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  • Strike Day - Tuesday 2nd May 2023

    Published 28/04/23

    Dear Parents/Carers,

    You will be aware that NEU teachers will be striking on Tuesday 2nd May 2023.

    Due to significantly reduced staffing, we will be running the following limited programme for invited students only.

    These students will be invited in a separate message home.

    The timings are as follows:

    • 9:00am to 2:00pm for invited students to the Hub
    • 8:30am to 3:00pm for specially invited Year 10 ICT students
    • 8:30am to 1:00pm for all Year 11 students
    • 8:45am to 3:00pm for all Year 13 students

    We will be providing lunch and/or break for students invited in, but normal payment arrangements will apply. Pupils are expected to arrive in full school uniform, except the pupils for the hub. The hub pupils are to wear their PE kit.

    Please look out for messages soon from us to check whether your child has been invited in.

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  • Updated information Strike Days - Thursday 27th April & Tuesday 2nd May 2023

    Published 26/04/23

    Dear Parents/Carers,

    You will be aware that NEU teachers will be striking on Thursday 27th April and Tuesday 2nd May 2023.

    Due to an increase in staff availability, we have now expanded our program for year 10, 11 and 13 on the strike days.

    These students will be invited in a separate message home.

    The timings for both days are as follows:

    • 9:00am to 2:00pm for invited students to the Hub
    • 8:30am to 11:00pm for Year 10 ICT students only
    • 8:30am to 3:00pm for all Year 11 students
    • 9:30am to 1:00pm for Year 12 Finance 
    • 9:00am to 1:00pm for Year 12 Further Maths students
    • 9:00am to 3:00pm for all Year 13 students

    We will be providing lunch and/or break for students invited in, but normal payment arrangements will apply.

    Additionally, any student not invited in for the above activities who is eligible for free school meals will be able to attend the school from 11.45am to 12.45pm to collect a take-away lunch.

    Please look out for messages soon from us to check whether your son/daughter has been invited in.

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  • Creative Careers Day 29th April 2023 hosted by Tramshed

    Published 25/04/23

    Tramshed in Woolwich is hosting a Creative Careers Day on 29th April, starting at 11am.

     
    There will be two separate spaces for young people and their parents to come and find out more about working in the Creative and Cultural Industries. This is a thriving area of our economy:

    • 1 in 8 UK businesses are part of the Creative Industries
    • 34% of all creative businesses are based in London
    • Creative Industries contributing £116bn in GVA in 2019, growing twice as fast between 2011 and 2019 than the rate of the UK economy as a whole (DCMS 2021)
    • October 2019 to September 2020 the Creative Industries accounted for 2.2 million jobs (DCMS 2021). The creative economy (Creative Industries plus creative jobs in other sectors) employed 3.2 million in 2018 (DCMS 2019).

     
    Tramshed is hosting workshops and conversations in our newly refurbished venue at 51-53 Woolwich New Road SE18 6ES, to share information about skills and pathways into a creative career. All attendees can speak to highly experienced practicing artists who have worked with Lesley Garett, Bryn Terfel, James Brown, Quincey Jones, The Royal Court, Bloomsbury Festival, Breakin’ Convention at Sadlers Wells and the West End amongst many more. Lunch will be provided.
     
    Please contact participation@tramshed.org for further information.
    A sign-up for the event is here for young people and their parents. 
     
    You can also sign up via the QR code in the above digital flier. 

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  • Strike Days - Thursday 27th April & Tuesday 2nd May 2023

    Published 25/04/23

    Dear parents/carers,

    You will be aware that NEU teachers will be striking on Thursday 27th April and Tuesday 2nd May 2023.

    Due to significantly reduced staffing, we will be running the following limited programme for invited students only. 

    We will have the hub open for our KS3 and Year 10 students and a separate programme for years 11 and 13. Parents will receive a separate message for these students that will be invited in. If you do not receive any further messages, your son/daughter will have to stay at home for those two days.

    Please look out for messages soon from us to check whether your son/daughter has been invited in. Additionally, any student not invited in for the above activities who is eligible for free school meals will get vouchers for those two days.

    Thank you

    Mr T Lawrence

    Head of School

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  • FREE webinar for parents/carers - understanding more about county lines

    Published 19/04/23

    FREE webinar for parents/carers - understanding more about county lines.

    Join our interactive webinar where we will share what criminal exploitation including county lines is and how to spot signs it may be happening to your child or a child you know. We cover what it looks like in your local area and where to get advice and support if you are concerned. The interactive webinar will also give you the opportunity to ask questions, share concerns and connect with others.

    Learn what county lines is.

    Understand what is happening in your local area.

    Understand the signs that your child might be at risk.

