#LONGROADLIFE Long Road Sixth Form College Weekly Applicant Newsletter
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GET EXPERIMENTAL Hello, from Long Road!
It is week 5 of college lockdown and we're welcoming back our staff and students to online learning after a relaxing Easter Holiday. We hope you enjoyed your Easter Break and managed to take part in some fun activities with
Long Road Sixth Form
your family.
College
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This week we're getting experimental with our student Chemists and exploring the Extended Project Qualification. It is also the last week of Stress Awareness
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Month so we'll be giving you a final tip on keeping stress at bay.
We've got a lively Pet Employee of the Week for you to meet as well as an Alumni who graduated from Long Road in 1992!
01223 631100 Sending virtual hugs - Long Road x
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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 2020.
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 at 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
"It's a broad subject that covers so many interesting topics, ranging from looking at tiny cells to large organisms and ecosystems. I particularly like learning about how the body works and being able to apply the biological mechanics of everything to everyday life.
CHEMISTRY A Level Whether it's in agriculture, medicine,
wonderful smells of grapes and mint,
drug design or forensic science that
Alessandro said "Throughout the
interests you, our Chemistry course
project I have spent over 60 hours
allows you to study the necessary
carrying out practical activities in the
chemical theories and develop
lab, which gave me invaluable
appropriate practical skills. If you really
experience. I am much more confident
want to understand the modern world,
and proficient at reading and
if you enjoy experimental work and can
summarising than I was before which I
visualise things on a microscopic level,
believe to be an important skill. going
then chemistry is a subject for you!
into university."
Before February half-term we visited our Chemistry Labs where we met Year 2 students Alessandro, Cherub and Oliver who have been working on their
Also, who doesn't love dissections and bacterial experiments?!"
Extended Project Qualifications!Â
Alessandro is looking at the synthesis of aspirin from anthranilic acids in 5 steps. While filling the lab with the
EXTENDED PROJECT QUALIFICATION Student Enrichment
The Extended Project Qualification
research and records must be kept
(EPQ) is an independent research
indicating how ideas developed as
project on a topic of your choosing.
the project progressed.
The EPQ is evidence that you can work
Performance: A performance could
independently, manage your time,
be music, drama, dance or sport-
problem-solve, conduct original
related. It must take place before
research and produce a high quality
an audience and records must be
final product. For these reasons, it is
kept which show the development
highly valued by universities and
of skills and techniques.
employers alike!
Investigation: An investigation is a project - often scientific or
Types of Project
psychological - that tests a
Dissertation: A dissertation is an
hypothesis and involves the
essay of 5,000 - 6,000 words
collection and analysis of data.
providing an answer to a question and focusing on a topic about which their has been debate. Artefact: An artefact is an object produced as a solution to a design brief. It must be based in thorough
"I am much more confident and proficient at reading and summarising than I was before which I believe to be an important skill. going into university."
"Long Road has really helped me with my career path, it's been brilliant! The practice MMI's were really useful in preparing me for my first interview at Plymouth University Medical School. I really appreciate all the help from the Med Squad staff."
MED SQUAD Student Enrichment Successfully winning a place at a UK
work experience using our strong links
Medical School is incredibly
with Addenbrookes Hospital. You will
challenging, with a highly competitive
be given the opportunity to take part in
admissions process, so the Long Road
workshops led by Cambridge University
Science department has designed our
medical students who will support you
unique Med Squad programme to
in preparing for the UCAT/BMAT entry
support students aspiring to study
tests.
medicine. To qualify you must be studying A Level Chemistry, a second A
Year 2 Programme
Level subject in either Biology, Maths or
You will work on a one-to-one basis
Physics, and a third A Level in a
with the Med Squad team and
facilitating subject such as Humanities
Cambridge University medical students
or Social Sciences.
on your personal statement and interview preparation. In the first term
Year 1 Programme
you will take part in an realistic MMI
Joining our bespoke Med Squad
practice interview session with our
programme means our Med Squad
Senior Managers, including our
team will work directly with you,
Principal Yolanda Botham, and
supporting you as you prepare for
Cambridge University medical
Medical School applications. The Med
students.
Squad team will help you organise
KATHERINE SELBY Long Road Alumnus, 1992 Katherine is a former Long Road
supportive. They went beyond their remit
student who started her studies at Long
to help the students achieve their
Road in 1989 joining us from Melbourn
potential. Passionate and dedicated
Village College. During her time
staff empowered students to succeed,
studying with us Katherine took A Levels
yet in a relaxed atmosphere. The
in Maths, Biology and Chemistry.
balance between enjoyment and hard work was struck perfectly. Teachers
Since leaving Long Road, Katherine has
really helped me maximise my potential,
gone on to successfully achieve an
including supporting me when things
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
didn't always go to plan."
degrees in Medicine as well as a Higher National Diploma in Palliative
Do you know an ex-Long Road student?
Care. She started working at West
They can join our Alumni Community,
Suffolk Hospital in 2009, where she is
simply visit:
currently a Consultant Paediatrician.
https://networks.futurefirst.org.uk/sign up/longroad
"The learning environment of Long Road was friendly and supportive. Teachers treated you with respect and were incredibly encouraging and
"The best things about Long Road were the approachability of the teachers, and the academic and extra-curricular provisions. The feedback on my course work and advice on my personal statement helped me get to where I am today."
PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK Working from home with our fluffy friends
Week five of college closure is upon us.
Meet this weeks Pet Employee of the
However, not everyone is feeling down
Week, Dex...
PET EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK
Is your pet assisting you while you work at home?
in the dumps about being on lockdown. Whether they're helping you Our fluffy friends are loving the fact
Dex, like all other pets, is relishing in
that we're working from home -and
the fact that his family are all at home.
thy're doing a great job of cheering us
He loves the company and all the
up too!
attention, but more than that he is
revise, or lazing on your laptop, we want to know!
Email your pet photos along with a short description including
loving the fact that the conservatory To keep everyone smiling we will be
door is always open so he can take
sharing a Pet Employee of the Week
part in his favourite hobby - chasing
every Friday on our Instagram page
pigeons and squirrels in the garden!
afutter@longroad.ac.uk. 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!
their name and age to
Friday on our Instagram account A big thank you to our receptionist Kim for introducing us to Dex, we hope we can play with him in the garden soon!
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INSTA LIKES AND INSTA LOVE Spreading likes and love on social media
Make sure you follow us
As well as sending you this applicant
We're all about fun and positivity - you
newsletter, we will also be spreading
can use the opposite page to reflect
the love over on our Instagram
on things you are grateful for and start
account!
spreading that positivity.
We're going to be posting different
But it's not all about us, we want to
activities on our Instagram for you to
know what you're getting up to! Make
take part in. So take a break from
sure you use our hashtag -
studying and follow us on Instagram
#LongRoadLife and tag @lr6fc in your
@lr6fc to get involved!
posts and stories so that we can share
to get involved with our lockdown activities!
@lr6fc
Use tag
#LongRoadLife and @lr6fc in your posts
and stories so we can share them on our feed!
Share the Insta love with us! Use our Instagram
you on our Instagram feed!
feed and stories as a base for connecting with other students and applicants.
STRESS AWARENESS MONTH April marks Stress Awareness Month. We're pretty sure stress is something you're feeling quite a lot of right now - we know we are! With everything that is going on it is easy to feel
To try and help you take control of your stress we will be posting stress busting tips and advice on our Instagram account
@lr6fc. We will also be inviting you to share your tips
on how you like to de-stress. overwhelmed.
APRIL 2020 : EDITION 5
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