RVHS Bulletin for Weekending 17th July 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 17th July 2020 Message from the Headteacher I can’t believe that we have reached the final bulletin of the year. It has without a doubt been a difficult year but I can find plenty of positives at this time. Our school community has really pulled together and our students have shown great resilience and high levels of engagement with their continued studies. I think that my staff have risen to the challenge and upskilled themselves in all elements of the ‘google classroom’ and remote learning with students. I am incredibly proud of the continued education provision that we have continued to deliver and how we have adapted in response to the challenges posed. From the numerous emails, I have been receiving I am so pleased that this has been valued by the community that we serve. I appreciate that it has been a challenging time for everyone, homeschooling is not easy at the best of times but especially with the pressures of working from home and caring for others. I am truly grateful for the support and understanding shown by our parents. I am conscious that many families have suffered in many different ways, from personal loss to financial insecurity. Our thoughts are with you all and we hope to be able to offer continued support as the school moves forward. Over the summer we are undertaking some extensive remodeling work on the school site and we are having the Science Block refurbished. This work will extend into the autumn term and will put pressure on classroom space as we return. However, the longer-term benefit to the students will be immense and we will have to work around the logistics for that short period. I am also delighted to inform you that we remain fully staffed for September. I am also very proud that our own Mr. Ibrahim has been award the national Outstanding New Teacher of the year award from Pearson’s. This is a phenomenal achievement but for those who know him it is very well deserved. His impact on Physics here has been outstanding. As I have already communicated we look forward to a full return in September. The school has put in place extensive safety procedures (bubbles) and has had to adapt its procedures and timings of the day to fulfill the current government guidelines. I must point out that September several weeks away and things may change but please be reassured that I will communicate any updates as soon as I am aware. I have today written to each year group separately as they have specific information pertinent to their needs and the letters are linked here: Year 7 Letter

Year 8, 9, 10 Letter

Year 11 Letter

GCSE Results Day Letter

Year 13 Letter

A Level Results Day Letter

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The school will operate on a staggered basis and students will not be allowed to arrive or enter the school site until 5 mins before their allotted arrival time. The school timetable will run like this in September:

Please do enjoy the rest of this bulletin - it is packed with student celebrations and links to key information. Please plan for students to return to school in September 2020 as follows:  Wednesday 2nd September: Staff training - no students  Thursday 3rd September: Year 7 & Year 13 (Year 8, 9, 10 Individual meetings - invite only)  Friday 4th September: Year 7 & Year 13 only (Year 8, 9, 10 Individual meetings - invite only)  Monday 7th September: Year 11 & Year 12 (Year 8, 9, 10 Individual meetings - invite only)  Tuesday 8th September: ALL students full time Please do have a safe and restful summer. Kindest regards Sharon Jenner

We are absolutely delighted to announce that our very own Mr Ibrahim has been awarded the 2020 Award for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year! Well done, we are all so proud of him.

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Welcome Message to our New September Year 7 Students I would like to welcome all of the Year 6 students that will be starting their 7 Year Journey with us this coming September, we are so pleased that you and your child have chosen to join the RVHS community. You should all have received a letter from both myself and the Headteacher Mrs Jenner regarding your child’s start to our school in September, please can you ensure that your read this and put the important dates and times in your diaries for September. If you have not received this please contact Miss A Hollis at ahollis@rodingvalley.net You should all have now received a link to our Virtual Transition Presentation, if you haven’t already take the time to watch this, please do so, as it contains important information your child’s start to our school. I ask parents that have not already done so to please ensure that you complete our Online Parent and Student Information Form as this will ensure that your child’s start is a smooth one. The link to this form is contained in your Welcome email. During the summer break, we will be sending all Year 6 parents another copy of the ParentPay Activation letter, it is important that all of our parents ensure that their Parent Pay account is activated ready for your child’s start, as we will not be accepting any cash on site from September. This letter will also contain details of your child’s allocated Form group, so please do look out for this. You have all been sent a letter confirming your child’s House, if you have not received this, please contact me directly at hreed@rodingvalley.net I would also to remind parents that our uniform can be purchased from Forest Casual’s in Loughton; due to the current government guidance purchases can only be made online, they will then be posted or can be collected from the store. I have included a link to their website. I hope your child is enjoying our Transition to RVHS Work booklet and please can I remind you that they will need to give this to their Form Tutor on their first Induction Day in September. I hope you all have a lovely summer; I am really looking forward to meeting you all in September

