14th March 2022 - vle.woodhouse.ac.uk

1 14 th March 2022. A c a demic exc ellenc e in a nur tur ing c o mmuni ty KEY DATES. From the th Lower 6 Upper 6th 9th May 2022: Summer exam week 17th May: U6 last day All students It has been a busy week at the College! 23rd & 24th June 2022: INSET day Careers Fair On Wednesday we hosted our Careers Fair. It was great to be able to host this in person, it is another positive sign of life returning to normal' post pandemic. Students heard from a range of speakers including guests from Imperial College London, Multiverse and Clifford Chance. My thanks to the staff that hosted our guests, to Aisha Adesanya for organising the event and the guests who came to support our work.

2 U6 Consent Assembly As highlighted in last week's bulletin we held an assembly looking at the important issue of sexual consent. My thanks to Sophie Durant and Nathan Cook for leading these sessions. A. reminder that if students have any concerns, they should talk to their tutor or a member of the safeguarding team. They can also visit the student services help and resources' pages on Woodle for links to organisations that can offer support. U6 reports U6 reports will be issued this week. Students will be given an exam grade as well as a projected grade. We would advise that students use these grades to help finalise firm and insurance choices with UCAS.

3 We will support with further advice and guidance in tutorial sessions but broadly students should aim to place their firm choice of university at their projected grade and their insurance choice of university in line with exam grades. I wish you all a great week. Sugra Alibhai Principal Messages From Staff Day Passes If you forget your ID, you ned to buy a day pass from main reception. The cost of a day pass is 1, you can pay for this using contactless card, apple pay etc or by cash. As a day pass does not work on the turnstiles, you must leave via the main office and return your pass as you leave.

4 From Tuesday 15th March you will no longer receive 50p refund for returning your pass. Claire Mugridge AP, Finance Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan If you have an injury that has impacted on your mobility, you may need a PEEP. What is a PEEP? The College has a responsibility to ensure that everybody on-site can evacuate safely from its buildings in an emergency. A Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) is needed for anyone who regularly uses College buildings and requires additional arrangements in order to evacuate. This may apply if a student has suffered a temporary injury (for example whilst playing sport) or if they have a more long term condition.

5 PEEPs are usually only required for a small number of people and can be adapted in line with recovery or regression. Please contact Mark Jarvis (Estates Manager) for more information by email: Mark Jarvis Estates Manager English Literature trip to The British Library L6 and U6 Literature students had an enjoyable trip out to the British Library to see The Angela Carter exhibition as part of their study of book, The Bloody Chamber. They also got to see many of the Treasures of The British Library such as Shakespeare First Folios, Bibles, and drafts of famous novels and songs.

6 John O'Shea Head of English Messages From Staff Medal success in the UK Linguistics Olympiad Congratulations to all our competitors who took part in this year's UK. Linguistic Olympiad in February. They tackled an incredibly challenging 2 hour exam testing their problem-solving skills as they translated a Melanesian script, conjugated verbs in the Zuni language of New Mexico and interpreted the tonal whistling language of the Central American Mazateco people. All entrants should be proud of the positive attitude with which they approached the test. A special mention goes to the three bronze medallists, Talia Antsherl, Hana Abouleid and Ashley Grzesiak, who placed in the top 30% of the country and, following a blistering performance, to Emma Paulson who struck gold!

7 Emma's gold medal puts her in the top 5% of national entrants. She has now progressed through to Round 2, where she competes against the other gold medallists for the chance to represent her country as part of the UK. team in the International Linguistics Olympiad. We wish her the best of luck! Full list of competitors: Maya Bhantoo, Marie-Claude Koyalebo, Emma Paulson, Oli Nicholls, Ashley Grzesiak, Nijantha Eswarakumaran, Damini Dattani, Leandra Da Trindada Dias, Mariam Cisse, Talia Antscherl, Hana Abouleid. Laura Wall English Department Upper Sixth Final Exam Preparation Workshop Room 30 Friday 18th March 12pm - 1pm If you want to learn how to plan properly so you don't end up cramming, and find out top tips on how to keep yourself motivated and focus, then please attend this workshop.

8 You still have time to improve but you must start implementing change now. Please sign up under events' on Woodle. Samantha Evans Student Progress Manager Red Nose Day Come to College on Friday ready to get involved! Red Nose Day | Comic Relief Kevin Lawrence Head of Year Messages From Staff Wellbeing Wednesday - 16th March in the Student Hub, 12 - 3pm Please join us for the health and wellbeing event to take place this Wednesday 16th March in the hub. We hope you will come along and enjoy some of the stress busting and well-being activities we have in store, take part in fun games, nail painting, adult colouring and much more!

9 We also have a few external agencies and charities joining us to provide awareness, information and will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about your mental and physical health. Joining us on the day will be the mental health charity Mind. Mind offers information and advice to people with mental health problems and lobbies government and local authorities on their behalf. Counsellor Musonda will be present to answer any questions. CGL will also be joining us - Change, Grow, Live. (Formally known as YPDAS). This organisation specialises in substance misuse and criminal justice intervention projects in England and Wales.

10 We will have a breast cancer awareness information board (Coppafeel). Brook will also come back and provide information about sexual health, you will be able to sign up to the Come Correct Card scheme and free contraception will also be handed out to anyone who signs up. Well done to the 86 students who showed maturity and signed up to the scheme on their last visit. You don't have to be sexually active to benefit from information or advice. Please feel free to have a confidential chat with one of their team. Esin Sanandres Attendance Officer Messages From Staff Speakers Corner presents Phillip Inman Wednesday 30th March , Conference Room We are pleased to welcome Phillip Inman, economics editor of the Observer and an economics writer for the Guardian.