Lockdown Lowdown - Edition 10

LOCKDOWN LOWDOWN Bringing you the latest Long Road lockdown news!

KEEP IN TOUCH

SENDING VIRTUAL HUGS X Hello, from Long Road!

We hope you all had a wonderful May half-term and managed to (safely) enjoy the sunshine! We've got a busy final term ahead preparing for our virtual events

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YOU'RE INVITED SIXTH FORM COLLEGES ART EXHIBITION Yesterday, Thursday 4 June, saw the

Bill Watkin, Chief Executive of the Sixth Form Colleges Association, said:

lockdown. Over 140 students from 46

At home highlights the extraordinary

Congratulations to talented students Kes Berry

colleges submitted their photographs

artistic talent that exists in our sector.

Art & Design Level 3

for the exhibition that runs from 4th to

We are holding this exhibition to

19th June 2020. The exhibition is being

recognise and celebrate excellence in

co-ordinated by the Sixth Form

sixth form colleges, but also to

Colleges Association and all

stimulate our thinking about the world

photographs can be viewed on the

this summer.

launch of At home, an online exhibition of photographs taken by sixth form college students during the Covid-19

SFCA gallery website.

It is imperative that we keep the arts in

Launching the exhibition, Gillian Keegan, Apprenticeships and Skills Minister, said:

education secure and flourishing. If young people are to make a valuable contribution to society - even if they are to be successful scientists,

“This has been a difficult time for the

engineers, doctors and technicians -

entire country but this exhibition is a

they need to develop their creative

wonderful example of how creativity

skills, their artistic sensitivities and their

can flourish in the face of adversity. It’s

ability to interact with others. All of this

great to see how these sixth form

will be more important than ever in the

students have captured the

post-Covid world”.

experiences of lockdown from a young person’s perspective. A huge congratulations to all exhibitors and I wish them every success for the future”.

Extended Diploma)

Rosina Canty (Photography A Level) and Sadie Fraylinch (Art & Design Level 3 Extended Diploma)

for their wonderful work featured in this exhibition!

NURTURING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS A RECENT ARTICLE BY THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION Lockdown has had a dramatic affect on our lives and our relationships. Many

Five quick tips for nurturing healthy relationships:

of us have found ourselves spending far more time than we’re used to with those who share our homes. Both losing normal contact with people and being thrown into much closer contact than usual can feel stressful.

1. Give time - put more time aside to connect with your friends and family.

2. Be present - this means really paying attention to the other people.

At a time when we all face uncertainty

3. Listen - really listen to what others

and worry changes in our relationships

are saying and try to understand it

are probably all the harder to cope

and to focus on their needs in that

with. So it’s worth trying to be extra patient and understanding, both with

moment.

4. Let yourself be listened to - honestly

each other and also ourselves. To do

share how you are feeling, and

that, we need people around us and

allow yourself to be heard and

ourselves to be aware of how what we do can affect each other.

supported by others.

5. Recognise unhealthy relationships - harmful relationships

Remember that these constraints will

can make us unhappy. Recognising

come to an end but in the meantime,

this can help us to move forward

we are going to be physically closer to

and find solutions

some and more distant from others. In order to come through this, we all need to talk, listen and care for each other.

If you are feeling stressed or anxious please contact a member of the welfare team on wellbeing@longroad.ac.uk and someone will call you.

NURTURING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS A RECENT ARTICLE BY THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION Try different ways to stay in touch -

If you are feeling stressed or anxious please contact a member of the welfare team on wellbeing@longroad.ac.uk and someone will call you.

use phones, computers and the post to

Agree on who is using which parts of the home and when - for those of

stay in touch. Hearing a friendly,

us who live with other people and who

familiar voice, or reading a message

are feeling irritated or overwhelmed by

from people we care about, helps us

constant togetherness, it may help to

feel more connected.

agree who is going to use which parts of the home - for instance during the

Help those less confident with technology - this might be a time

day, when we may need to work and/or look after children.

when younger people in our families

internet, and some of the ways it can

Make best use of the physical space you have - this may be about

let us stay connected.

planning your day, sharing or

can help older relatives to use the

alternating use of space, being aware

Make new connections - some of us

of others’ needs or just doing things a

may want to reach out beyond the

little differently.

people we already know, to make new connections with other people. Online

Share out household tasks - it may

communities are ideal for this and can

help to share out household tasks such

be extremely supportive, although it’s

as washing up, cleaning and food

worth remembering they are not

shopping. Having a daily routine may

always safe places. There are a vast

help us to feel more in control, at a

number of online communities out

time when we have lost a lot of control

there and this might be a good time to

over our daily lives.

find a few that appeal to you.

PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK

Is your pet assisting you while you work at home?

PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK Working from home with our fluffy friends

Not everyone is feeling down in the

Meet this weeks Pet Employee of the

dumps about being on lockdown. Our

Week, Max...

fluffy friends are loving the fact that Whether they're helping you revise, or lazing on your laptop, we want to know!

we're working from home -and thy're

Max is a 4 year old rescue dog - he

doing a great job of cheering us up

celebrated his birthday last month on

too!

April fool's day! He is a Jack-Chi mix

Email your pet photos along with

and his special talents include keeping

a short description including their name and age to

afutter@longroad.ac.uk.