Miss Reed – Year 7 2020 Progress Leader Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @RVHST&L @rodingvalleyPE @rodingdrama

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Year 7 Wow, what a year we have had. I cannot believe that we are now at the end of our Year 7 journey and heading into our first summer break. We have shared a brilliant year together, one that I am incredibly proud of. Every single Year 7 student has achieved tremendous things and you should all be very proud of yourselves and how far you have come. I trust that you were all able to watch our end of year celebration assembly and share in each other's successes, just as I was able to. I had such a great time compiling this celebration assembly, as it was proof of all of the hard work that you had done and the great things that you have achieved. Seeing the different departments across the school nominate so many of you was such a positive way to finish our year off. Well done to all of you who were recognised and celebrated throughout the assembly. I would like to also congratulate another group of students who have worked extremely hard during the last few weeks, and were recognised in the recent Challenge and Enrichment virtual showcase. Congratulations to the following students for entering in and winning awards for their efforts;

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Archie Savage: Informative Award for his prosthetic arm project. Tylan Sami: Imaginative award for his energy-efficient island project. Aiyana Patel: Innovative award for her prosthetic hand project.

You should have recently received communication regarding our return to school in September, including detailed information about how this will work. Individual Progress & Welfare meetings will take place between Thursday 3rd, Friday 4th and Monday 7th September, with a full return to our new Year 8 timetable on Tuesday 8th September. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any queries relating to the return to school in September. On a final note, I would like to personally thank each and every one of you for your continued support throughout the last few months, and the past year. It has been brilliant getting to know the families of our RVHS community, and the support they offer is second to none. Have a restful and relaxing summer, enjoy the sunshine, but most of all please stay safe. I look forward to welcoming you all back in September. Miss Edwards – Year 7 Progress Leader

Well done boys for the fantastic work you are doing at home!

Billy Muggleton

Alfie McKee

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Year 8 Well done to you all for engaging with virtual learning since the lockdown began – you have made Roding Valley and me very proud. Thank you to all the parents and carers who have diligently motivated our Year 8 students to keep focussed, to stay safe and maintain their mental wellbeing. As our young people return to school in September as Year 9 students, things are going to feel strange, but we are going to do everything to help them get back into the routine of school and learning in a classroom. To cope with this 'new normal' many of them will need some additional support and therefore during the summer holiday and all through the new academic year they can use iamnotok@rodingvalley.net if there is anything they are worried about. It’s an email address that will go straight to the safeguarding team in school and someone will respond to them as soon as possible. Please watch our virtual end of Year assembly - you will see the subject nominations, tutor nominations and the winners of the YPL award. Here is the link to it on YouTube https://youtu.be/5cgyv85j0Tc I am looking forward to seeing you all in September – a reminder that parents & carers have received all the information for the return in September. A few standout awards I have decided to include in the bulletin and they are below. Mr Dobson – Year 8 Progress Leader

The Character and Culture Awards as given to the students by their form tutor for outstanding attitude and resilience. Congratulations to all of the following students that have been nominated for this Award:

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Form 8S

 Natalie M  Gabriella A  Summer D  Eli C Jaeden Twaites

Paris Cole

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Rebecca H Frank C Paris C Aran C Mollie M

Freddie B Mollie H Callum G Edie R Liorah C

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Teddy B Eleanor W Thais A Sara I

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Alex A Finn M Austeja M Imogen B

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Archie C Athina C Lillie H Imaan S Arabella S

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Sophie B Daniel C Libby W James B Louis J

