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RVHS Bulletin Weekending Friday 4th March 2022 Dear Parents/ Carers, We are all facing uncertainty at this time and we are trying really hard to work with our students to ensure that they have an understanding of what is happening in the world. As I mentioned in my earlier email, earlier this week, whilst there are no clear answers as to the ‘best way’ that a school can support their community - this is, after all, an unprecedented situation - our approach will be flexible, impartial, tailored to our children and how they present to staff. Our students know that we will offer support where needed and can approach any teacher, or use the iamnotok@rodingvalley.net email address. The students reacted very positively to our whole school assembly on the ‘Ukraine Conflict’, I hope that the assembly supported further conversation at home. The assembly slides and other support documents can be found on our website - How To Support Your Child Our students want to ‘do something’ to help the humanitarian crisis. We have received numerous emails and messages from our students wanting to help and feel part of that response. Therefore, we will be collecting essential items at the school to help keep the families and children caught in the conflict, safe and warm. Students can bring into school items from the essential list below, taking them to the Drama Hut on arrival, where they will be sorted and collected by our volunteer sixth formers. The school will then drop off the donations at the Donation hub set up at Civic Offices at Epping Forest District Council. Please only send your child into school with donations that they can carry - if you have large amounts of donations then please take them direct to the numerous donation hubs being set up locally. Please only donate to us, up to the quantity that your child can carry into school.
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What to Donate:
Clothing (new or nearly new)
Toiletries and Medication
Food and utensils
Clothing for children (all ages) Clothing for adult men and women Thermal clothing and warm jackets Shoes and socks Gloves and hats Nappies
Protein bars and canned foods only Dried baby milk Feeding bottles Pet food Plastic cutlery and bowls Metal cups Hot flasks Non-perishable food is not required
Other essentials Toys Blankets and sleeping bags Foil blankets
Shampoo and conditioner Soap and shower gel Toothbrushes and toothpaste Sanitary products inc. tampons, pads and towels Wet wipes, hand sanitiser and hand wash Hairbrushes First Aid kits inc. bandages, plasters and dressings Thermal hand and foot warmers
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On a lighter note, it has been very positive here in school. Our Year 11s were brilliant in their pre-public examinations and their effort and attitude are to be commended. We will continue to work hard with all our exam groups to prepare them for their summer exams. Please do refer to our Exam microsite - Exams Summer 2022 for everything that you need to know. Our students are leaders of the future and we encourage them to have a voice. We encourage student leadership across the school and value their voice in our strategies. I really enjoyed meeting a small group of students, who represent the school council, at the Headteacher’s Conversation this week. We discussed issues relating to House competitions, student led litter campaigns, tree planting and toilets. I have taken all their items raised back to my team for action. The Year 10/11 students will be pleased to hear that the only ‘old fashioned’ toilets in the school are being re-modelled in the summer.
It was so brilliant to meet our incredible students that are standing as Epping Forest Youth Councillors. The polling date is Thursday 10th March and we wish them all luck in the Youth Elections 2022. Today was the student-led COP26 Climate Conference - WOW!!! Brilliantly organised by our students and supported by the Challenge and Enrichment coordinators.Thank you to our governor, Margaret James for coming in to judge the very credible and well-researched entries. I look forward to hearing the winning proposals and discussing with the students how we can make them a reality in our school. Parents please note that Friday 18th March is an Inset Day - this day will be for essential staff training, moderation and intervention with key exam groups. Students will receive invites for dedicated intervention sessions and these will be sent out. Students who are not in exam groups and not invited in for specific intervention classes will have assignments set on their subject Google classrooms that will need to be submitted at the end of the school day. Please refer to the school website for all term dates I have attached our special edition of RVHS 'Exposed' celebrating 116 years of Roding Valley High School. The students taking part have worked incredibly hard researching