Lockdown Lowdown - Edition 6

LOCKDOWN LOWDOWN Bringing you the latest Long Road lockdown news!

KEEP IN TOUCH

SENDING VIRTUAL HUGS X HHello, from Long Road!

Pinch, punch, it's the first of the month! We can't believe it's May already, is it us or is this year going by super quickly?!

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Make sure your keep in touch with your teachers, Progress Coach and us on social media!

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LOCK DOWN - GLOW UP USING YOUR EXTRA TIME TO GLOW UP YOUR SKILLS Being in lockdown is giving us all lots of

In response to the many school closures

extra time during our day. But just

taking place as a result of the COVID-

because you're at home doesn't mean

19 outbreak, they have made all of our

you have to watch Netflix all day

apps completely free until July 1st for

(although we know it is tempting).

all students and teachers so that they can have access to wellness at home

As a college we have signed up to

through the end of the semester.

Down Dog - give you FREE ACCESS to

Are you learning a new

their wellness apps until 1st July.

Our college email domain has already been added to their list of school

skill while you're in lockdown?

Have you found a great resource?

Down Dog is the highest-rated app for

emails, so anyone who signs up using

practicing yoga at home with a 4.9

this domain will have unlimited access

rating across over 100k reviews. In

to their apps until July 1st!

addition to the main yoga app, theya also offer apps for Yoga for Beginners,

All you need to do is download the app

HIIT, Barre, and 7 Minute Workout.

or go to www.downdogapp.com, and then create an account using the

Share it with us! Email afutter@longroad.ac.uk

Down Dog believe that stressful times

college email domain. Once you

like these are precisely when people

confirm their email address, the free

need wellness practices the most.

membership is automatically applied!

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

Not everyone is feeling down in the

Kiki is a 5 year old Cockapoo. She

dumps about being on lockdown. Our

hasn't quite got the memo that she is

fluffy friends are loving the fact that

supposed to be carnivorous... Carrots

we're working from home -and thy're

are her favourite food on earth! She

doing a great job of cheering us up

also hasn't got the memo that she

too!

descended from wolves, as she HATES

PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK

Is your pet assisting you while you work at home?

Whether they're helping you

getting her feet wet in the rain!

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

Email your pet photos along with a short description including

To keep everyone smiling we will be

their name and age to

sharing a Pet Employee of the Week

A big thank you to Nick for introducing

every Friday on our Instagram page

us to Kiki, give her an extra carrot treat

@lr6fc. Make sure you follow us to see

from us!

the weekly winner and runners up!

afutter@longroad.ac.uk.

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

@lr6fc Meet this weeks Pet Employee of the Week, Kiki...

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 ifnormation 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!

QUARAN-TEA Spill the tea Write us an article on what you've been doing during lockdown!

SPILLING THE TEA ON THE BEST WAYS TO GET THROUGH LOCKDOWN This week we've been asking you for Board Game recommendations. Gather your family (or whoever you're in lockdown with) this evening and have some fun.

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 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!

Board Game Recommendations:

Kingdomino

Frustration

Ticket to Ride

Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit

Settlers of Catan

Ticket to Ride

Shut the Box

Concept

Genius Square

Risk

Rummikub

Pandemic

Sequence

Now Thats What I Call Music The

Upwords

Board Game

Uno

Monopoly

5 Second Guess

Carcassonne

Boggle

Cluedo

Articulate

Cards Against Humanity

Scrabble

Labyrinth

STUDYING FROM HOME - STEPS TO SUCCESS Studying and working from home, it's pretty strange for all of us! To try and help you out we will be sharing a studying from home tip every week to help keep you on thew path to success!

Remember, if you're struggling with studying from home you can contact your teachers and Progress Coach for individual advice,

Do you have a tip for studying at home? Let us know!

Email Abby on

afutter@longroad.ac.uk to share your advice

#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

We're all about fun and positivity - you

base for connecting with

can use the opposite page to reflect

other students and

on things you are grateful for and start

applicants.

spreading that positivity.

MAY 2020: EDITION 6

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