#LongRoadLife Edition 6 - March 2021

#LONGROADLIFE Long Road Sixth Form College Applicant Newsletter

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UNSOLVED MYSTERIES: LONG ROAD CRIME SCENE Hello, from Long Road!

Hands up who loves a true-crime documentary?!

College If your hand is raised right now then you are going to love this week's applicant

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ADMISSIONS UPDATE A message from our Admissions Team Hello to all our wonderful applicants!

confirmation email detailing your conditional offer, once you have

We loved meeting all of you who

received this confirmation email you

attended your Virtual Advice and

need to log in to your Long Road

Guidance Meetings last week. We just

Online Services Application account to

wanted to get in touch about the next

accept the offer.

stage of your application.

WE'RE HERE TO HELP Our friendly Admissions Team are here to support and guide you through every stage of your Long Road application.

If you have any questions, Remember you can accept and hold a

I haven't had my Advice and

number of offers from different post-16

Guidance Meeting yet, what should I

providers until you receive your GCSE

do?

results in August.

please get in touch!

Heidi Hauser Director of Admissions

If you haven't had your Advice and Guidance Meeting yet don't panic. This

During the summer term information

won't affect your offer to study and we

about Long Road, including your

will be hosting meetings throughout the

enrolment interview date/time, will be

Spring and Summer terms.

emailed to you.

I've had my meeting, what happens

All communication with Long Road will

next?

be via your Online Services Application

Your interviewer will update your Long

account. Please check your emails

Road Online Services Application

regularly and update us with any

account with your chosen courses and

contact detail changes in order to

conditional offer. You will be sent a

receive important information.

Tom Hammond Admissions Officer

01223 63 1125

admissions@longroad.ac.uk

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

#MONDAYMOTIVATION

POPPY, LONG ROAD SCHOLAR MEET OUR LONG ROAD SCHOLAR AWARD STUDENTS

Name: Poppy Year Group: 1 Secondary School: King James Academy, Royston Studies: Maths, Further Maths, Psychology, PE Progression Goals: Work in the Police Force or Criminal Justice Suste, My instinct was that Long Road was the

showcase my achievements.

right place for me. It provides a supportive environment essential for me

I have put part of my money towards an

to feel comfortable and happy when I

Apple Watch. I am doing Netball as my

am studying. I knew straight away at

chosen sport and the watch gives me

the open evening that I wanted to

relevant workouts specific to the

come and study at Long Road. For A-

different skills needed for Netball. It

Levels you need the right balance of

also motivates me to achieve my

support, encouragement and direction,

exercise goals outside of PE. I plan to

and Long Road will certainly give you

save the rest of it for resources to aid

this.

me in my studies at university.

I love my subjects and being part of a

How would I encourage Year 11’s to

vibrant, accepting and happy

apply for the Scholars Award? I would

community. I am so glad I chose Long

say just go for it! I didn’t know when I

Road.

applied if I would receive the award but the process of thinking about my

I applied for the Scholars Award after

goals for the future and achievements

receiving an email from the college. It’s

so far was a really positive experience.

such a great opportunity and I was delighted to be awarded the scholarship. It felt really rewarding to

LONG ROAD SCHOLARS' AWARD If you feel inspired after meeting our current Scholar Award students then why not make an application yourself?

Click here to start your application today!

Applications close 23 April 2021

"I enjoyed criminology at Long Road because it was filled with so many interesting topics.

The course also helped me in my job as an Operational Support Grade for HM Prison service"

CRIMINOLOGY Level 3 Extended Certificate Every year our woodland walk is

of our science labs where they

transformed into a murder scene,

analysed the evidence they had

giving our Criminology students the

collected for DNA and fingerprints.

opportunity to put into practice the investigative skills they have studied

The Cambridge North Neighbourhood

throughout the year.

team offer the students advice as they study the scene and analyse their

To make the event as realistic as

evidence. PC Chris McLoughlin said

possible our students are given full

“This day is essentially a showcase

crime scene kit and follow police

about what we do on the policing side

procedures to locate, identify, collect

on things. and linking that up with how

and preserve evidence that might help

criminology experts would respond on

them solve the murder mystery.

the scene.

This is as real as we could possibly get

Our students not only have the chance

it. We want students to apply the

to study the body and evidence at the

principles they’ve learned on the

scene, but also interview a witness of

course to an actual investigation… In

the crime and talk to the press about

the class today we have potential new

the information they had put together

police officers, pathologists and

so far. Spending 90 minutes in the

forensic psychologists – and this gives

woods investigating the murder scene,

them a chance to build a picture up of

the students then moved inside to one

what their job could be like.”