To keep everyone smiling we will be

his owners feet warm while she is

sharing a Pet Employee of the Week

working from home!

every Friday on our Instagram page We will be posting our winning Pet Employee of the Week every

@lr6fc. Make sure you follow us to see

A big thank you to Katy in Finance for

the weekly winner and runners up!

introducing us to Max, we wish we

Friday on our Instagram account

@lr6fc

could have him in the office with us every day!

QUARAN-TEA SPILLING THE TEA ON THE BEST WAYS TO GET THROUGH LOCKDOWN This week we've been asking you for YouTube Channel recommendations. From Makeup Artists, to ASMR, to Gamers - there is a whole world of entertainment out there for you to discover on YouTube!

Spill the tea Write us an article on what you've been doing during lockdown!

A big thank you to everyone on Instagram who got involved!

It can be about any topic, as long or short as

YouTube Channel Recommendations

T

you like and include

NikkieTutorials

PewDiePie

Joe Wicks The Body Coach

Thatcher Joe

JJ Olatunji / KSI Yogscast

photos - whatever you've been up to we want to

Joe Sugg JeffreeStar

hear from you!

Zoella SophieMichelle ASMR

Dude Perfect

Yoga with adriene

Allana Davidson

Callums corner

Jackie Aina

DanTDM

Mixed Makeup Nyma Tang

JackSepticEye

Tina Yong

Yuya

LottieLoves

VanossGaming

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Email

afutter@longroad.ac.uk to see your work here in the Quaran-tea!

#LongRoadLife

INSTA LIKES AND INSTA LOVE Spreading likes and love on social media

Make sure you follow us

As well as sending you this newsletter,

But it's not all about us, we want to

we will also be spreading the love over

know what you're getting up to! Make

@lr6fc

on our Instagram account!

sure you use our hashtag -

#LongRoadLife and tag @lr6fc in your posts

We're going to be posting different

posts and stories so that we can share

activities on our Instagram for you to

you on our Instagram feed!

and stories so we can

take part in. So take a break from

to get involved with our lockdown activities!

Use

share them on our feed!

#LongRoadLife and tag @lr6fc in your

studying and follow us on Instagram

@lr6fc to get involved. Share the Insta love with us! Use our Instagram feed and stories as a base for connecting with other students and applicants.

CAREERS AND PROGRESSION UPDATES Our Careers and Progression department are working hard from home to keep you updated on all the exciting careers opportunities that are out there!

We are all living through a challenging time as we try to manage our new lockdown lifestyle, but why not use this extra time wisely to develop stronger careers plans for the future. What a great opportunity to exploit time to really think about what you would like to achieve in the future and how to do that. What steps do you need to take to achieve those goals?

On a fortnightly basis the Careers department will be releasing an e-mgazine with topical information for you to look at, and hopefully help you with your plans. It ill include information about vacancies, insights into developing employability skills, links to useful information and organisations, interviews with trail-blazing students and links to a range of social media to keep you in the loop about developments in the main progression routes of HE, Apprentceships, gap years and Job Seeking.

Click here to read the latest Careers E-Mag!

VOLUNTEERING DURING LOCKDOWN Student Olivia and her family have been super busy during lockdown

The owner of the White Pheasant in Fordham, Calvin Holland said Stuart could use his kitchen on a temporary

delivering food across Cambridge!

basis rent free as he was forced to shut because of COVID-19.

and hotels and achieving 3 AA rosettes, he wanted a change and

This generosity makes it possible for stuart to prepare and deliver freshly produced homemade yet still affordable meals. The meals are

started a private dining business

prepared on the day of delivery then

called Drake’s Bespoke Dining, where

chilled and delivered with re-heating

he cooks a tailor made menu with the

instructions, this allowed the older and more venerable of our community to

little touches you would expect from a

be able to stock up for the week.

The business grew and went in a direction Stuart was not expecting,

Because of the current situation he had to put that on hold, so he used his

and now also has a lot of family’s order religiously on a weekly basis. His business got recognised by the council

contacts in the catering industry to

and they put his name on the list for

start up a contactless delivery service

the “Home but not alone scheme”, so

called Chef2U.

Harrys story and want to

when you start studying with us in September why not join the Long Road Volunteering Club?

Email Sam Plant, splant@longroad.ac.uk for more information on

high end restaurant in people’s own homes.

If you've been inspired by

take part in volunteering

My brother Stuart Drake is a chef.

After 10 years of working in restaurants

Spill the tea Long Road Volunteering Club

anyone who was struggling during lockdown could get hold of him.

the Long Road Volunteering Club!

Spill the tea Long Road Volunteering Club

VOLUNTEERING DURING LOCKDOWN He also prepared and personally delivered numerous meals for key

If you've been inspired by Harrys story and want to take part in volunteering when you start studying with us in September why not join the Long Road Volunteering Club?

workers over Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk just as a thank you. Trying

the Long Road Volunteering Club!

Hockwold / and many more.

Well done to Olivia and family for such amazing work supporting those

found themselves in the middle of this

struggling in these difficult times!

pandemic, some examples of these If you've been inspired by Olivias story are A&E, pharmaceutical dispensers, supermarket workers and the

Email Sam Plant,

for more information on

/ Mildenhall / Weeting / Hopton /

to help out individual sectors who

ambulance service.

splant@longroad.ac.uk

We deliver to Cambridge / Newmarket

and want to take part in volunteering when we return to college why not join the Long Road Volunteering Club!

Contact Sam Plant for more details.

As a family, we worked together to build the business. My sister Amelia was the pot wash and my mum, my other brother and I are the delivery team and our delivery route is different everyday.

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