News Summer 2013

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A celebration of our hard-working and talented students

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Danish sixth form collegestudent exchangeFour members of sta� from Denmark’s largest sixth form college, Silkeborg Gymnasium, visited Long Road at the end of May to meet our students, watch a range of classes, discuss and compare curriculum management, but above all, to arrange a student exchange.The plan is for Long Road Biology, Design Technology, Geography and Business students to work with Silkeborg Academy students studying Science to design environmental technology products.

Funding for the project is being sought from the European Union Comenius Fund.

Mike Bryant, Vice Principal Long Road Sixth Form College, says: ‘There are already excellent

links between Long Road Sixth Form College and Silkeborg Gymnasium. We’re particularly pleased to be able to plan exchange opportunities for students at Long Road to visit and study in Denmark over the next two years as a result of this week’s visit.’

College tour

Chemistry students working on their projects Zac Goodwin investigates the products that crystallise when a solution of magnesium sulphate is mixed with either iron sulphate or copper sulphate in di�erent proportions. He has also been able to prepare a triple salt of iron magnesium copper sulphate.

Timothy Oluwaremi investigates which transition metal ions catalyse the reaction between zinc and sulphuric acid. He’s found that Cu2+, Co2+ and Ni2+ ions are all e�ective catalysts and that the anion present can slow the reaction by inhibiting di�usion in solution.

Danielle Banks investigates the reaction between bromide, bromate and hydrogen ions in solution and measures the extent by which ethanoate ions provide a lower activation barrier to the reaction.

Break time in the Student Centre

take a 60-second tour of the College to see what’s happening!

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Addy SayerPrevious school: Hockerill Anglo-European College, HertfordshireStudied at Long Road: Psychology/Biology/ChemistryWhat next? University of Cardi� – Chemistry

Herbert Lawrence Previous school: Overseas Studied at Long Road: Physics/Maths/ Further Maths What next? King’s College, London – Physics

Ed Rostron Previous school: Soham Village CollegeStudied at Long Road: Philosophy/Psychology/HistoryWhat next? University of Nottingham – Philosophy

Lucy TurnerPrevious school: Newmarket CollegeStudied at Long Road: History/Music/Performance StudiesWhat next? University of She�eld - Music

We’re always sorry to say goodbye to our Year 2 students – some of whom are featured in this newsletter.

Long Road sta� on their visit to Silkeborg earlier this year:Josh Tadman, Business teacher, Mike Bryant, Vice Principal, Charlie Fordham, Head of Studies, Heather Chambers, Vice Principal, Gary Woolley, Estates Manager, Steve Dann, Assistant Principal

Lunchtime

Time to visit a gap year information stall

History students in classHistory students use text books and study guides written by their teachers Robin Bunce, Barbara Warnock and Laura Williams.

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FundraisersSuzanzna Wol�Suzanna Wol�, who is studying Biology, Chemistry, Maths and English Literature, took part in the 2013 Live Below the

Line Challenge to raise money for Oxfam. The challenge was to live on less than £1 a day for food for �ve days, with no food or drink to be given to you by anyone.

“A typical day would be two slices of toast for breakfast, occasionally with baked beans, a sandwich and spaghetti for lunch, and spaghetti for dinner. I had tomato sauce, kidney beans, sweet corn and sardines to add to the spaghetti and had variations of these in each spaghetti meal.”

To raise more money, Suzanna also held a cake sale in College.

Year 2 Sport Level 3 Diploma studentsJake Butterworth-Lowe, Matt Bauld, James Biswell, Ben Squires and Casey Phillips, who have just completed their Sport Diploma, raised almost £300 for Cancer Research with a Gladiator Duel, Guess the Number of Balloons in the Car competition and cake sale. Jake explains: “We did it because in our Sport Diploma course we had a task called Sports Marketing. This is where we carry out research and plan an event. We wanted to raise as much money for Cancer Research as possible and invested some of our own money to make it successful.

Katie Godfrey raises £10,000 to build classrooms in Kenya then goes and helps to build them!When Katie Godfrey left Long Road with A levels in Politics, History and English Literature, she spent six months teaching in a school in Kenya. Then, when she left, she o�ered to build an additional classroom for them!

“The Kenyan government will provide a teacher if a school builds another classroom, “ she explains. “Baraka Primary School has around 1,000 pupils and had 18 classrooms – 50 to 70 children per class isn’t ideal! When I got back to England, I started to raise money while working as a library assistant and receptionist at local company TWI.

