16 September 2022
I hope you are given the opportunity on Monday to spend valuable time with your friends and family.
As a school, we have so much to celebrate including the wonderful settled start that our students have made this year, our excellent outcomes at both GCSE and Post 16 and the positive way in which all our students have approached the start of the new academic year. Our next bulletin will be back in our more celebratory style.
Welcome to the first Parent Bulletin of this academic year. It is with regret that this first one will take a more muted approach as we are in this national period of mourning for the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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Dear Parents/ Carers,
It was my privilege, along with Ms Preston, Head of Personal Development, to deliver a whole school assembly today paying tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We celebrated her life and contribution to our world and spoke a little about mourning and bereavement to help our students process this historical event in their own individual ways.
I would, however, like to highlight that next Saturday 24th September is our Year 6 Open Morning where we will be opening our door to prospective parents at the amazing school that I am so proud of. To prepare the school for the event, students will leave the school site at 1:20pm on Friday 23rd September. There will be an extended break to allow all children to access the full complement of hot food and those eligible for free school meals can also collect their lunch before they leave the school site. If you have a child in Year 6 and would like to attend, then please click here for details. All information is available on the school website. We will also be running school tours from Monday 26th to Thursday 29th September which are bookable from the same link
Those of you who have received our bulletins in the past will know that our Year Progress Leaders always like to say a few words. I felt it appropriate to include these this week. Like me, they are incredibly proud of the start our students have made. I have also included some of the brilliant creative writing pieces our students produced with Miss Woods this week. They are brilliant. Alongside this bulletin you will have received the school’s Home Learning Booklet This is full of useful information, links and ways to support your child’s home learning.
t us for the open morning. Your son/daughter will bring a letter home with a permission slip that should be signed and returned to ke arrangements to meet them at the end of the morning. It is
I hope you are given the opportunity on Monday to spend valuable time with your friends and family.
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 Miss Hollis at finance@rodingvalley.net
New Timetables
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Some of you may have children that have been asked to support us for the open morning. Your son/daughter will bring a letter home with a permission slip that should be signed and returned to student reception. All students that are helping should be in full school uniform. If your son/daughter is helping, please make arrangements to meet them at the end of the morning. It is always a very busy morning.
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.
Does your child need a new copy of their timetable? You can now email timetables@rodingvalley.net to request a new timetable. Please state your child’s name and Academic Mentor group and a new timetable will be emailed back to you.
To contact Mr Fletcher, please email mfletcher@rodingvalley.net
To contact Miss Fazakerley, please email J Fazakerley@rodingvalley.net
Year 10: Mr Dobson
Year 8: Mr Ryan
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 11: Mr Fletcher
Year 7: Miss Reed
To contact Mr Ryan, please email fryan@rodingvalley.net
Year 9: Miss Fazakerley
To contact Mr Dobson, please email cdobson@rodingvalley.net
To contact Miss Reed, please email hreed@rodingvalley.net
If you have any queries or questions, please do not hesitate to contact me; hreed@rodingvalley.net .
Miss Fazakerley Year 8 Progress Leader
Year 7
Miss Reed Year 7 Progress Leader
Hello and welcome to year 7; I hope everyone has had a lovely summer break and that your son/daughter have settled into Secondary school life well. Students are gradually starting to navigate their way around the school and have experienced lots of new aspects in the first two weeks. It was great to see so many parents at the Y7 information evening on Thursday which provided everyone with details on Teaching & Learning, School reports and Homework.
Extra curricular clubs have not started; please encourage your son/daughter to get involved whether it be a lunchtime or after school.
Hello, and welcome back to Year 8.
I hope everyone had a lovely and relaxing summer holiday and are back, prepared to learn. I look forward to sharing your child's successes over the year. Please be aware that if your son or daughter would like to join a team, they will need to turn up to training and speak to the members of staff in charge. You should have received an email from your child's Academic Mentor, please speak to them as the first port of call. As always if you need to speak to me please don't hesitate to contact me.
Year 8
You should have received an email from your child's academic mentor; if you have any queries, please get in touch with them as your first port of call.
I am really looking forward to celebrating all the Year 7 successes through the year.
