Year 7 Powerboating

The year 7 boys had the opportunity to participate in a powerboating session on the Solent today. All boys were great ambassadors for the school and had a fantastic time!

During the session we all had the opportunity to take charge of the wheel and steer the boat at high speed. We were very lucky to have a sunny day and the boys really enjoyed putting themselves in line of the sea spray as we blasted across the waves!

Marley's concentration face!

Tyler and Rio

Roch mastering a tight turn

They were warned they may get wet at the back!



The boys learning about the controls

Engagement Centre visit Southampton FC: We March On Exhibition

Southampton FC: We March On

This week the Engagement Centre visited the Sea City Museum who currently have an exhibition on the history of Southampton Football Club.

 

The boys particularly enjoyed seeing a replica of the FA Cup trophy that Saints won in 1976. They beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the cup.

The exhibition also had the shirt of Saints legend, Rickie Lambert, when he scored his 100th goal for the club. All his teammates signed the shirt and he loaned it to the exhibition to put on display for all the fans in the City to see.

Doddle Champion - week 3

Week 3:

We have continued where we left off from weeks 1 & 2 and increased our results for all areas in week 3!  For example, 70% of our pupils completed work on Doddle this week.  What a fantastic first three weeks of school and Doddle, well done to everybody.

Congratulations again go to 3BW for winning our weekly competition for tutor groups and to BB for winning the individual compeition.  Who will be this weeks winners?

After School Boxfit

I was delighted to see so many boys taking part in after school Boxfit yesterday! Keep up the good work boys and keep working them hard Mr T!

Tyler and Mr A

Jerome about to upper cut!

Alfie

Mr Sparrowhawk and Cam tightening their gloves

Ryan was very impressive well done!

Well done AJ its lovely to see you taking part

Sailing Ragatta Community Cup

 

 

Sailing Regatta - Community Cup

 

 

We were very fortunate this week to be invited to take part in the 1st Community Cup Sailing Regatta in association with Southampton Boat Show. This week hosted a series of corporate events including a day where pupils could experience a day on board a Sunsail Match First 40s yacht.

 

Pupils from our Engagement Programme were lucky enough to attend and were matched with a 2 person crew for a day of sailing.

 

During the day our pupils used iPad navigation skills, learnt many nautical terms, work as part of a team setting up the sails and captaining the yacht.

 

We sailed out into the Solent towards the Isle of Wight hitting a top speed of 16 knots. The pupils had to navigate between the marked buoys and avoid the Isle of Wight ferries. We then turned and sailed across the Southampton Boat Show and Southampton Dockyard getting an up close look at the sixe of the shipping containers, some of which were holding 2000 containers.

 

We would like to thank theyachtmarket.com and Southampton City Council for the invitation to join in this wonderful day and very much look forward to next year's event.

 

 



Local School Nature Grant

New Resources For Outside Learning

Keep a look out for our new equipment for Outdoor Learning, hopefully it should be here by the end of the month!

Staff are being trained on fire pit use this week so look forward to being outdoors throughout the winter.

Thanks go the Learning through Landscape who have supplied the equipment, with the grant being funded by the Local Postcode Trust.

Year 7 Boxfit

 First boxing session with Mr T for 3LB!

Tyler, Marley, Roch and Charley all got wrapped and padded for the first time as they all worked and achieved so much in their first week at the Polygon 3LB got a treat with a Boxfit session.

All four boys should be proud of themselves for their determination and hard work put into their session and for the encouragement and teamwork on display!


                                                                     Well done Boys!

Doddle Champion - weeks 1 & 2

Weeks 1 & 2:

We achieved the highest amount of work EVER completed in the first two weeks of an academic year last week.  Well done to all for this achievement and let´s keep it going!

Congratulations go to 3BW for winning our weekly competition for tutor groups and to BB for winning the individual compeition.  Who will be this weeks winners?

KS4 Use Maths skills in PSHE lesson

KS4 have been working hard this week towards their AQA Level 2 in Personal and Social Education qualification. 

They have been developing their knowledge and understanding of the potential implications of drinking alcohol. All pupils can know explain what is meant by 'percentage by volume' of an alcoholic drink. 

A pupil from Morris House has under taken research with assistance from Cloud Wine who offered guidance and advice on safe alcohol consumption and how to work out units of alcohol.  This information was then taken back to school so all pupils could use their Math's skills to work out units of alcohol in commonly available alcoholic drinks and demonstrate the link between percentage by volume and units of alcohol. 

Excellent research and Math's KS4 well done!

Teamwork in PSHE

We have had a great start to PSHE lessons this week. It's not only been fantastic to see pupils get to grips with new topics but also to see pupils working so well together in a team.

4SK working together today and sharing ideas

Congratulations and Good Luck Year 11

Before we start blogging about this academic year I just wanted to say a last goodbye to last years year 11.

We are so proud of you all and your achievements both academically and socially. Everyone at The Polygon wishes you the very best for college. 

Please pop in for a cup of tea and let us know how you are getting on.