the history of the school, conducting interviews and contacting previous students. This edition covers the school's history from the opening of Loughton County High School for Girls in 1908 all through till today. - click here Take care, Sharon Jenner – Headteacher In England, a Free School Meal (FSM) is a statutory benefit available to school aged children from families who receive other qualifying benefits and who have been through the relevant registration process. Recently, the process of applying for Free School Meals at Roding Valley High School has changed to an online application in order to improve speed and reduce the burden of paperwork for parents. For more information on the qualifying benefits and for more information, please visit our Free School Meals page on our school website. It is important that parents register their children for free school meals if they are entitled as the school receives additional funding known as the Pupil Premium to support the children’s learning. The use of the pupil premium is personalised to meet the needs of the children who are entitled to support, such as 1-1 tuition, additional LSA support and intervention groups, access to school visits, Learning Mentor, speech and language assistants, Family Support and counselling. If you believe that your child is eligible for Free School Meals, please click here to use our Free School Meals Checker. Your Certificate of Eligibility will then need to be emailed to Miss Hollis at ahollis@rodingvalley.net
Our team is proud to be your child’s Year Progress Leader and very much looking forward to supporting your child and with such a great cohort of students, we are sure it will be a great half term. To ensure that you are aware of who your child’s Year Progress Leader is and who to contact, please refer to their details below:
Year 7: Mr Ryan To contact Mr Ryan, please email fryan@rodingvalley.net
Year 8: Miss Fazakerley To contact Miss Fazakerley, please email J Fazakerley@rodingvalley.net
Year 9: Miss Edwards To contact Miss Edwards, please email cedwards@rodingvalley.net
Year 10: Mr Fletcher To contact Mr Fletcher, please email mfletcher@rodingvalley.net
Year 11: Ms Preston To contact Ms Preston, please email tpreston@rodingvalley.net
Year 7 Hello again and welcome back after what I hope was a lovely half term break. The Year group are looking particularly rested and seem ready for action. The first week back was our digital week where the students yet again demonstrated how well they can behave and be trusted. It was lovely to walk into different classes around the school and see the students researching important/under-appreciated notable people in different fields of study. My Year 7 English class were writing about Maya Angelou and George Elliot, to name a few. We are having a real drive on Bedrock. This is a literacy program designed to enable students to improve their spoken and written English. Every Wednesday, students spend 20 minutes on Bedrock. What we would like is that they complete more sessions at home. If you worked with your son or daughter on this, you would be able to see how well they are doing. Whilst I love how the year group embraces modern technology, I am concerned about their attitudes towards social media and the repercussions this may have. Please can I ask that you befriend your child on all their social media platforms so that you can actually see what they are posting. This will really benefit us and help you to understand and develop your relationship with your child. You should have received your son/daughter's report in preparation for Parents' Evening which is on Thursday 10th March. This is virtual and you can make appointments via Edulink. Each teacher will have slots for you to book. Each session is 5 minutes long. Should you need to speak to your son/daughter's teachers in more depth please email them and they will be happy to meet with you. The Year 7 inter house football tournament is incredibly successful with mixed teams competing for their houses. As I write Murray house is in the lead! What I think is so good about this tournament is that the students are coming together to support each other in friendly rivalry. There are many such competitions for the year group to get involved in. As part of the Challenge and Enrichment challenge students can enter the Showcase where they get to create a presentation that will then be judged. We also have a trip to the Natural History Museum coming up where a selected group of students will be invited to participate. Mr Ryan – Year 7 Progress Leader
New Timetables Congratulations to the following students who have been nominated as their Academic Group Representatives
Magnesium: Arthur Luton and Kimi Da Costa Neon: Advaith Aravind and Daisy Hoffman Argon: Eve Ansell and Owen Williamson Beryllium: Defne Eren and George Tredgett Fluorine: Jack Joyce and Ava Tomlinson
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.
