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We have had a lovely week at Roding Valley High School with a lot of positive and cheerful students around.

Thank you to all those parents who have completed the parent survey sent out.

Please do take the time to respond to this so that we can use the information to make a positive impact on the school. https://docs.google.com/a/rodingvalley.net/ forms/d/1mrgKUcybvy46L6fCkVOK88VbeiZuU0cIbiKYjE_1kPE/viewform? edit_requested=true Also thank you to parents of Year 11 students who attended the parent consultation yesterday. It was a very positive evening where teachers provided lots of information to help parents support their children with their learning at home.

Our students all participated wholeheartedly in the World Book Day, which was run by the English Department and Mrs Martin, our librarian, who all dressed up for the occasion. More information about the day can be found later on in the bulletin.

We also were treated to some delicious pancakes on Tuesday when Mrs Goosen and the team went into a flurry of action to prepare hundreds of pancakes for students and staff alike to consume. The break time treat raised money for a good cause.

Please can I remind parents that Year 10 exams will be taking place next week.

Timetables have been issued to all students and an outline of the week can be found in this bulletin. Please make sure that the students have a good relaxing weekend with sensible revision sessions planned so that they can come into school refreshed and raring to go.

Our PTA are holding one of their very popular Quiz Nights at the end of the term, on Friday 24th March. These are always fun evenings and well attended. There is a choice of a ticket - with or without food, although the Hummus in Pitta bread is greatly recommended by the staff!

There are lots of things to look forward to in the coming weeks. Next week we will have the Y11, 12 and 13 photographs on Wednesday. Students will get the chance to have a photograph with their form and their form tutor. On the same day 7Q are holding a bake sale to help raise funds for Zambia. Finally some Year 12 and 13 students will be going to see Othello performed in London on Friday We are fast approaching the main exam season so please can I ask you to help all students due to sit their GCSEs, AS Levels and A Levels to plan a good revision routine.

Finally I would like to wish you all a good weekend.

S Jenner Acting Headteacher

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Form with the highest Honours

7V

Student with the highest Honours

Leya Hines 7V

Student of the week

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Highest Attendance

8W

Form with the highest Honours

8X

Student with the highest Honours

Kaitlin Agius 8W

Highest Attendance

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Form with the highest Honours

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Year 10

Highest Attendance

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Form with the highest Honours

10R

Year 11

Highest Attendance

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Form with the highest Honours

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Class of the week

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Year 7

Highest Attendance

Jade Power 7R & Amelia Martin 7T nominated by Miss Williams for their excellent mental maps and consistent hard work in Humanities.

Year 8 Year 9

11A/Sc3 nominated by Mrs Patel for making progress on their recent assessment and also being a pleasure to teach!

Wold Book Day Thursday 2nd March was World Book Day where members of staff dressed up as a range of interesting characters from Shakespeare.

A whole school DEAR (drop everything and read) time took place where students had half an hour to read for pleasure in their lesson and celebrate the day with their classroom teacher.

At lunch time, Year 7 exchanged their book tokens for a variety of World Book Day books in the Hall and also took part in a range of fun activities.

YEAR 10 PARENTS Please see below the generic timetable for the forthcoming Year 10 Examination Week Timetable.

These examinations will take place under formal conditions for every subject area. Your son/ daughter will receive an individual timetable from their Form Tutor during registration next week. Individual timetables will be printed on YELLOW paper. A further copy will also be emailed to all students and parents.

Student's individual timetables hold vital information relevant to them personally, please encourage your son/daughter to take responsibility and look after their timetables. If timetables are lost, student’s can refer to the seating plans pinned up on the door at the Science Playground or alternatively, refer to the emailed version.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

J Draper Examinations Officer

Access to Water in School Parents, please be aware that the canteen has jugs of water available both during lunchtime and break time for all students to access.

Bottled water is sold at all outlets Large bottle 50p Small bottle 25p If a student is overdrawn or has no money on their lunch account, they will always be sold water.

ATTENDANCE MATTERS…..

Student Absence If your child is unable to attend School for any reason then please report their absence by phoning the school number by 9.30am, you must also ring in each day of your child’s absence.

020 8508 1173 On their return to School please ensure your child brings with them a letter or medical evidence if requested explaining the reason for the absence for our records.

Medical Appointments When possible please make sure you make any medical or dental appointments outside of school time. If this is not possible then please try to ensure that your child attends before and/or after their appointment Holidays in Term Time It is not school policy to authorise any holidays during term time except in exceptional circumstances. If you put in a holiday request a ‘Leave of Absence’ form must be completed (these are available at Student Reception). Please be aware if the absence is not authorised and the holiday is taken, the case may be referred to the Education Welfare Service who may issue a Penalty Notice for £120 (or £60 if paid within 21 days) to each parent for each child taken out of school.

