with our Home Learning Booklet and within the Bulletin to access the many websites that have lots of learning activities and support.

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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’.

Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Requires Android 4.4 and up.

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

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Behaviour: You will be able to see all behaviour points given to you child and any sanctions given to your child including detentions.

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Medical Information: In this section you can see all of the medical information that we have on file for your child

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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

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Timetable: In this section you can view your child’s daily timetable

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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

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Linked Resources: This section contains links to all the schools learning resources available to your child both at school and at home

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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

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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

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Documents: In this section you can view your child’s reports

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Messages: You will be able to view all communication from the school; you are also able to reply to all messages and send messages to any of your child teachers

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 ) Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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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.

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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 and See the Work Set  Go to www.showmyhomework.co.uk/pin  Or you can download the app.  Students can log in with their Gmail account. If this doesn’t work, they can use their student Pin that they were originally given. If they can’t access their Pin and cannot log in at all, please contact Ms Larkinplarkin@rodingvalley.net  Your child will then be able to see their homework dashboard and see what homework they have been set and what is due. When they have completed their set homework- please remember ‘tick’ it off.

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. PINs are then only be used as a backup in case you forget the memorable login 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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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 childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progression. Please use the following link to the log in: Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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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.

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We have included some links below that Parents / Carers may find useful for resources ideas, solutions, plans and support:

 http://homelearninguk.com  http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/  https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/list-of-education-companiesoffering-free-subscriptions/ These sites can be quite overwhelming, so think carefully about what you are looking for to make it easier to search. You could also follow this celebrity timetable:

Free Lessons with Celebrities

9:00am

PE with Joe Wicks

10:00am

Music with Myleene Klass

11:00am

Science with Maddie Moate

11:30am

Dance with Oti Mabuse

13:00pm

Maths with Carol Vorderman

14:00pm

History with Dan Snow

15:00pm

English with David Walliams

17:30pm

Food Tech with Jamie Oliver

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Further Resources for Students  Gojimo.com has GCSE quizzes that relate to different specifications and are set up and ready to go.  Memrise.com is a useful app for all languages and uses videos to help learners.  Mind Mapping Looking for visual thinking? Try bubbl.us, to help students better understand, remember and generate new ideas.  Revisionbuddies.com can provide short bursts of revision for many GCSE topics and tracks progress too. It even allows the pupils to access past papers and mark schemes.  Goconqr.com allows pupils or teachers to create mind maps and flashcards using key terms.  Wordflex.com app uses a dictionary with a focus on key terms and a content-rich curriculum  Brainpop has a great set of videos, freely available for pupils.  Safer Internet Day is all-year-round in my opinion and there are loads of online resources pupils and parents can use on  BBC Bitesize resources and videos.  BBC Learning This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.  Futurelearn Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).  Openlearn Free taster courses aimed at those considering Open University, but everyone can access it. Adult level, but some e.g. nature and environment courses could well be of interest to young people.  Blockly: Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.  Scratch Creative computer programming  Ted Ed All sorts of engaging educational videos  National Geographic Kids Activities and quizzes for younger kids.  Duolingo Learn languages for free. Web or app.  Mystery Science Free science lessons  The Kids Should See This Wide range of cool educational videos  Crash Course YouTube videos on many subjects  Crest Awards Science awards you can complete from home.  iDEA Awards Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.  Tinkercad All kinds of making.  Nature Detectives A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!  British Council Resources for English language learning  Big History Project Aimed at Secondary age. Multi-disciplinary activities.  Geography Games Geography gaming!  The Artful Parent Good, free art activities  DK Find Out Activities and quizzes  Twinkl This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they are offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closures.

 English Literature Useful resources, including work booklets that students can complete at home.

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Year Progress Leaders  Year 7: Miss Edwards – cedwards@rodingvalley.net  Year 8: Mr Dobson – cdobson@rodingvalley.net  Year 9: Mr Warry – bwarry@rodingvalley.net  Year 10: Mr Ryan – fryan@rodingvalley.net  Year 11: Miss Reed – hreed@rodingvalley.net

USEFUL CONTACTS

 Sixth Form: awheaton@rodingvalley.net

Subject Leaders  Art/Photography: Mr Tisdale – dtisdale@rodingvalley.net  Drama: Mrs L Walker – lwalker@rodongvalley.net and Mr R Wilson – rwilson@rodongvalley.net  English: Mrs Routledge – lroutledge@rodingvalley.net  Food Technology: Mrs Barclay – mbarclay@rodingvalley.net  Humanities: Ms Preston – tpreston@rodingvalley.net  IT/Business: Mr Hussain – ohussain@rodingvalley.net  Maths: Mr Edeko – oedeko@rodingvalley.net  MFL: Mr P Melvin – pmelvin@rodingvalley.net  Science: Mr Poovillingham - npoovillingham@rodingvalley.net  Music: Mr Savage - jsavage@rodingvalley.net  PE/Sports: Mr Jones – ljones@rodingvalley.net

General Enquiries  office@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 Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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