RVHS Bulletin - Weekending Friday 8th May 2020 by Roding Valley High School

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RVHS Bulletin Aspiration Respect Endeavour Weekending Friday 8th May 2020 Message from the Headteacher I really hope that everyone is keeping safe and coping well with the continued lockdown. Currently, we have not been provided with any information as to when schools will be reopening, but we may hear more of the government’s plans later this weekend. As soon as we have any updates, we will pass on this information directly. There is continued speculation in the media, but the Department of Education have today tweeted that, there is no set date for schools to reopen. Schools will remain closed to most students until scientific advice indicates it is right to reopen and the five tests set out to beat this virus have been met’. My thoughts are with all in our community, especially those families and staff who have been so sadly affected by the virus. The school may be closed to the majority, but can I reiterate that we remain totally committed to the continued welfare, education and support of all our students during this time. I would like to thank all the parents who have offered their continued support and gratitude for the learning support being offered by the school during this unprecedented time. My teachers are certainly trying all sorts of innovative ideas to engage our students with their continued learning and to help maintain both physical and mental health. It is great to see so many students engaging in the numerous virtual challenges being set. We have put together a whole package of support for home learning which includes:     

Updated Home Learning Booklet The Students Quick Guide to Using Google Classroom RVHS Guidance to Home Learning Timetable – practical advice on timing expectations Parent guidance and support around safeguarding and online security Mental Health guidance and activities

All these can be accessed via the website Home Learning COVID-19 To keep up to date with all that is happening at Roding Valley High School please do follow us on the school twitter account @RodingValleyHS, the PE department’s twitter account @RodingValleyPE, the teaching and learning twitter @RVHST&L, or our Instagram account @rodingvalleyhs. It is so positive and inspiring to see the resilience and continued celebration of the achievements and engagements of our students. Please also keep an eye on your emails for numerous other bulletins and correspondence, including our Maths Broadcast, Humanities Broadcast, Roding Reads, Roding Matters, Wellbeing Wednesday, Brain Boosters, PE Challenges and much more. This week’s Humanities have also produced an additional broadcast celebrating VE Day; this is available on our school website. The government has launched the following learning platforms, Oak National Academy https://www.thenational.academy/ and BBC Bitesize Daily lessons. Your child should continue to follow the guidelines set by the school but I have asked teachers to incorporate these great additional resources into the work being set. We will be celebrating ‘Thank a Teacher’ day on the 20th May so all nominations would be greatly received.

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We have started all our student welfare calls home so you should have received one, or if not this week. Please do respond to messages sent, or phone calls made, even if just to confirm that everything is well. It is so important that we preserve the mental health of our younger people whilst they learn remotely and we do recognise the pressure on families at home, please refer to my recent letter, which contains important information on how you can access additional support. Miss Dyer also often includes additional links and useful information to support mental wellbeing, in the weekly mindfulness bulletin email, so please do look out for those too every Wednesday. The Year 11’s should now have received their offer letters for our Sixth Form. Please encourage them to join the Google Classrooms which relate to the subjects they would hope to continue to study at A Level. Joining the subject classrooms will give your child access to fantastic A Level transition materials, which will help engage them and get them ready for the start of Post 16 study. If your child is not anticipating attending the Sixth form, please do contact Mrs Mason, our careers advisor, if your child would like any further support regarding their future options and pathways. She, along with Miss Reed (Yr11 YPL) are currently making contact so expect a call. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that Miss Dyer is my Designated Safeguarding Lead. She is supported by Mr Price, Mrs Low and Mrs King as well as the wider pastoral team, including all the Year Progress Leaders. In the event of you being concerned about a young person please do not hesitate to email the team at Safeguarding@rodingvalley.net. If it is an emergency and the delay will potentially allow a young person to come to harm, you should call the Police on 999. If you would prefer not to talk to a member of our team, you may also call The Essex Children and Families Hub on 0345 603 7627. Please enjoy the rest of the bulletin, a truly great celebration of the continued achievements of our students. Please do keep safe and well.

