Year 12 information evening 2019

1. Welcome
Aspiration Respect Endeavour

2. Mrs Jenner
Headteacher
Welcome to Roding Valley Sixth
Form

4. Vision for our School
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.
Respect
Endeavour
Aspiration
We ARE a great school

5. What type of school are we?
…..one that has very high
aspirations
for each and every
student
..one that encourages all
our students to
endeavour to achieve
their potential
..one that will fully support
your child
..positive progress score

6. Igor Dasuzhau,
from Roding Valley
High School,
Loughton achieved
two A*s in Biology
and Chemistry and
three As in Maths,
Physics and
Extended Project
Qualification.
Studying Natural
Sciences at The
University of
Cambridge

7. Our GCSE results 2019 in English, Maths and Science were
significantly above the Essex and national averages
Roding Valley High School - % Students achieving Maths and English
Grade 4 will remain the level that students must achieve without needing to
resit English and Maths post-16.
Grade 5 will be known as a 'strong pass' and will be equivalent to a high C and
low B on the old grading system (school performance measure).
75%
65%
63%
48%
41% 42%

8. I am incredibly proud of all our students but some exceptional performances
included:
● Billy Roberts - nine grade 9s
● Eloise Booth - seven grade 9s
● Saskia Cushings - seven grade 9s
● Suzanna Cavadino - six grade 9s
● Yasmin Mushtaq - six grade 9s
● Daniel Gorgan - four grade 9s
● Florence New - four grade 9s
● Isobel Bonning -four grade 9s
● Eren Tyler - three grade 9s
● Rosie Stone - three grade 9s
● Keilan Long - three grade 9s
● Joshua Forrester - two grade 9s
● Leighton Brooks - two grade 9s
● Grace Conway - two grade 9s
● Patsy Stowe - two grade 9s
● Nick Norman - two grade 9s
● Ella Margetts - one grade 9
● Kate Willis - one grade 9
● Isabel Kimpton - one grade 9
● Callum HIlton - one grade 9
A record breaking 5 % of all
grades were awarded at Grade 9
- more than double the national
average. Grade 9 is the highest
GCSE grade with attainment
above an old A*.
Grade 7 is the equivalent of an A
on the old grading system

9. Many of our Year 13 students were also highly successful and secured
places at some of the best universities in the UK. To name a few:
● Jasmin Spall - Pharmacy at King's College, London
● Lilly Rowsell - Biomedical Science at King’s College London
● Emily Willis - Biomedical Science at Newcastle University
● George Gorak - Engineering at Queen Mary’s
● Celeste Radclyffe - Engineering at University of East London.
● Caprice Foster - Medicine at Southampton
● Jamie Henderson - Computer Science at Cardiff University
● Kai Warsame - Biomedical Science at Brunel
● Alice Redknap - Drama and English and American Literature at
University of Kent
Others secured Higher Level Apprenticeships
● Eliza Royce: Aon
● Sophie Ellicock-Williams: Schroders
● Ellie Russell and Matt Wright: Sponsored degrees with Hill

10. Helping your child get
the most out of Roding
Valley Sixth Form
September 2019

11. Miss Wheaton
Director of Sixth
Form

12. Roding Valley Sixth Form
• Academic learning environment
• Supportive and caring ethos
• High expectations
• Aspirational and forward looking

13. The Class of 2021
• Fantastic GCSE results
• 87 students
• New to Roding valley – 5 students
• Working with consortium schools

14. Roding Valley Sixth Form
Academic learning environment

15. Sixth Form Academic Expectations
• Fulfilling their potential – Targets will be shared soon
• Work to the best of their ability
• GCSE – A level transition – embrace the challenge
• A mature and dedicated approach
• Homework – 2-3 hours per day
(21 hours per week)
• Course Changes - asap deadline is Half term
For every hour in the
classroom, students
should be spending at
least one hour
consolidating their
learning.

16. Key Dates - Assessment Calendar
• 21st October - Assessment week
• 10th February - Assessment week
• 4th - 18th May - Progression PPEs

17. Life outside of Sixth Form
• Positive benefits of paid employment
• Maximum of 8 hours a week
• Negative correlation between employment and
academic attainment
• Paid employment at examination times
• Impact of socialising on study

18. Ms Larkin
Assistant Head
Teacher- Teaching
and learning:

19. We believe that using the ACED framework will
support us to be a great school with great
outcomes. Three questions, I ask every teacher to
consider when planning and delivering lessons
are:
Are all pupils being challenged?
Are all pupils making progress?
Are all pupils at least engaged and
at best inspired?

20. Main areas of focus:
● Consistency
● ‘Teach to the top’ (TTTT)
● 11 – 18 school

21. Show My Homework @ RVHS
We continue to publish all homework and independent
learning for students on Show My Homework.
• Helps students to prioritise their workload.
• Helps students to meet all deadlines.
• Enables parents to support independent student study.
Any issues with SMHW
log in?
Come and speak to me!