A reminder if your son/daughter would like to be part of a team please ensure that they are attending training, dressed in their school uniform with their PE kit in a bag ready to change into (unless they have PE on the days that training)
Year 9
Miss Fazakerley – Year 9 Progress Leader
Mr Dobson Year 10 Progress Leader
I look forward to celebrating all the Year 9 successes through the year, anything outside of school please let me know so we can also celebrate this with them!
Year 11
Mr Fletcher – Year 11 Progress Leader
In addition, please may I remind you that Year 11 Parents Evening is on Thursday 22nd September and the appointments schedule closes on Tuesday.
Year 10
You should have received an email from your child's academic mentor, please get in touch with them as your first port of call.
A big welcome back to all Year 11 who have made an exceptional start to the new academic year. The attitude, application and conscientious manner in which the students have started the term has been fantastic and I have great expectations for them in their final GCSE year.
Students are very aware I am here to help at all times and may I take this opportunity to urge parents or carers to contact me if you have any concerns.
Hello and welcome back to year 9, I hope everyone has had a lovely summer holiday and are back ready to learn and take every opportunity Roding Valley has to offer, which there are lots!
Welcome back to all the students and hello to all Year 10 parents and carers. I am looking forward to being the YPL for Year 10 this academic year and building on the success achieved by Miss Edwards. Please keep a look out for the new date for the Information Evening which will be sent to you in the near future. I look forward to having an outstanding working relationship with you all and guiding the Year 10s to future success.
As always please do not hesitate to contact me with any concerns or questions.
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Thank you to Miss Woods for sharing their work with us!
Sienna Chudasama,Year7
A Tribute to the Queen
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Great Britain a rememberable monarch, 8/9/22 a day we will mark, Now there's a new minister, Seems kinda sinister, The day of the great Monarch.
Phoebe Glen, Year 7
Elijah Camplin, Year 8
She lived until old, The story had been told, Queen Elizabeth 2nd. Platinum Jubilee, We see, fills us with glee. Won’t be overtaken I reckon
Although the crown has been passed, This monarch won’t be the last, Will there be a Queen Elizabeth 3rd? Well not yet at least I heard.
Queen Elizabeth 2nd, The day 8/9/22, Not overtaken I reckon, Her death put us in the blue.
Queen Elizabeth II
We will celebrate her now and in the future, she died in peace knowing we would try to be a Shetrooper.was an amazing queen and it was her time to go, We miss her so much and we will show.
Neve Gardner, Year 7
Tribute to The Queen
King Charles who had lost his mum, Has now a great kingdom to run, Who knows what options he will choose. Just as long as we don’t lose.
She was our beloved Queen for more than 70 years, now we are left mourning her with our tears. We celebrated her jubilee and will miss her for a wewhile,still have to give King Charles a trial.
Queen Elizabeth II
A poem for the queen, Who ruled the land of Wegreen,will miss you dearly, So we will honour you Weyearly,thank you for your Yourreign,effort was not in vain.
To mark the death of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, our Creative Writing Club students have put their thoughts and feelings to paper and written tributes to our late Queen.
Everyone will miss you dearly Love, light and everything will follow you forever Inside our hearts you are the leader of love Zoom through the rest of your gracious, perfect days And your beauty will guide Britain to the top Buckingham Palace
Francesca Camley, Year 7
Our beloved Queen of seventy years sadly passed away on the 8th of September 2022. She was the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms and the longest reigning British Monarch. She died peacefully at Balmoral castle in Scotland, following supervision by her doctors earlier that day. Her funeral will be held on the Monday 19th of September 2022 at Westminster abbey at 11am on BBC for people to watch, her son King Charles was officially crowned king on the 10th of September 2022 at the age of 73 following his mother’s death.
Queen Elizabeth II
Isabella Kellett Year 8
A Tribute to Our Late Monarch, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II was, in my opinion, one of the greatest monarchs in history. Not only was she the longest reigning monarch, but she survived so many historic events, such as World War 1 and numerous other occasions. For the majority of the United Kingdom, the Queen was the only monarch they ever knew.
Isabella McLoughlin, Year 7
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