#LONGROADLIFE Long Road Sixth Form College Applicant Newsletter
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SPRINTING, STRETCHING, SUCCEEDING... Hello, from Long Road!
This week we are running headfirst into our PE and Sport courses. We'll be telling you about the students who successfully made it onto our Wall of Fame in our Sports Awards 2020 celebration and of course, there's lots of
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gym?!)
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WELCOME DAYS
A LITTLE TREAT FROM US TO YOU!
23 / 24 / 25 JUNE 2021 Thank you for responding and letting us
be emailed to you so be sure your
know which days you are able to
check your spam/junk folders and
attend our Welcome Days in June!
update us if your contact details change.
have received your response and are
For those of you who are unable to
now beginning to work on creating
attend, thank you for letting us know.
your personalised Welcome Day
Right now, you don’t need to do
timetable. You can expect to receive
anything to progress your application
this from us between 14 – 18 June. We
of study at Long Road (other than keep
are really excited to meet you face-to-
on regularly checking your emails for
face for the first time and can’t wait to
communication from us!)
campus!
Keep an eye out for communication from us on important details such as; confirmation of the date you are invited to Welcome Day, your individual Welcome Day timetable, what to expect during your visit and how to prepare. As always, this information will
have Toni's Ices joining us for our Welcome Days this year!
For everyone who is able attend, we
finally welcome you onto our beautiful
We are so excited to
We'll be giving away
FREE
ICE CREAM vouchers as little sweet treats, from us to you, on our social media channels make sure to follow us to be in with a chance of winning!
KEY MESSAGES TO APPLICANTS
SUMMER WORK 2021 COMING SOON - JUNE 2021
Check your emails
One of the most important activities to
you will find their contact details at the
regularly for
help prepare you for your studies as a
bottom of the Summer Work page. All
Long Road student is completing the
Summer Work should be completed
summer work tasks for each of your A
and ready to hand in during your first
Level, Level 3 Applied and Level 4
lesson at Long Road.
communication from our Admissions Team
Summer work is now
subjects.
available to download These activities aren’t here to trip you
from our website! Click here to get started.
All summer work explanation videos are
Our teachers cannot wait to meet you
up or catch you out, they’re designed
all, in fact, they are so enthusiastic to
to give you an extra taste of what you
start working with you that some of
will be learning during your time at
them have created “Summer Work
Long Road and we hope you have fun
Explanation Videos” to introduce
completing them!
now live on our YouTube channel -
themselves and help get you started on
don't forget to
their summer task activities. You can
subscribe!
view these videos, after half-term, by
All of our summer work is now LIVE on
clicking here to visit our YouTube
our website! Click here to get started
Channel – don’t forget to subscribe!
You can also watch all of our summer
If you have any questions before joining us in September please email
admissions@longroad .ac.uk
work explanation videos over on our If you do find that you have some
YouTube channel... don't forget to
questions then please don’t hesitate in
subscribe!
contacting your Course Team Leader,
SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES
KEY MESSAGES TO APPLICANTS
Team Sports at Long Road Sixth Form College
If you wish to be considered During your time at Long Road, we really hope you will be involved in sport or physical activity. The college competes in a variety of individual and team sports most of which start from September 2021.
for any of the sports teams you need to send your completed Sports Opportunities form to
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 as follows:
Matt Payne at mpayne@longroad.ac.uk with all of the information
Men’s Basketball Academy – Trial 1
Wednesday 23rd June
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Men’s Basketball Academy – Trial 1
Wednesday 1st September
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Women’s Basketball Open session
Wednesday 1st September
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Men’s Rugby
Wednesday 1st September
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Women’s Rugby
Wednesday 1st September
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Women’s Football
Wednesday 1st September
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Men’s and Women’s Hockey
Wednesday 1st September
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Women’s Netball
Wednesday 1st September
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Men’s Football
Wednesday 8th September
1:30pm - 4:00pm
If you wish to be considered for any of the sports teams please request a Sport Opportunities form from our admissions team if you have no already received one via email.
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.
below by
Monday 21st June 2021.
If you require any further information about individual or team sports at Long Road Sixth Form College, please
Matt by email or on 01223 631205.
feel free to contact
A year from now you may wish you had started today.
#MONDAYMOTIVATION
SPORT Level 3 Extended Certificate/ Diploma / Extended Diploma The Level 3 Diploma in Sport at Long
Feedback from our students was
Road is not just about being able to
outstanding, with all students telling us
play sport; it will provide you with the
they really enjoyed the practical nature
skills, knowledge and understanding to
of the activities and the friendliness
progress onto University level sport-
and expertise of the ARU staff; they
related programmes such as Sport and
were also amazed that how much they
Physical Education, Sport Science,
were taught in a short space of time.
Sport Coaching and Development or Sport and Leisure Management.
The aim of this event was to help Long
"I took this course because I want a career in sport, perhaps as a personal trainer.
Road students discover different In November our Level 3 Sports
progression routes into Higher
students were lucky enough to visit
Education; students also received
Anglia Ruskin University for an
advice on writing personal statements
afternoon of specialist workshops on
and were told about the different
Sports Therapy and Strength and
Sports course options offered at ARU –
Conditioning at the ARU Cambridge
which include specific courses on
campus.
Strength and Conditioning and Sports Therapy.
Each workshop ran for 1 hour and was led by sports industry experts from the Anglia Ruskin Sports Department.