LIFE BEHIND BARS Criminology Conference

Last January our Criminology students

to dress up in real prison clothing!

had the unique opportunity to spend the day with 4 ex-offenders at our

The day concluded with our students

annual Life Behind Bars Conference;

conducting group interviews with the

giving the students a vital insight into

offenders where they got the

what life was like in prison.

opportunity to ask them why they committed the crimes they did; this

Students also gained an understanding

task will directly help our students in

of how the Criminal Justice System and

their current Criminology unit of study.

Prison System works and the problems that arise within both of these systems.

We’d like to say a huge thank you to TruLife Conferences for running such

The day began with students designing

an amazing day and hope to welcome

their perfect prison and debating

them back again next year!

whether prison should be a place for retribution, rehabilitation or punishment. They then heard individual stories from each of the ex-offenders on the crimes they had committed and the conditions of the prisons themselves before getting the chance

“Long Road students contributed to the day excellently and really got involved in the activities and discussions. It also gave them time to reflect on their own approaches to their everyday lives and will contribute to their current units of study.”

Tom Genillard Course Team Leader

Tom Genillard, Criminology Course Team Leader, has a BA(Hons) Social Sciences from Leeds Beckett University.

In 2018 he was 1 of 8 people shortlisted for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) Teacher of the Year Award!

CRIMINOLOGY STUDENTS EXPLORE VICTORIAN PRISON Last March, our Criminology team and

Out students had an exciting afternoon

49 students had an extraordinary day

exploring the cells, dressing up as

out to Lincoln where they took part in a

Victorian prisoners and imagining what

range of activities that complemented

life behind bars would have been like:

their classroom learning and also got

the solitude of the single cell, the

them thinking about their next steps

chaos of the crowded cell and the

after Long Road.

desperation of the dark cell.

The group started the day with a taster

We would like to thank the University of

session led by the Principal Lecturer of

Lincoln and everyone at Lincoln Castle

Criminology at the University of Lincoln.

for supporting our Criminology team on

This was followed by a detailing tour of

an excellent day out!

the campus, giving the students the opportunity to see first-hand everything that the University of Lincoln has to offer them as prospective students.

After a busy morning, the group headed to Lincoln Castle – specifically to visit the old underground Victorian prison.

MEGAN WAGSTAFF Long Road Alumnus, 2020 Megan joined Long Road from Samuel

We would like to give Megan an extra

Ward Academy, studying Criminology,

special congratulations as she is the

Sociology, Psychology and the

first student at Long Road to achieve

Extended Project Qualification.

an A* in Criminology!

In August 2020, Megan successfully

Wishing you the best of luck at

achieved A*,A,B,B and accepted a

university!

place to study Law with Criminology at the University of Law, London!

“Long Road enabled many opportunities to help me succeed, not only with A-levels but with my future. A massive thank you to Tom Genillard and Emma Barton, you two are truly remarkable teachers.”

"Long Road enabled many opportunitie s to help me succeed, not only with Alevels but with my future."

If you want to find out more about the Long Road Volunteering Club email Sam on

splant@longroad.ac.uk

VIRTUAL VOLUNTEERING CLUB Sophie & Addenbrookes Young Persons Programme Name: Sophie Year Group: 2 Studies: Sociology A Level, Sport Level 3 Extended Certificate, Applied Science Level 3 Extended Certificate Volunteering Activity: Young Persons Programme, Addenbrookes Hospital Sophie, why did you get involved with

difficult nursing could be seeing the

the Young Persons Programme?

patients and talking to them when

I want to train to be a nurse after

some of them being open about their

college and this gave me an

conditions.

opportunity to see what ward life is like and work on my communication skills

Why do you think other students should

with talking to patients. It also looks

join the Long Road Volunteering Club?

good on my university application so

I think that volunteering activities can

that is a bonus.

give you real-life experience of a working environment that you are

What have you enjoyed about

looking to go into which helps with the

volunteering?

decision of what you would like to do in

I enjoyed this volunteering because

life. It can also be very rewarding if you

even though we didn’t end up going on

are helping someone or a group which

the wards it gave me communication

can make your day as well as theirs.

skills as we still video called the

They also look great on applications

patients. Also, it made me realise how

and CV’s which is always a bonus.

VIRTUAL VOLUNTEERING CLUB Joel & Age UK Name: Joel Year Group: 2 Studies: Economics A Level, Criminology Level 3 Extended Certificate & History A Level Volunteering Activity: Age UK telephone friend Why did you decide to start

How would you encourage other

volunteering with Age UK?

students to volunteer with Age UK?

I'd heard of the charity before and I

I think other students should get

thought it would be a rewarding

involved because they would get the

experience.

opportunity to meet a wonderful person while also aiding against

What have you enjoyed about this volunteering activity?

I enjoyed this Volunteering because I quite simply enjoy my conversations with Margaret.

loneliness among the elderly.

If you want to find out more about the Long Road Volunteering Club email Sam on splant@longroad.ac.uk

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