Year 8 Another two weeks have passed and there have yet again been so many exciting opportunities for Year 8. Last week there was the Faraday engineering challenge, this was amazing and all the staff that had the pleasure to visit at different points during the day said how incredible the group's prototypes were. They truly made everyone proud with their diligent planning, designing, budgeting and building for their prototypes. Well done team! Another group of Year 8 students visited the Natural History Museum as part of Roding Valley High School's challenge and enrichment programme. Miss Pinches, who organised the visit, was so impressed at the students' behaviour, saying that they really represented Roding Valley well, being a pleasure to take them on the tube and Museum. There have been lots of sporting opportunities for the Year 8's. Our Year 8 girls Rugby team had the pleasure of a training match against Robert Clack, the girls had never played Rugby competitively, but picked it up so quickly, getting really stuck in, resulting in an excellent win. Well done! The Year 8 boys Rugby team attended a sevens tournament at Westcliff High School where they did incredibly well. We look forward to where Rugby will take these students. There was also a WESSA swimming gala at West Hatch which went swimmingly for our Year 8 team. Additionally, our Year 8 indoor athletics team represented us against the WESSA schools at West Hatch, which I will announce the results next week in assembly. As a school we have had a huge push of the Bedrock programme, it is essential that every student is completing 20 minutes in their Friday Period 1 as well as 20 minutes in their home learning at least. This programme develops student's literacy significantly, exposing them to high level words which will aid them when it comes to their GCSE and further education. Miss Fazakerley – Year 8 Progress Leader
Year 9 What another busy fortnight we have had in year 9. This week we have focused on the options process, and students have had the opportunity to experience some 'taster' lessons in those subjects that they haven't previously studied. This allowed students to sample some of the lesson content that the course will include over the next two years. Hopefully by now, your child will have completed and submitted their online option form outlining their preference of subjects. If you are experiencing any difficulties with this, please don't hesitate to contact myself or Mr Mammen. On Tuesday, we had our Year 9 boy’s rugby team head to Westcliffe to participate in the Essex cup Rugby tournament. Unfortunately, they lost both of their games to Redden Court School and The Eastwood Academy, but represented themselves exceptionally well and did themselves and RVHS proud. I would like to encourage as many of our year 9's as possible to get involved in as many extra-curricular activities as possible. Tomorrow, we will be taking 46 Year 9 students to Manchester to experience a premier league football match at the Etihad stadium. I hope they are all equally as excited as I am for this trip and show how wonderfully behaved I know they all can be. I look forward to putting our pictures and student write up's in our next bulletin. Please can I remind you about the importance of arriving to school on time. We are seeing an increasing number of Year 9 students arriving late to school, which provides a really unsettled start to the day. This will also result in a 20-minute lunchtime detention that same day. All students should be through the Brook Road gate by no later than 8.35am. In our Personal development lessons over the past few weeks, we have started our new strand 'Healthy Me'. We have looked at how we can make healthier choices, and this week we looked at how Alcohol can affect our health. Over the coming weeks we will be delving deeper into how other substances such as smoking have negative impacts on our health, together with learning some lifesaving skills. These PD lessons are now an important part of our week, and something all Year 9 students look forward to. Miss Edwards – Year 9 Progress Leader
Year 10
YEAR 10 PARENTS EVENING: I wanted to take this opportunity to remind students and parents that Year 10 parents Evening is fast approaching on 23rd March from 3.30-7.30pm and more details will follow to allow parents to book their online appointments ACHIEVEMENT POINTS - Well done to the following students for topping the leader board for achievement points this week; Calum Buckley Daniel Carter Athina Carter Laura Cratchley Callum Gower Merjan Kartal Hugh Luton Ruzgar Yigit FORM OF THE WEEK: Beryllium! Congratulations for winning the Tutor Group Achievement Points for the week! Well done to all and to the tutors, Mrs Lasfer and Mrs Langlet TOP BEDROCK PERFORMERS!: Well done to the following; Maisie Nash Imogen Baldwin Rosie Powe Shelby Parker Eliza White
Year 10 once again has produced some excellent work over the past fortnight and below we have evidence of this in Science. Congratulations to Mrs Hodges' Science class. She was so impressed - they researched, made presentations, and then presented to the rest of the class! Brilliant! Well done to all involved!
GOLD MEDAL! Congratulations to Loya Cencki in 10CA. Last week Loya won a gold medal in the Swim England - Artistic Swimming Regional Age Group Championships, since joining Roding Valley this is Loya's first Gold Medal in the UK. Congratulations to Loya!! Well done Year 10 for another positive week! Enjoy the weekend
Mr Fletcher – Year 10 Progress Leader
Year 11 Another excellent week from year 11 who have worked hard at their second round of PPE exams. I am proud of the conduct and determination of students and hope that this weekend is an opportunity to rest. Students are continuing with their careers meetings with our careers officer Mrs Mason, and you will receive an email that outlines the courses and careers discussed with your child. The Personal Development topic strand for this half term is Healthy Me and it includes sessions on: Managing Anxiety and stress, exam pressure, work-life balance, sexual health, hygiene, self-examination, STI's, sexual pressure, fertility, contraception, pregnancy facts and myths, identifying health risks and strategies for staying safe. I would like to take the opportunity to remind students and parents that school uniform standards need to remain in place for all. Generally, the Year 11 look really smart and are dressed appropriately, however, if a student has an issue with their uniform, please send them in with a note to me so that I am aware. In other exciting news - the Year 11 Prom is booked for Wednesday 29th June 2022 @ Woolston Manor. This will also be the date for the Year 11 final assembly. I will send out more information on both in due course. Here is a link to the summer exam timetable for those of you eager to book holidays!! Ms Preston – Year 11 Progress Leader
Well done to
Congratulations to the following students for earning the most ARE Points so far: Frankie Downey Freddie Edwards Selen Kadir
Mohammed Ramadan For looking out for, supporting and giving time to a new student this week. Mohammed has really made a difference to someone else this week and no doubt made things a lot easier.