One of my �rst fund-raising e�orts was to do a skydive while dressed as a leopard – never again! I also held a launch party at my parents’ house, my godmother hosted a dinner party, and I held cake sales and pub quizzes. This brought me up to about £3500. A distant relative heard about my activities and sent an email round – as a direct

result of this I received money as a bequest, which brought in a further £4000.”Last June I went back to Kenya, having set up Classrooms for Baraka, and got to work

building a classroom. The local builders worked from 6am to 6pm. I did lots of running around visiting suppliers and haggling. My daily living allowance was very small so I had to keep going. We built two classrooms and completed the kitchen the school had already begun to build themselves.”

Meanwhile, Katie had started a History degree at the University of Glasgow. “After my �rst year I transferred to a Politics degree with a focus on international development, which was relevant to my project in Kenya. I am planning to go back to Kenya in the summer of 2014. I hope to raise a further £3500 which will enable me to build two classrooms when I return.”

Katie was so busy with her fundraising that she had no idea that she had been nominated for a 2012 Cambridgeshire YOPEY (Young Person of the Year) award. “The �nal was held at Ely Cathedral, and I was amazed to �nd out that I was the joint winner! I won £200, which was great, but even better was the £400 I also won for the Baraka Foundation.”

Katie is hoping to work in development when she graduates from university. “I have learned so much over the last few years. To start with a gap year placement, to raising money, setting up the Baraka Foundation and its website, to winning the YOPEY award – it has all been amazing.”

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VolunteersYear 1 Sport Level 3 Diploma students

Adam BrownAdam Brown, Level 2 Business Diploma student, has been selected to be this year’s Cambridge Mayor’s Cadet.

“I am a member of the Air Cadets,

which I joined three years ago – I was looking for something new and di�erent to do, and a member of my family read an article about the cadets. We do a lot of �ying both locally at RAF Lakenheath and in Scotland, and I am working towards my pilot’s licence �ying Grob Tutors. We were approached by the Mayor’s O�ce, and I was invited for interview. I was really pleased to be selected. I had an opportunity to meet the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh when they visited Cambridge, and on the same day I was o�cially enrolled onto Cambridge City Council. I am looking forward to all my ceremonial duties and to meeting people in a range of o�cial roles, including the High Sheri� of Cambridgeshire.”

A group of students on the Sport Level 3 Diploma course volunteered at the Sainsbury’s Schools Games PLUS Festival in June. The festival brings pupils with disabilities together to compete in a range of sports including athletics, tag rugby, netball and cricket. Schools from Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Huntingdon all took part.

Our students acted as stewards by directing schools and participants, organising drinks and food, handing out medals and trophies, collecting results and supporting the sports.

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Move on upSami Hassan

Previous school: Netherhall Studied at Long Road: Sociology/Psychology/Maths What next? University of Buckinghamshire - Air transport with pilot training

Liam Hawkins Previous school: Soham Village CollegeStudied at Long Road: Economics/Politics/MathsWhat next? University of Aberdeen - Politics and International Relations

Millie Breen Previous school: Bottisham Village CollegeStudied at Long Road: Health and Social Care/English LanguageWhat next? Bedford College – Primary Education

Stevie Leeks Previous school: Newport Free Grammar SchoolStudied at Long Road: Business/Music/Performance StudiesWhat next? University of Bath Spa – Joint Honours Music /Business

Year 2 Leavers’ Party goes with a bounceYear 2 students celebrated their successes at Long Road with a free party. There were three giant in�atables and a barbecue.

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Move on upOscar Peake

Previous school: Parkside Community CollegeStudied at Long Road: Geography/Economics/HistoryWhat next? University of Manchester – Economics

Molly Ripsher Previous school: Herts and Essex High SchoolStudied at Long Road: Economics/Business/English LanguageWhat next? Quest Business School – Business Training

Jo Buggey Previous school: Melbourn Village CollegeStudied at Long Road: Health & Social Care/Film StudiesWhat next? Work in an early years setting

David Nicoll Previous school: Witchford Village CollegeStudied at Long Road: Economics/Business/Religious StudiesWhat next? University of Portsmouth – Business & Economics

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Film MakersRyd CookRyd studied Film Studies, Photography and Media at Long Road, worked as a Media Technician at the College and is now an award-winning

�lm maker. Thrown premiered at Cambridge Film Festival in 2011 and won Ryd the Best Short Film Director award at Bootleg Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, last year.

The �lm is about about two friends trying to get rid of a chair following a family bereavement. Thrown can be viewed for free on Ryd’s website, http://rydcook.com/work_thrown.htm

Ryd is now working on his next �lm, which features a member of Long Road sta�!

Bradley StearnFilm Studies, Media Studies and ICT student Bradley Stearn has made a �lm about

cycling in Cambridge for his Extended Project. “The relationship between cars and bicycles in Cambridge is a hot topic - you read about it every day - so making a documentary on the subject was an obvious choice for me.”

Bradley’s video Pinchpoint: Motorists & Cyclists in Cambridge has already proved extremely successful on YouTube. Scenes of roads and cycle pathways, some shared with pedestrians, are interspersed with interviews with local people. The video takes a neutral viewpoint while highlighting di�erences of opinion.

