#LongRoadLife Edition 1 - January 2021

#LONGROADLIFE Long Road Sixth Form College Applicant Newsletter

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BE LONG ROAD Hello, from Long Road!

We are so glad that you have decided to make an application to study with us in September 2021. We would like to introduce you to #LongRoadLife, our

Long Road Sixth Form College

@LR6FC

bi-weekly applicant newsletter that is jam-packed with information all about, you guessed it, Long Road life!

Another lockdown wasn't exactly how we wanted to kick-start the new year, but don't worry; our college community hasn't disappeared, it's simply moved online!

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As an applicant, you're part of our Long Road community so join us on our social media channels and get involved.

enquiries@longroad.ac.uk Stay safe and keep smiling!

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WELCOME TO LONG ROAD Hello to all applicants to Long Road

WE'RE HERE TO HELP

relief that your application has been

Sixth Form College from your friendly

safely submitted (well done – personal

Admissions team!

statements aren’t easy, and our teaching colleagues are looking

We are delighted that you are

forward to reading yours), what’s

considering joining us for this next

next?

Our friendly Admissions Team are here to support and guide you through every stage of your Long Road application.

exciting step in your educational journey, and are here to support and

The next big admissions events are the

guide you through the admissions

Advice and Guidance meetings, which

process.

will take place virtually throughout the

If you have any questions, please get in touch!

spring. These meetings are a chance The Admissions team is made up of

for you to get to know us and for us to

Heidi Hauser, Director of Admissions,

get to know you, and to talk through

and Tom Hammond, Student

your options, your chosen courses and

Admissions Officer, ably assisted by

your plans for the future with a friendly

colleagues in the Student Services

expert. They are meant to help you

team. Heidi is a Long Road parent and

decide if Long Road is right for you,

so has seen the admissions process

and are not something to worry about.

Heidi Hauser Director of Admissions

from every angle, while Tom has fond

Tom Hammond Admissions Officer

01223 63 1125

memories of his time at a sixth form

We are looking forward to meeting

college not unlike Long Road and is

you!

delighted to be back in a friendly and supportive college community.

admissions@longroad.ac.uk

Very best wishes, Long Road Sixth Form College

Now that you’ve breathed a sigh of

Admissions Team

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. #MONDAYMOTIVATION

LETS GET QUIZZICAL

Quarantine Quizzing (Answers at the end of this newsletter!)

Question 1: What is the world's largest river by volume?

Question 5: What is the capital of Australia?

Question 9: What does vexillology study?

A: Sydney

A: Stamps

A: Congo

B: Melbourne

B: Flags

B: Yangtze

C: Canberra

C: Word origins

C: Amazon

D: Perth

D: Human societies

Question 6: Which ocean is the largest?

Question 10: Which planet is fourth from the sun?

A: Atlantic

A: Mars

B: Indian

B: Earth

A: China

C: Pacific

C: Mercury

B: Canda

D: Arctic

D: Venus

D: Nile

Question 2: What is the world's biggest country by area?

C: USA D: Russia

Question 3: The first person to travel into space was...

Question 7: The world's highest waterfall is...

A: Tugela Falls B: Angel Falls

A: Neil Armstrong

C: Victoria Falls

B: Yuri Gagarin

D: Niagara Falls

C: Alexey Leonov D: John Glenn

Question 4: When did World War 1 end?

Question 8: In Romeo & Juliet, what family does Romeo belong to?

A: Montague

A: 1914

B: Capulet

B: 1918

C: Mercutio

C: 1922

D: Verona

D: 1926

FIVE TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL STUDYING AT HOME

Use your social

STUDYING FROM HOME Advice from Long Road Alumni, Angela

Studying and working from home, it's

If necessary, have snacks and music

pretty strange for us all! Ex-student

that will help you concentrate. For

Angela has been in touch to give us

example, I like to listen to rap music,

some helpful tips on successful

but that doesn't help me when I try to

studying at home!

study, so personally I have Lo-Fi study

support systems

Set up a tidy music in the background which is quite

study space Angela is a third year student at the

calming.

University of Lincoln where she is

Snack sensibly

studying a degree in Criminology. She

I also try to write a set list of tasks I

recently found herself in the same

need to complete and do a plan for

position as us, when she was told that

each one, then gradually work through

the University would close and all her

them. That way the work I have tends

lectures would be moved online.

to feel less overwhelming and it's easy to see clearly what I need to do and

Get a good nights sleep

"My advice to students doing the same

how I can do it.

as me is to make sure you have a study

Stick to your timetable

environment set. So rather than sitting

It's also important to remember to give

on the couch and working, try to have

yourself breaks - have some downtime

a tidy desk in a quiet room; somewhere

to relax!

you can focus.