USEFUL CONTACTS

Mrs. Sharon Jenner - Headteacher Year Progress Leaders

 Year 7: Miss Edwards –F  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  Sixth Form: awheaton@rodingvalley.net Subject Leaders

 Creative Arts: Mr Tisdale – dtisdale@rodingvalley.net  English: Mrs Routledge – lroutledge@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  PE/Sports: Mr Jones – ljones@rodingvalley.net General Enquiries

 office@rodingvalley.net Finance  finance@rodingvalley.net Safeguarding:

 safeguarding@rodingvalley.net How to contact any member of staff at Roding Valley High School: Initial + surname+@rodingvalley.net Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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All of our students should be logging in to their subject Google Classrooms and completing the work that their teachers have set for them. Our Home Learning Booklet has been emailed to all students and Parents and is available on our school website, along with a wealth of resources that parents can use to support their child’s home learning.

Code Update

Classroom Codes  Year 7: kjcbeeg  Year 8: a2el3me

Classroom Codes

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Message from Ms Larkin Hi Everyone, I really hope your home learning is going well! Please remember to use our suggested timetable to structure your day and to log onto your Google classroom for each subject to see what work your subject teacher has provided. Don't forget to check out some of the fantastic videos some of your teachers have made for you; they will also be found on your Google Classroom. Remember to check your emails for weekly subject challenges, bulletins and house competitions to get involved in; use this opportunity to challenge yourself! Lastly, if you're having any difficulty with any of the work being set or would like some extra guidance, then please don't hesitate to email your subject teacher directly!

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Mrs Patel's Weekly Brain Boosters House Competition Winner!

The Winner for this week’s Science Brain booster was Bobbi Swaby - Yr7 for her excellent effort, well done! House points are on their way.

Congratulations to the following students for their fantastic Music Homework on Song Maker. Please do click on the speaker icon beside the student’s name to hear their musical adaption of Bad Guy.

Iman Shahzad

Tylan Sami

Archie Savage

Iyla James

This week’s challenge is creating a board game based on the book you are reading. Please email your entries along with your form and House to shpatel@rodingvalley.net to earn some points. The student with the most entries will be awarded a prize when school reopens. I encourage you all to get your brain going during these times! Good luck I look forward to seeing lots of entries!

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Our Humanities Department have released a special VE Day Edition of their weekly broadcast. Please use this link to access this broadcast.

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Well done to Diya Wahiwal Year 10 for her excellent essay on the consequences of the Norman Conquest on Norman England.

Debate Club has discussed the interesting topic of ‘Home-schooling for good’. The motion set was: ‘This house believes that there is no longer any need for schools as the nation is already home schooling their children’. We have had some interesting responses; here is one from Athina Christofi (8W): "A big issue with the proposed motion is that most children, especially those of younger age brackets, would struggle to understand how to plan their own lessons according to their suitable curriculum, resulting in poor or inefficient learning. What are these children supposed to do if their parents are not educated to help with this? Yes, in this day and age, we are surrounded by technology that can help with these problems, but is it really healthy for a child to be reliant on it for their education? Also, whilst some may say that schools add a lot of stress to children's lives and that its closure would help their mental health, I would argue that most actually provide effective and helpful techniques to combat stress, like school counselling and student mentoring."

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

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Congratulations to the following students for being nominated as Mrs Patel’s Science Stars for their amazing Science work this week:

 Flavius Timis

 Charlotte Milner

 Daniel Carter

 Luca Dominguez

 Bianca Neceldu

 Jack Balbes

 Athina Christofi

 Cameron Thomson

 Calum Buckley

 Madison Paulin

Well done to

Cristina Cataeva for her amazing Maths work

 Ava Towner

Congratulations to

Jack Carr. Jack has been nominated for ‘Student of the Week’ by Mrs Patel for his outstanding Chemistry work. Keep up the amazing work!

Keep up the amazing work!

All issues of our weekly mindfulness newsletter ‘#Roding Matters’ are now available on our School Website. Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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

Kevin Ciobanu

Ellie-Louise Griffiths

Kevin and Ellie have been nominated as ‘Students of the Month’ by our PE department for consistently submitting outstanding work throughout this time.

Mr. Allen’s

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

Miss Wood’s

Megan Passmore Isabella Ruse

Molly Jones Well done to

Oliver Furby Cem Eren

Lewis Choules

Lili Warden

Charlie Ruse

in Year 7, who has been nominated for the ‘Student of the Week’ by Miss Woods for his amazing drawing of Captain Tom Moore.