Message for 8R Hi Everyone, I hope that you are all well. Just to say a few words at the end of the strangest year. It has been so lovely to speak to you on the phone and keep in touch via email. Thank you to all of you who have sent me pics and emails and taken part in the Humanities Broadcast etc. I am so proud to be your tutor and have missed all of you a great deal. Well done for all the motivation and resilience that you have demonstrated over the last term (and before that too), we are hugely proud of all your efforts and successes. I imagine you will all look so different by September ... wow! Year 9! Next academic year is going to be filled with all sorts of great things and I am looking forward to sharing them with you. I know that some of you will be a bit anxious about returning, that is totally understandable, we will have the chance to reconnect with one another and get started on all your new courses. We are all here to support and guide you, if there are things that you are worried about, we can help. You are not alone. Stay safe over the holidays in whatever you are planning to do and have fun. Try to get a decent sleep routine going, drink lots of water and eat fresh food. Not only is that great for your skin, it's great for supporting good mental health and physical wellbeing - keep any good habits that you have developed going! Very excited to see you all Ms Preston :)

Message for 8S To the one and only 8S! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a funny old year and we only made it half way through but even during lockdown you have reminded me why you are one of my best ever tutor groups. Some of you struggled at first but you have now overcome your obstacles. This shows what a resilient and determined group you are. Some of you have been out collecting trash to protect wildlife and keep our lovely forest environment. Thank you. Some of you have produced amazing local area projects. Well done. Some of you have taken up new hobbies. This is what successful people do. Some have lost beloved family members but are still staying strong. You will make them proud. Have a great summer, live for the moment and above all stay safe. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to seeing your faces again. Mrs Barron.

Message for 8W It has been a good academic year. We have had both ups and downs but we will always strive for greatness. 8W has worked hard and developed to be wonderful individuals. Although lockdown has been hard for some, 8W has been positive and developed themselves in wonderful ways. Some have done more reading, helping around the house, running & exercises, baking, painting and keeping in contact with their friends using digital technology. I have enjoyed speaking with parents hearing how they have been so supportive. Many thanks to all of you. May each of you continue to develop yourselves and enjoy the sun. Mr Stewart. Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @RVHST&L @rodingvalleyPE @rodingdrama

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Year 9 I would like to say a massive well done for your hard work and dedication to your studies during this last term. It has been difficult for all of us but you showed great resilience. I am very proud of each and every one of you! Please watch our ‘End of Year Celebration Assembly, which includes awards for individual students from subjects, Form Tutors and me, your YPL. It also includes messages from your form tutors and an important message from Miss Williams. Please enjoy your summer holiday, you have worked so hard and deserve a good rest! Make sure that in September you are ready to hit the ground running and make Year 10 as productive as possible. Stay safe over the holidays! If you are going on holiday, please remember to stick to the Government’s guidance with quarantine on your return. Please also note that as a school we have created the following email: iamnotok@rodingvalley.net This email is to be used if you are not feeling ok, you are really struggling or feeling really down, and you would like to reach out to someone for help. There will be a small team of Roding Valley Staff monitoring the email over the summer holidays who will be willing to provide support if you need it. As always, if you have any questions or need any support you can contact me via email. I look forward to seeing you all back in September. Well done and enjoy your well-earned rest! Mr Warry – Year 9 Progress Leader Congratulation to the following Year 9 Students that have been named as Mr Allen’s Star Students:

 Artemis Barnett  Hannah Luxton  Harry Hopkins  Cameron Twine  Archie Sherrin  Frankie Tucker  George Smith

 Grace Craven  Harry Cain  James Stein  Jasmine Heatley  Makayla Steele  Shay Flanagan

They have all submitted some fantastic work for their GCSE PE, keep up the amazing work!!