Louis Medhurst Faith Mensah Gemma Ochiltree Simona Pinzari Nancy-Kay Rayner Well done to 11Ca and 11Fl for achieving the most ARE Points.
Bedrock Award Congratulations to
Sylvia Duong for being nominated for the Bedrock Award
Attention All Parents If the school holds any medication for your child, please ensure that it is in date. If you are unsure of the expiry date(s) please contact Mrs Gladman on sgladman@rodingvalley.net Please ensure that any Medical Protocols held are still valid and up to date. If your student has a newly diagnosed medical condition yet to be advised to the school, please complete a student healthcare plan, please use this link to access the document.
On Saturday 19th February a group of Year 12 Chemistry students (Daniel Mehr, RuoXi He, Tolani Aradeon and Chloe Norwood) attended the Cambridge Chemistry Race where they were up against other teams to solve Chemistry problems. The teams race against each other in solving chemistry problems. Although they didn't win, they had a fantastic experience which ended with dinner at Trinity College. Daniel said: We had to answer 60 questions of increasing difficulty in a matter of 2 hours, all based on chemistry. The competition was not met without difficulty, but thankfully we were able to work together and answered as many questions as possible. We enjoyed the experience, learning from it and hoping to train a stronger team for the future.
Year 7 Pottery Club Well done to
Joey Harland in Year 7 for creating this amazing piece of clay artwork ‘Mushroom Man’.
Year 8 Faraday Challenge Last week our some of our Year 8 students had an amazing time taking part in the ‘Faraday Challenge’.
UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge On Wednesday 2nd February, a selection of our brightest students in Year 9, 10 and 11 took part in the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge. They performed magnificently with 49 of the 121 students who took part receiving an award. Skye in Year 11 received a Gold Certificate and the Best in School Award, with Louis in Year 10 and Noa in Year 9 receiving the Best in Year Group Award. 5 students in all were awarded a Gold Certificate, 9 Silver Certificates and 35 Bronze Certificates. A number of our students will be taking part in the follow up rounds on March 17th as they had performed so well. Noa in Year 9 will be taking part in the Grey Kangaroo. Louis, Kevin and Santiago in Year 10 along with Joseph in Year 11 will be taking part in the Pink Kangaroo. Given Skye's exceptional performance, she has been asked to take part in the Maclaurin Olympiad. We are extremely proud of all our students for taking part in the Maths Challenge. Everyone will receive House Points for taking part and additional points will be awarded depending on their performance in this Challenge as well as the follow up Challenges. Keep an eye on our Twitter account, @RVMathematics, for the final tally of points following the Grey, Pink and Maclaurin challenge. Get ready Year 7 and 8's, it will be your turn on April 27th!!
Cooking Club Our Cooking Club has a fantastic time making Pancakes this week for Pancake Day
Year 8 Computer Science Year 8 Students have been creating a stop motion animation on history. They researched different events in history. They have created storyboards, made props and filmed their stop motions.
Last minute places Last minute places available on the Andorra (Feb 2023) and USA (April 2023) ski trips. Any interested students in year 8-10, please see Miss Edwards or Miss Fazakerley for more information.
Y12 Discovering Science club have spent the last few weeks trying to successfully make and launch a rocket from the playground. This involved lots of trial and error as our initial design didn't allow for enough of the oxygen needed for ignition. However, after researching where we went wrong and redesigning accordingly, we finally had success!
Year 12 Biology Y12 Biology have been carrying out dissections this week for one of their required practical’s. They had the choice to dissect either the gas exchange system of a fish, or to investigate the complex structure of the heart.