22. How can I support my year 12
son/daughter?
Where to start:
1. Access the ‘Personalised learning checklists’
for each course via our website.
Each subject will have their own P.L.C per course. This
PLC will outline the content of the course-
A brilliant resource to plan revision notes and prepare
for examinations- nothing can be missed out with a
PLC!
Top tip-
Departments also use google classroom and post handy
updates on HW & revision

23. SkillsMap
Our KS5 curriculum is carefully planned to aid progression in the
key skills needed to be successful in each subject area.

24. Where do I start…?
First assessment is near!
Interleaving- much better than BLOCK revision.
The topic headings would come
from your ‘Personalised
Learning checklist’
Blocking means revising a topic
all at once and putting it to one
side.
Interleaving means spacing the
topic out and consistently
coming back to it.
Plan one today! Chose a
subject, grab the PLC and
space out your revision- it will
work wonders.

25. Interleaving- start now:
Interleaving strengthens memory associations compared to blocking, which
temporarily holds information in your short term memory.
Use your PLC to select topics
that need revisiting.
Your topics can also be key
exam skills to practice i.e
particular styles of exam
question
The key= REPEAT, REPEAT,
REPEAT

26. What do I do once I’ve planned
this?
RVHS tried and tested methods- SEE HAND OUT:
1. Buzan mind mapping
2. Cornell Notes
3. Seneca
4. Cue Cards
Students should have
tried all of these out last
year- RVHS revision tips-
during the month of April.
Also spoke about in detail
during the year 11
revision evening-

27. What can I do to revise as I go?
Make your very own
personalised
textbook!
1. In a separate
note book
2. Recommend-
every 3 lessons
to go over notes
and condense
them into a
textbook page-
store separately.
Top tip:
1. With each page of revision notes you create, think of FIVE questions to ask yourself
to test your memory. Put these on a seperate piece of paper- and store with the
notes page- will come in useful before the exam!

28. Mrs Collins
Sixth Form
Support

29. Sixth Form Extended
Reading
✔ All students have access to academic sources/books/articles through
JSTOR.
✔ Students in year 12 will complete extended reading during form time to
broaden their understanding of culturally important topics and writing
styles.
✔ Academic Writing whole day workshop at The British Library for essay
based subjects.
✔ Access to the school library with plenty of challenging, recommended texts
for Sixth Formers.
✔ Academic reading lists for each subject for students to research further. (as
well as exhibits, documentaries, lectures etc).
✔ Students completed ‘Independent Study’ session in first week of their A
Level Course.
“Adults with good literacy skills are more likely to be
employed that adults with lower levels of literacy (83%
compared to 55%)”

30. Independent Learning: How will I be
spending my time?
• For 10 hours a week,
students will have to
motivate themselves.
• A directed hour of study
for each subject.
• Each 1 hour lesson
should have 1 hour of
homework/revision
dedicated to this
subject.
= 30 hours a week of total
study time in a week.

31. Study Spaces:
The Brook Library Suite
➢ A place to study
➢ Computer for every student.
➢ Silent, independent study
area.
➢ Access to the school library
➢ Based in this location for 6
hours a week.
X No phones allowed.
X Not allowed to go to the
Study Centre if students are
directed to study here.
Sixth Form Study Centre
➢ A place to study
➢ Group study area.
➢ Phones allowed.
➢ Based in this location for 4
hours a week.
➢ Can choose to be in the Brook
Library if students would like
silent study/a computer.
X Loud music/videos not
allowed.

32. ‘I’ve completed my homework… what
do I do now?’
Completing homework is a
minimum requirement.
Independent study is the research
and revision should be completed
beyond your homework:
• Academic websites
• Subject reading lists
• Journal articles
• Revision guides
• Podcasts
• TED talks
• Cue cards/mind map/Cornell
notes- RVHS Revision
techniques.
• Re-write your class work
• Organise your folders

33. EPQ: What is it?
• A written dissertation. This should be on something you are
passionate about/interested in. It can explore something you
have already studied but also can be outside of the
curriculum.
• It is equivalent to an AS qualification and therefore provides
UCAS points.
A= 20pts
B= 16pts
C= 12pts
• 5000-6000 words
• Guided learning. There is a 1 contact hour a week but this will
not be taught. You will be guided through the different
sections of the EPQ and provided with information/examples
which will allow you to work independently on this.

