#LongRoadLife Edition 11 - June 2021

#LONGROADLIFE Long Road Sixth Form College Applicant Newsletter

KEEP IN TOUCH Long Road Sixth Form College

SPRINTING, STRETCHING, SUCCEEDING...

Hello, from Long Road!

This week we are running headfirst into our PE and Sport courses. We'll be telling you about the students who successfully made it onto our Wall of Fame in our Sports Awards 2020 celebration and of course, there's lots of

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information about all the different student sports opportunities available to you as a Long Road student! (Did we mention we have our very own on-campus

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enquiries@longroad.ac.uk

gym?!)

Remember to keep up-to-date with everything Long Road on our social media.

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WELCOME DAYS

A LITTLE TREAT FROM US TO YOU!

23 / 24 / 25 JUNE 2021 Thank you for responding and letting us

be emailed to you so be sure your

know which days you are able to

check your spam/junk folders and

attend our Welcome Days in June!

update us if your contact details change.

have received your response and are

For those of you who are unable to

now beginning to work on creating

attend, thank you for letting us know.

your personalised Welcome Day

Right now, you don’t need to do

timetable. You can expect to receive

anything to progress your application

this from us between 14 – 18 June. We

of study at Long Road (other than keep

are really excited to meet you face-to-

on regularly checking your emails for

face for the first time and can’t wait to

communication from us!)

campus!

Keep an eye out for communication from us on important details such as; confirmation of the date you are invited to Welcome Day, your individual Welcome Day timetable, what to expect during your visit and how to prepare. As always, this information will

have Toni's Ices joining us for our Welcome Days this year!

For everyone who is able attend, we

finally welcome you onto our beautiful

We are so excited to

We'll be giving away

FREE

ICE CREAM vouchers as little sweet treats, from us to you, on our social media channels make sure to follow us to be in with a chance of winning!

KEY MESSAGES TO APPLICANTS

SUMMER WORK 2021 COMING SOON - JUNE 2021

Check your emails

One of the most important activities to

you will find their contact details at the

regularly for

help prepare you for your studies as a

bottom of the Summer Work page. All

Long Road student is completing the

Summer Work should be completed

summer work tasks for each of your A

and ready to hand in during your first

Level, Level 3 Applied and Level 4

lesson at Long Road.

communication from our Admissions Team

Summer work is now

subjects.

available to download These activities aren’t here to trip you

from our website! Click here to get started.

All summer work explanation videos are

Our teachers cannot wait to meet you

up or catch you out, they’re designed

all, in fact, they are so enthusiastic to

to give you an extra taste of what you

start working with you that some of

will be learning during your time at

them have created “Summer Work

Long Road and we hope you have fun

Explanation Videos” to introduce

completing them!

now live on our YouTube channel -

themselves and help get you started on

don't forget to

their summer task activities. You can

subscribe!

view these videos, after half-term, by

All of our summer work is now LIVE on

clicking here to visit our YouTube

our website! Click here to get started

Channel – don’t forget to subscribe!

You can also watch all of our summer

If you have any questions before joining us in September please email

admissions@longroad .ac.uk

work explanation videos over on our If you do find that you have some

YouTube channel... don't forget to

questions then please don’t hesitate in

subscribe!

contacting your Course Team Leader,

SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES

KEY MESSAGES TO APPLICANTS

Team Sports at Long Road Sixth Form College

If you wish to be considered During your time at Long Road, we really hope you will be involved in sport or physical activity. The college competes in a variety of individual and team sports most of which start from September 2021.

for any of the sports teams you need to send your completed Sports Opportunities form to

To identify players for team sports we have scheduled sessions for selection purposes at allocated time slots during the summer and autumn term. These are as follows:

Matt Payne at mpayne@longroad.ac.uk with all of the information

Men’s Basketball Academy – Trial 1

Wednesday 23rd June

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Men’s Basketball Academy – Trial 1

Wednesday 1st September

2:30pm - 4:30pm

Women’s Basketball Open session

Wednesday 1st September

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Men’s Rugby

Wednesday 1st September

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Women’s Rugby

Wednesday 1st September

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Women’s Football

Wednesday 1st September

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Men’s and Women’s Hockey

Wednesday 1st September

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Women’s Netball

Wednesday 1st September

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Men’s Football

Wednesday 8th September

1:30pm - 4:00pm

If you wish to be considered for any of the sports teams please request a Sport Opportunities form from our admissions team if you have no already received one via email.

We will adhere to the most recent current guidelines issued by the Government, which means that these arrangements may need to be reviewed to ensure we meet the requirements closer to the time.

below by

Monday 21st June 2021.

If you require any further information about individual or team sports at Long Road Sixth Form College, please

Matt by email or on 01223 631205.

feel free to contact

A year from now you may wish you had started today.

#MONDAYMOTIVATION

SPORT Level 3 Extended Certificate/ Diploma / Extended Diploma The Level 3 Diploma in Sport at Long

Feedback from our students was

Road is not just about being able to

outstanding, with all students telling us

play sport; it will provide you with the

they really enjoyed the practical nature

skills, knowledge and understanding to

of the activities and the friendliness

progress onto University level sport-

and expertise of the ARU staff; they

related programmes such as Sport and

were also amazed that how much they

Physical Education, Sport Science,

were taught in a short space of time.

Sport Coaching and Development or Sport and Leisure Management.

The aim of this event was to help Long

"I took this course because I want a career in sport, perhaps as a personal trainer.

Road students discover different In November our Level 3 Sports

progression routes into Higher

students were lucky enough to visit

Education; students also received

Anglia Ruskin University for an

advice on writing personal statements

afternoon of specialist workshops on

and were told about the different

Sports Therapy and Strength and

Sports course options offered at ARU –

Conditioning at the ARU Cambridge

which include specific courses on

campus.