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Year 10 It has been an absolute delight seeing so many of you in school for your on-site lessons, also to see how well you have all engaged in our on-line sessions. It is a true testament to your resilience and determination to succeed in your GCSEs. It has been a strange end to the year and I am pleased with how well you have coped. Please see the nominations from your form tutors. This is also included in our end of year celebration assembly - https://youtu.be/mn5CXznXluQ To cope with this new normal many of you will need some additional support and therefore during the summer holiday and all through the new academic year you can use iamnotok@rodingvalley.net if there is anything you are worried about. I look forward to seeing you all in September. Keep safe!

Mr Ryan – Year 10 Progress Leader

Congratulations to the following students that have been nominated by their Form Tutors for their outstanding attitude to learning:

10Q: Mr Perera

10R: Mr Jones

10S: Mrs Abbott

10T: Mr Tisdale

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Daniel M Daisy S

10U: Ms Fazakerley

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Demmy N George M

10V: Mr Wilson

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Chris L Suzannah G

Freya A RuoXi H Hollie M Brook P Isabella R Amelie S-C Havin Y Scott K Finnley P Harry P Jade P

Lewis C Ethan D Megan D Alex D Ellie-Louise G Jamie M Michal N Oliver P Lucy S Lily S Felix S Grace W Haval Y

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Molly Jones Oliver Poulton Daniel Little Livvy Spiller Demmy Nicolaou

They have all submitted some fantastic work for their GCSE PE, keep up the amazing work!! Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @RVHST&L @rodingvalleyPE @rodingdrama

Diya W Dominic A

10X: Ms Kalair

Congratulation to the following Year 10 Students that have been named as Mr Allen’s Star Students:

 Isabella Ruse   Charlie Ruse   Cem Eren   Lewis Choules   Lili Warden   Megan Passmore

Amelia M Adam G Aden B Livvy S

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Haris M Aimee C

Year 11 Message Our Year 11 Leavers Video is now live on our RVHS YouTube Channel; you can also access this by clicking on the link. The Year 11 Year Book is also now ready to purchase via ParentPay and will be ready to collect on results day in August, and our Leavers Hoodies can currently be purchased online from Forest Casual in Loughton. I would finally like to say good luck to each and every one of our Year 11 students. I hope you have a lovely summer and we look forward to seeing many of you joining the sixth form in September.

Miss Reed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Year 11 Progress Leader

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Sixth Form Message Year 10 Sixth Form Taster Week This week has been Year 10 taster week. Please find a link to the letter here, We are encouraging Year 10 to start thinking about their futures and the subjects they might like to study in the sixth form. Students will be able to access all the resources teachers have put together over the summer if they wish to try out some A Level options and get a better understanding of what it's like to study in the Sixth Form. We look forward to working with Year 10 in the coming year as they begin to make their Sixth Form choices. Year 12 - Congratulations to our new Sixth Form Captains This week we have appointed our new Sixth Form Captains. Congratulations to

Ellie Blundy

Saskia Cushings

Ava Packwood

Remarlo Rapier

Who following a written application process have been successful. We look forward to the impact they will have on Sixth Form life and the role they will play in supporting the new Year 12’s in September. Well done! Miss Wheaton – Director of Sixth Form Leader

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

RVHS Exposed Magazine Last week the Summer Edition of our student magazine RVHS Exposed was emailed to all parents and is available on our school website for you to read. Please do take the time to enjoy our student’s fantastic work and thank you to Mrs. Patel for supporting them.

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Challenge & Enrichment Virtual Showcase Winners 2020 As part of this year’s Challenge and Enrichment Virtual Showcase 2020, students have worked hard and with enthusiasm during these difficult times to produce a masterpiece. I am very proud of them all and they are creative in getting their ideas across. Please have a look on our school website to see the projects. Well done to you all and have a brilliant summer. There will be more opportunities when we are hopefully back! Mrs Patel

Informative Award Archie Savage and his Prosthetic Arm Project

Imaginative Award Tylan Sami for his EnergyEfficient Island

Innovative Award: Aiyana Patel for her Prosthetic Hand Project

People’s Choice Award Ava Towner for her EnergyEfficient Island Also, a big well done to Bianca Nedelcu and Archie Carr for producing amazing projects and taking part in this competition. Well done all for being creative in these difficult times.

