Lockdown Lowdown - Edition 11

LOCKDOWN LOWDOWN Bringing you the latest Long Road lockdown news!

KEEP IN TOUCH

SENDING VIRTUAL HUGS X Hello, from Long Road!

This week we have a super adorable Pet employee of the Week as well as an Alumni with an extraordinary job! We're also celebrating a wonderful student

Long Road Sixth Form

progression story as well as the winners of our Equality& Diversity poster

College

competition!

@LR6FC We'll be talking about random acts of kindness and how it can not only help

@lr6fc

those around you, but also help your own mental health and wellbeing. Finally, we've got a word from our Careers and Progreession team to help you start

enquiries@longroad.ac.uk

thinking about your next steps after Long Road with their brilliant e-mag!

01223 631100

Sending smiles - Long Road x

www.longroad.ac.uk

We stand in solidarity with all our BAME colleagues, students, alumni and all those fighting racial inequality and injustice in the UK, USA and worldwide.

#BlackLivesMatter

We have been deeply shocked and saddened by the death of George Floyd and events that are unfolding in the USA.

At Long Road we pride ourselves on the inclusivity of our college and we stand in solidarity with all of our BAME students, alumni and colleagues at this difficult time.

We all have a role to play against racism. Our staff our currently working with the Long Road Black Peoples Society so their voices can be heard and gathering their views on how we can improve as a college and community.

CELEBRATING DIVERSITY £40 prize for 1st £30 for 2nd place and £20 for

Before lockdown, all of our students

Up for grabs was a

were invited to enter a poster

place,

competition – the brief?

third place; alternatively, students could choose to take home some

To design a poster that celebrates,

brand new Art supplies allowing them

inspires and/or educates our college

to continue to explore and expand

community about equality and

their creative skills.

diversity.

Now, drum roll please as we announce We are pleased to say that an

our winners! Congratulations to…

overwhelming number of students got

1st place winner, Biagio Santoro!

involved, putting their artistic talents to

2nd place winner, Jacob Robinson!

the test!

3rd place winner, Shannon Casling!

But the real test came when it was

We’re looking forward to getting back

time to decide our top 3 winners, with

to college so we can print and display

all over of 5 judges being blown away

these wonderful posters for all our

by the creativity and talent of all of the

community to see!

entries.

For now, you can check them out on the following pages!

Congratulations to Biagio Santoro, Jacob Robinson & Shannon Casling for winning our Equality & Diversity poster competition!

Click here to watch Tash's Highlights Video from this seaons ABL campaign!

CAMBRIDGE BASKETBALL ACADEMY GRADUATE TASH CHAWIRA SIGNS FOR AMERICAN JUNIOR COLLEGE! We are proud to announce that

Academy Head Coach Pete Charlwood

Cambridge Academy graduate Tash

said: "Both myself and many of the

Chawira has committed to Waubonsee

junior coaches at Cambridge

College in Aurora, Illinois, USA to

Performance Basketball Program are

continue is Basketball Journey.

really pleased and happy for Tash. We have seen him grow and develop from

Tash who came up through the

his early days with the U14s/ U16s NBL

Cambridge junior performance

program and it was great to have him

programme was a third-year transfer

back in Cambridge for this season. It

having chosen to spend his first two

was clear that he had learnt a lot from

years of Sixth Form at Oaklands

his time at Oaklands Academy but Im

College Academy. Tash had an

really pleased that here at Long Road

impressive season in the ABL East

Sixth form College and through the

Conference for Long Road Sixth Form

Cambridge Basketball Academy and

College averaging 17.3 PPG and 10.1

the ABL we were able to help him

REB per game and being voted to the

achieve his goals.”“I wish him all the

All ABL East 2nd team.

best for the future and the next steps in his journey”

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS A RECENT ARTICLE BY THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION The Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19)

Call a friend that you haven’t

has taken a lot of us by surprise. Some

spoken to for a while.

people have described it as an episode

Tell a family member how much you

of Black Mirror that they want to turn

love and appreciate them.

off, while others have said that they

Make a cup of tea for someone you

feel like the entire world is upside

live with.

down.