KS3 Art Congratulations to our KS3 students for producing some amazing artwork during their lessons. Charlotte Palmer – Year 9
Charlotte Williamson – Year 7
Sky Nash – Year 8
Aiyana Patel – Year 9
Sara Chowdhury – Year 8
Accelerated Reader With Miss Woods
World Book Day Yesterday we celebrated the 25th Anniversary of World Book Day with lots of different activities. Students were completing book quizzes, guessing our Masked Readers at the start of each lesson and bumping to our staff dressed up as their favourite literacy character. We are already looking forward to next year! Login Reminder: To access Accelerated Reader via the school website, scroll to the bottom of the Home page of our website and select Accelerated Reader, then select ‘I am a student’ Username: First letter of your first name and the first four letters of your last name.
The Scarlet and Ivy Series The Scarlet and Ivy series (which consists of 6 books) is an amazing book series which is set in the 1930s.It is suitable for ages 8 and up. It is about twin sisters (called Scarlet and Ivy) who solve mysteries and have extraordinary adventures around their blood-curdling boarding school - and outside of it. If I had to give this book a rating out of 5, I would definitely rate it as a 5 because it is an exceptional book series and is full of creativity and mystery. The reason that everybody should read this book is because it is filled with fun, adventure and amazing discoveries. Not only is the story unbelievable, but the vocabulary is too. It uses ambitious vocabulary which is helpful for developing. Written by Isabella Kellett – Year 7
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Week ending 04/03/22
Boys
Girls
Andrew Nicola
Lea Horakova
Kwaku Koduah
Kimi Oliveira Da Costa
Jake Bramley
Isabelle Davenport
Oscar Kenee
Sara Chowdury
Alex Savchiv
Ryleigh Crews
Anthony Blackledge
Xenia Tseka
Year 10
Callum Gower
Laiba Batool Bokhari
Year 11
Freddie Edwards
Grace Craven
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme The Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Assessment Expedition will go out to the Chilterns from the 16th to 18th March. This will be preceded by the Planning Day on Tuesday 15th March 2022.
SuperStars KS3 Science Y8
KS4 Science Y9
Y10
KS5 Science Y11
Y12
Y13
Sapphire Fyffe
Taiden Mayo
Danny Robinson
Sky Salek-Haddadi
Tolani Aradeon
Max Djemal
Eylul Ugur
Isabel Akar
Evie Mae Edwards
Campbel Wilson
Ruoxi He
Evie Prasse
Jack Crisp
Lennon Coster
Tuna Parlar
Daniel Mehr
Monica Bhatia
Sonny Heath
Frankie Purdy
Samuel Maslin
Chloe Norwood
Zornitsa Kirilova
Sky Nash
Joseph Byrne
Persia Bellamy
Flynn Doherty
Sam Mehr
Lauryna Kvietkauskaite
Georgiana Burca
Finley Dickson
Debate team has put together a COP26 Student Conference at Roding Valley High School where in their Houses students presented an idea to a panel of judges on how we can improve our eco-footprint here at RVHS. The students researched their idea in depth and shared their amazing presentations, these included: double-glazing of the school, reusable Tupperware for students, reusable RVHS water bottles and ‘green’ non-uniform days to help raise money for climate change.
@ RVHS C&E To keep up to date with all things Challenge and Enrichment at RVHS, please visit our C & E Twitter page
Congratulations to the following students for their fantastic work in Literacy and during Drop Everything and Write (DEAW)
Lacey Waeland 7Fl
Natalia Tzima 7Ma
Zaki Sultan 7Hy
Jessica Biagioni 7Fl
Zac Gregory 7Ca
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Current House Points Totals This half term brings lots of opportunities for students to get involved and contribute to the wider school through the house events. On the House page of our school website there are a selection of events that are on offer this half term. A recent survey of students showed that 86% of students are taking part in house events! That is amazing, however we would like everyone to be taking part in something in some way! Please do encourage your child to take part in some of the upcoming events. Year 7 and 8 have also been taking part in Interhouse Football Tournament at lunchtime with house competing against each other. This event was organised by our House Captain Megan Allgood. We still have a few matches left to see who manages to get to the top of the table!
HOUSE
Step Up to the NHS Competition House Music Competitions Big Bang Competition Cop26
If you would like to keep up to date with all of our House News, please visit our page on the school website.