34. ❑ Research and reading: (Sept-November 2019)
❑ Writing the Dissertation: (December 2019-
November 2020)
❑ Presentations: ( February 2021).
❑ Re-draft and submit (March-April 2021)
‘Breaks’
May-July 2020
January 2021
so that students can focus on revising for their end of
year exams.
EPQ 2019-2021 Class Deadlines

35. Miss Wheaton
Director of Sixth
Form

36. Roding Valley Sixth Form
Supportive and Caring Ethos

37. Year 12 Sixth Form Team
Ms Wheaton
Assistant Head: Director
of Sixth Form
Miss Sellears
Sixth Form
Administrative
Assistant
Ms Mason
Head of Careers
12 Q Mr Warry 12 R Mr Dennis 12 S Mrs Grimshaw 12 T Ms Gregori
Mrs Collins
Sixth Form
Support

38. A supportive sixth form
• Pastoral care and safeguarding
• Home / school communication
• 16 – 19 Bursary – financial support
– Eligibility criteria
– Forms from Miss Sellears

39. Sixth Form Period 1 (Registration)
Programme
What happens during period 1?
• Character and culture
• Extended Reading
• Beyond 18 advice / careers
• Assembly - speakers, key messages,
opportunities
Role of the form tutor
• First port of call
• Support - pastoral / careers / academic
• Writes their reference

40. Who should you contact?
• Subject concerns – classroom teacher, Head of
Department / Faculty
• Day to day pastoral concerns – Form tutor
• Attendance – Miss Sellears
• Careers / Beyond 18 advice – Mrs Mason
• Progress / Serious pastoral concerns – Ms Wheaton

41. Roding Valley Sixth Form
High Expectations

42. High Expectations
• Attendance – 96%+
– Contact Miss Sellears in event of absence
– Leave of Absence form – planned absence
• Full timetable
– Periods 1-6
– Reviewed after half term
• Uniform
– Role models in an 11-18 school
– Business dress code

44. Roding Valley Sixth Form
Aspirational and forward looking
Enrichment “Beyond 18 Journey”

45. How can year 12 enrich themselves?
Enrichment Wednesdays
• EPQ (AS level)
• Core Maths (As Level)
• Football
• Netball
• Subject Mentoring
• Debate Club
• Volunteering
Other Enrichment
• Student mentoring
• Subject mentoring
• Duke of Edinburgh
• Volunteering
• Leadership opportunities
One hour every
week to pursue
something outside
their study
Other opportunities
that we support
students
undertaking

46. Leadership Opportunities for Year 12
• Deputy House Captaincy x 10
• Student Council - Appointed - the voice of year
12
• Subject Leaders - passionate and enthusiastic
students who would like to work closely with
departments
Year 12 will be invited to apply for roles in Student Executive, as House
Captain, Sixth Form Captains and Subject Ambassadors in April

47. Beyond 18 Journey
What is the “Beyond 18 journey”?
• Planning for the future
• High aspirations, planning ahead
What should they be doing now?
• Work experience
• Summer schools / access programmes
• Keeping a “foot in both camps”
What support will they get this year?
• Beyond 18 Days x 2
• Trips and visits
• Speakers

48. Mrs Collins
Sixth Form
Support

49. What’s coming up?- University
preparation
- Oxbridge workshop in Autumn term.
- Russell Group university visit in the Autumn term.
- University degree Q and A session with ex-RVHS,
undergraduate students about a variety of courses and
university life.
- Russell Group university workshop in the new year.
- Oxford and Cambridge trips in the new year.
- UCAS Applications- Register in the summer term.

50. Mrs Mason
Career
Development
Manager

51. Careers Advice
• Careers Meetings
• Careers Fest
• Work Experience
• Research / JED / Higher Ideas
• Open days / Insight days / Summer schools
• www.rodingvalley.net/students/careers
• Apprenticeships / Sponsored degrees
• Twitter @RVHS_Careers
• Parentmail / Email

52. Student Success
• Hill FCA DST
WSP
• Galliard Homes
• BDO Deloitte
UBS
• M&G Investments Hacker
Young
• Wilkins Kennedy
• AON

53. Where can I find them?
• There are now 24 different types of degree
apprenticeship available, ranging from banking
to engineering, law and product design
• https://www.ratemyapprenticeship.co.uk/degre
e-apprenticeships
• Research the companies you are
keen to work for

54. Useful websites
• www.ratemyapprenticeship.co.uk
• www.allaboutcareers.com
• www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk
• www.milkround.com
• www.bragfolder.com
• www.investment2020.org.uk

55. WHATCAREERLIVE.CO.UK
Saturday 12th October Olympia
What Career Live? and What University Live? is at Olympia
London, offering the unique opportunity to compare both
universities and apprenticeship providers side-by-side. Free to
attend, it is the ideal place for students to explore the full range
of post-school options, gather advice and talk face-to-face with
top companies and leading universities, to decide which path is
right for them. To find out more visit whatcareerlive.co.uk

56. Thank you for attending

57. Key Dates for the year ahead
• 21st October - Assessment week
• 18th November - Roadster event
• 26th November - Parents evening
• 4th February - Uni Admissions conference - Bancroft
• 10th February - Assessment week
• 24th March - University Fair - Bancroft
• 4th - 18th May - Progression PPEs
• 11th June - Beyond 18 DDD