Strength and Conditioning and Sports Therapy.

Each workshop ran for 1 hour and was led by sports industry experts from the Anglia Ruskin Sports Department.

It’s good because they support you but you have to put in the work yourself!"

Got a question about our Sports facilities?

Email our Sports Services Manager, Matt on mpayne@longroa d.ac.uk

STUDENT SPORTS Student Enrichment From fitness newbies to aspiring

our Women’s Football team made it to

Olympic athletes, we can offer you a

the AoC Sport National Cup quarter-

fantastic range of sports facilities.

finals, while our Men’s Cricket team

What’s important to us is that you’re

won the semi-finals of the AoC Eastern

able to take care of your physical and

Regionals.

mental wellbeing, that’s why we encourage all of our students to

We will also support you in taking part

participate in keep-fit activities.

in individual sports, such as badminton, cross-country running, tennis and golf.

Indoors we have a 4 badminton court

This year our students qualified for the

Sports Hall, Sports Lab and a fully

AoC National Championships in

refurbished gym with a wide range of

women’s Table Tennis, Cross Country

new equipment; all available for you to

and Badminton.

use throughout the college day. Head outdoors to our wonderful field space

If you’re just in it for the fun try our

where you can use our All Weather

Casual Sports programme which runs

Pitch, Football pitch, Rugby pitch and

throughout the week. You can turn

hard-courts.

up, play for fun and get involved with the social side of sport!

We have a number of team sports that you can get involved in. In 2019,

JESS, LONG ROAD SCHOLAR MEET OUR LONG ROAD SCHOLAR AWARD STUDENTS Name: Jess Year Group: 1 Secondary School: St Mary's School, Cambridge Studies: Chemistry, Biology, Psychology Progression Goals: Medicine I chose to study at Long Road because

I would encourage Year 11s to apply to

from the open evenings, interviews and

Long Road as it is such a supportive

speaking with previous students at the

community where your teachers will do

college, it was apparent that it was a

everything possible to ensure you

friendly and supportive environment

achieve your best and reach your full

where I could achieve my best possible

potential.

LONG ROAD SCHOLARS' AWARD Do you feel inspired after meeting our Scholar today?

Why not click here and meet the rest of our Long Road Scholar

grades.

So far, my favourite thing about being I decided to apply for the Scholar’s

a Long Road student has been joining

Award as it’s a great addition to your

the Med Squad, where we work on

personal statement when applying to

developing our application to Med

university and is a great motivation to

School and are told about interesting

achieve your desired GCSE results. I

lectures and work experience

am planning on using some of my

opportunities.

scholarship money on revision guides and other learning resources, whilst saving the rest for university.

Award team!

PE "I really enjoy PE. The balance of physical work and theory is perfect and there is lots of support and guidance from the teachers.

A Level Physical Education is the ideal

Visitors journey through the human

preparation for those who may be

body and discover the magic and

considering studying courses such as

mysteries that lie underneath the skin.

Physical Education teaching, Physiotherapy, Sport Psychology or

Students spent their day studying the

Dietetics. You will gain an insight into

real human bodies donated to medical

how the body and mind work together

research and suspended in time by a

to influence sports performance.

process called ‘plastination’ which reveals the inner anatomical structures

In December 2019 a group of our PE

and functions of the human body.

and Sport students spent an amazing

I have decided that I want to take a Sport degree at university and become a PE teacher."

day out in London visiting the Body

After spending two hours at the

World exhibition.

exhibition brushing up on their anatomical knowledge the group

The Body World exhibition, created by

headed off to Piccadilly Circus for

Dr Gunther von Hagens’ renowned

food and a Christmas shopping

exhibition of real human bodies has

session!

sparked curiosity and awe around the world with over 47 million visitors globally.

SPORTS AWARDS 2019 - 2020 A bit later than planned, in September 2020, Long Road was finally able to present sports awards to students for the 2019 / 2020 season that got cut short due to Covid-19. Congratulations to all the winners and to everyone who helped contribute to a successful season for many of the college Sports Teams.

Tash - Basketball

Tyler - Basketball

Lily - Women's Football

Amy - Women's Football

Ben - Men's Football

Dechlan - Men's Football

Most Valued Player

Most Improved Player

Coaches Player

Players Player

1st Team Coaches Player

2nd Team Coaches Player

Georgie - Netball

Emily - Netball

Ben - Hockey

Maggie - Hockey

Richie - Rugby

Ben - Rugby

Coaches Player

Players Player

Coaches Player (Male)

Coaches Player (Female)

Coaches Player

Players Player

SPORT "We have access to loads of extra qualifications and trips.

I really enjoyed completing First Aid in the Workplace."

Level 2 Diploma You will develop skills valued by the

The Alumni sat in groups of 4 or 5 and

sports industry through planning fitness

spoke to over 20 students at a time for

training programmes for selected

5 minutes in a carousel based format.

athletes, organising charity sports

They offered advice on how to be

events, researching how the body

successful on the course; informed

functions during sport and exercise,

them what they’d gone on to do after

analysing sporting technical and

leaving college; the best routes into

tactical skills and leading coaching

different careers and answered any

sessions.

questions the current students had.

Last summer 17 former Long Road

All of our Alumni spoke very openly

Sports students came back to Long

about themselves which the current

Road to talk to all of the current

students responded to very well and it

Applied Sport students. All the visiting

was evident that they were inspired by

Alumni had graduated from Long Road

what they had heard.

within the last 4 -5 years and have gone on to studying exciting university degrees, apprenticeships and even set up their own businesses!

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