Finally, the day has arrived, and it is Wear a Hat day today! 

The staff and students looked absolutely amazing in their hats arriving at school this morning. Enjoy just a few of the photographs that we managed to capture this morning.

There is still time to donate to our directly to our JustGiving Fundraising page for Wear a hat day here:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/deborah-hawgood1

Design a Hat Competition - The Winners!

Two weeks ago, we launched our ‘Design a Hat’ competition raising awareness for Wear a Hat Day. We have been inundated with entries and Mrs Hawgood had such a tough time deciding on the winners.

The 1st prize was awarded to Benjamin in Year 7 who created an amazing blue, yellow and white graphic design with felt tip pens and fine liners. So much detail and care went into this design, it looks like it has been printed and not drawn by hand!

The 2nd prize was awarded to Dyuvan in Year 7 who actually submitted a number of fantastic entries. This design was noticed straight away as it displays all of the elements of our school badge. The attention to detail and the use of typography – brilliant.

Well done to Benjamin and Dyuvan we hope you enjoy your chocolate treats and prizes!

We also had several other designs that Mrs Hawgood felt deserved prizes. Thank you and well done to everyone who took the time to submit an entry.

It was so lovely being able to view all these hat entry designs as they were handed in, we are so lucky to have such creative and talented students within our school.

Our Designated Specialist Provision students also took part in the competition, and we were able to award everyone a prize for submitting an entry. Mrs Hawgood had another tough decision to make choosing a winner. 1st place prize was awarded to Braydon in Year 7.  His design was so neat, and he really thought about the use of colour this creation must have taken ages to complete. A huge well done to you Braydon, and we hope you enjoy your chocolate treat!

On Friday 17^th March 2023, we had the privilege of taking fourteen Year 10 Poly and Proud students to Cambridge University, Churchill College for The Physics Experience.

The trip consisted of a miniature tour around the college, where the students learnt more about the history of the college. The student attended a presentation about further education and studying at Cambridge University.

Students had the chance to see student halls and spoke to an Engineering Professor.

We explored the Physics Museum where were explored the multiple developments including those developed at Cambridge University. 

The afternoon was particularly exciting where the students were involved in a practical experiment on optics and set up their own magnifying glasses. Students also participated in a competition on Isaac Physics and to round off the day we looked at the physics of light. 

It was an enriching and inspiring experience that all students should be able to enjoy.

All students were given an Isaac Physics textbook to take home that will support them in preparation for their GCSEs. I am incredibly proud of the questions that were asked and answered by our students on the trip, they demonstrated immense maturity and interest in the activities.

Ms Odusote 

Ryan Biddiss, local man from Woolwich, has kindly donated a bleed control kit to Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys. Ryan visited the school on Tuesday 21st March to donate the kit and meet with Head of School, Mr T Lawrence. Ryan was a former student of Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys and left in 2011. Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys is the first school in the Borough of Greenwich to receive one of these kits, and we are incredibly grateful for this donation. This is the first kit made available in the Thamesmead area.

Ryan is passionate about preventing knife and gun crime and has set up a knife amnesty group – Protect Our Children Patrol. For more information about the group Protect Our Children Patrol

He is also 1 of 14 representatives from the Daniel Baird Foundation Charity who works to spread awareness, fundraise and donate bleed control kits. The Daniel Baird Foundation has been established in memory of Daniel Baird. Daniel was just 26 years of age when he was fatally stabbed in Birmingham in July 2017, following a night out with friends, in an area where no bleed control kit or trauma pack was at hand to use. The family of Daniel Baird believe that, had there been a publicly accessible bleed control pack available, Daniel’s life may not have been cut so short.

A bleed control kit contains all the equipment needed to control severe bleeding and has been installed in our reception and is registered with the ambulance service. These kits work out at £96 each, and you can make a donation to purchase more kits for Ryan to donate at his go fund me page here: GoFundMe

'We are delighted to support the foundation and appreciate Ryan's generosity in providing us with the kit.'

Mr T Lawrence - Head of School

Football Results for Week beginning 20th March 2023

Our Year 7 football team beat Greenwich Ark 3-0 in the District semi-final to make the Final.

Our Year 8 football team beat HAKA 1-0 in the District semi-final to make the Final.

Our Year 9 football team beat Prendergast Ladywell 5-2 in the District semi-final to make the Final.

So all of our Key Stage 3 teams join our Post 16 side to compete to be District Champions over the coming weeks.

Fantastic results this week, well done to all the players and staff involved. Bring on the finals!

#football #woolwichpolytechnic #woolwichpoly #polymat #thamesmead

March is Brain Tumour Awareness month.

Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys will be supporting the Brain Tumour Research charity by wearing a hat to school in return for a small donation on Friday 31^st March. 

Staff and students can wear a hat for the day, silly, fun, homemade, plain, colourful, small, large, themed but no offensive slogans!

Each tutor group can make a hat and nominate a member of staff to wear it, there will be prizes for the best hats.

Students can take part in our ‘Design a Hat’ competition, collect entry sheets from reception. There are prizes for the best designs.

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.

Click here to donate directly to our JustGiving Fundraising page for Wear a hat day

Mrs Hawgood

Receptionist