Livvy Spiller

Congratulations to all of the above students that have been nominated for the ‘Star Student Award’, for their continued hard work and effort in GCSE PE over the past few weeks. Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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Well done to the following students that have been nominated as this week’s ‘MFL Superstars’:

French Year 7 100% Club:  Rowan Howe  Vaughn Maree  Freddie Rose  Finley Stroker

Year 9 100% Club:  George Abbott  Milica Bozhinovska  Skye Salek-Haddadi  Max Saunders  Poppy Tribe

Year 8 100% Club:  Archie Carr Year 10 100% Club: Year 9 Year 7  Awura Ama Duah  Maame Duah  Harry Marcus  Jessie Tucker  Klaudia Fejzaj  Ethan Harvey  Demi Watts  Daisy Warden  Tim Garrod  Lily Saunders  Alicia Acheampong  Zachary Waters  Rosa Marshall  Bailey Allen  Sebastian Paslaru  Austeja Mikenaite  Caleb Beer  Ava Coletta  Natalie Moffat Year 10  Olivia Golding  Darcy Patrick  Sophia Barrett Year 8  Iman Shahzad Udin  Persia Bellamy  Elizabeth Winspear  Samuel Shakespeare  Lola Boyle  Aran Chudasama  Jasmine Singh  Leo Burrows  Ruby Simmons  Arabella Smith  Albert Hollingsworth  Bobby Lawson  Aleyna Tekbasti  Harry Pike  Franklin Prasse  Diya Wahiwala  Ruo Xi He Make sure you stay in contact with your  Kevin Ciobanu Language teacher and send work and questions  Ellie Dennis to them!  Lucy Salmon Mr Melvin – Head of MFL

Spanish

This week’s Challenges are: 1. Teach your parent or carer a phrase in French or Spanish (whichever you study) 2. Try to cook (or help to cook) a dish from France or Spain (you could send us a recipe in the language!) 3. When taking part in the PE challenge, try to use the language you are learning - e.g. count in French/Spanish when doing Keepie Ups! Let us know your results by emailing your Language Teacher.

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Star Students Congratulations to all of the following students that have been nominated for the Star student Award by our new Head of Social Sciences, Mrs Delbourgo:

Mercelar Elphus

Lucy Salmon

Evie Smith

Diya Wahiwala

Erin Weeks

Grace Welton

“For work on understanding Marxism”.

Sarah Bagshaw

Megan Passmore

“For her brilliant essay on the functionalist perspective of the family”

“For her fantastic work on different family types in the UK”

Congratulations to the following students who entered a creative writing competition called SOS Sagas: Missing. They had to write a 100 word story (which is pretty tricky!) around the theme of missing. They were all very inventive and we’ll keep our fingers crossed for the results!

 Anthony Dean (Year 7)  Bethany Cooper (Year 7)  Freddie Rose (Year 7)  Elizabeth Nutaj (Year 7)  Liam Smith (Year 7)  Tiffany Hansen (Year 7)  Isabelle Slevin (Year 7)  Vaughn Maree (Year 7)  Alex Patel (Year 9)  Nathan Wakinshaw (Year 9) Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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Hospitality & Catering

Sophie Blundy Ria Blundell

Libby Watson

Max Handley

Eren Cetinkaya

Jack Balbes

Louisa Nicholson

Congratulations to

Aran Chudasama Lilian Webster

Megan Driver for being nominated as the Hospitality & Catering Star Student this week Caleb Beer

Alfie Lambert

Kailen Archer

Well done to the following students for sending their photos in for the fantastic dishes that they have created.

