2nd Sunday in Advent

2nd Sunday of Advent

The 2nd Sunday of Advent and today we light our second candle. This candle represents the old testament prophets - The Candle of Peace

Peace is like a light shining in a dark place. As we look at this candle we celebrate the peace that can be found in Christ.

Southampton In Bloom

 

Now the weather is cold and there are so few plants about, I thought this would be a nice reminder of the lovely enteries tutor groups did for Southampton in Bloom. This year we entered every catergory and were awarded 3 certificates including a Gold.

Each tutor group is focused on one area of the school and is hopefully planning next years planting ready to try and get best in catergory.

Don't forget to keep collecting and storing seeds ready for the spring.

1st Advent Sunday

It is the first Sunday of Advent and time to light the first candle of the Advent Wreath.

The wreath is made of a circle of evergreen branches laid flat to symbolize eternal life. Four candles stand in the circle and each one represents one of the four Sundays of Advent. In the centre of the circle is a fifth candle, the Christ Candle, which is lit on Christmas Day.

The circle of the wreath reminds Christians of God, His eternity and endless mercy, which has no beginning or end.

The green of the wreath speaks of the hope that Christians have in God, the hope of newness, of renewal, of eternal life.

Traditionaly, the theme of the first Advent Sunday is God's people - the Candle of Hope. Hope is like a light shining in a dark place. As we look at the light of this candle we celebrate the hope we have in Jesus Christ.

We'd love to hear about any visits to church where you have seen the lighting of the advent calender. 

Sharing our Success

 

Sharing our Success - The Bulletin

 

 

Each week Southampton City Council posts its newsletter "The Bulletin" to all of its employees within the local authority.

 

It highlights news stories from the authority, successes, future training and useful information.

This week we were featured for our recent success at the EBP South Amazing People Awards, both for our schools success and the success of one of our Year 11 pupils.

The full article is below.

 

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Amazing people, amazing achievements: Congratulations to The Polygon School who received two awards at the recent EBP South Amazing People Awards. The Amazing Education Establishment which promotes the Careers Education Award celebrates how the school offers students a weekly essential work skills lesson which has resulted in an increased numbers of students undertaking work experience. The Amazing Student category was awarded to pupil Arron Adamson, who successfully completed his work experience placement at St. Marks Primary School as a Classroom Assistant. Arron's placement was so successful that he has continued to attend St. Marks to assist with the PE lessons. 

(pictured above from left to right Ali Slater, from IBM the award sponsor, collected by Anne Hendon-John, Chloe Foster, Peter Rooke, Nicole Thomas, Christine Ash and Sam Ashton from The Polygon School).

Celebrating success -

British Council International School Award re-accreditation!

Mrs Hendon-John receiving our award from our MP Royston Smith

The Polygon School has been awarded, after re-accreditation, the British Council’s prestigious full International School Award in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom.

The International School Award celebrates the achievements of schools that do exceptional work in international education. Fostering an international dimension in the curriculum is at the heart of the British Council’s work with schools, so that young people gain the cultural understanding and skills they need for life work in today’s world.

Mr Patchell would like to thank everybody for all of their help with our international work as it is a fantastic achievement for our school in gaining re-accreditation.   He also hopes Mrs Hendon-John enjoys the International Schools Award Ceremony in London - 27.11.2017, where she may have the opportunity to meet our MP.

Sir Ciarán Devane, CEO of the British Council, said: ‘The school’s fantastic international work has rightfully earned it this prestigious award. The International School Award is a great chance for schools to demonstrate the important work they’re doing to bring the world into their classrooms. Embedding an international dimension in children’s education ensures that they are truly global citizens and helps prepare them for successful lives and careers in an increasingly global economy.’

The International School Award encourages and supports schools to develop:
· An international ethos embedded throughout the school
· A whole school approach to international work
· Collaborative curriculum-based work with a number of partner schools
· Year-round international activity
· Involvement of the wider community

Cinema Trips

We have been lucky enough to visit the cinema 2 weeks in a row! Last week we all went to see "Spiderman Homecoming" and yesterday we saw "Wonderwoman". All the boys were brilliantly behaved and we all had a lovely time! I hope we can go again soon-well done boys!

Miss Long and Bradley-he was very knowledgeable on Spiderman!

4AW showing lovely, sensible behaviour

Mrs White and Lewis

A sneaky picture of Mr Rooke, Charlie and Jordan

EBP South Amazing People Awards - Amazing Educational Establishment

 

 

 

EBP South Amazing People Awards - Amazing Educational Establishment

 

 

 

We were recently nominated for an Award at the EBP South Amazing People Awards. We attended the award ceremony last week hosted by Solent Hotel & Spa to find out the winners.

 

16 Awards were handed out on the night and we were nominated in the category of Amazing Educational Establishment who Promote Careers Education.

 

We were nominated with 5 other schools and colleges in the region. After a tense wait when the nominations were read out we found out the result.

 

We are very grateful to have won in our category. We would like to thank EBP South for this award and thank all of the staff form The Polygon School for their hard work in prompting careers learning and work experience over the past year.

 

 

To find out more about EBP South Amazing People Award the please visit their website - https://www.ebpsouth.co.uk/news/20-years-of-amazing-people