Hi Parents & Carers, As many of you may know, at RVHS we now use an online, interactive literacy tool called 'Bedrock'. Bedrock is a tool that helps to improve our students Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary and improve their application of these new words. This week, our students have had a virtual assembly based on the importance of this tool. If you want to look at the assembly, please click here. During Term 1, Ms Bleakley and I also did a live-streamed parent's workshop on Bedrock. If you missed this, and want to watch the recording, please click on the link below: 1. To watch the live stream, please click here. 2. To access the free Bedrock resources on our website, please click here. If you would like to be re-sent your parent access code (so that you can monitor your child's progress on BEDROCK) via email, please email me on plarkin@rodingvalley.net Thank you for supporting this excellent literacy tool! As always, if you need any support with home learning, revision, study or Bedrock, please contact me on plarkin@rodingvalley.net. Thank you for your continued support.
With Ms Preston
WORLD BOOK DAY There are so many benefits to reading, so here are a top ten (which could easily have been a top twenty):
Improved focus and concentration
Better writing skills
Stress Reduction
Memory Improvement
Tranquillity
Mental Stimulation
Knowledge
Memory Improvement
Vocabulary extension
Entertainment
So Where Are the Most Recommended Places to Read?
The Beach
In front of a fireplace
At a cosy cafe
On public transport
From a window seat
Reading Nook
Library
Where Are the Best Book Recommendations?
Garden or balcony
Here is a link for the hundred must-read classics from PENGUIN
Bookshop
Here is a link for 30 books that are recommended reads! LINK
Park
Hammock
Where are the best book recommendations?
I’m off to get cosy and read!
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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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Chat about online safety little and often: Young people are likely to want to explore new apps and websites this month, whether that is for learning or for fun. Take this opportunity to talk to them about how to stay safe on these new services, and in general. Ask if anything ever worries them while they are online. Make sure they know that if they ever feel worried, they can get help by talking to you or another adult they trust.
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Help your child identify trusted adults who can help them if they are worried: This includes you and other adults at home, as well as adults from wider family, school or other support services who they are able to contact at this time. Encourage them to draw a picture or write a list of their trusted adults.
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Be non-judgemental: Explain that you would never blame them for anything that might happen online, and you will always give them calm, loving support. Talk about how their online actions can affect others: If your child is engaging with others online, remind them to consider how someone else might feel before they post or share something. If they are considering sharing a photo/video of somebody else, they should always ask permission first.
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Parental controls: Make use of the parental controls available on your home broadband and any internet enabled device in your home. You can find out more about how to use parental controls by visiting your broadband provider’s website.
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Direct your child to age appropriate information about relationships and sex: It’s natural for young people to start exploring their sexual feelings online and adolescents are more inclined to take risks. It’s important to understand this and to talk to your child in a positive way. Thinkuknow, Brook, The Mix and Childline all provide age appropriate information about relationships and sex that you can signpost your child to.
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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.
Support your child with Thinkuknow websites The age appropriate Thinkuknow websites are a great way to start and continue chats about online safety.
11-13yrs Thinkuknow website: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_13/ 14yrs + Thinkuknow website – https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/14_plus/ Our websites provide open and honest guidance for young people on friends, relationships and the internet, covering topics like dealing with pressure; consent; and getting support when you are worried. You will find lots more advice on keeping your child safe online at www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents. If you are worried that a child or young person is at risk of harm online, you should call the police. Young people can make a report to CEOP at https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/
Other Recommended Resources Parent Info: Expert information for parents about building their child’s resilience both online and off. Produced by NCA-CEOP and Parent Zone. This free service can be embedded on to your child’s school website. www.parentinfo.org Brook: Information and advice for young people on sexual health and wellbeing, including staying safe online. https://www.brook.org.uk The Mix: Support service for young people with information and advice on sex and relationships. https://www.themix.org.uk Internet Matters: A useful tool showing how to set parental controls across a range of devices and websites. http://www.internetmatters.org/parentalcontrols/interactive-guide/ NSPCC Net Aware: Provides reviews and guidance on the most popular social networks, apps and games that children use. https://www.net-aware.org.uk/ Childnet – Information and advice for parents and carers on supporting people online. https://www.childnet.com/resources/supporting-youngpeople-online
How Can I Access Edulink? EduLink can be accessed on any device – PC, laptop, tablet or mobile device – via the web browser or via the EduLink app. The link to access the EduLink login page on a web browser is www.edulinkone.com Alternatively, you can download the EduLink App which is available to download for free on Apple or on Android. Both the App and the web browser will display this log-in screen.
