#LongRoadLife - Edition 5

#LONGROADLIFE Long Road Sixth Form College Weekly Applicant Newsletter

KEEP IN TOUCH

GET EXPERIMENTAL Hello, from Long Road!

It is week 5 of college lockdown and we're welcoming back our staff and students to online learning after a relaxing Easter Holiday. We hope you enjoyed your Easter Break and managed to take part in some fun activities with

Long Road Sixth Form

your family.

College

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This week we're getting experimental with our student Chemists and exploring the Extended Project Qualification. It is also the last week of Stress Awareness

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enquiries@longroad.ac.uk

Month so we'll be giving you a final tip on keeping stress at bay.

We've got a lively Pet Employee of the Week for you to meet as well as an Alumni who graduated from Long Road in 1992!

01223 631100 Sending virtual hugs - Long Road x

www.longroad.ac.uk

APPLICATION UPDATE Important information from our Admissions Team Although our doors may be closed, we

If you haven't been scheduled for

are still here busily working to ensure

your Advice and Guidance

our Admissions process runs as

Interview:

smoothly as possible. How will this

Your interview will also take place

affect you?

via telephone.

Please keep checking your emails

If you have already been scheduled

for any updates on your account.

Do not come into college for your interview

All Advice and Guidance Interviews will now take place via telephone.

Check your emails regularly for communication from our

for your Advice and Guidance interview:

KEY MESSAGES TO APPLICANTS

Summer Work

Your interview will now be

To keep you motivated and excited

conducted via telephone.

about joining us in September, we are

The interviewer will contact you via

working our hardest to upload our

your student phone number at your

Summer Work 2020 on our website

scheduled date and time.

early - we're aiming to have this

You do not need to contact us to

available for you to download by May.

confirm your telephone interview.

Admissions Team

Summer Work 2020 will be available to download from our website by late May 2020.

Allow 4 weeks to receive your offer via your online account.

Do not come into college for your

Until then, if you're still looking for

interview.

something to keep you busy then take

Please allow 4 weeks to receive

a look at the Summer Work 2019 on our

your offer via your online account.

website www.longroad.ac.uk

Got a question?

Email our team on admissions@longroad.ac.uk

"It's a broad subject that covers so many interesting topics, ranging from looking at tiny cells to large organisms and ecosystems.

I particularly like learning about how the body works and being able to apply the biological mechanics of everything to everyday life.

CHEMISTRY A Level Whether it's in agriculture, medicine,

wonderful smells of grapes and mint,

drug design or forensic science that

Alessandro said "Throughout the

interests you, our Chemistry course

project I have spent over 60 hours

allows you to study the necessary

carrying out practical activities in the

chemical theories and develop

lab, which gave me invaluable

appropriate practical skills. If you really

experience. I am much more confident

want to understand the modern world,

and proficient at reading and

if you enjoy experimental work and can

summarising than I was before which I

visualise things on a microscopic level,

believe to be an important skill. going

then chemistry is a subject for you!

into university."

Before February half-term we visited our Chemistry Labs where we met Year 2 students Alessandro, Cherub and Oliver who have been working on their

Also, who doesn't love dissections and bacterial experiments?!"

Extended Project Qualifications!Â

Alessandro is looking at the synthesis of aspirin from anthranilic acids in 5 steps. While filling the lab with the

EXTENDED PROJECT QUALIFICATION Student Enrichment

The Extended Project Qualification

research and records must be kept

(EPQ) is an independent research

indicating how ideas developed as

project on a topic of your choosing.

the project progressed.

The EPQ is evidence that you can work

Performance: A performance could

independently, manage your time,

be music, drama, dance or sport-

problem-solve, conduct original

related. It must take place before

research and produce a high quality

an audience and records must be

final product. For these reasons, it is

kept which show the development

highly valued by universities and

of skills and techniques.

employers alike!

Investigation: An investigation is a project - often scientific or

Types of Project

psychological - that tests a

Dissertation: A dissertation is an

hypothesis and involves the

essay of 5,000 - 6,000 words

collection and analysis of data.

providing an answer to a question and focusing on a topic about which their has been debate.

Artefact: An artefact is an object produced as a solution to a design brief. It must be based in thorough

"I am much more confident and proficient at reading and summarising than I was before which I believe to be an important skill. going into university."

"Long Road has really helped me with my career path, it's been brilliant!

The practice MMI's were really useful in preparing me for my first interview at Plymouth University Medical School. I really appreciate all the help from the Med Squad staff."