    Learn how offenders groom and exploit children.

    The webinar will be hosted live over zoom, once you have registered we will send you the login details for joining.

    Register now

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  • Friday 21st April 2023 - Non-Uniform Day

    Published 19/04/23

    Dear Parents/Carers,

    Re: Non-uniform day - Friday 21st April

    On Friday 21st April, we are holding a non-uniform day, organised by the Sixth Form to raise money for Year 13 graduation in July.

    Students can come to school in their own clothes and make a £1 donation on the day which will be collected by tutors during registration. 

    Staff can also wear their own clothes and make a £2 donation.

    Please note: 

    • No sliders or crocs will be allowed for health and safety reasons (trainers are allowed as well as closed toe shoes/boots). 
    • The school will not take responsibility for any expensive items of clothing that get mislaid.
    • No doo rags or hoodies are allowed.
    • Lanyards must be worn and school bags, PE kit or any other equipment needed for the day is still essential.

    Please also consider that it is a school environment and students should be dressed in a way which is appropriate. 

    Any inappropriate clothing worn may result in students being sent home. It also means that we may not be able to run events like this in the future.

    Thank you for your continued support.

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  • Meet Mr Panesar!

    Published 17/04/23

    Meet Mr Panesar – Raising Standards Leader, Head of KS5 Mathematics and Deputy Head of the Mathematics Department.

    Hear all about Mr Panesar’s role within the school, the extra support, and opportunities that available to our students, his views on what makes Woolwich Polytechnic Sixth Form unique, what motivates him as a teacher and what it is like to work at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys.

    Watch the full series on our YouTube Channel here

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  • Message to parents/carers - Tariff changes April 2023

    Published 04/04/23

    Dear Parent/Carer,

    As you will be aware there have been significant prices increases in many food items over the last 12 months with some significant increases in many items.  

    As a result, our catering company, Wilson Jones, have been forced to make some changes to the tariff. In order to minimise the impact on our families they have decided to expand price points, instead of applying a flat rate increase across the board.  This means is that there will still be items available at the current price points and also an increased number of options at these lower price points, however, the prices of the higher premium products will be increased.

    The cost of a meal deal will increase from £2.60 to £2.75; this will include the price of a free school meal. We firmly believe, and evidence has shown, that if children eat healthily this will help them to achieve both their educational and lifestyle goals. 

    Please be assured that we know the decision to increase prices has not been taken lightly and believe that the revised prices will still remain competitive with the prices charged in other local schools. 

    These changes will come in to effect with the new menu change, following the Easter break. 

    We would like to remind parents and carers that you may be entitled to claim for free school meals. Please contact the main school office if you would like help completing the application form. 

    To qualify for free school meals you must be: 

    • Receiving Income Support and Child Benefit 
    • or receiving income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or income-based Employment & Support Allowance and Child Benefit 
    • or receiving Child Tax Credit only with no entitlement to Working Tax Credit and with a gross annual income as assessed by the Inland Revenue of £16,190 or less (gross means before deductions for tax and national insurance) and Child Benefit 
    • or receiving the guarantee element of State Pension Credit and Child Benefit 
    • or being supported under Part VI of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999 

     

    click here to view the tariff menu 2023

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  • Women in Business Networking Event

    Published 04/04/23

    Women in Business Networking Event

    Our women in Year 12 and 13 finished out the Spring term with an invitation to the #BuildYourNetwork event, hosted by Momentum ITSMA. This women in business evening, a celebration of Women’s History Month, was organised by Woolwich Poly alumna Dami Quadri, Class of 2018.

    ‘As someone who came out of Woolwich Poly Sixth Form, it’s great to be able to connect and inspire current students who are in a position I was once in. Being able to be involved and give back to a school that gave me so much. I’m so excited to see what the future holds for this year’s cohort of Poly students’, said Dami.

    The evening provided an opportunity for our students to speed network with women from companies such as Microsoft, Salesforce, Fujitsu and PwC as well as share thoughts and learn how to manage some of the most difficult topics facing women today, like how to balance work and home life, or how to overcome imposter syndrome.

    Year 12 student Carmen said, 'I absolutely enjoyed the evening. Meeting new people and discussing both the challenges and the opportunities that there are for young women in the corporate environment has made me more confident in pursuing my career'

    A similar sentiment was shared by Sekinat, Year 12, 'It was incredible to meet with women in various careers who shared their experiences in the world of work. I also learnt how important emotional intelligence and believing in oneself are in achieving career success’.

    A huge thank you to Dami and all our alumni who continue to contribute to our Sixth Form.

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  • Former student donates Bleed Control Kit to WPSfB

    Published 28/03/23

    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

     

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