14 of our Year 10 Students here at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys have been successful in acquiring a place at a University Taster Week at City, University of London.

The taster weeks start in February and run right through till June, where students will attend one week Monday-Friday 10am-3.30pm.

The subjects that students will be learning about include Psychology, Engineering, Business & Enterprise, Creative Industries and Law & Criminology. These taster weeks enable students to take part in academic lectures, seminars, practical work, group discussions as well as meeting current staff and students, developing key skills along the way.

Undergraduate students will act as ambassadors throughout these taster weeks giving our Year 10 students the ability to find out first-hand what life is really like at university.

A superb opportunity for our students, well done on securing a place and have a fantastic time!

As part of our Careers Programme we held a Careers Fair for Year 9, 10 and 11 students.

This was a great opportunity and an efficient way for the students to meet and talk to career professionals.

In attendance:

• Financial business architect consultant - Risk/ Fraud & Financial crime (worked for Barclays & Santander )
• Freelance creative fashion product graphic designer (worked for Marvel/ Disney)
• TFL- Customer service & maintenance
• “We made that”- Architect City designer
• LSEC- construction/ engineering/ technical apprenticeships
• Umbrella training- Hospitality
• Metropolitan police - Civil services & law enforcement
• Shaw-trust- Apprenticeships & pathways/ careers
• All dimensions - Health & Social care, child care, Business & IT apprenticeships
• London College of Performing Arts
• NHS

It was fantastic to see students gaining confidence as they spoke to the professionals and how they actively started thinking about their own futures.

Thank you to Ms Barrett for bringing over students from Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls for one of the afternoon sessions.

Jeddediah (Year 10), who is interested in architecture, appreciated the advice to aim for his master’s degree.

#woolwichpolytechnic #polymat #careersfair

Thursday 26th January 2023

This morning Year 7 & 8 students from Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys and Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls participated in a new exciting enrichment programme – MESME Maths Circle.

Dr D Vaccaro led the first session where students began work on enhancing their mathematical ability. The course encourages mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems.

MESME is a registered charity (no. 1199281). MESME’s purpose is to support high-attaining students to achieve mathematical excellence, so that they go on to have a greater and richer range of future personal, employment and economic choices.​​​ You can read more on MESME’s website www.mesme.org.

In a MESME Maths Circle, a small group of students come together regularly with an experienced, knowledgeable mentor to grapple with intriguing questions, to discover and explore exciting ideas, and to learn to think like advanced mathematicians. Participating in Maths Circles will develop your child’s mathematical reasoning and expand their mathematical curiosity, as well as refining their technical knowledge and skills. Your child will follow a precisely sequenced and carefully structured curriculum.

Residents can apply for free tickets to home games at Charlton Athletic

The full article can be found in the latest issue of the Greenwich Info Publication here

Tickets are limited and issued on a first come, first served basis. Request tickets by emailing Bev beverley.marchant@ royalgreenwich.gov.uk at least a week before the game. Please provide the preferred game, your full name, address, date of birth as well as contact email and number.

Please state if you would like a print at home ticket or mobile tickets. You can get up to two tickets for one game only. Tickets are for the person named only and cannot be passed on or sold.

Tickets are available for the following home games:

• Fleetwood Town, Saturday 11 February
• Sheffield Wednesday, Saturday 25 February
• Accrington Stanley, Saturday 11 March
• Wycombe Wanderers, Saturday 25 March

The tickets are available to residents as part of our Greenwich Supports campaign to help people during the cost-of-living crisis. royalgreenwich.gov.uk/charlton-tickets

You can also support your local team by buying tickets at booking.cafc.co.uk

Happy Chinese New Year to all the families within our School community from everyone at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys!

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, is the most important festival in China & a major event in some East Asian countries.

The Chinese New Year is often called the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival. These names are in relation to the use of the lunisolar calendar to determine when the next Chinese New Year will fall, as well as the celebration of warmer weather and new growth.

For 2023, the Chinese New Year will start on Sunday 22 January and celebrates the Year of the Rabbit.

Sixth Form Applications close at 4pm on Friday 20^th January 2023

Applications received after the deadline may not receive an invitation for interview or conditional offer.

Please contact Mr Brogan if you are having any issues with your application LBrogan@woolwichpolyboys.co.uk

Click here to view our 'How to apply' webpage