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

We would like to thank the parents of our New Year 7 students that attended our Nearly New Uniform Sale last week. We raised an amazing school.

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The results of our Virtual Sports Week 2020 were:

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Recognition of Outstanding Contributions goes to: Hawking House

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Michael Luxton Liam Smith Daniel Carter

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Churchill House  Jean-Marc Harriott

Murray House Joseph James Harry Judd Nathan Wakinshaw

Hannah Luxton

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Kevin Ciobanu Jamie McSweeney

Rendell House

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Hannah Clemens Madison Holden-Ettridge

To enter your Around the World Challenge distance, please use this link: (https://forms.gle/L3JWWELTFnWBPnrZA)

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When Creative Writing Club started in September 2019, I was unaware of how many students would want to get involved and of the amazing talent these young writers have. I thought that I would take the opportunity to share this fantastic work with all of our parents and carers and you will see for yourself how imaginative and witty the students of Roding Valley are. They have brightened up my Wednesday lunchtimes with their brilliant ideas and tireless efforts to write intriguing stories for everyone to enjoy. After seven exciting months, with a lot of fantastic creative work produced, we had to leave school due to Coronavirus and I thought Creative Writing Club would have to be put on hold for the time beingâ&#x20AC;Ś but even a pandemic will not stop their creative minds! Alongside their schoolwork, students have continued with their writing; emailing work to me and submitting it on our Creative Writing Club Google Classroom and have therefore kept the club alive! Please do use this link to access our booklet and I hope you enjoy the first edition from our Roding Valley Creative Writers and we hope you feel inspired to pick up a pen and have a go yourself!

Our Creative Writing Students Well done to all of the following students that contributed to this booklet:

Tiffany Hansen Year 7

Alexander Patel Year 9

Louisa Nicholson Year 7

Liam Smith Year 7

Freddie Rose Year 7

Nathan Wakinshaw Year 9

Poppy Tribe Year 9

Tora Mclaughlin Year 9

Elizabeth Nutaj Year 7

Isabelle Slevin Year 7

Xenia Tseka Year 7

Anthony Dean Year 7

Grace Dolling Year 7

Bethany Cooper Year 7

Vaughn Maree Year 7

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Thank you for all the support of House activities and events this past academic year. We recently saw results come in from lots of different House events such as the Photography Summer Competition, Maths Challenges, Science House Competition, Dance Event, and English Book Reviews. Of course we also had the results from our Virtual Sports week come in. Bringing together all the different points, there was only three points between the top two Houses; the final House points for this academic year are as follows:

Here are the winners for the Summer Term House Photography Competition, the last one for this academic year:

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1st Prize: Bianca Nedelcu 8R - Churchill 2nd Prize: Alicia Stokes 7T - Hawking

3rd Prize: Rosa Marshall 8S - Rendell The theme of this term’s competition was 'Close up Details'. The Winners will receive their prizes in September.

Bianca Nedelcu

Alicia Stokes

Rosa Marshall

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Congratulations to the following students, who have been named as Miss Hodge’s Science Star’s this week, for their fantastic science work in the last couple of weeks:

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Ava Vinten, Demi Watts, Freya Dinsley, Cuba Pirincci, Lola Jacobs, Ellie Averkiou, Ellie Dennis, Jade Power, Albert Robinson.

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Will Cratchley, Sienne Harding. Kailen Archer, Caleb Beer,

Congratulations to Ellie-Louise and Kevin who have named as the Star Students for their outstanding work in their Sports Studies coursework by Miss Fazakerley

Ellie-Louise Griffiths

Grace Felicio, Kevin Ciobanu

Harry Hopkins Lucy Luong, Alexander Smith,

Congratulations to

Ava Vinten,

Lee Ball For working really hard in the face-toface Chemistry Lesson. Well done Lee!