For full details regarding attendance please see our Attendance Policy which can be found in the ‘Parents’ section on our website or contact Mrs Jeanette Low our Attendance Officer on the school number.

Guidance for Common Ailments Please see, on the following page, guidance from the NHS of common childhood illnesses; this advises what type of illness requires time off from school and what does not. Should you require further guidance please contact the school.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT CHANGES TO LOCAL BUS ROUTES Debden and Loughton in Essex are currently linked to North East London by TfL bus routes 20, 167, 397 and 549. Essex County Council provided funding towards the operation of routes 20 and 167, however this stopped in April 2016. During June and July 2016 we consulted on proposed changes to bus route 167 in response to this loss of funding.

We have now analysed these responses. We received 743 responses from members of the public and 15 responses from stakeholders. We also received a petition opposing the proposals which was signed by 2,547 people.

From 11 March 2017, we will introduce the following changes: 

Route 167 will no longer run between Loughton station and Debden station

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A new route 677 will be introduced providing a limited stop service between Ilford and schools in Debden using double deck buses. On school day mornings this will stop at all existing bus stops from Ilford to Buckhurst Hill station. After Buckhurst Hill station it will operate on an express basis, stopping only at Loughton station (for Roding Valley High School), Davenant Foundation School, Debden Park High School and Debden station. There will be one journey from Ilford to Debden on schoolday mornings and a return journey in the afternoon to Ilford making the same stops.

No changes are proposed to route 20, which will continue to serve the section of route between Loughton station and Debden station.

Further information For further details of the above changes, a summary of the consultation responses, and our responses to issues raised, please go to https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/167/ Liaison with schools We do appreciate your concerns about the changes which were included in the consultation summary. We considered these in our response to issues raised report. We will liaise with the three main schools affected on the most appropriate timings for the new 677 service which works best for all. We will also liaise with them to provide advance notice and publicity of the changes.

Yours sincerely

Darek Podwiazka, Senior Consultation Manager, Transport for London

KS4 Computer Science revision/ intervention sessions are running in IT4 on Thursday lunchtimes Come up to Homework Club Monday after school to become a times tables expert.

Time: 3.05pm - 3.40pm Place: Learning Zone ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATE GIVEN EVERY TIME!

After school sessions mainly targeted at Year 11s (but any student from all key stages KS3, KS4 and KS5 are welcome) in order to help support students to close the gap in either coursework or homework/classwork.

Friday after school 3:05 - 4:05pm

Come and join us and have some fun.

Roding Valley High School Quiz Night Friday 24th March 2017 Arrive from 7.00pm for a prompt start 7.30pm.

Please bring your own drink, nibbles £8.00 per person with food (please choose food below) OR £4.00 per person without food.

Payment either by cash or cheque, to RVHS. Organised by the Parents Association of RVHS. Please contact us at admin@rodingvalleypta.net for more details. ___________________________________________________________________ Return to student reception by Friday 17th March 2017 Name and mobile:_______________________________________ Student name and form___________________________________ Number of tickets ________________________________________ Food option (please select) Cod and chips ___________________________________________ Chicken and chips ________________________________________ Hummus in pitta and chips ____________________________ NO food ________________________________________________ All supplied fresh by a local fish n’ chip shop

PE Twitter Account The PE department have activated a Twitter account where regular PE updates, extra-curricular news and curriculum information will be regularly published. Follow @RodingValleyPE to keep up to date with our department.

Mr Hudgell The Humanities Faculty has a Twitter account designed to promote sites of interest, pre-reading, revision, humanities information, news and general humanities support.

It is aimed at all KS3, KS4 and A-level Humanities Students and can be followed @humsrvhs

You can follow us at www.rodingvalley.net and on Facebook at the ‘Roding Valley High School Official’ page.

Our Twitter (@RodingValleyHS) account is a great place to keep up to date with some of the latest news and activities in school.

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Piano Lessons: To book piano lessons please contact rosswall@gmail.com Singing Lessons: Private singing lessons are now available. Please contact Alex Larke for more details and to book your slot. email: alex@thevocaltutor.com Drum Lessons: One to One, Two to One and Small Group lessons available. Learn with your friends! Contact: marksevel@hotmail.com Guitar Lessons: Lessons slots are available on Mondays with lessons priced at ÂŁ12 per half hour. Please contact Rachel Espeute on racheleds@hotmail.co.uk if you are interested.