#LONGROADLIFE Long Road Sixth Form College Weekly Applicant Newsletter
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GETTING TECHNICAL... Hello, from Long Road!
This week all our teachers and students are enjoying a well-earned May halfterm holiday. We hope whatever you get up to this half-term you have a lovely
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week off and make some time to rest and relax with family and friends, while
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staying safe.
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Today we're getting technical and looking at our Computing and IT courses. We've also got an adorable Pet Employee of the Week for you to meet, as well
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as a great article from The Mental Health Foundation giving you some tips on looking after your well-being while working from home.
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APPLICATION UPDATE Important information from our Admissions Team Auditions for Performing Arts
KEY MESSAGES TO APPLICANTS Check your emails regularly for
To those students who have taken any of (or a combination of) the following
communication from our Admissions Team
Performance Arts subjects: A Level Drama & Theatre Studies; 60 Credit BTEC Musical Theatre and/or 60 Credit BTEC Music & Performance, please do keep an eye on your emails for any updates.
Summer Work 2020 will be available to download from our website by mid
We are in the process of contacting students about being invited to audition by
June 2020.
the Performing Arts team. The auditions would have formed part of your time within the department during Offer Holders Day, but in light of the current
Got a question?
situation we would now like you to film your audition and send it to us via a
secure upload site.
We will contact you individually about the audition specifications for each subject and how to send your auditions back to us. Your audition should be an enjoyable process – a chance to show us what you can do! We can’t wait to see what you have to offer!
If you have any questions about this then please email contact admissions (admissions@longroad.ac.uk) if you have any questions.
admissions@longroad.ac.uk
Auditions for Performing Arts will now be held virtually!
APPLICATION UPDATE
KEY MESSAGES TO APPLICANTS
Important information from our Admissions Team Sports opportunities at Long Road Sixth Form College
Check your emails
During your time at Long Road we really hope you will be involved in sport or
regularly for communication from our
physical activity. The college competes in a variety of individual and team sports
Admissions Team
most of which start from September 2020. Summer Work 2020 will To identify players for team sports we have scheduled sessions for selection purposes at allocated time slots during the summer and autumn term. These are
be available to download from our website by mid June 2020.
as follows:
Men’s Basketball Academy – Trial
Wednesday 2 Sept. 2020
2:30 - 4:30pm
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Women’s Basketball Open session
Wednesday 2 Sept. 2020
4:30 - 5:30pm
information on our
Men’s Rugby
Wednesday 9 Sept. 2020
1:30 - 3pm
Basketball Academy
Women’s Rugby
Wednesday 9 Sept. 2020
3pm - 4pm
Women’s Football
Wednesday 2 Sept. 2020
1:30 - 3pm
Men’s and Women’s Hockey
Wednesday 9 Sept. 2020
1:30 - 3pm
Women’s Netball
Wednesday 9 Sept. 2020
1pm - 2:30pm
Men’s Football
Wednesday 9 Sept. 2020
1:30pm - 4pm
Got a question? Email Matt Payne on mpayne@longroad.ac.uk
APPLICATION UPDATE Important information from our Admissions Team Sports opportunities at Long Road Sixth Form College
KEY MESSAGES TO APPLICANTS Check your emails regularly for
If you wish to be considered for any of the sports teams you need to reply to Matt
communication from our
Payne at mpayne@longroad.ac.uk with all of the information below by Monday 13th
Admissions Team
July 2020. Summer Work 2020 will Please email Mat with the following information, alternatively you can request a
be available to download
Sport Opportunities form from our admissions team if you have no already received
from our website by mid
one via email.
June 2020.
Name Student ID Number The sport you are interested in playing Your preferred position
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Past experience for your chosen sport and position
information on our
School team/club/county/regional/national
Basketball Academy
Contact phone number and email If you are unable to attend the session for the team sport you want to try for, please can you state the reason as to why. Got a question? Assuming we are able to go ahead in this format, individual sports sessions and tasters will be run from September 2020.
We will adhere to the most recent current guidelines issued by the Government, which means that these arrangements may need to be reviewed to ensure we meet the requirements closer to the time. We will keep you updated on any changes as soon as possible.
Email Matt Payne on mpayne@longroad.ac.uk
COMPUTING Level 3 Diploma You will be investigating that Gaming
Highlights from this year’s celebration
and Cyber security industries providing
of educational products included…
an insight into two of the UKs high
ClassVR’s virtual and augmented
growth Tech industries. In the course
reality experiences which give students
you will develop your coding and
full control over the headsets and allow
logical thinking skills, study how
them to create their own content using
computer systems work, design and
a portal or access the company’s
develop a computer game, and
virtual worlds (including an
investigate security systems and
immersive Back to the Future creation).
encryption techniques. Microsoft’s STEM experience allowed Last year we took our IT and
visitors to write code, create in 3D,
Computing students to Bett 2019 it was
build sensors and experience mixed
a very busy show with over 40,000
reality. Their AI juice bar used visitors’
people attending and over 500
reaction, gender, age and mood to
exhibitors. The event is extremely
customise the perfect juice. Course
relevant to the students as it not only
Team Leader, Richard Cowley, came
shows them new software and
out as an empowerer and was
hardware but allows them access to
rewarded with a mixed cocktail of
people who work in the IT industry.
apple and cucumber!
