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Summer 2024 Examinations Timetable
Published 25/03/24
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Read MoreKooth wellbeing service for students - Easter
Published 22/03/24As we approach the Easter holidays, we would like to remind you that Kooth will be available for students to access throughout the Easter period.
To remind you, Kooth is a free online mental health and wellbeing service available to all young people in Greenwich aged 10-25.
At Kooth, we offer free support with no waiting lists. Kooth is a safe and anonymous space for young people to talk about their wellbeing without the fear of judgement. We have clinical practitioners on hand to offer one-to-one support through text-based counselling, operating after school hours, on weekends, and during school holidays. Your students can access the immediate help they need without a formal referral.
Also, a reminder that for education staff we have our upcoming KoothTalks webinar on overcoming mental health stigma in the Muslim community. This topic is particularly important in ensuring all students receive the support they need, with anxiety, depression, and stress being prevalent issues among young Muslims (University of East London, 2021). Secure your spot by registering here. If you've already signed up or plan to do so, please expect the Zoom link one day before the session.
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Read MoreUCL - Bring your family to University days 2024!
Published 22/03/24Bring Your Family to University Days are free one-day events on UCL's central London campus for students from Year 5 to Year 11, and their families.
About the events
Bring Your Family to University Days are a series of free one-day events aimed at providing information, advice and guidance about university to young people and their parents and carers through fun and interactive sessions on UCL's central London campus.
These events will include activities such as subject taster lectures, panels, support sessions for parents/carers, campus tours and the opportunity to talk to current university students. A FREE packed lunch will be provided.
When and where will the events take place?
We’re offering primary and secondary school students the opportunity to visit the UCL campus with their families during spring and summer 2024. The dates and relevant school groups for Bring your Family to University days can be found below:
- Saturday 27 April: Primary school (Year 5-6)
- Saturday 15 June: Primary school (Year 5-6)
- Saturday 11 May: Secondary school (Year 7-11)
- Saturday 6 July: Secondary school (Year 7-11)
Click to visit the UCL website - Bring your family to University days
Read MoreUnder 16s go FREE Saturday 23rd March 3pm - Erith Town FC vs Whitstable Town FC at Stanmore Stadium - Sporting Club Thamesmead
Published 21/03/24Under 16s go FREE Saturday 23rd March - Erith Town FC vs Whitstable Town FC match at Stanmore Stadium - Sporting Club Thamesmead at 3pm
This weekend is Non-League Day, a fixture every season where the non-league pyramid is highlighted and fans are actively encouraged to go to grassroots games due to the international break for professional teams.
This weekend Erith Town FC are playing Whitstable Town, a huge fixture for both clubs. Part of this day would see fans getting in for a reduced rate, as well as FREE ENTRY for anyone under the age of 16.
Recent games involving Community Partners have seen fantastic and thoroughly enjoyable atmospheres, and plenty of activities before and during the game for all the youngsters who come along to take part in.
See the attached poster for further information:
Read MoreWear a Hat Day - Thursday 28th March 2024!
Published 20/03/24Dear parent/carer,
March is Brain Tumour Awareness month and Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys will be supporting the charity Brain Tumour Research by wearing a hat to school on Thursday 28th March 2024.
Staff and students can wear a hat for the day, silly, fun, homemade, plain, colourful, small, large, themed but no offensive slogans!
We are asking staff for a suggested donation of £1, students can donate if they wish to. All donations are to be sent into Reception.
There are currently two competitions running with a free hat workshop taking place Thursday 21st March 3-4pm sign up with Mrs Hawgood at Reception as there are limited spaces available. Students will be able to create their design on a white baseball hat which they can wear on the 28th – Wear a hat day if they wish to.
The second competition is a colouring competition, you can collect an entry form from reception – prizes to be won!
Brain Tumour research receives just 1% of the national spend on cancer for research into brain tumours.
I hope that with your help and support we can raise some money towards this important research. Last year we raised £300, can we beat that total this year?
Thanks as always for your support.
Read MoreThe Big Easter Raffle
Published 20/03/24The Big Easter Raffle!
Join in for a chance to win a grand hamper filled with chocolates, sweets, and an Easter bunny! You have to be in it to win it. You can purchase raffle tickets from Mrs. Hawgood at reception for £1 per strip.
The Student Council will also bring the hamper around during form time for ticket purchases. The raffle runs until Wednesday, March 27th, and the winner will be announced on Thursday, March 28th.