It’s good because they support you but you have to put in the work yourself!"
Got a question about our Sports facilities? Email our Sports Services Manager, Matt on mpayne@longroa d.ac.uk
STUDENT SPORTS Student Enrichment From fitness newbies to aspiring
our Women’s Football team made it to
Olympic athletes, we can offer you a
the AoC Sport National Cup quarter-
fantastic range of sports facilities.
finals, while our Men’s Cricket team
What’s important to us is that you’re
won the semi-finals of the AoC Eastern
able to take care of your physical and
Regionals.
mental wellbeing, that’s why we encourage all of our students to
We will also support you in taking part
participate in keep-fit activities.
in individual sports, such as badminton, cross-country running, tennis and golf.
Indoors we have a 4 badminton court
This year our students qualified for the
Sports Hall, Sports Lab and a fully
AoC National Championships in
refurbished gym with a wide range of
women’s Table Tennis, Cross Country
new equipment; all available for you to
and Badminton.
use throughout the college day. Head outdoors to our wonderful field space
If you’re just in it for the fun try our
where you can use our All Weather
Casual Sports programme which runs
Pitch, Football pitch, Rugby pitch and
throughout the week. You can turn
hard-courts.
up, play for fun and get involved with the social side of sport!
We have a number of team sports that you can get involved in. In 2019,
JESS, LONG ROAD SCHOLAR MEET OUR LONG ROAD SCHOLAR AWARD STUDENTS Name: Jess Year Group: 1 Secondary School: St Mary's School, Cambridge Studies: Chemistry, Biology, Psychology Progression Goals: Medicine I chose to study at Long Road because
I would encourage Year 11s to apply to
from the open evenings, interviews and
Long Road as it is such a supportive
speaking with previous students at the
community where your teachers will do
college, it was apparent that it was a
everything possible to ensure you
friendly and supportive environment
achieve your best and reach your full
where I could achieve my best possible
potential.
LONG ROAD SCHOLARS' AWARD Do you feel inspired after meeting our Scholar today?
Why not click here and meet the rest of our Long Road Scholar
grades. So far, my favourite thing about being I decided to apply for the Scholar’s
a Long Road student has been joining
Award as it’s a great addition to your
the Med Squad, where we work on
personal statement when applying to
developing our application to Med
university and is a great motivation to
School and are told about interesting
achieve your desired GCSE results. I
lectures and work experience
am planning on using some of my
opportunities.
scholarship money on revision guides and other learning resources, whilst saving the rest for university.
Award team!
PE "I really enjoy PE. The balance of physical work and theory is perfect and there is lots of support and guidance from the teachers.
A Level Physical Education is the ideal
Visitors journey through the human
preparation for those who may be
body and discover the magic and
considering studying courses such as
mysteries that lie underneath the skin.
Physical Education teaching, Physiotherapy, Sport Psychology or
Students spent their day studying the
Dietetics. You will gain an insight into
real human bodies donated to medical
how the body and mind work together
research and suspended in time by a
to influence sports performance.
process called ‘plastination’ which reveals the inner anatomical structures
In December 2019 a group of our PE
and functions of the human body.
and Sport students spent an amazing
I have decided that I want to take a Sport degree at university and become a PE teacher."
day out in London visiting the Body
After spending two hours at the
World exhibition.
exhibition brushing up on their anatomical knowledge the group
The Body World exhibition, created by
headed off to Piccadilly Circus for
Dr Gunther von Hagens’ renowned
food and a Christmas shopping
exhibition of real human bodies has
session!
sparked curiosity and awe around the world with over 47 million visitors globally.
SPORTS AWARDS 2019 - 2020 A bit later than planned, in September 2020, Long Road was finally able to present sports awards to students for the 2019 / 2020 season that got cut short due to Covid-19. Congratulations to all the winners and to everyone who helped contribute to a successful season for many of the college Sports Teams.
Tash - Basketball
Tyler - Basketball
Lily - Women's Football
Amy - Women's Football
Ben - Men's Football
Dechlan - Men's Football
Most Valued Player
Most Improved Player
Coaches Player
Players Player
1st Team Coaches Player
2nd Team Coaches Player
Georgie - Netball
Emily - Netball
Ben - Hockey
Maggie - Hockey
Richie - Rugby
Ben - Rugby
Coaches Player
Players Player
Coaches Player (Male)
Coaches Player (Female)
Coaches Player
Players Player
SPORT "We have access to loads of extra qualifications and trips. I really enjoyed completing First Aid in the Workplace."
Level 2 Diploma You will develop skills valued by the
The Alumni sat in groups of 4 or 5 and
sports industry through planning fitness
spoke to over 20 students at a time for
training programmes for selected
5 minutes in a carousel based format.
athletes, organising charity sports
They offered advice on how to be
events, researching how the body
successful on the course; informed
functions during sport and exercise,
them what they’d gone on to do after
analysing sporting technical and
leaving college; the best routes into
tactical skills and leading coaching
different careers and answered any
sessions.
questions the current students had.
Last summer 17 former Long Road
All of our Alumni spoke very openly
Sports students came back to Long
about themselves which the current
Road to talk to all of the current
students responded to very well and it
Applied Sport students. All the visiting
was evident that they were inspired by
Alumni had graduated from Long Road
what they had heard.
within the last 4 -5 years and have gone on to studying exciting university degrees, apprenticeships and even set up their own businesses!
JUNE 2021: EDITION 11
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