Postcards From The Science Department

A very special well done (and a postcard) to the boys who have completed their Science homework to such a high level.  

Your work has been amazing!

So thumbs up!

For recognition of their hard endeavour at a time that can be frustrating and difficult to engage (especially with school work) we have sent this postcard, thanking the students personally.  

Thank you boys and keep up with the good work!

You might just get another!

#TwoPointSixChallenge Results

#TwoPointSixChallenge Polygon School Results

On Monday 27th April the Polygon school community came together to participate in the two point six challenge in order to raise money for City Catering in Southampton. Our target as a team was to cover the distance of 2.6 marathons which would have been 67.6 miles.

We are so impressed with the effort from everyone and it just shows how strong our team is during these challenging times. Thank you everyone for taking part.

So the results... We SMASHED it with a total of 99.48 miles covered! Well done team Polygon and everyone else who took part in our wider community. Please see the pictures below which celebrate everyone's achievements.

Mrs Hendon-John's morning walk- she has set you the task of identifying the wild flowers and building in the pictures!

Miss Price and T rollerblading and scooting 

Mrs White on a beautiful walk.

Mrs Foster and her helpers!

Mr Patchell and his family joining in all the way from Iceland!

The super runners and their routes! Mr Rooke, Mr Shutt, Mr Crook, Mrs Thomas and Mr Morley!

Miss Ifould and our school dog Finn working hard!

Miss Fornal out on her walk.

Miss Long - 26 minutes of yoga at home.

Miss HP and Miss Mitchell running at school and motivating the boys! Well done guys!

 Well done Mrs Ash, Mrs Bonner and Mrs Pearce!

Well done Miss Killick, Miss Griffiths, Mrs Bufton, Miss Harrop and their families!

Mr Harvey smashing it on the rowing machine.

Mrs Wheeler great effort!

Ms Kinder - watch the log! 

Amazing effort from our boys in school!

Well done Mrs Rodgers, Mr Tunkara, Miss Wateridge and Mr Penfold! Some inventive ideas!

The distance just keeps coming - well done Mr Betlem, Miss Burton and Mr Martin!

Don't forget its not too late to donate to City Catering on the link below. Thanks again everyone and we look forward to seeing you all soon.

https://www.twopointsixchallenge.co.uk/

#TwoPointSixChallenge

The Polygon School are taking part in the 2.6 Challenge to help raise money for Southampton City Catering

Sunday the 26th April would have been the date of the London Marathon, many charities across the UK rely on the income generated by such a massive fundraising event. Last year alone the marathon raised £66.4 million pounds. 

In these difficult times charities are being hit hard and are losing out on vital funding streams. 

As a Polygon School community, we would like to take part in the 2.6 Challenge and support our partner City Catering (registered charity number 1160776) who are currently working around the clock to continue to feed families in Southampton.

Our aim is to collectively walk, run or cycle the minimum distance of the London Marathon (26 miles).  However it would be even better if 26 people could run/walk/cycle 2.6 miles each- this would mean we would  cover 2.6 marathons which is just over 68 miles! 

We are asking for all member of our community to participate on Monday 27th April (The day after the London Marathon). 

You can donate using following links:

 #TwoPointSixChallenge

 //www.twopointsixchallenge.co.uk/

We would like to collect pictures to celebrate our achievements so please send your photographs into info@polygon.southampton.sch.uk. I know as a staff team many of us will be running at school and from home. 

Remember to follow the government guidelines and keep a social distance!

If you are unable to get out and run, walk or jog please participate in anyway you can. This could be by making posters, climbing stairs, sit ups or anything that involves the number 26 or 2.6!

We look forward to seeing the results - come on team Polygon!

Mr Vas teaching Spanish to Tyler and Callum during our temporary school closure. The boys engaged really well with this, asked lots o questions and were able to read their paragraphs to each other! 

Saints Foundation - Competition Time

Competition Time:)

As this is a tough time for everybody we must make sure we take care of our mental wellbeing! There are lots of things we can do to increase our happiness whilst isolated and also when we eventually are not!