All proceeds will be used to purchase Easter eggs for the children at the Safari ward of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which treats children with cancer. Spread the word to family and friends! Everyone is encouraged to join in and contribute by purchasing tickets to help us buy as many Easter eggs as possible for such a deserving cause within our community.
We appreciate all your support.
Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys Student Council
Read MoreYear 10 Sport Studies kayaking sessions
Published 15/03/24Last week, our Year 10 Sport Studies students engaged in kayaking sessions as part of their assessments. The students embraced the activity effortlessly, and the outings were highly successful. Well done to the Sport Studies students!
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Read MoreTrain to teach at PolyMAT - Information Event Friday 15th March 2024
Published 12/03/24Train to teach at PolyMAT working in partnership with Bromley Collegiate
We are actively recruiting for our secondary ITT programme which leads to QTS (with PGCE is also available)
Read MoreFREE Online Knife Crime Awareness Course - The Ben Kinsella Trust
Published 12/03/24Parents & Carers: Knife Crime Awareness workshops
Knife Crime Awareness
Please see the below opportunity to sign up to a training course on preventing knife crime with the Ben Kinsella Trust
Parenting children and young adults is hard, sometimes it can be scary and overwhelming with news stories and social media influencing how safe we feel our children are and the risks they may face in today’s climate.
Join our FREE workshops virtually to learn more about topics such as the influence of social media, the signs and stages of exploitation, and how we can prevent young people being affected by knife crime as parents, carers and as a community.
During the workshop you will develop understanding around the following topics:- Young people's brain development, behaviour and responses to stress
- The importance of healthy, safe attachment for young people
- The stages, signs and risk factors of exploitation
- Gangs - what they are, how they operate, and why?
- External influences - language, social media, gang-related music
- Building resilience within the family and community
- Further support available for families
The workshops are hosted by The Ben Kinsella Trust
Upcoming Sessions:
Date: Monday 25th March
Location: Online via Zoom
Time: 10am - 11:30am
Date: Wednesday 27th March
Location: Online via Zoom
Time: 7pm - 8:30pmSign up here: Parents & Carers Workshops - The Ben Kinsella Trust
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Read More#TECHOGNITION - Celebrating our technical support staff
Published 12/03/24#Techognition - a national celebration of technical support staff.
We asked our staff across PolyMAT to pledge their support and send in comments for our amazing technicians.
This short video is a culmination of all these lovely comments that we wanted to share with our school community today.
A huge thank you to all of our technicians across the trust and all that they do for our schools.
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Read MoreIWD 2024 - School Display
Published 12/03/24Happy International Women's Day!
On this day we honour women's accomplishments and promote inclusivity within our communities. We elevate the focus on women’s equality to help forge a gender equal world.
Thankyou to the women who have dedicated themselves to the fight for equality and continue to raise their voices against discrimination.
To celebrate IWD today we have displayed 24 thought provoking posters in our main school corridor. These posters also feature 26 illustrations of important women from history, created by visual storyteller Rori (www.giantkittenhead.com). Rori states ‘I drew important women from history for 100 days. I focused on more obscure women, women whose accomplishments have been forgotten, erased, or have simply fallen out of popularity’.
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Read MoreWorld Book Day - Thursday 7th March 2024
Published 12/03/24World Book Day 2024!
Today at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys we celebrated World Book Day.
We kicked off the day with an assembly for Year 7 students where our Librarian Ms Griffiths showed that 7C1 had loaned the most amount of library books so far at 222 books. Since they started here at WPSFB Year 7 have loaned 1296 books.
Frederick, Sami, Ayrton and Harley were recognised for their help and support in the library and received a certificate and were able to pick a brand new book to keep as a prize.
Ms Griffiths also gave certificates and books to the following five students for being the top library borrowers, well done to Abdulmateen, Daniel, Nilesh, Cyras and Saswin.
There was a quiz at form time today, which challenged students to identify the title and author of 10 of the most popular books in our school library.
There were also 15 posters placed around the main school building featuring a number and a photo of a book. Students had to find all the numbers, names and authors of all 15 books and all successful entries won a prize.
Our Sixth Form Literacy Leaders have also been gathering student and staff favourite books for a display.
Thankyou to all the staff and everyone involved in literacy week, it has been fantastic to see so many students talking about reading in the build up to World Book Day as well as witnessing so many silent reading sessions going on around school. Reading for pleasure is so very important - Never stop reading!
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