Arrange to watch a film at the same time as a friend and video call.

One thing that we have seen all over

Tell someone you know that you are

the world is that kindness is prevailing

proud of them and thankful for

in uncertain times. People are coming

them.

together to sing on balconies in Italy,

Send a motivational text to a friend

others are setting up groups to offer

who is struggling

support to the elderly or vulnerable.

Send someone you know a joke to cheer them up

We have learnt that amid the fear,

Send someone you know a picture

there is also community, support and

of a cute animal

hope. The added benefit of helping

Offer support to vulnerable

others is that it is good for our own

neighbours

mental health and wellbeing. It can

Offer to send someone a takeaway

help reduce stress and improve your

or a meal

emotional wellbeing. In short, doing

Send an inspirational quote to a

good does you good.

friend

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.

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS A RECENT ARTICLE BY THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION

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.

The Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19)

Call a friend that you haven’t

has taken a lot of us by surprise. Some

spoken to for a while.

people have described it as an episode

Tell a family member how much you

of Black Mirror that they want to turn

love and appreciate them.

off, while others have said that they

Make a cup of tea for someone you

feel like the entire world is upside

live with.

down.

Arrange to watch a film at the same time as a friend and video call.

One thing that we have seen all over

Tell someone you know that you are

the world is that kindness is prevailing

proud of them and thankful for

in uncertain times. People are coming

them.

together to sing on balconies in Italy,

Send a motivational text to a friend

others are setting up groups to offer

who is struggling

support to the elderly or vulnerable.

Send someone you know a joke to cheer them up

We have learnt that amid the fear,

Send someone you know a picture

there is also community, support and

of a cute animal

hope. The added benefit of helping

Offer support to vulnerable

others is that it is good for our own

neighbours

mental health and wellbeing. It can

Offer to send someone a takeaway

help reduce stress and improve your

or a meal

emotional wellbeing. In short, doing

Send an inspirational quote to a

good does you good.

friend

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS A RECENT ARTICLE BY THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION The Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19)

Call a friend that you haven’t

has taken a lot of us by surprise. Some

spoken to for a while.

people have described it as an episode

Tell a family member how much you

of Black Mirror that they want to turn

love and appreciate them.

off, while others have said that they

Make a cup of tea for someone you

feel like the entire world is upside

live with.

down.

Arrange to watch a film at the same time as a friend and video call.

One thing that we have seen all over

Tell someone you know that you are

the world is that kindness is prevailing

proud of them and thankful for

in uncertain times. People are coming

them.

together to sing on balconies in Italy,

Send a motivational text to a friend

others are setting up groups to offer

who is struggling

support to the elderly or vulnerable.

Send someone you know a joke to cheer them up

We have learnt that amid the fear,

Send someone you know a picture

there is also community, support and

of a cute animal

hope. The added benefit of helping

Offer support to vulnerable

others is that it is good for our own

neighbours

mental health and wellbeing. It can

Offer to send someone a takeaway

help reduce stress and improve your

or a meal

emotional wellbeing. In short, doing

Send an inspirational quote to a

good does you good.

friend

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.

MARTHA GLASS LONG ROAD ALUMNUS 2004

Do you know an ex-Long Road student?