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

Congratulations to Vanesa Dorneanu who has been named as the Home Learnining Super Star by Mrs Tarantini-Amor.

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

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Congratulations to the following winners of the Roding Valley Bake Off 2020 1st Place: Lola Colllings Theme: Ice cream cupcakes

2nd Place: Tootsie Turp Theme: My Family

3rd Place: Amelia Tomlinson Theme: Cookie Monster

Congratulations to the following students for their fantastic Music Homework on Song Maker. Please do click on the link beside the studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name to hear their free compositions using Band Lab.

Archie Savage

Anthony Blackledge

Enru LI

Jasmin Singh

Liam Smith

Danny Robertson

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Year 8

 Lily Anstey

 Edie Robinson

 Arabella Smith

 Ellie Babbs

 Hannah Carter

 Lilian Webster

 Nojus Stegvilas

 Albie Oliver

 Hannah Clemens

 Anthony Dean

 Sienna Statham

 Ava Towner

 Seth King

 Sophie Bailey

 Laura Cratchley

 Amelia Tomlinson

 Imogen Baldwin

 Hannah Luxton

 Melody Anderson- Sceats

 Beatriz Danescu

 Jasmine Singh

 Louis Szabo

 Samuel Shakespeare

 Aleyna Tekbasti

 Alana Cooper  Daisy Warden Year 9 Hospitality and Catering

Year 10 Hospitality and Catering  Megan Driver

 Caleb Beer  Grace Felicio  Gemma Ochiltree 

Caleb Beer - Fruit Tarts

Grace Felicio - Fruit tarts

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Congratulations to the following students, who have been named as Ms Langlet’s Star Students. During school closure their online participation has been fantastic and they have worked really hard.

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Haris Mushtaq

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Daniel Mehr

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Hannah Ward

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Ethan Harvey

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Dylan Schroder

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Leya Hines

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Dominic Allen

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Emily Brown

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Will Cratchley

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Cuba Pirincci

Hamid Lahreche

 Flavius Timis  Reece Carn  Ruby Minchin  Bobbie Deboo  Alex Kelly  Emily Pendry  Jack Carr  Milica Bozhinsovka  Bianca Nedelcu  Athina Christofi  Ava Towner  Eli Classen

 Daniel Carter  Franklin Prasse  Vinay Wardhan  Arthur Maskell  Kyan Landeta  Anastasia Bila  Olivia Elsdon  Ellie King  Luca Dominquez  Oliver Furby  Charlotte Milner  George Averkiou

Congratulations to the following students who have named as Maths Star students:

 Iman Shazad

 Carys Gooding

 Enru Li

 Lily Saunders

 Charlie Hanshaw

 RuoXi He

 Tim Garrod

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Well done to all the students who have engaged with the work over the last few months. The work has been very good! Some of it has been absolutely outstanding. Make sure you keep practising your French language skill over the summer holiday. If you have any language questions, please contact your teacher. Here is a selection of pupils who have done excellent work in the last few months: Year 7  Elizabeth Babbs  Francesca Ward  Alexandra Bramcheva  Emma Garland  Louisa Nicholson  Isabelle Slevin  Xenia Tseka  Lukas Jasevicius  Leo Nathan  Freddie Rose  Alexandru Savchiv  Rowan Howe  Dhilan Chavda  Jake Katyal

Year 8 Year 9 Year 10  Jasmine Singh  Poppy Tribe  Ethan Harvey  Hannah Clemens  Amber Compton  Daniel Mehr  Arabella Smith  Skye Salek-Haddadi  Zak Smith  Iman Shazad Udin  Betty Shute  Dominic Alen  Sydnae-Rose Smith  Millie Nusrat  Wil Cratchley  Aleyna Tekbasti  Artemis Barnett  Anastasia Grytsai  Paris Cole  Bobbie Deboo  Lily Saunders  Ema Zilute  Joseph James  Livvy Spiller  Diana Douhlinska  Anish Amin  Leya Hines  Sophie Bailey  George Abbott  Maame Duah  Ellie Wood  Max Saunders  Sheikh Jarif  Henry Twyford  Ezinna Amadi  Elan Wainer  Xixuan He  Samuel Shakespeare  Archie Carr  James Boyce

Arabella Smith – Favourite Music Star Sydnae Rose Smith- French Food Rosa Marshall – Favourite Music Star

Jasmin Singh- French Food

Tim Garrod – Favourite Music Star

Hannah Clemens

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Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding effort and achievement in English.

