The Green Influencers

The Green Influencers Scheme helps to mentor young

people to create their own environmental social action projects. It helps them connect to nature in a meaningful and longlasting way, but in a way that they choose. The Polygon School have matched their interests in electronics and   

reducing electronic waste with caring for our planet!

The scheme is funded by The Ernest Cook Trust, the IWill Fund, The National Lottery Community Fund, and the Department of Digital, Media and Sport.

There's more information on the project on the https://www.sos-uk.org/

The boys enjoyed the large selection of breakfast on offer.

Happy with the choice of 12 beds between the 3 of them.

#squadgoals

The boys were amazing with their input for the storytelling workshop they took part in.

The main event has begun...Aiden and Jack have done their green man sketch with Aiden dressed as a giant Pea...sadly we dont have a a picture of that yet...but we will!

Ivan captivating the crowd with his ability to stand and read to 100 adults about the green phone project.

I hate goodbyes...and everyone was sad to see the boys leave as they were fantastic in their presentation, so well behaved and a credit to the Polygon.

A big thanks to Holly in the picture for being a great Green Mentor to the school and to The Earnest Cook trust for inviting us all up and for being so good to our boys.

4NA Climbing Session

This week 4NA took to the climbing walls at Parthian Climbing Centre. We had a few nervous boys at the start of the session but as soon as they got into the swing of it there was no stopping them. They did not stop climbing for the whole hour and a half session. 

Pupils were really supportive of each other as they got used to the equipment. Some pupils found it hard to put there trust in the equipment but they got there in the end with the support of their peers. 

Pupils this week were learning about the different gradings for each climb they did. The higher the number the more difficult the climb was. Well done to Linkin and Brendan for challenging themselves from the first climb they did whilst making it look easy!

Pupils also got to have a go at using the auto belays. At this point the confidence in the group had already grown so much and we saw two pupils make it to the top of these massive walls more then once before we moved onto bouldering. 

Super proud of Lewis who was smashing in the white and light blue routes up the wall. Great perseverance. 

Jozef started the session saying he did not like heights. This was not obvious when it came to bouldering. Jozef was challenging himself to white, yellow and even blue routes up the wall. Well done Jozef you made so much progress this session. 

Linkin was showing off his natural strength and decided he did not need to use his feet when climbing these overhangs. 

Well done Brendan for taking on the competition routes. 

Brendan also showed fantastic skill as he tried this difficult blue. It took a few attempts but with resilience and perseverance he made it to the top. Super climbing. 

This was week two climbing for Tobi, and what a week he had. His confidence on the wall was fantastic and he did not stop climbing until the end. He challenged himself this week with completing more overhang climbs. Well done Tobi. 

This week the boys became super competitive on one particular route. The cube! Well done for the whole group giving it a go, it looks much harder then it is. Well done to Brendan and Linkin for making it to the top. 

  Well done boys you all had a brilliant session. 

  

 

 

 

   

KS4 English - Speech Writing

Over the last two weeks 4NA have been using their work experience as inspiration for their speeches. They have been give the title 'Work experience; A waste of time or a value experience' and been asked to write a speech for their peers giving their view on this statement. Pupils were asked to include their personal experiences and explain to their audience the positive and negatives of their own work experience that they went on just before half term.  

Half way through pupils swapped their work and highlighted positive words and phrases used. They then gave some positive feedback and some ideas for development. 

They then worked hard responding to feedback and finishing off their speeches before delivering them to the class. 

Super effort 4NA well done!

Ski Lessons

Over the last 3 weeks 7 pupils across the school have been attending ski lessons at Southampton Sports Centre. This is in preparation for our ski trip to Italy next week. 6 out of the 7 pupils had never been skiing before and they all persevered and grew in confidence week after week. 

Pupils started off a little nervous in the beginning, but by the end of session 3 pupils were starting to master the snow plough and were starting to learn how to turn. 

We are all very excited for our ski trip next week! 

World Book Day 2023

KS4 have been super excited about World Book Day this year and have been working hard completing The Polygon Schools World Book Day Challenge. 

Pupils have one week to complete all the challenges above, each box needs to be signed off by a member of staff. Great start Tyler!

Pupils were given one lesson to make a start on completing all their challenges. All pupils were super enthusiastic and used their time wisely. In class we had Riley telling the whole class jokes, Sean reading the content of a cereal box, Tyler making a book mark, Tobi drawing a scene from his favourite book, Tash completing a famous authors word search, Linkin map reading and Harley completing Lexia. Excellent boys you have made a great start to this challenge.  

Lots of reading also took place on World Book Day. 

Each tutor group also completed the World Book Day Quiz. Tyler decided to tick off one of his challenges and read out all the questions and possible answers to his class. Fantastic reading. 

All tutor groups were given the opportunity to visit Waterstones and trade in their World Book Day voucher for a book of their choice. All behaviour was excellent on the trip. 

KS3- World Book Day 2023

 KS3 have been getting stuck into World Book Day this year. There were lots of events planned for them including a reading challenge and a quiz completed in tutor time, as well as  a trip to Waterstones to collect their free books using the World Book Day tokens. Both pupils and staff enjoyed the day, with many pupils settling down to read their books after the trip. 

RE - Year 9 Buddhism

 Year 9 have been learning about the Eightfold Path in RE. We have been exploring different ways to practice mindfulness. Here are the boys taking a moment to create a peaceful ornamental garden.