Being Creative is a huge and varying way to keep your mind busy. So…Saints Connect would like to run a competition all to do with Mental Wellbeing.

Task: Create a poster to encourage people of all ages to take care of their minds. You can have drawings, ways of looking after yourself (do some research it could be things like eating well, exercising, communicating), short stories of your own experiences and what helps you, and you could even include online links for places to go online for help.  Whatever you feel will make people stop and think!

Time: The closing date for the competition is Friday 3^rd April!

How to enter:  Details have been assigned to all pupil accounts on Doddle.

Prize: The most effective poster will then be put on our Saints Foundation social media pages to encourage everyone to take care of themselves!

Surrey Hills Residential

On Monday 9th March, a group of 8 pupils and 3 staff travelled to YHA Holmbury St Mary in Surrey Hills for a 3 day residential. Before leaving Southampton, the group had a team building session at Woodmill Outdoor Activities Centre. Everyone had a go at 
Crate Stacking, which involved a lot of teamwork and a lot of screaming from staff!

Some of the boys went so high that we ran out of crates! And even Mr Harvey was unable to reach the top.

Holmbury St Marys Youth Hostel is set amongst woodland in the Surrey Hills. As well as having the experience of being away from home and sharing dormitories, the pupils also benefited from taking part in a number of activities with So Sussex. Activities included
team challenges, such as a 'stretcher' race, Samurai, Watch Tower - the ultimate game of hide and seek - and building and then attempting to float in a Coracle boat across a very muddy and cold pond! This last activity also involved a lot of screaming from staff! 

We could finally strike each other with a samurai sword without getting a consequence!

We worked very well as a team and built a coracle which did not sink.

Miss HP and Liam saw it as a competition but both ended up in the cold pond eventually!

On our final evening, we had a fireside talk from a local wildlife expert, followed by roasting marshmallows.Daily room inspections were an important (and competitive!) part of the visit. Pupils (and some staff) took great pride in preparing their bedrooms for these inspections and the winners were rewarded in our end of residential awards ceremony.

Miss HP was harsh with rooms' tidiness scoring, checking every nook and cranny.
 But it turned out that her and Miss Fornal had the messiest room of all!

The residential was a really positive experience for everyone involved. Many of the pupils do not get the chance to be away from home, and they all benefited from this opportunity. Living together and being able to be outside all day and enjoy the woodlands gave pupils and staff the chance to build on positive relationships and enjoy themselves. This is certainly a residential that we would like to do again. Hopefully, the Surrey Hills 2020 Residential will be the first of many more!

Continued achievements with our Doddle results!

We continue to build on the amazing start to this academic year with our Doddle results!  

Going from strength to strength at The Polygon School
Being a Doddle Advocate Partner School we were asked to produce a case study for Doddle.  Please clink on the link to read it - https://www.doddlelearn.co.uk/going-from-strength-to-strength-at-the-polygon-school/

We did not make the top ten nationally this time for the Doddle competitions.  These are designed to reward top using students, both through their homework tasks and any independent learning.  However, within our school the top three are:

Well done and remember, the more independent learning you partake in the more likely you will be to win some Doddle prizes!

After the success of an incentive we ran in March, during this academic year we are expanding this for each month to track the monthly totals for each pupil and tutor group.  Will anybody dislodge 4SK from winning the monthly totals competition after they have won six in a row?!

A message from Doddle:

You may have noticed that Doddle is running slowly at the moment. As you can imagine, like internet providers and all other online services, we are experiencing much higher levels of usage than normal. Since the school closures, we have been doing everything we can to increase our server capacity in order to get Doddle running effectively.

We are continuing to work on this and will update you with any changes. In the meantime, you can help us to keep Doddle running smoothly by…

1.   Heading straight to www.doddlelearn.co.uk/app when you log in (add the URL to your favourites to ensure you always hit this page first).

2.    Informing your students to use www.doddlelearn.co.uk/app every time they log in.