Megan Driver Chicken and mushroom pie

Ria Blundell Lemon drizzle flapjacks

Max Handley Paella

Aran Chudasama Tagliatelle with mushrooms and spinach

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Message from our Year 7 Progress Leader Miss Edwards I trust that you enjoyed our first ever RVHS virtual assembly. Our Character & Culture theme for this week was Healthy Living, and this assembly explored ideas around how to keep a healthy routine during this lockdown. Please use some of these top tips to create a healthy routine and stay healthy during this lockdown. By now, you will have had contact from your child’s form tutor, who will be touching base with you on a fortnightly basis. This is the first point of call for you, should you have any queries relating to your child’s learning or wellbeing needs. Please do feel free to email them whenever you need, instead of waiting for the fortnightly call. Over the past fortnight, our Year 7's have been participating in a form competition, by working on a Learning Project about the NHS. Students have been producing some amazing work, which has shown great recognition and appreciation for our wonderful NHS. I encourage all students to complete some more tasks from this Learning Project to put their form in the best position to win this competition. Some excellent examples of completed tasks are pictured below. I have watched with delight our Year 7's engage in the PE challenges. Some students have been very creative with their entries, gaining valuable house points for their respective houses. A special mention to Ria Blundell, who has been extra creative with her challenges and Alex S for completing the most challenges in the year group! I cannot wait to see more of you get involved in these fun challenges. I look forward to seeing you all back in school again, but for now, please stay home and stay safe.

Amelia Tomlinson

Ruby Harris

Bobbi Swaby

Siena Salek-Haddadi Anthony Dean

I don’t see mail man, I see men in shiny armour. I see gods and goddesses, Instead of farmers. I don’t see old seniors, I can see only greatness. I don’t see employees, I see people that are courageous. I don’t see doctors, I see guardians saving other lives. They don’t have extra hearts, And some of them don’t survive. Watch films all day Wait at late eight to give our respects. We fight about watching TV, Arguing isn’t going to stop the dying effect. Is washing our hands really helping? Maybe there is that one person who isn’t listening. Preachers better start blessing, What is God doing if he is witnessing? Written by Ashley

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Message from our Year 8 Progress Leader Mr Dobson As we complete another week of displaced learning I am constantly amazed by the adaptability of our School community. RVHS has moved into the virtual world, be it the truly fantastic virtual Assembly to all the lessons and mindful content that is being emailed and uploaded by the RVHS community. I thank all the Year 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for how they have adapted to the new norm and continue to complete and upload work for their teachers. I thank all the Parents and Carers for their continued support and perseverance. I hope you enjoy the VE bank holiday from the comfort of your homes and be mindful of the sacrifices made by previous generations during their times of national crisis and uncertainty. What the past teaches us is that resilience and positive mental attitude will bring better times. Take care and stay safe.

Message from our Year 9 Progress Leader Mr Warry Dear Year 9, I hope you are all well and safe. Remember to keep your eyes open for all of the material teachers at RVHS are producing. Please make sure you watch the assembly produced by Miss Williams. You should have all been added to your Google Classrooms for your GCSE options. Please make sure you are making a productive start to this work. If you have any questions please contact me. I look forward to hearing from you all and I cannot wait to join you all back at school when we return. Enjoy your long weekend and spend quality time with your family.

Message from our Year 10 Progress Leader Mr Ryan Hello Year 10, I hope you're keeping safe and well? It is definitely strange to not be in school and seeing you all on a daily basis. I am always available via email if you need help with anything. I hope you have settled into 'lockdown life' and aren't finding working from home too difficult? What I feel helps is having a routine. I always aim to get up and start work by 8.30am and then allow myself breaks throughout the day. I set myself targets of what I would like to complete that day and then work to that goal. We have shared a potential timetable in previous emails with you and I would follow that, if you are struggling with how to organise your day. One thing you need to try to avoid is becoming nocturnal, make sure you get up in the morning and go to bed at a reasonable time, and remember that a teenager needs around 9.5 hours sleep a night. Please make sure that you are following the instructions set for you on google classroom. It is really important that you keep up with the work or let your teachers know if there are any issues with getting it done. I know that avoiding the work is easy to do, especially if you are finding it difficult but you can't ignore it. Email me or your teachers and we can help with different strategies to get you through this difficult time. Thank you to those of you who are submitting your CVs and who are asking myself and Mrs Mason for advice. It is brilliant to see how focussed you are. If you need help on this please email either myself or Mrs Mason (dmason@rodingvalley.com) I hope you are making the most out of being with your families. It is important to remember that when we come back to school you will be working hard towards your GCSEs and before you know it, you'll be in college or 6h form and then university. Enjoy being at home and get some exercise regularly and safely and within the guidelines. I look forward to seeing you all soon. Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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Subject: Oral Health, Sun Safety and Skin Cancer Date: May 2020