MED SQUAD Student Enrichment Successfully winning a place at a UK

work experience using our strong links

Medical School is incredibly

with Addenbrookes Hospital. You will

challenging, with a highly competitive

be given the opportunity to take part in

admissions process, so the Long Road

workshops led by Cambridge University

Science department has designed our

medical students who will support you

unique Med Squad programme to

in preparing for the UCAT/BMAT entry

support students aspiring to study

tests.

medicine. To qualify you must be studying A Level Chemistry, a second A

Year 2 Programme

Level subject in either Biology, Maths or

You will work on a one-to-one basis

Physics, and a third A Level in a

with the Med Squad team and

facilitating subject such as Humanities

Cambridge University medical students

or Social Sciences.

on your personal statement and interview preparation. In the first term

Year 1 Programme

you will take part in an realistic MMI

Joining our bespoke Med Squad

practice interview session with our

programme means our Med Squad

Senior Managers, including our

team will work directly with you,

Principal Yolanda Botham, and

supporting you as you prepare for

Cambridge University medical

Medical School applications. The Med

students.

Squad team will help you organise

KATHERINE SELBY Long Road Alumnus, 1992 Katherine is a former Long Road

supportive. They went beyond their remit

student who started her studies at Long

to help the students achieve their

Road in 1989 joining us from Melbourn

potential. Passionate and dedicated

Village College. During her time

staff empowered students to succeed,

studying with us Katherine took A Levels

yet in a relaxed atmosphere. The

in Maths, Biology and Chemistry.

balance between enjoyment and hard work was struck perfectly. Teachers

Since leaving Long Road, Katherine has

really helped me maximise my potential,

gone on to successfully achieve an

including supporting me when things

Undergraduate and Postgraduate

didn't always go to plan."

degrees in Medicine as well as a Higher National Diploma in Palliative

Do you know an ex-Long Road student?

Care. She started working at West

They can join our Alumni Community,

Suffolk Hospital in 2009, where she is

simply visit:

currently a Consultant Paediatrician.

https://networks.futurefirst.org.uk/sign up/longroad

"The learning environment of Long Road was friendly and supportive.

Teachers treated you with respect and were incredibly encouraging and

"The best things about Long Road were the approachability of the teachers, and the academic and extra-curricular provisions.

The feedback on my course work and advice on my personal statement helped me get to where I am today."

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

Week five of college closure is upon us.

Meet this weeks Pet Employee of the

However, not everyone is feeling down

Week, Dex...

PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK

Is your pet assisting you while you work at home?

in the dumps about being on lockdown.

Whether they're helping you Our fluffy friends are loving the fact

Dex, like all other pets, is relishing in

that we're working from home -and

the fact that his family are all at home.

thy're doing a great job of cheering us

He loves the company and all the

up too!

attention, but more than that he is

revise, or lazing on your laptop, we want to know!

Email your pet photos along with a short description including

loving the fact that the conservatory To keep everyone smiling we will be

door is always open so he can take

sharing a Pet Employee of the Week

part in his favourite hobby - chasing

every Friday on our Instagram page

pigeons and squirrels in the garden!

afutter@longroad.ac.uk.

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!

their name and age to

Friday on our Instagram account A big thank you to our receptionist Kim for introducing us to Dex, we hope we can play with him in the garden soon!

@lr6fc

#LongRoadLife

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

Make sure you follow us

As well as sending you this applicant

We're all about fun and positivity - you

newsletter, we will also be spreading

can use the opposite page to reflect

the love over on our Instagram

on things you are grateful for and start

account!

spreading that positivity.

We're going to be posting different

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

activities on our Instagram for you to

know what you're getting up to! Make

take part in. So take a break from

sure you use our hashtag -

studying and follow us on Instagram

#LongRoadLife and tag @lr6fc in your

@lr6fc to get involved!

posts and stories so that we can share

to get involved with our lockdown activities!

@lr6fc

Use tag

#LongRoadLife and @lr6fc in your posts

and stories so we can share them on our feed!

Share the Insta love with us! Use our Instagram

you on our Instagram feed!

feed and stories as a base for connecting with other students and applicants.

STRESS AWARENESS MONTH April marks Stress Awareness Month. We're pretty sure stress is something you're feeling quite a lot of right now - we know we are! With everything that is going on it is easy to feel

To try and help you take control of your stress we will be posting stress busting tips and advice on our Instagram account

@lr6fc. We will also be inviting you to share your tips

on how you like to de-stress. overwhelmed.

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