Here at Reddish Vale High school, we have many events taking place throughout the academic year. See our latest news and events here.
Please see below the link to the Young Minds Parent Guide on trauma, which was shared in Mr moroney's Headteacher's support letter, which was sent to parents/carers on 12th February 2025.
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/parents-a-z-mental-health-guide/trauma/
New for September 2024 – Further Professional Learning (FPL) sessions on a Wednesday morning available to all staff to ensure we as a staff body are constantly striving to be better every single day! The sessions will cover a range of areas that impact pupil’s ability to learn and so will prepare staff with a whole range of strategies and resources to further improve pupil progress. We are really excited to get started!
Y10 work experience pupils helped to make and fit a gate for the allotment area to help with the Y8 allotment project. They showed great initiative and helped in the design, planning, making and fitting of it. This was made almost entirely from scrap wood and mesh and fitted to the posts that they had cut and concreted in place earlier in the week.
The Y8 allotment club pupils are really pleased with the area and have started rotovating the soil in preparation for some planting, and the Y8 morning and after school clubs have been sowing fruit and veg in the new mini greenhouses, which will be planted in the allotment area in the next few weeks.
Intervention pupils also enjoyed repairing the outdoor guinea pig cage to get Poppy and Daisy outside while the weather has been warm and sunny, and they are looking forward to sprucing it up with a coat of paint next week.
Over the Easter holidays, Year 11 teachers are inviting pupils into school to attend revision sessions ahead of their upcoming GCSE examinations. You will have received a personalised letter for your child, with which sessions they should attend. The revision timetable is below.
Y8 pupils have worked really hard in clearing the farm unit and repurposing materials this week. They rearranged the animal vivariums and the space looks fantastic. They started planting seeds in preparation for Spring and we’re hoping to start to see results over the next few weeks.
Pupils also helped in the construction of mini greenhouses which have been placed over the seed beds in the polytunnel to ensure the best growing conditions for the planned fruit and veg patches. They’re excited about the prospect of seeing the seeds grow and eventually producing food, and all classes and interventions will have the chance to plant seeds and track their progress all through Spring into Summer. Some of the fruit and veg will be used to feed some of the animals and pupils will also get to see the benefits of sustainability.
Finally, the goats area has had some logs and tree trunks donated by a local businessman and the goats seem to be enjoying clambering over these.
Please find the Options Booklet on this page. This includes important information about each course that can be taken as a GCSE option.
We are also hosting an Options Evening in school on 27th March, 4-6pm. This is an opportunity for parents and carers to discuss option choices with curriculum leaders and answer any questions you may have.
This week, pupils have enjoyed painting some donated cable drums and repurposing them as goat’s play furniture. A group of Y8 pupils salvaged some planks and wood offcuts and made ramps for the drums. They enjoyed working as a team; each pupil had a go at measuring, drilling, screwdriving and finally painting these and are looking forward to fitting them to the drums next week.
A group of Y9 intervention pupils also helped out by assembling the new cart, and by working as a team they managed to decipher the instructions and did a great job of fixing it all together. The Y10 animal care pupils used it today, and they said it made their tasks much easier.
Sadly, we have said goodbye to Marshmallow, the oldest of our three guinea pigs. The pupils will miss her, but they handled it really well, although understandably saddened.
Year 8 pupils have been busy clearing the weeds and debris from the polytunnel and are looking forward to planting some veg here and on the compound at the back of science now that the ground is workable again.
Before Christmas, we bought some new leads and collars for the goats and pupils have enjoyed taking the goats for a stroll, weather permitting.
Over the harsh winter, pupils helped grit the farm first thing in the morning to make the area safe for everyone. When all the water on the farm froze up, they worked hard filling and carrying buckets out to all the animals. They were a huge help.
Pupils have also enjoyed putting up new hangers in the changing area and also repurposing some Christmas trees as scratching posts for the goats (after the goats had stripped all the greenery off them!) Also, new scratching brushes have been fixed in the goat’s and Mabel’s area by pupils, which are being well used already.
Many thanks to Morrisons for the veg they kindly donated at Christmas, which helped out enormously in giving the animals a nice variety.
Please find our December Newsletter below, which includes a letter from Mr Moroney, key dates, sporting success, trips, news and events from this Half Term.
We hope all our pupils have a lovely break, and we will look forward to welcoming them back on Monday 6th January.
This week, pupils have been prepping the barns to house the animals at night as the temperature drops and winter properly sets in. The pupils painted lines on the floor as a guide to mark the bedding areas in each pen, which will be useful when cleaning and refilling the pens.
Various groups of pupils also made another boot cleaner after one of the brushes broke in the morning and by the afternoon, they added offcuts of wood and finished it ready for painting.
In addition to this, the Y8 pupils working on the allotment project have been working extremely hard, repurposing steel fence panels from the chicken quad and bringing them over to the farm to hopefully prevent any of the animals from eating the growing produce! The pupils are very enthusiastic and come in early to start promptly at 8am! It’s great to see so many pupils cooperating, bringing their own ideas and enjoying the work they are doing for the farm.