#LONGROADLIFE Long Road Sixth Form College Applicant Newsletter
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BE LONG ROAD Hello, from Long Road!
We are so glad that you have decided to make an application to study with us in September 2021. We would like to introduce you to #LongRoadLife, our
Long Road Sixth Form College
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bi-weekly applicant newsletter that is jam-packed with information all about, you guessed it, Long Road life!
Another lockdown wasn't exactly how we wanted to kick-start the new year, but don't worry; our college community hasn't disappeared, it's simply moved online!
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As an applicant, you're part of our Long Road community so join us on our social media channels and get involved.
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WELCOME TO LONG ROAD Hello to all applicants to Long Road
WE'RE HERE TO HELP
relief that your application has been
Sixth Form College from your friendly
safely submitted (well done – personal
Admissions team!
statements aren’t easy, and our teaching colleagues are looking
We are delighted that you are
forward to reading yours), what’s
considering joining us for this next
next?
Our friendly Admissions Team are here to support and guide you through every stage of your Long Road application.
exciting step in your educational journey, and are here to support and
The next big admissions events are the
guide you through the admissions
Advice and Guidance meetings, which
process.
will take place virtually throughout the
If you have any questions, please get in touch!
spring. These meetings are a chance The Admissions team is made up of
for you to get to know us and for us to
Heidi Hauser, Director of Admissions,
get to know you, and to talk through
and Tom Hammond, Student
your options, your chosen courses and
Admissions Officer, ably assisted by
your plans for the future with a friendly
colleagues in the Student Services
expert. They are meant to help you
team. Heidi is a Long Road parent and
decide if Long Road is right for you,
so has seen the admissions process
and are not something to worry about.
Heidi Hauser Director of Admissions
from every angle, while Tom has fond
Tom Hammond Admissions Officer
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memories of his time at a sixth form
We are looking forward to meeting
college not unlike Long Road and is
you!
delighted to be back in a friendly and supportive college community.
admissions@longroad.ac.uk
Very best wishes, Long Road Sixth Form College
Now that you’ve breathed a sigh of
Admissions Team
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. #MONDAYMOTIVATION
LETS GET QUIZZICAL
Quarantine Quizzing (Answers at the end of this newsletter!) Question 1: What is the world's largest river by volume?
Question 5: What is the capital of Australia?
Question 9: What does vexillology study?
A: Sydney
A: Stamps
A: Congo
B: Melbourne
B: Flags
B: Yangtze
C: Canberra
C: Word origins
C: Amazon
D: Perth
D: Human societies
Question 6: Which ocean is the largest?
Question 10: Which planet is fourth from the sun?
A: Atlantic
A: Mars
B: Indian
B: Earth
A: China
C: Pacific
C: Mercury
B: Canda
D: Arctic
D: Venus
D: Nile
Question 2: What is the world's biggest country by area?
C: USA D: Russia
Question 3: The first person to travel into space was...
Question 7: The world's highest waterfall is... A: Tugela Falls B: Angel Falls
A: Neil Armstrong
C: Victoria Falls
B: Yuri Gagarin
D: Niagara Falls
C: Alexey Leonov D: John Glenn
Question 4: When did World War 1 end?
Question 8: In Romeo & Juliet, what family does Romeo belong to? A: Montague
A: 1914
B: Capulet
B: 1918
C: Mercutio
C: 1922
D: Verona
D: 1926
FIVE TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL STUDYING AT HOME
Use your social
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 will help you concentrate. For
Angela has been in touch to give us
example, I like to listen to rap music,
some helpful tips on successful
but that doesn't help me when I try to
studying at home!
study, so personally I have Lo-Fi study
support systems
Set up a tidy music in the background which is quite
study space Angela is a third year student at the
calming.
University of Lincoln where she is
Snack sensibly
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, then gradually work through
the University would close and all her
them. That way the work I have tends
lectures would be moved online.
to feel less overwhelming and it's easy to see clearly what I need to do and
Get a good nights sleep
"My advice to students doing the same
how I can do it.
as me is to make sure you have a study
Stick to your timetable
environment set. So rather than sitting
It's also important to remember to give
on the couch and working, try to have
yourself breaks - have some downtime
a tidy desk in a quiet room; somewhere
to relax!
you can focus.
MENTAL HEALTH & REMOTE LEARNING A RECENT ARTICLE BY THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION While we try to make our study
Try and set clear tasks for the day -
resources as flexible as possible to
three major decisions or activities is a
allow you to work in the ways that suit
good day's work. You won't always get
you best, the coronavirus outbreak has
as much done at home - but you might
led to a massive change in the ways
get loads done.
that we work and study and is a new challenge for us all.
One great tip is to have a WEB list, This helps prioritise your tasks.
