Lockdown Lowdown - Edition 12

LOCKDOWN LOWDOWN Bringing you the latest Long Road lockdown news!

KEEP IN TOUCH

SENDING VIRTUAL HUGS X Hello, from Long Road!

Can you believe that next Thursday is the last day of the academic year?! While it hasn't been the year we planned to have, it has really flown by.

Long Road Sixth Form College

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We wanted to finish our Lockdown Lowdown this week by saying how proud we are of all of you! All our students have worked so hard during these difficult times, you really have been AMAZING!

@lr6fc To all our Year 1 students, we'll see you in September! To all our Year 2

enquiries@longroad.ac.uk

students, remember to sign up to our Alumni Community so we can keep in touch and hopefully see you again very soon.

01223 631100

www.longroad.ac.uk

Sending virtual hugs - Long Road x

GOOD LUCK A LEVEL RESULTS DAY 2020 We know this year has been really strange and exams for students of all ages have been effected and you're likely having mixed feelings about A Level results day. Don't worry that is perfectly normal! Whatever you're feeling about your exams we want to wish you the best of luck with your A Level exam results and we can't wait to celebrate with you in August!

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.

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, Lord Gregor..

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 Lord Gregor, a shubunkin

doing a great job of cheering us up

goldfish. This breed of goldfish are

too!

originated from the aquarium trade,

Email your pet photos along with

artificially selected for it's variety of

a short description including their name and age to

afutter@longroad.ac.uk.

To keep everyone smiling we will be

colours and on fleek tails and dorsal

sharing a Pet Employee of the Week

fins.

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 the weekly winner and runners up!

Fun facts: Hates piĂąa coladas, but loves the piĂąa

Friday on our Instagram account

@lr6fc

colada song

PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK Working from home with our fluffy friends We have absolutely LOVED seeing and sharing all your pet photos throughout lockdown.

Although not everyone could be a winner, we've put together photos of all the fabulous pet entries that we have had over the last few months to give all our animal friends a big shout out!

HANNA AND JONNY LONG ROAD ALUMNUS 2017 In September we welcomed back Long

student to gain his GCSE English grade

Road Alumni Hannah and Jonny who

C. Thinking back to his time at Long

spent the day back in our PE and

Road, Jonny told us “The support I

Sports department, shadowing our

received from the staff was incredibly

Level 2 Diploma, Level 3 Diploma and A

positive, always helping when I need

Level teachers!

the support. Alongside English I was completing a vocational course of

Hannah studied at Long Road from

Sport level 2 which I excelled in and

2015 to 2017, achieving excellent

found time in the year to work on other

results in A-Level PE, English Literature

parts of my life for example Cadets

& Language and Geography. She told

and DofE. Then I progressed on to the

us “Since leaving Long Road, I went

level 3 course which was more of a

straight to University in September

challenge but was able to gain

2017 to the University of Brighton to

distinctions overall – very proud of

study BA (Hons) Secondary Physical

myself!

Education with QTS – which is basically training to be a PE teacher. Long Road

The sports staff have been with me

was extremely helpful to me on

throughout helping me get ideas on

applying and going through the UCAS

what to do in the future; I want to

process so it was made as smooth as

become a teacher or a career in sport

possible.”

and outdoor activities. My plan is to complete a QTS or a PGCE once I get

Jonny spent 3 years studying with us at

experience and hopefully further my

Long Road, joining us as a Level 2

career in teaching.”

Do you know an ex-Long Road student?

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

CONGRATULATIONS FIONN LONG ROAD ALUMNI

Congratulations to Long Road Alumni,

Do you know an ex-Long Road student?

Fionn, who found out last week that he will be graduating from the ARU

I can vouch for this as I have spent the last few years listening to every single recording of his lectures, tutorials and supervisions and I was continually

Cambridge School of Art with a 1st

blown away by their perceptiveness.

Class Degree in BA Graphic Design!

Congratulations to Fionn for all your

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

Fionn worked closely with the Academic Support Department during his time at Long Road before progressing on to study at the Anglia Ruskin Univeristy Cambridge School of Art.

Fionns mum told us.. "The tutors at Cambridge School of Art were amazing - intuitive, respectful of diversity, fantastic guidance without interfering with Fionn's unusual perspective. But also very kind, sensitive and extremely generous with their time.Â

hard work and this amazing success!

You can click here to view Fionn's final show which was held virtually this year due to covid-19.

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!

KEY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY TERM DATES ACADEMIC YEAR 2020 / 2021 Remember you can find all the Term dates for the upcoming Academic Year on our website.

August 2020 13th = A Level Results Day 20th = GCSE Results Day 24th - 27th = New Student Enrolment 31st = Bank Holiday (College Closed)

September 2020 1st - 4th = Year 1 Induction 7th = Start of Term

October 2020 26th - 30th = October Half Term

December 2020 - January 2021 21st December - 1st January = Christmas Holidays 4th January = Spring Term Starts

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