MENTAL HEALTH & REMOTE LEARNING A RECENT ARTICLE BY THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION While we try to make our study

Try and set clear tasks for the day -

resources as flexible as possible to

three major decisions or activities is a

allow you to work in the ways that suit

good day's work. You won't always get

you best, the coronavirus outbreak has

as much done at home - but you might

led to a massive change in the ways

get loads done.

that we work and study and is a new challenge for us all.

One great tip is to have a WEB list, This helps prioritise your tasks.

A structured day can be a good way to

W – what you Want to achieve

address this. Designate a place to

E – what you Expect to achieve

work that is as free of distractions as

B – what you had Better achieve

you can make it.

Have a proper lunch break. Stop, Set a routine for working at home - it's

makes something nice to eat, and eat

important to get up and get started, to

away from your work area.

take regular breaks including a lunch break, and to finish working and turn

Try and get outside and get some

off at an appropriate time.

natural light if you can do so safely, and try some exercise, again within

No matter how tempting, avoid working in your pyjamas all day. This is likely a big change already so try not to lose all your daily routines at once.

guidelines on social contact.

If you are feeling stressed or anxious please reach out to your friends, family or teachers.

We're all in this together - you've got this!

Future First Alumni Network Do you know an ex-Long Road student?

FORMER STUDENTS ON THE FRONTLINE LONG ROAD ALUMNUS, 2005

We love hearing from our ex-students,

for Innovation and Improvement,

especially during these difficult times.

studying for, and becoming, a qualified

Long Road Alumni Tom has been in

Chartered Accountant in 2012.

touch to tell us all about his work on the front line during the COVID-19

Tom has since worked in a number of

pandemic.

different NHS locations including North Middlesex Hospital. Moorfields Eye

They can join our Alumni Community, simply by clicking here!

Tom spent two years at Long Road

Hospital, Whittington Health before

from 2003 – 2005 studying A Level

joining St Georges University Hospital

Psychology, A Level PE and A Level

in 2015.

Business Studies.

St Georges is the largest healthcare He then progressed to the University of

provider in southwest London, with over

Manchester where he successfully

9,000 dedicated staff and is also the

graduated with a degree in

home of Channel 4’s 24 Hours in A&E.

Management and Leisure. Tom spent a further year the Manchester

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Tom

Metropolitan University where he had

has been involved in the supply of PPE

further success in achieving a Masters

and medical equipment such as

in Business and Finance.

ventilators.

After University, Tom enrolled as a

We would like to say a huge thank you

Graduate Trainee for the NHS Institute

to Tom and all NHS workers!

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

PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK

Not everyone is feeling down in the

This is my Border Collie puppy called

dumps about being in lockdown. Our

Buddy. When he’s not serenading us

fluffy friends are loving the fact that

with his sweet howling, barking at his

we're working from home - and they're

own reflection, or disrupting my Teams

lazing on your laptop, we

doing a great job of cheering us up

Meetings by playing with his squeaky

want to know!

too!

toy pig, he loves going out for long walks or curling up with me in my bed

To keep everyone smiling we will be

judging my choice of Netflix viewings

sharing a Pet Employee of the Week on

(we disagree on which version of The

our Instagram page

@lr6fc. Make sure

Office is funnier). 10/10 very good boy.

you follow us to see the weekly winner!

Is your pet assisting you while you work at home? Whether they're helping you revise, or

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

afutter@longroad.ac.uk.

We will be posting our Thank you to our Careers Assistant

Meet this weeks Pet Employee of the

Eloise for introducing us to Buddy. We

Week, Buddy...

hope we get to meet him in a staff Teams meeting very soon!

winning Pet Employee of the Week every Friday on our Instagram account

@lr6fc

LETS GET QUIZZICAL

Quarantine Quizzing- are you the Quiz Queen?!

Question 1: What is the world's largest river by volume?

Question 5: What is the capital of Australia?

Question 9: What does vexillology study?

A: Sydney

A: Stamps

A: Congo

B: Melbourne

B: Flags - CORRECT

B: Yangtze

C: Canberra - CORRECT

C: Word origins

C: Amazon - CORRECT

D: Perth

D: Human societies

Question 6: Which ocean is the largest?

Question 10: Which planet is fourth from the sun?

A: Atlantic

A: Mars - CORRECT

D: Nile

Question 2: What is the world's biggest country by area?

B: Indian

B: Earth

A: China

C: Pacific - CORRECT

C: Mercury

B: Canda

D: Arctic

D: Venus

C: USA D: Russia - CORRECT

Question 3: The first person to travel into space was...

Question 7: The world's highest waterfall is...

A: Tugela Falls B: Angel Falls - CORRECT

A: Neil Armstrong

C: Victoria Falls

B: Yuri Gagarin - CORRECT

D: Niagara Falls

C: Alexey Leonov D: John Glenn

Question 4: When did World War 1 end?

Question 8: In Romeo & Juliet, what family does Romeo belong to?

A: Montague - CORRECT

A: 1914

B: Capulet

B: 1918 - CORRECT

C: Mercutio

C: 1922

D: Verona

D: 1926

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