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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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