LOCKDOWN LOWDOWN Bringing you the latest Long Road lockdown news!
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SENDING VIRTUAL HUGS X Hello, from Long Road!
Can you believe that next Thursday is the last day of the academic year?! While it hasn't been the year we planned to have, it has really flown by.
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We wanted to finish our Lockdown Lowdown this week by saying how proud we are of all of you! All our students have worked so hard during these difficult times, you really have been AMAZING!
@lr6fc To all our Year 1 students, we'll see you in September! To all our Year 2
enquiries@longroad.ac.uk
students, remember to sign up to our Alumni Community so we can keep in touch and hopefully see you again very soon.
01223 631100
www.longroad.ac.uk
Sending virtual hugs - Long Road x
GOOD LUCK A LEVEL RESULTS DAY 2020 We know this year has been really strange and exams for students of all ages have been effected and you're likely having mixed feelings about A Level results day. Don't worry that is perfectly normal! Whatever you're feeling about your exams we want to wish you the best of luck with your A Level exam results and we can't wait to celebrate with you in August!
If you are feeling stressed or anxious please contact a member of the welfare team on wellbeing@longroad.ac.uk and someone will call you.
PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK
Is your pet assisting you while you work at home?
PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK Working from home with our fluffy friends
Not everyone is feeling down in the
Meet this weeks Pet Employee of the
dumps about being on lockdown. Our
Week, Lord Gregor..
fluffy friends are loving the fact that Whether they're helping you revise, or lazing on your laptop, we want to know!
we're working from home -and thy're
This is Lord Gregor, a shubunkin
doing a great job of cheering us up
goldfish. This breed of goldfish are
too!
originated from the aquarium trade,
Email your pet photos along with
artificially selected for it's variety of
a short description including their name and age to
afutter@longroad.ac.uk.
To keep everyone smiling we will be
colours and on fleek tails and dorsal
sharing a Pet Employee of the Week
fins.
every Friday on our Instagram page 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!
Fun facts: Hates piĂąa coladas, but loves the piĂąa
Friday on our Instagram account
@lr6fc
colada song
PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK Working from home with our fluffy friends We have absolutely LOVED seeing and sharing all your pet photos throughout lockdown.
Although not everyone could be a winner, we've put together photos of all the fabulous pet entries that we have had over the last few months to give all our animal friends a big shout out!
HANNA AND JONNY LONG ROAD ALUMNUS 2017 In September we welcomed back Long
student to gain his GCSE English grade
Road Alumni Hannah and Jonny who
C. Thinking back to his time at Long
spent the day back in our PE and
Road, Jonny told us “The support I
Sports department, shadowing our
received from the staff was incredibly
Level 2 Diploma, Level 3 Diploma and A
positive, always helping when I need
Level teachers!
the support. Alongside English I was completing a vocational course of
Hannah studied at Long Road from
Sport level 2 which I excelled in and
2015 to 2017, achieving excellent
found time in the year to work on other
results in A-Level PE, English Literature
parts of my life for example Cadets
& Language and Geography. She told
and DofE. Then I progressed on to the
us “Since leaving Long Road, I went
level 3 course which was more of a
straight to University in September
challenge but was able to gain
2017 to the University of Brighton to
distinctions overall – very proud of
study BA (Hons) Secondary Physical
myself!
Education with QTS – which is basically training to be a PE teacher. Long Road
The sports staff have been with me
was extremely helpful to me on
throughout helping me get ideas on
applying and going through the UCAS
what to do in the future; I want to
process so it was made as smooth as
become a teacher or a career in sport
possible.”
and outdoor activities. My plan is to complete a QTS or a PGCE once I get
Jonny spent 3 years studying with us at
experience and hopefully further my
Long Road, joining us as a Level 2
career in teaching.”
Do you know an ex-Long Road student? They can join our Alumni Community, simply visit: https://networks. futurefirst.org.uk/ signup/longroad
CONGRATULATIONS FIONN LONG ROAD ALUMNI
Congratulations to Long Road Alumni,
Do you know an ex-Long Road student?
Fionn, who found out last week that he will be graduating from the ARU
I can vouch for this as I have spent the last few years listening to every single recording of his lectures, tutorials and supervisions and I was continually
Cambridge School of Art with a 1st
blown away by their perceptiveness.
Class Degree in BA Graphic Design! Congratulations to Fionn for all your
They can join our Alumni Community, simply visit: https://networks. futurefirst.org.uk/ signup/longroad
Fionn worked closely with the Academic Support Department during his time at Long Road before progressing on to study at the Anglia Ruskin Univeristy Cambridge School of Art.
Fionns mum told us.. "The tutors at Cambridge School of Art were amazing - intuitive, respectful of diversity, fantastic guidance without interfering with Fionn's unusual perspective. But also very kind, sensitive and extremely generous with their time.Â
hard work and this amazing success!
You can click here to view Fionn's final show which was held virtually this year due to covid-19.
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 information 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!
KEY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY TERM DATES ACADEMIC YEAR 2020 / 2021 Remember you can find all the Term dates for the upcoming Academic Year on our website.
August 2020 13th = A Level Results Day 20th = GCSE Results Day 24th - 27th = New Student Enrolment 31st = Bank Holiday (College Closed)
September 2020 1st - 4th = Year 1 Induction 7th = Start of Term
October 2020 26th - 30th = October Half Term
December 2020 - January 2021 21st December - 1st January = Christmas Holidays 4th January = Spring Term Starts
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