A structured day can be a good way to
W – what you Want to achieve
address this. Designate a place to
E – what you Expect to achieve
work that is as free of distractions as
B – what you had Better achieve
you can make it. Have a proper lunch break. Stop, Set a routine for working at home - it's
makes something nice to eat, and eat
important to get up and get started, to
away from your work area.
take regular breaks including a lunch break, and to finish working and turn
Try and get outside and get some
off at an appropriate time.
natural light if you can do so safely, and try some exercise, again within
No matter how tempting, avoid working in your pyjamas all day. This is likely a big change already so try not to lose all your daily routines at once.
guidelines on social contact.
If you are feeling stressed or anxious please reach out to your friends, family or teachers. We're all in this together - you've got this!
Future First Alumni Network Do you know an ex-Long Road student?
FORMER STUDENTS ON THE FRONTLINE LONG ROAD ALUMNUS, 2005
We love hearing from our ex-students,
for Innovation and Improvement,
especially during these difficult times.
studying for, and becoming, a qualified
Long Road Alumni Tom has been in
Chartered Accountant in 2012.
touch to tell us all about his work on the front line during the COVID-19
Tom has since worked in a number of
pandemic.
different NHS locations including North Middlesex Hospital. Moorfields Eye
They can join our Alumni Community, simply by clicking here!
Tom spent two years at Long Road
Hospital, Whittington Health before
from 2003 – 2005 studying A Level
joining St Georges University Hospital
Psychology, A Level PE and A Level
in 2015.
Business Studies. St Georges is the largest healthcare He then progressed to the University of
provider in southwest London, with over
Manchester where he successfully
9,000 dedicated staff and is also the
graduated with a degree in
home of Channel 4’s 24 Hours in A&E.
Management and Leisure. Tom spent a further year the Manchester
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Tom
Metropolitan University where he had
has been involved in the supply of PPE
further success in achieving a Masters
and medical equipment such as
in Business and Finance.
ventilators.
After University, Tom enrolled as a
We would like to say a huge thank you
Graduate Trainee for the NHS Institute
to Tom and all NHS workers!
PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK Working from home with our fluffy friends
PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK
Not everyone is feeling down in the
This is my Border Collie puppy called
dumps about being in lockdown. Our
Buddy. When he’s not serenading us
fluffy friends are loving the fact that
with his sweet howling, barking at his
we're working from home - and they're
own reflection, or disrupting my Teams
lazing on your laptop, we
doing a great job of cheering us up
Meetings by playing with his squeaky
want to know!
too!
toy pig, he loves going out for long walks or curling up with me in my bed
To keep everyone smiling we will be
judging my choice of Netflix viewings
sharing a Pet Employee of the Week on
(we disagree on which version of The
our Instagram page
@lr6fc. Make sure
Office is funnier). 10/10 very good boy.
you follow us to see the weekly winner!
Is your pet assisting you while you work at home? Whether they're helping you revise, or
Email your pet photos along with a short description including their name and age to
afutter@longroad.ac.uk.
We will be posting our Thank you to our Careers Assistant
Meet this weeks Pet Employee of the
Eloise for introducing us to Buddy. We
Week, Buddy...
hope we get to meet him in a staff Teams meeting very soon!
winning Pet Employee of the Week every Friday on our Instagram account
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LETS GET QUIZZICAL
Quarantine Quizzing- are you the Quiz Queen?! Question 1: What is the world's largest river by volume?
Question 5: What is the capital of Australia?
Question 9: What does vexillology study?
A: Sydney
A: Stamps
A: Congo
B: Melbourne
B: Flags - CORRECT
B: Yangtze
C: Canberra - CORRECT
C: Word origins
C: Amazon - CORRECT
D: Perth
D: Human societies
Question 6: Which ocean is the largest?
Question 10: Which planet is fourth from the sun?
A: Atlantic
A: Mars - CORRECT
D: Nile
Question 2: What is the world's biggest country by area?
B: Indian
B: Earth
A: China
C: Pacific - CORRECT
C: Mercury
B: Canda
D: Arctic
D: Venus
C: USA D: Russia - CORRECT
Question 3: The first person to travel into space was...
Question 7: The world's highest waterfall is... A: Tugela Falls B: Angel Falls - CORRECT
A: Neil Armstrong
C: Victoria Falls
B: Yuri Gagarin - CORRECT
D: Niagara Falls
C: Alexey Leonov D: John Glenn
Question 4: When did World War 1 end?
Question 8: In Romeo & Juliet, what family does Romeo belong to? A: Montague - CORRECT
A: 1914
B: Capulet
B: 1918 - CORRECT
C: Mercutio
C: 1922
D: Verona
D: 1926
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