Week for 22nd to 26th June 2020 Year 7:  Ursula Alexander  Rais Khan  Sophie Blundy  Alex Smith  Sonny Copus  Louis Webb  Ashlee Bashorun  Jake Katyal  Ella Chappell

A Certificate of Achievement is on its way to you

Year 8:  Aran Chudasama  Freddie Bayless  Bianca  Nedelcu  Danny Robertson  Skye Waeland  Harry Newman  Jasmine Singh  Tim Garrod  Ava Dunning

Year 9:  Gemma Ochiltree  Efe Kurtcebe  Lily Holland  Emily Pendry  Aston Watson    

Year 10:  Tolani Aradeon  Finnley Packwood  Lola Jacobs  Adam Ghounbaz  Aimee Garvey  Charlie Ruse  Megan Driver  Charlie Hanshaw  Arda Culculoglu

Weaver Tuna Parlar Joseph James Ruby Minchin Hayden Porter

Week for 22nd to 26th June 2020 Year 7:  Hannah Salmon  Rais Khan  Seth King  Meliz Rayif  Rowan Howe  Jake Katyal  Leo Nathan

Year 8:  Robert Davenport  George Glen  Evie-Mae Edwards  Madison Hamilton  Harry Newman  Hannah Clemens  Samuel McSweeney

Year 9:  Caleb Beer  Ruby Coyte  Cody Smith  Alexander Smith  Louis Medhurst  Jed Fleming  Emma Flowers  Harry Wells  Ethan Wellington

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Grosvenor Sadie Worrall Ellie Dennis Harvey Gilbey Zak Smith Havin Yalcin Michal Nowak

Congratulations to Amber Giddy for her fantastic work! Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @RVHST&L @rodingvalleyPE @rodingdrama

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Message from Humanities As we near the end of what has been the strangest academic year for everyone, I have been thinking about all of the positives that have come from this. Firstly, our Humanities students from Year 7 to Year 12, we are so immensely proud of the resilience, motivation, and efforts to work independently, meet our deadlines, ask for help and support and produce such good quality work - it has been amazing. Students have worked in difficult circumstances but have managed to become more skilled in the use of IT as a learning tool. Secondly, I am hugely proud of the work that the Humanities teaching staff have undertaken, they have all trained and upskilled in the use of ICT and worked hard to offer excellent teaching, learning and feedback using this medium. Finally, to all of the parents who have been so supportive in helping us and the students to carry on and do the summer term justice. I know that there have been times of real stress and difficulty and juggling this with working from home, ICT and home learning, thank you very much. Lots of E-certificates will be winging their way to students from Friday afternoon onwards - students will receive these in their school email accounts. I wish you all a happy & safe summer, we are all really looking forward to seeing everyone in September. Tara Preston Head of Humanities

Year 7  Olivia Elsdon  Julius Hounsell  Ellie King  Luke Passmore  Paige Richards  Jessie Tucker  Daisy Warden

Year 8  Madison Hamilton  James Newman  Finlay James  Emily Fairhead  Skye Waeland  Freddie Bayless  Abby Crawford-Kite Miss Errington

All issues of our weekly mindfulness newsletter ‘#Roding Matters’ are now available on our School Website.

