I would like to start by saying a very big thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make the School's annual Open Evening such a tremendous success last night. I thought that the school looked fantastic and the work that has been carried out by the premises team over the summer has really paid off. The staff as a whole worked incredibly hard in the lead up to the evening ensuring that the faculty areas looked superb and they dreamt up lots of entertaining activities for our visitors to enjoy. Whether it was taking part in the Mad Hatter's Tea Party in English or having a hair-raising experience with the Van de Graaf Generator in Science, it really was an all action event. Most of all though I would like to thank the students who gave up their evening willingly to help showcase the school. I was ably supported on the stage by our Head Girl, Olivia Tinker, and our Head Boy, William Cain, who shared their experiences of life at Roding Valley High School from Year 7 to Year 12. I then called on Lauren Atkinson from Year 8 who made a wonderful speech about her first year at the school. Olivia Offer from Year 7 then stood up and informed the packed audience that she was already settling in well after just a few weeks and was thoroughly enjoying life at Secondary School. I spoke to many prospective parents last night and without exception they all told me how impressed they were with the students at Roding Valley High School. We had hundreds of students working as guides, taking part in activities in the Faculty areas and acting as ambassadors. It was lovely to see how proud our students are of their school and their enthusiasm to share this with the Primary School children and their parents. In short, the evening was a great success and I am confident that we will be heavily oversubscribed again next year which is another boost for the school. Finally I would like to mention that the first Parents' Forum of the academic year is due to be held on Monday the 19th October. It would be great to see as many of you there as possible. The focus of the meeting is rather topical as we will be highlighting the work that we are doing as a school to tackle Radicalisation and Child Sexual Exploitation. These are topics that the Government is very keen for schools to address effectively so this will be a good opportunity for us to share this work with you as parents and to raise your awareness of how students are being educated about these potential threats. J Luck Headteacher
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