#LONGROADLIFE Long Road Sixth Form College Weekly Applicant Newsletter
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SENDING VIRTUAL HUGS X Hello, from Long Road!
We're so sad to have to close our college doors last Friday, but our Long Road community hasn't disappeared - we've simply moved online.
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'Lockdown', 'self-isolation' 'COVID-19'... these are all topics that are dominating the news and social media. While the messages surrounding them are important
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(no seriously they are super-important, please wash your hands and stay inside!) we want to give you a bit of light relief from all the scary stuff going on out
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there!
We're going to be sending you a weekly newsletter full of information about each of our amazing courses to keep you excited about joining us in
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September. Make sure you keep in touch and follow us on social media.
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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 2019.
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 st 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
SIX TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL STUDYING AT HOME
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'll help you concentrate. For
Angela has been in touch with some
example, I like to listen to rap music,
helpful tips on successful studying at
but that doesn't help me when I try to
home!
study, so personally I have Lo-Fi study
Use your social support systems
Set up your study space
music in the background which is quite Angela is a first year student at the Keep your desk clean
Snack sensibly
calming.
University of Lincoln where she is 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, and then gradually work
the University would close and all her
through them. That way the work I have
lectures would be moved online.
tends to feel less overwhelming and it's easy to see clearly what I need to do
Get a good nights
"My advice to students doing the same
and how I can do it. It's also important
as me is to make sure you have a study
to remember to give yourself breaks -
environment set. So rather than sitting
have some downtime to relax!"
sleep
on the couch and working try to have a Use your timetable
tidy desk in a quiet room - somewhere you can focus.
PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK Working from home with our fluffy friends
We're in our first week of self-isolation,
Meet this weeks Pet Employee of the
and already the novelty of working
Week, Henry...
PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK
Is your pet assisting you while you work at home?
from home is wearing off. However, not Whether they're helping you everyone is feeling down in the dumps
Henry is a soon to be 13 year old black
about being on lockdown. Our fluffy
Labrador (making him nearly 96 in
friends are loving the fact that we're
human years!) Henry is appreciating
working from home -and thy're doing a
the lockdown very much as he is
great job of cheering us up too!
getting extra belly rubs and treats. He
revise, or lazing on your laptop, we want to know!
Email your pet photos along with a short description including
is also enjoying his favourite foods To keep everyone smiling we will be
scrambled eggs, ham and roast
sharing a Pet Employee of the Week
dinners.
their name and age to
afutter@longroad.ac.uk. We will be posting our winning Pet Employee of the Week every
every Friday on our Instagram page
Friday on our Instagram account
@lr6fc. Make sure you follow us to see
A big thank you to Megan Almond
the weekly winner and runners up!
(LSA) for introducing us to Henry, give him an extra belly rub from us!
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Spreading Insta likes and Insta love As well as sending you this applicant newsletter, we will also be spreading the love over on our Instagram account! We're going to be posting different activities on our Instagram for you to take part in. So take a break from studying, cure your lockdown bordem and follow us on Instagram
@lr6fc to get involved! We're all about fun and positivity, lifting everyones mood in a confusing and
worrying time - you can use the opposite page to reflect on things you are grateful for and start spreading that positivity.
But it's not all about us, we want to know what you're getting up to! Make sure you use our hashtag your posts and stories so that we can share you on our Instagram feed!
#LongRoadLife and tag us in
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