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
Behaviour: You will be able to see all behaviour points given to you child and any sanctions given to your child including detentions.
Medical Information: In this section you can see all of the medical information that we have on file for your child
Account Information: In this section you can view the current address we have for your child on file, your child’s Year group and the name of their Form tutor
Timetable: In this section you can view your child’s daily timetable
Absence Reporting: This feature will allow you to send a direct message to our Attendance Officer, to notify us of any absence for your child
Linked Resources: This section contains links to all the schools learning resources available to your child both at school and at home
Update Information: This section shows all of the contact information we hold for yourself and your child. You can review and update this information with any changes that may occur
Exams: You can see all of your child upcoming exams; your child can also access this information so they can manage their own exam schedule
Documents: In this section you can view your child’s reports
Parents can access information on all their children currently admitted to Roding Valley High School. If you require any assistance, please contact Mr Vermaak or Miss Stewart (mvermaak@rodingvalley.net or lstewart@rodingvalley.net )
Classroom How to Log on to Google Classroom? Students can log into their Gmail using their school email address and their password. Their school email will be the year they started at RVHS started plus their first initial and surname @rodingvalley.net (example- 19plarkin@rodingvalley.net). Once your child has have logged in, they will need to click on the google apps button and then select ‘Google Classroom’ Your child will then be able to see all of the classes they belong to. They will then need to click on the class they want to use resources for and take a look at everything that their class teacher has posted for them to work on. They will be able to download items and make comments on them. Teachers will be regularly posting new work on their Google Classrooms.
What to Do if your child is a Missing a Subject their Google Classroom? If your child is missing a Google Classroom for one of their subjects, they will need to click on the addition symbol, followed by ‘Join Class’ and then enter the Class Code for their missing subject. Class Codes are available from their subject teacher.
Top Tips for Our Students Students must keep up to date with their lessons by using Google Classroom every day. Use their workbooks to complete the work shown on their Google Classroom. Don’t slack on presentation! Keep their notes in order of the lessons on the Google Classroom. Year 11 and 13 Students: There will be revision materials available on Google Classroom. Please use them.
What is DODDLE? Doddle provides students with access to thousands of engaging, formative resources and guides students through the curriculum. Doddle Progress automatically tracks student attainment in key curriculum skills. Parents can see student attainment and progress through our easy-to-use Doddle Parent feature. Skills within Doddle are rated as red, amber or green. These ratings give a clear indication of how much progress a child has made and highlight the weaker areas to be targeted with revision.
Each student has a personal Doddle account where they can access their homework to-do lists and families can view the work their child has been assigned. These accounts enable parents to view their child's results and encourage them to better their scores by using Doddle's revision resources.
Find out how to create a Doddle Parent account and then link that account to your child with this short video:
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 to view your child's due and submitted homework:
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.
This is a valuable resource that will assist parents in supporting their child’s progression. Please use the following link to the log in:
Find out how to view and track your child's homework with this short video.
We have also included a link to a very useful guide on Troubleshooting.
What is Seneca? Seneca is a free home learning & revision platform that is very popular with our students. It is based on cognitive science, has adaptive learning and can be accessed by our students via their phones!
What Content is available to our Students through Seneca? Seneca has resources available for KS3, KS4 and KS5 students that has been supplied to them from AQA, OCR, EdExcel Pearson and IGCSE. Our students will be able to access content designed for each of their subjects and also for their specific courses. There is so much to choose from. Some areas are even linked to the Exam Boards Course Specifications.
How to Access Seneca? Students will need to go to https://www.senecalearning.com/, click try for free and create a log in with their school email address.
Once Logged in Once they are logged in, students are able to search for different subject areas and learn about their chosen topic. At the end of each subject presentation there will be a quiz on the presentation This Online tool will enable our students to stay on top of their home learning.
Year Progress Leaders Year 7: Mr Ryan -fryan@rodingvalley.net Year 8: Miss Fazakerley – jfazakerley@rodingvalley.net Year 9: Miss Edwards – cedwards@rodingvalley.net Year 10: Mr Dobson – cdobson@rodingvalley.net Year 11: Ms Preston– tpreston@rodingvalley.net
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