Student Bulletin 25 January 2021

Important Dates

Wednesday 10 February

Wednesday afternoon February 10 is our Next Steps Afternoon

for L6 students. Details are below. All lessons and tutorials for

both L6 and U6 are cancelled that afternoon.

Friday 12 February

Friday February 12 is a staff CPD day. There will be no lessons or tutorials.

Half Term

Half term is the week beginning Monday February 15.

John Rubinstein

Next Steps Careers Afternoon

This is our Annual event to help with your research into your next steps! With 35

degree subject (or subject group) talks, plus talks on apprenticeships, gap years, study

abroad, and how to choose your degree and university.

Use the prospectus (click here to open) to choose your 3 slots, in order of preference,

then select them on Woodle. Hover over your name to see ’Next Steps Careers Day’

to access. The earlier you choose, the more likely you are to be allocated your first

choices. This event is compulsory for L6 and optional for any U6 who want to attend.

Wednesday 10 February, 1 - 4pm.

Deadline to choose - Thursday 04 February by 12pm.

Joanna Greatwich

Leavers’ Hoodies

Woodhouse Plus in South Africa is organising the college leavers hoodies. You can

purchase your hoodie for £25. This is an on-line process, so please click here to log in. You

can order and pay for your hoodies online, and can choose your colour and size. The shop

is set to close on 28 February 2021 and to ensure that you will receive your hoodie by the

end of next term, you must place your order by then.

Your login details are as follows:

Username: SL53009

Password: 53009wood

Linda Doyle

Why not try using an Action for Happiness calendar in February. It is packed with actions

you can take to help create a happier and kinder world. You can also download the app for

your phone, click here.

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up.”

Kevin Lawrence

Action For Happiness

We have compiled a whole list of opportunities just for you. Please see below what these

universities and organisations have to offer:

Creative Learning At Ally Pally

Lots of interesting courses and programmes, click here.

National College Radio

Do you have an interest in radio and podcasts? Are

you keen to get some experience within the media

industry?

The National College Radio are relaunching and are

looking for students to get involved with their new podcast. The podcast will be led by a Salford

University student and will feature different students

each week talking about important issues in society

for 14 - 18 year olds.

Email porteousharriet@gmail.com if interested, or for more information.

John Rubinstein

You, Me, The World & Finchley

The Artsdepot have teamed up with community storytelling company Take Stock

Exchange (TSX) to deliver an exciting community wide project in Finchley from January

2021.

They run online sessions to empower people to share stories about their experiences

living and working in the local area. They then share those stories with the other

people and groups they’re working with, a bit like a story exchange. The project gives

people a chance to be creative and express themselves, but also to hear from other people,

understand their experiences a little better, and have reason to feel a greater sense of

belonging to the place they live or work. At the project's culmination, everyone involved

and members of the public will be invited to come together to eat a meal and listen to a

retelling of a collection of stories at Artsdepot.

Want to be involved? Contact hello@takestockexchange.co.uk.

You can find out more about TSX’s work on their website.

Kevin Lawrence

The Uni & Careers Corner

Celebrity Fab Abs

Who’s top of the lockdown dance fitness classes? Click here for more.

Polarized Eyes

Check out this up and coming band Polarized Eyes, featuring two

Woodhouse Music students, Noah Lonergan (songwriter, lead vocal,

guitar) and Harry Heard (drums). Their single Blackout has been

featured on Radio X on their new artist program.

Following a prolific bout of writing while the schools were shut and they dodged their

GCSEs, Polarized Eyes are releasing Blackout on 19 December 2020. A call to action against

racism and corruption, the track was written on Blackout Tuesday following the murder of

George Floyd. Blackout is the first of four new tracks written and recorded over lockdown.

Stay tuned for more bangers in the new year.

Audio: Radio edit (clean version).

Video: (explicit lyric content).

John Rubinstein

Got Some Spare Time?

The Uni & Careers Corner

Parents can help fight COVID-19 by aiding research. Sign up for the app here.

John Rubinstein

In2ScienceUK L6

Kickstart your journey into a future in science, technology, engineering and maths. Gain

experience and stand out! Calling all L6 students interested in a STEM career, the free

IN2ScienceUK programme offers:

• Receive university admissions support

• Access UCAS and careers workshops

• Valuable experience on a free 3 week summer placement

• Shadow a STEM professional, and acquire STEM skills with tailored sessions

Apply now by clicking here, and have a look at the eligibility criteria on the same page.

Applications close Friday 09 April 2021.

Kevin Lawrence

Join Zoe & Help Fight The Virus!

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

January 27 - Holocaust Memorial Day

A day for everyone to remember the millions of people who

were killed, or whose lives have been changed, by an event in

history called the Holocaust. It refers to when the German

Nazi party - led by Adolf Hitler - murdered six million Jewish

people from countries across Europe in an attempt to wipe

out the Jewish population. They were targeted simply

because they were Jewish. The Nazis also killed millions of other people just because of

who they were. For example, Roma gypsies, disabled people and gay people were also

targeted. Click here for more information.

Please look out for an email containing lots of excellent attachments and useful links that

will be sent out on that day.

The Holocaust threatened the fabric of civilisation, and genocide must still be resisted every

day. Our world often feels fragile and vulnerable and we cannot be complacent. Even in the

UK, prejudice and the language of hatred must be challenged by us all.

Nina Sosanya reads the poem Colours - A thought to all the survivors of the 1994 genocide

by Michaella Rugwizangoga, an award-winning Rwandan poet. The poem is dedicated to the

survivors of the Genocide in Rwanda as a message of hope and solidarity.

Colours

Red, Blue, Yellow

Green, White, Purple

Jasmine, Orange, Azure

Old pallor's,

Make way for new homes

A future spread with colours

A horizon without sorrow

Here ends our pain.

Here begins life

January 29 - Vasant Panchami (Hindu)

A famous festival that marks the end of the winter season

and ushers in the springtime. Sarasvati is the Hindu goddess

of the Vasant Panchami festival.

Young girls wear bright yellow dresses and participate in the

festivities. The colour yellow holds a special meaning for this

celebration as it signifies the brilliance of nature and the

vibrancy of life. Click here for more.

Farida Ahmed & Kevin Lawrence