They can join our Alumni Community, simply visit: https://networks. futurefirst.org.uk/ signup/longroad

Martha is now working as a Forensic

Although her work often requires a

Photographer for Addenbrookes

strong stomach, Martha also captures

Hospital. The former photography

daily life at Addenbrookes; with her

student left Long Road in 2004, and

role giving her an access all areas pass

has since gone on to win a number of

across the Hospital.

awards for her work as a medical photographer capturing images of

Martha visited our Photography

diseases, injuries and surgical

students in 2018 to tell them all about

procedures.

her career. Her talk was fascinating and the students’ said that “They didn’t

Martha often has to get up close and

realise that such jobs existed.”

personal with patients and their treatments saying that “Sometimes I do

They were pleased to hear Martha’s

have to photograph some really gross

advice about the value of both a

things. At any time of day you could be

photographic degree and the

called into theatre and photographing

importance of work experience in

patients having their limbs cut off.”

getting a job in a competitive market like Medical Photography.

The photographs Martha takes are used for patient records and often for teaching purposes; teaching other medical students a procedure or condition.

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, Boomie...

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

This is Boomerang (Boomie). She’s an 8

doing a great job of cheering us up

month old Sproodle and loving having

too!

her whole family home all the time.

To keep everyone smiling we will be

She a big fan of her banana and trying

sharing a Pet Employee of the Week

to carry home the largest branch she

every Friday on our Instagram page

can find

Email your pet photos along with a short description including their name and age to

afutter@longroad.ac.uk.

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

@lr6fc

@lr6fc. Make sure you follow us to see the weekly winner and runners up!

STUDYING FROM HOME REVISION TIPS FROM OUR ALUMNI At this time our year our students would usually be working hard and revising in the LRC, preparing for upcoming summer exams. This exam season is going to be a strange one for all of us - but don't feel disheartened! It is important that you keep yourself motivated and continue to revise your subjects so that you are best prepared for your next step!

Click here for the latest information on Summer Exams 2020.

Our Alumni have been in touch to share their top revision tips! Remember, if you're struggling with studying from home you can contact your teachers and Progress Coach for individual advice.

QUARAN-TEA SPILLING THE TEA ON THE BEST WAYS TO GET THROUGH LOCKDOWN This week we've been asking you for Arts & Crafts recommendations. This is perfect time to get creative and lose yourself and creating something beautiful!

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 you like and include Arts & Crafts Recommendations Cross-stitch

Paper Star Lantern

Rainbow Cushion

Embroidered Denim Jacket

Face Mask

Graphic String Art

Knitted Heart

Tie Dye Jeans

Pom-pom Teddy Bear

Paint by Numbers

Dreamcatcher

Art Therapy Colouring

Origami Bath Bombs Charm Bracelet Hairpins Bow Key-ring Paper Roses

photos - whatever you've been up to we want to hear from you!

Email

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

I CAN’T BREATHE: WHILE AMERICA STRUGGLES FOR AIR, BRITAIN RAISES ITS RED HAND AN EXTRACT FROM AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY STUDENT JACK

If you have been affected by any of the recent global events and need someone to talk to please email wellbeing@longroad.ac.uk and someone will call you.

Americans are making their outrage

Maybe it’s callous to suggest that we

known, and the rest of the world is

all ought to spend more time uplifting

trying their best to show their

the voices of black people at the end

support. But does Britain’s eagerness to

of a post written by a white person.

fight transatlantic racism strike a discordant note when it’s so reluctant

I promise I’m not trying to co-opt the

to acknowledge its own?

narrative. Partly, I wrote this because my thoughts are always so scattered

Jazmin Kopotsha’s article ‘Yes, The UK

that I don’t know what I think until it’s

Does Have A Race Problem. And It’s

written. And there is so much to think

Just As Troubling As America’s’ asks

about.

why we as a nation are so keen to believe that we have collectively

But mostly I wrote this because I only

moved past racism, particularly in

found it all out recently – and if the

contrast to the United States’

British education system failed to make

supposed comparative regressiveness.

me aware of such crucial black history, it must be failing others, too.

The knee jerk response is that Britain’s police doesn’t murder its black citizens.

What we do know, we owe to the

But is this true, or do we simply not

tireless work of black men and women

know when they do?

who refuse to allow us to forget.

Thank you to Jack for sending us this piece. Please click here to read Jack's full article.

#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!

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