3LB go to SWAC

3LB students have recently been offered an opportunity to go to Southampton Water Activities center
For the past three weeks they have had the chance to  engage in a different activities. 

The weather was on their side and They were able to build a raft, try paddle boarding and went sailing, as well as jump of the pontoon. 

Some were a bit unsure to start with but they all enjoyed themselves and embraced the challenges given to them and had a good time - even when their raft broke while they were out in the river.

Art in 2018-19

In Art this year, we have had many pupils’ complete loads of work to a very high standard. This included pupils who love art but also pupils where Art may not be their favourite subject, but they completed loads and loads of work and work very hard. There were numerous projects that were completed across the year. This included a Sea Project where students would study numerous parts of the Ocean and use it as inspiration to create wonderful artwork. This involves work with mussel shells and iridescent paint, while also numerous drawings of sea creatures (Octopi, Fish, Sharks). While completing these projects, pupils would learn different techniques and use different equipment, thus furthering their Art development. This included using chalks, charcoals, pens, pencils and paints amongst the number of different Art equipment we have and use for Art at the Polygon.

Every pupil that completed work in Art during this year should be very proud of themselves and their work, whether they did a lot of work or little. They would have shown resilience and commitment to completing pieces that may take more than one lesson to complete, and this is something they should be proud of as having resilience and commitment is an important skill in life!  

Bags2School

Many thanks to everyone who brought in clothes, bedding, bags or shoes into school for our collection. Especially 3BW who collected the most items from all the tutor groups.
The items will now be sold to importers and wholesalers in many countries of Eastern and Western Europe, Africa and Asia.
Every year UK consumers dispose of 1.13 million tonnes of clothing and shoes. 70% will be reused overseas, but 80,000 tonnes are incinerated and 350,000 tonnes end up in landfill.Thanks to everyone who sent clothes for our collections, we have saved 68 kilos from being incinerated or becoming landfill.

What out for next years collections dates to see if we can recycle even more.

Sports Day!

Today was the first of our two whole school sports mornings. All boys were split into four teams which included all the different age groups. All participating boys did really well in the hot conditions and we saw lots of examples of excellent teamwork and resilience!

Well done boys and staff who also joined in and did their best! We look forward to more of the action tomorrow- lets have another great day, strong performances and I hope you can smash some more school records!

Red team looking ready!

Go Liam!

Marley after the shuttle run challenge!

Andrew going for a big throw

Super performance from you today Jack- Let see more of the same tomorrow!

Mrs White showing them how its done!

Alfie following suit!

KS3 Football Match v Coppice Spring

The KS3 Football team lost a closely contested match against Coppice Spring School from Basingstoke 7 - 8.

On a hot afternoon at Milbrook GOALS The Polygon team started well and played some controlled passing football.

Despite some excellent goalkeeping from both Liam and Charlie, Coppice Spring began to dominate and stretched out to a 5 - 2 lead.

However, goals from Ryan. Liam and AJ brought The Polygon right back into the match. With a couple of minutes to play, Liam scored a lovely freekick to put The Polygon into the lead!

Ryan sportingly took himself off after Liam's goal which gave Coppice Spring the chance to get back on top, which they did with two well taken late goals

Despite the loss, all the players were pleased with their performances and are looking forward to the chance to win their next match.

School Diversity Week

Last week the whole school celebrated School Diversity Week

(or as the school council decided to call it Polygon Pride)

  

As part of our efforts to ensure our school environment is a place where every child can realise their potential, we joined tens of thousands of pupils and teachers taking part in School Diversity Week across the country to celebrate equality in our school and LGBT+ education.

Our school council decided the way in which they would like to celebrate this was a non-school uniform day and a march around the playground. 

 

Growing up remains unacceptably tough for LGBT+ young people 40% contemplate suicide, 50% self-harm and 96% still hear homophobic remarks. This has a potentially life-long impact on young people’s attainment and well-being. Alongside our anti-bullying and safeguarding policies, taking part in School Diversity Week is an important way of actively supporting LGBT+ young people in our school and demonstrating our commitment to an inclusive school environment where every young person can be themselves and thrive. It is a chance to explain to all our students the importance of diversity in the world we are preparing them for.

Throughout this term we have been teaching relationship and sex education within our PSHE lessons and discrimination in Citizenship which fosters gender equality and LGBT+ and challenges all forms of discrimination. 

Staff have really embraced School Diversity Week and will be sharing their individuals projects on the blog shortly but here is a sneaky photo!

A BIG thank you for all the involvement from pupils and staff and our friends from external agencies including NO Limits! Its fantastic for our pupils to see us all working together!  

 

 

Work Experience Reflection - Year 10

Last week I went on work experience as a landscape gardener. We went all over the place even as far as Bournemouth. I learnt to cut grass, strim grass and use a leaf blower.

I had previous experience working at Hillier's so I already had some knowledge. I was interested to see how much money you could get paid for different jobs per hour and it made me think about what I could do for a job when I leave school.

I think work experience is a good idea although I am really tired this week.

Year 10 pupil 

Lewis work experience reflection!

I did my work experience last week at Crest Nicholson construction site. I found it very good and really enjoyed the challenge of creating my bird box.

While I was there we did; Tiling, wall papering, bricklaying, electrical, plumbing and carpentry. Out of everything i tried I found wall papering to be my least favorite thing as it was too easy and not very challenging. My favorite thing was Carpentry, I enjoyed building the bird box and also learning about all the different joints used to put wood parts together. 

I could see my self doing Carpentry as a career as I really did enjoy it. I do plan on trying to do more around wood work to gain a better understanding of it. We did 3 site walks, which i found useful as i got to see first hand what it is like on a work site.

Fungus Labs

Pupils across the school were picked by Grow Wild to grow Oyster mushrooms using their fungus lab kits.

3KP, 3LB, 3BW and Morris House pupils were given a kit with detailed instructions on how to grow and harvest the oyster mushrooms.

Morris House pupils started by sterilising the straw then leaving it in a dark cool place for 3 weeks. A quick spell in the fridge to mimic autumn and then the fun-gi started.

Pupils from both Morris House and 3KP managed to grow oyster mushrooms, with 3KP growing without even going in the fridge!

Morris House grew quality mushrooms which were very tasty as I cooked them myself.

3KP --->

<------ Morris House

Just waiting to see if 3BW and 3LB have been as successful, watch out for further updates.

RHS Wisley Scarecrow Competition

RHS Wisley Scarecrow Competition

Pupils from 3LB and 3KP designed scarecrows for the Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Wisley this year and 3KP's design was picked by the judges to be displayed.

3KP had themed their scarecrow on plastic in the sea, continuing the work they had done in Citizenship with Miss Potts, on the impact of plastic in our sea has on the environment.

Their scarecrow featured a plastic buoy donated by Hamble Water Taxis & Moorings, shells, seaweed and recycled garden tools. Thanks also to Miss Ifould for the use of her pebbles and to Miss Fornal for the donation of the trainers.

Once the scarecrow was all set up at the gardens, pupils from 3KP had a great time looking around the gardens, especially in the Glass House which contained some amazing tropical plants.

Watch out for our entry to RHS Wisley's scarecrow competition next year!

Work experience at Bernados

 Our year 10's are out on work experience this week at various locations. Alfie is working at Bernados charity shop and Miss Long popped in to see how he was getting on today.
Alfie was busy testing electrical appliances when she arrived at the shop and looked very hard at work and happy!
The Bernados team told Miss Long that Alfie had been doing very well and had even been early for work a couple of times! Well done Alfie!