An important message for Essex schools from our Public Health and Healthy Schools Team Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service (ECFWS) supports children, families, schools and communities to address current physical health, social, emotional and financial issues that may affect the healthy development and future outcomes of young people. Each month, we promote and support specific local, national and international campaigns by providing information and resources to schools, communities and organisations that can improve health and wellbeing for all. Our campaigns also include web links to resources for use in the classroom or at home. This month we are focusing our bulletin on the following campaigns: National Smile Month is an annual awareness campaign that takes place between 18th May and 18th June. This campaign is dedicated to raising awareness of the issues around oral health and the importance of oral hygiene so that we can all work together to achieve healthier mouths and happier lives. Sun Awareness Week this year is from the 4th to 10th of May and the aim of this week is to raise awareness for the dangers of long exposure to the sun, and to promote safety when outside. Skin Cancer Awareness Month is an annual awareness campaign that takes place every May. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the dangers of unprotected sun exposure and educate the public about the ways to help prevent skin cancer. For latest updates on Coronavirus (COVID-19), please click here

Family Wellbeing Oral Health Encouraging your child to brush their teeth can be difficult and at the moment your child’s normal routine has changed quite a lot. To help your child clean their teeth every morning and evening try using Home Starts creating a family routine during self-isolation template. You can also take a look at the very helpful Brush DJ app that plays 2 minutes of music whilst your child brushes their teeth and a useful ‘buzz’ every 30 seconds to remind them to change sides. A simple way to help your keep your child's teeth healthy is to reduce the amount of sugary foods and drinks they have. The Change 4 Life website has some great sugar swap ideas. Sun Awareness There is so much information available to us via the internet and social media that it can be confusing what advice to follow. For sunscreen and sun safety tips for you and your child, we recommend the NHS website, the advice suggests wear at least factor 30 sunscreen, apply it 30 minutes before going out and reapply it every two hours. Also, drink lots of fluids to avoid becoming dehydrated. You could try making homemade lollies made from very diluted fruit juice, or eat food with high water content such as watermelons for snacks. In this lovely warm weather, please always remember to stay with your child if they are using a paddling pool in the garden. To keep your child safe around ponds follow the charity RoSPA’s advice of choosing either: 1. Grill it – cover the pond with a rigid metal grille 2. Fence it – make sure it is at least 1.1m high and gates are kept locked 3. Fill it – transform your pond into something else like a sandpit whilst your children are young. For further advice and guidance during this challenging time, please visit our Covid-19 Pandemic Resource Hub.

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Online activities for week commencing 20th April 2020 via Online Activities for young people aged 13-19 years, or up to 25 Check out our website for more information: with additional needs (some activities for younger people where https://youth.essex.gov.uk/youngstated). Each session will last approximately 30 minutes. You can people/online-activities/ apply for any session, however, for those with a star you willweek need commencing to email in to enquire about joining this group as there may be 20th April 2020 via criteria for your attendance – we look forward to hearing from you.

The UK’s At Home but Essex Youth Service Is Open

Note: By booking a place, you are giving your consent to share any interactions you use during the online session with other participants, eg. video streaming and audio content. You have the option of turning off your camera and microphone if you wish.

To book your place, please contact youth.essex.gov.uk with:  Full name and age  Which club/project you usually attend and/or which professional told you about our

programme of activities  Name date and time of session/s, you would like to attend.

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With many schools closed due to COVID-19. Amazon Future Engineer is helping to meet students’ needs by launching a free virtual coding programme – in partnership with Fire Tech. Available for students, teachers and parents for two months from 3 April to 3 June 2020; these resources cater for students aged 12 to 17 to help build computer science skills for students learning at home. Access 20 hours of free content, these resources use a Python Programming Platform, exploring ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ themes, plus a moderated forum and handy FAQs. Students can earn experience points for completing the work and earn badges when they unlock skills. Covering computer programming aspects in line with Key Stage 3 and 4 of the English National Curriculum. By the end of the course, students will have solved problems of an equivalent level to GCSE Computer Science courses. Teachers interested in using this with their class remotely can also request special access to a teacher dashboard, allowing them to track their students’ progress.

