RVHS Parent Bulletin Aspiration
Respect Endeavour
Week ending: Friday 6th July 2018 “Our vision is to be the school of choice for our local community, developing successful young people with high aspirations, who show respect for all and endeavour to become the very best that they can be.” Message from the Head of School It was a delight to meet the new Year 7 parents and children last night. It was a very successful evening with over 300 parents plus their children on site. The PTA organised a BBQ before the talk which allowed the teachers, parents and children to mingle in an informal setting. The BBQ was kindly manned by Mr Naidoo and Mr Vermaak - both very efficient on the barbie! The students who spoke were a real credit to the school. Well done to Ruby Coyte, Frankie Tucker and Henry Twyford, all current Year 7 students. Our Head Boy, Harry Boyd-Walker and Head Girl, Grace Cain were confident and spoke of the 7 Year journey that students can now expect at RVHS. The PTA was delighted with the sales of uniform and burgers and they raised over £1,100 for the school. This money will be spent on visualizers, a teaching and learning tool for the classrooms which will support the progress of all students. The PTA are a small group of committed parents whose support for the school is invaluable, especially with the ongoing funding issues that schools are experiencing. I hope that they will secure some new recruits, for further details or if you think you could get involved please contact: nsellears@rodingvalley.net. We look forward to welcoming all the students back on Tuesday for their Transition Day in school. The Year 13 Prom was on Tuesday night, it was a wonderful, glamorous event at the Prince Regent but it did get hi-jacked by the football. We are glad England won as the boys were then happy to celebrate afterwards!! We will miss them as a cohort of students as they have been an amazing group of young people. I wish them luck on their next adventure, many to university but many into higher level apprenticeships. The Year 10s have started their activities for their careers week. On Thursday they were all out at the ‘Big Bang’ fair at Hertfordshire University, next week they have a day at work, practice interviews with employers and various employability workshops.