Woolwich Polytechnic Sixth Form Springboard Programme 2024

Thank you to our alumni that joined us in the culmination of our Springboard Programme - our annual taster days for incoming year 12 students.

We were lucky enough to have 30 alumni from 2017-2024 share their own personal experiences as Sixth Formers and beyond, offering tips and advice for success for the next generation of Woolwich Polytechnic Sixth Formers.
 

Sending off the Year 13s in style!

Woolwich Polytechnic Sixth Form Class of 2024 marked another milestone with their graduation breakfast and celebration trip to Thorpe Park taking place on Friday 28th June 2024.

Congratulations to all our Year 13 students.

We are looking forward to A Level Results Day on Thursday, 15th August – we're excited to see everyone there!

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As part of the 2024 London Festival of Architecture, not for profit organisation, HomeGrown Plus, is joining forces with architecture practice Pilbrow & Partners to lead a design workshop for 16-20 year olds to reimagine the city and their place within it.

Over a 3-hour collaborative session, the group will come together to find imaginative solutions to redesign London’s spaces and places, examining how this could benefit them as well as future generations.

You will need to bring along recycled materials, from a cardboard box to a plastic bottle (anything you would usually throw in the bin), and be encouraged to dream up alternative solutions to the way we use and develop our built environment to create a more equitable, sustainable and resilient city.

The resulting models and drawings will be on display at Pilbrow &Partners’ Clerkenwell reception throughout the month of June.

There is space for 20 participants and refreshments will be provided for the duration of the workshop.

Reserve a spot now!

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Introducing Professor Higgins, our esteemed Dog Mentor at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls and Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys

Professor Higgins is our friendly school dog. He became part of the Poly family as our Dog Mentor in 2022 at the tender age of 6 months old.

In order to gain this title, like any student, he had to sit an exam to ensure he had the right temperament for school life, which included testing his skills such as patience, positivity and teamwork.

Higgins specialises in working with students to reduce anxiety, to encourage social skills as well as helping students who are at the early stages of grasping the English Language. He is also very good at helping students understand the body language of dogs. This is useful when working with students to overcome their fear of dogs as this allows them to feel confident when out in public, including our Royal Borough’s green spaces.

Higgins has a variety of hobbies, beyond the school gates, ranging from swimming (in any body of water, particularly in muddy streams) and even modelling!

Professor Higgins works on a voluntary basis. Like any member of staff, our Professor has his own timetable. This means he avoids the corridors at change of lessons as well as the playground at break and lunchtime.

The safeguarding and wellbeing of our students and staff come first in our Poly family - this includes the wellbeing of Professor Higgins. For this reason, our school community follow these guidelines:
• Keeping our voices soft and calm (to stop him worrying that we are upset)
• Asking before stroking him (he might be on his way to a lesson and won’t want to be late!)
• Picking up any food that we may drop on the floor in the dining hall or playground (some human food can make him ill)

We believe Professor Higgins is the ‘paw-fect’ Dog Mentor 🐕 💙

Year 13 students visited the University of Greenwich (Medway Campus) on Monday 29th April, to participate in a DNA Taster Day. The day's activities included setting up Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), running gel electrophoresis, visualising gels, interpreting results, attending career talks, and exploring the campus on a tour.

This trip was particularly valuable at this time as it helped to consolidate the students' theoretical knowledge of Module 6 - ‘Manipulating Genomes’. The hands-on experience was fantastic, and the staff were exceptional. This trip was facilitated by Dr. M Oguike and Dr. C Isamah.

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Last week at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys we welcomed staff from the charity Depaul to speak to our Year 10 and 12 students.

The Depaul charity work with local communities across the country to prevent and relieve the impact of homelessness on people’s lives. They prioritise young people, who are among the most vulnerable in society, and especially those who have previously had traumatic experiences.

The Depaul Group was founded in 1989 in response to the growing number of homeless London youth sleeping rough on the streets. Today, Depaul International charities work around the world, going where the need is greatest.

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