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Year 7  Ursula Alexander  Melody Anderson-Sceats  Anthony Blackledge  Alana Cooper  Anthony Dean  Harry Dickson  Archie Savage  Alicia Stokes  Louis Szabo  Amelia Tomlinson  Oscar Farrugia  Enru Li  Hannah Salmon Year 8  Hannah Carter  Athina Christofi  Joseph Coyte  Lily Griffin  Sara Iotu  Louis James  Santiago Levy  Natalia Mizzi

 Bianca Nedelcu  Ava Towner

Year 9  Kailen Archer  Grace Chaplin  Joshua Conway  Ruby Coyte  Grace Donoghue  Henry Hammerston  Lily Holland  Monica Jaye  Efe Kurtcebe  Isabella Lindsey  Lucy Luong  Bronya Overington  Alice Richards  Esther Richards  Dharam Sharma  Johnny Stuchfield  Keira Swinson  Nancy Tabram  Hannah Taylor  Campbell Wilson  Caleb Beer  Sam Labbett  Emily Pendry  Harry Marcus  Flavious Timis  Alexander Smith  Alicia Acheampong  Abigail Akers

Year 10  Diya Wahiwala  Amelia Martin  Isabella Ruse  Rosie McMorrow  Suzannah Grosvenor  Molly Jones  Kevin Ciobanu  Tolani Aradeon  Ruo Xi He  Lola Boyle  Charlotte Clay  Lucy Salmon  Erin Weeks  Abigail Akers

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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) Review can be in English! Carried over from last issue. Try to watch with subtitles in French/Spanish

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Challenge Two: Keep practising a language on Duolingo or any other language app. It does not have to be Spanish or French!

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Challenge Three: Practise your language skills if you go on holiday! Try to communicate in the language of the country you visit. It will be rewarding! Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @RVHST&L @rodingvalleyPE @rodingdrama

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Hello Everyone, As we embark on the six weeks holiday, I just wanted to take this opportunity to say a massive well done- both to students and parents! Home learning has been a completely new experience for everyone- and we’re really proud of how our students adapted during this time. Please do take a moment to look out for some of the excellent home learning pieces that were submitted since March- the quality of these pieces is fantastic. Moving forward, I wanted to let you know that we are going to continue with the use of Google Classroom to set home learning when we are back to school in September. We have seen that Google Classroom is a powerful tool to set homework and provide good quality feedback. Our students can keep themselves organised, and teachers can monitor progress effectively. In September, I will be circulating the updated ‘Home Learning’ booklet, which will contain the updated Google Classroom codes and clear step by step guides on how to access feedback and get the most out of Google Classroom; for both students and parents. We will also endeavour to utilise our new skill set of video recorded teaching and continue to use this feature within the home learning we set in September. We will be using these videos as revision tools- as we have seen the benefits of these for our students. During the summer holidays, teachers will not be setting ‘home learning assignments’ as we have been since March. Instead, some subject areas will provide enrichment material and reading where applicable. We really recognise that our students will need to come back, refreshed and ready for some hard work in September! If your son/daughter wishes to use this time to revise, then we of course support this. All year groups have taken part in a revision workshop this year- some virtual due to the circumstances. If you would like to check out our revision technique templates and step by step guidance, then please click here. Again, I want to thank you for supporting your child with their home learning. We can’t wait to welcome them all back in September and build on some of the independent learning skills they have learnt during this process. Ms Larkin - Assistant Headteacher

Challenge and Enrichment Summer House Competition The challenge is to produce a 500-word essay on life in school after lockdown, which will need to include:

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Punctuation: Is it used correctly and have you used a wide range of ambitious punctuation such as semicolons, hyphens etc.?

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Sentences: Have you used a variety of sentence forms (simple, compound, complex)? Vocabulary: Have you used a wide range of ambitious vocabulary?

Language: Have you included rhetorical and/or creative language devices such as metaphors, similes? All entries should be emailed to Mrs Patel by 4th September. The winner will receive House points and have their essay published in the School Magazine. Good Luck! Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @RVHST&L @rodingvalleyPE @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.

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

The School ID is ‘Roding’. 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 @RVHST&L @rodingvalleyPE @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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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 @RVHST&L @rodingvalleyPE @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 @RVHST&L @rodingvalleyPE @rodingdrama

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