“I am planning to study Film Production at Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication after Long Road,” says Bradley.

Watch Bradley’s video on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcKvBONpxgw&feature=youtu.be

Photography New York trip prizewinning photos

Level 3 Art & Design students visit Cambridge Museums Art & Design Level 3 Diploma students spent a morning at the Classical Archaeological museum drawing and photographing plaster casts, then enjoyed lunch overlooking the River Cam. In the afternoon they went to the newly-refurbished Archaeology and Anthropology museum in Downing Street for further drawings in preparation for their ‘Computers in Art ‘ unit.

See back cover for photos of the Visual Arts exhibition, which took place on 14th and 15th June.

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AthletesBen SnaithSport Level 3 Diploma student Ben Snaith is a 400m sprinter, and member of the U20 GB team. Ben recently took part in the

Loughborough International Athletics competition where he had a chance to pit his skills against the 2008 Olympic 400m �nalist Martyn Rooney.

Ben has run the 400m in under 48 seconds. He is a member of the Cambridge and Coleridge athletics club and has been coached by Olympic o�cial Mick Graham since he was 10.

Ben’s already been scouted by three US universities and o�ered scholarships by each.

Alice GallowayPE, Psychology and English Language student Alice Galloway is also proving to be a top class athlete in the making. Alice competes

both in individual sports and the pentathlon.

Alice, who also trains with the Cambridge and Coleridge athletics club, has recently competed in the Cambridgeshire County Athletics Championships U20 women’s class, where she achieved two new personal bests: 12.77 seconds in the 100m and 26.21 seconds in the 200m. She won the 100m and hurdles and came second in the shot put. Alice is competing in the 200m and the shot put in the National Outdoor Championships in June.

Long Road Basketball Academy visits Barcelona

Level 3 Performing Arts Diploma students Level 3 Performing Arts Diploma students devise spine-chilling performance:The Holocaust and Genocide – Will we ever learn?For their Political Theatre topic, which focuses on the works of Bertolt Brecht, Performing Arts Diploma students devised a performance inspired by workshops by Keystone Arts & Heritage (based on the Holocaust Memorial Day) and Splendid Productions.

The resulting performance was a chilling demonstration of how inhumanity can evolve from the most mundane situations, from Nazi Germany to Cambodia to Bosnia to Rwanda to Darfur.

Mike Levy, who ran the Keystone workshop, commented: “I thought the piece was unusually strong and managed to tell a distressing but pertinent story in a very fresh and e�ective way. Well done to all concerned.”

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Move on upEd Fawcett

Previous school: Sawston Village CollegeStudied at Long Road: Level 3 Media Diploma/Drama & Theatre StudiesWhat next? To get an agent and become an actor

Shannon Garner Previous school: Cottenham Village CollegeStudied at Long Road: PE/Psychology/ PhotographyWhat next: Coventry University – Exercise Health and Nutrition

Anissia AbbottPrevious school: The King’s School, PeterboroughStudied at Long Road: Drama & Theatre Studies/Media/FilmWhat next? University of Lincoln – Media Production

Louise Scott Previous school: St Mary’s School, CambridgeStudied at Long Road: PE/Biology/GeographyWhat next? She�eld Hallam University – Sport and Exercise Science

The squad visited Barcelona this spring to visit The Camp Nou stadium (which is the home ground for Barcelona’s biggest and most popular football team, and which was used in the 1992 Olympics), to train in top class facilities, to play against three local basketball teams Grup Barna, Riera and Jovetud Badalona and, �nally, to visit the famous aquarium.

Academy Coach Pete Charlsworth comments: “Once again Spain and Badalona have been amazing hosts, and as a squad we have learned a lot to bring back with us for the last stages of this season and into next year.”

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Move on upCharlotte Byford

Previous school: Chesterton Community CollegeStudied at Long Road: Photography/Media/Film StudiesWhat next? Norwich University of the Arts – Film and Moving images

Max MazurPrevious school: St Bede’s Studied at Long Road: Design & Technology/Maths/PhysicsWhat next? Brunel University /University of Brighton – Product Design

Fiona NuttallPrevious school: St Bede’s Studied at Long Road: Art/English Language/Religious StudiesWhat next? Northumbria University – Fashion

Ana d’Escrivan-NottPrevious school: Comberton Village CollegeStudied at Long Road: Photography/Art/HistoryWhat next? Art Foundation

Visual Arts Exhibition 2013Work by Art & Design / Level 3 Art & Design Diploma / Design & Technology / Photography students including the Fashion Show and a performance of Physical Theatre by Level 3 Performing Arts Diploma students.

You can see more photographs from the exhibition on the College website / Facebook page.

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