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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 @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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Classroom How to Log on to Google Classroom? Students can log into their Gmail using their school email address and their password. Their school email will be the year they started at RVHS started plus their first initial and surname @rodingvalley.net (example- 19plarkin@rodingvalley.net). Once your child has have logged in, they will need to click on the google apps button and then select ‘Google Classroom’ Your child will then be able to see all of the classes they belong to. They will then need to click on the class they want to use resources for and take a look at everything that their class teacher has posted for them to work on. They will be able to download items and make comments on them. Teachers will be regularly posting new work on their Google Classrooms.

What to Do if your child is a Missing a Subject their Google Classroom? If your child is missing a Google Classroom for one of their subjects, they will need to click on the addition symbol, followed by ‘Join Class’ and then enter the Class Code for their missing subject. Class Codes are available from their subject teacher.

Top Tips for Our Students  Students must keep up to date with their lessons by using Google Classroom every day.  Use their workbooks to complete the work shown on their Google Classroom.  Don’t slack on presentation! Keep their notes in order of the lessons on the Google Classroom.  Year 11 and 13 Students: There will be revision materials available on Google Classroom. Please use them.

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At RVHS, we use Show My Homework; an account has been created for you to keep up to date with your child’s homework progress from home.

What is ‘Show My Homework’? Show my Homework is a simple online solution for students and parents to view homework details and upcoming deadlines. Mobile apps and notifications ensure you always know what homework your child has and when it’s due.

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

What are PINs? PINs are unique codes that ‘Show My Homework’ has assigned to each parent that allow us to confirm their identity on initial login. PINs are then only be used as a backup in case you forget the memorable login details. Students do not need a pin to be able to access their homework. They can gain access to their Show My Homework account though their Gmail account.

You are now able to access your account and view all the homework that has been set for your child. If yourself or your child experience any difficulties with using ‘Show my Homework’ or you no longer have your pin, please contact Miss Larkin: plarkin@rodingvalley.net

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What is DODDLE? Doddle provides students with access to thousands of engaging, formative resources and guides students through the curriculum. Doddle Progress automatically tracks student attainment in key curriculum skills. Parents can see student attainment and progress through our easy-to-use Doddle Parent feature. Skills within Doddle are rated as red, amber or green. These ratings give a clear indication of how much progress a child has made and highlight the weaker areas to be targeted with revision.

Each student has a personal Doddle account where they can access their homework to-do lists and families can view the work their child has been assigned. These accounts enable parents to view their child's results and encourage them to better their scores by using Doddle's revision resources.

Find out how to create a Doddle Parent account and then link that account to your child with this short video:

We have also included a link to a very useful guide on how to view your child's due and submitted homework:

Find out how to view and track your child's homework with this short video.

Find out how our school uses Doddle Progress by watching our short video to find out how Progress works.

We have also included a link to a very useful guide on how Progress works and how you can use it to help your child's learning.

We have also included a link to a very useful guide on Troubleshooting.

This is a valuable resource that will assist parents in supporting their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progression. Please use the following link to the log in: Follow us on: @rodingvalleyHS @humsrvhs @rodingvalleyPE RODING VALLEY DRAMA@rodingdrama

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What is Seneca? Seneca is a free home learning & revision platform that is very popular with our students. It is based on cognitive science, has adaptive learning and can be accessed by our students via their phones!

What Content is available to our Students through Seneca? Seneca has resources available for KS3, KS4 and KS5 students that has been supplied to them from AQA, OCR, EdExcel Pearson and IGCSE. Our students will be able to access content designed for each of their subjects and also for their specific courses. There is so much to choose from. Some areas are even linked to the Exam Boards Course Specifications.

How to Access Seneca? Students will need to go to https://www.senecalearning.com/ , click try for free and create a log in with their school email address.

Once Logged in Once they are logged in, students are able to search for different subject areas and learn about their chosen topic. At the end of each subject presentation there will be a quiz on the presentation This Online tool will enable our students to stay on top of their home learning.

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

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

Free Lessons with Celebrities

9:00am

PE with Joe Wicks

10:00am

Music with Mylene 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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