"I came to Long Road because the courses were very appealing. I have always had an interest in computers and how they work. I enjoy having the freedom to program in my own way."
IT Level 3 Diploma
"I wanted to come to Long Road because of the wide range of courses offered. I found that the IT course this year has really given me an appreciation of IT in the workplace."
Take an in-depth look at the IT that is
Josie Maisey, a former teacher of ICT
all around us. IT is at the heart of
and Computing at Long Road and now
everyday life, it has an ever increasing
an ICT moderator for OCR, and Colin
role at work, home and in our leisure
Maisey, ex Project manager for Digital
time. You will develop a theoretical
Healthcare, also attended.
background reinforced with practical skills that transfer into the modern
The event went well with 16 students
workplace, providing useful experience
being assessed by these industry
if you have an interest in an IT related
experts about their ideas. Each student
career.
was given both written and oral feedback about both their ideas and
Back in November, our IT students spent
their presentation skills which will help
the afternoon pitching their ideas for
them to improve both in the future.
the development of a new product to industry experts.
During discussion afterwards, Simon said that he wishes he had had
In attendance were Long Road Alumni
‘something like this’ when he was a
Simon Plant, Senior Director of
student at the College. Everyone
Production management at Bromium
agreed that this type of activity can
UK Ltd. and James Wright, VP of
help students develop vital
Engineering at Bromium UK Ltd.
communication skills.
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, Mizuno...
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
Mizuno is a British Shorthair cat and he
doing a great job of cheering us up
is now over 15 years old!
too!
As he has entered the more mature
Email your pet photos along with
years of his life he has limited his main
a short description including their name and age to
afutter@longroad.ac.uk. We will be posting our winning Pet Employee of the Week every
To keep everyone smiling we will be
interested to eating, sleeping,
sharing a Pet Employee of the Week
sunbathing and getting as many
every Friday on our Instagram page
cuddles as he can!
@lr6fc. Make sure you follow us to see the weekly winner and runners up!
Thank you to Anne-Marie for
Friday on our Instagram account
@lr6fc
introducing us to Mizuno, he really is a gorgeous old boy!
VOLUNTEERING DURING LOCKDOWN Student Olivia and her family have been super busy during lockdown
The owner of the White Pheasant in Fordham, Calvin Holland said Stuart could use his kitchen on a temporary
delivering food across Cambridge!
basis rent free as he was forced to shut because of COVID-19.
and hotels and achieving 3 AA rosettes, he wanted a change and
This generosity makes it possible for stuart to prepare and deliver freshly produced homemade yet still affordable meals. The meals are
started a private dining business
prepared on the day of delivery then
called Drake’s Bespoke Dining, where
chilled and delivered with re-heating
he cooks a tailor made menu with the
instructions, this allowed the older and more venerable of our community to
little touches you would expect from a
be able to stock up for the week.
The business grew and went in a direction Stuart was not expecting,
Because of the current situation he had to put that on hold, so he used his
and now also has a lot of family’s order religiously on a weekly basis. His business got recognised by the council
contacts in the catering industry to
and they put his name on the list for
start up a contactless delivery service
the “Home but not alone scheme”, so
called Chef2U.
Harrys story and want to
when you start studying with us in September why not join the Long Road Volunteering Club?
Email Sam Plant, splant@longroad.ac.uk for more information on
high end restaurant in people’s own homes.
If you've been inspired by
take part in volunteering
My brother Stuart Drake is a chef. After 10 years of working in restaurants
Spill the tea Long Road Volunteering Club
anyone who was struggling during lockdown could get hold of him.
the Long Road Volunteering Club!
Spill the tea Long Road Volunteering Club
VOLUNTEERING DURING LOCKDOWN He also prepared and personally delivered numerous meals for key
If you've been inspired by Harrys story and want to take part in volunteering when you start studying with us in September why not join the Long Road Volunteering Club?
workers over Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk just as a thank you. Trying
the Long Road Volunteering Club!
Hockwold / and many more.
Well done to Olivia and family for such amazing work supporting those
found themselves in the middle of this
struggling in these difficult times!
pandemic, some examples of these If you've been inspired by Olivias story are A&E, pharmaceutical dispensers, supermarket workers and the
Email Sam Plant,
for more information on
/ Mildenhall / Weeting / Hopton /
to help out individual sectors who
ambulance service.
splant@longroad.ac.uk
We deliver to Cambridge / Newmarket
and want to take part in volunteering when we return to college why not join the Long Road Volunteering Club! Contact Sam Plant for more details.
As a family, we worked together to build the business. My sister Amelia was the pot wash and my mum, my other brother and I are the delivery team and our delivery route is different everyday.
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