Year 11 Shirt Signing at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls

We cannot believe that a week has already passed since we waved goodbye to our Year 11 students. We thought today would be perfect to share some photographs from last Friday and the students signing shirts.

Our Year 11 students had been busy customising their shirts with such detailed and creative designs using paints, pens, diamantes, pearls and even feather trims. Such a wonderful tradition which celebrated our Year 11s wearing their school uniform for the last time.

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Please have a look at these resources below for adults supporting young people with their mental health and, in particular, self harm.  If you have any concerns about your child in terms of their mental health, please do let us know. 

Also, see the following websites/apps for support: Kooth, TellMi, Shout, YoungMinds and the Anna Freud centre.

Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls Summer Concert is taking place on Thursday 27th June 2024, at 6 pm in the Sports Hall.

For more details, students need check the pastoral pages on Teams. Students can also find a form on Teams to request tickets for the event.

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Date: Saturday 1^st June – Midnight Monday 3^rd June

Offer: 15% Discount on all orders

Code: FINAL24

This discount works in conjunction with the already reduced prices, reducing the blazers, for example, to under £20!

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Introducing Professor Higgins, our esteemed Dog Mentor at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls and Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys

Professor Higgins is our friendly school dog. He became part of the Poly family as our Dog Mentor in 2022 at the tender age of 6 months old.

In order to gain this title, like any student, he had to sit an exam to ensure he had the right temperament for school life, which included testing his skills such as patience, positivity and teamwork.

Higgins specialises in working with students to reduce anxiety, to encourage social skills as well as helping students who are at the early stages of grasping the English Language. He is also very good at helping students understand the body language of dogs. This is useful when working with students to overcome their fear of dogs as this allows them to feel confident when out in public, including our Royal Borough’s green spaces.

Higgins has a variety of hobbies, beyond the school gates, ranging from swimming (in any body of water, particularly in muddy streams) and even modelling!

Professor Higgins works on a voluntary basis. Like any member of staff, our Professor has his own timetable. This means he avoids the corridors at change of lessons as well as the playground at break and lunchtime.

The safeguarding and wellbeing of our students and staff come first in our Poly family - this includes the wellbeing of Professor Higgins. For this reason, our school community follow these guidelines:
• Keeping our voices soft and calm (to stop him worrying that we are upset)
• Asking before stroking him (he might be on his way to a lesson and won’t want to be late!)
• Picking up any food that we may drop on the floor in the dining hall or playground (some human food can make him ill)

We believe Professor Higgins is the ‘paw-fect’ Dog Mentor 🐕 💙

At Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls, we are preparing for Mental Health Awareness Week.

The upcoming MHW 2024 takes place from May 13th to 19th and will focus on the theme "Movement: Moving more for our mental health."

To show our support, we have created green ribbon badges that students and staff can buy from our prefects at 20p each. All proceeds will be donated to the Mental Health Foundation. There is a limited supply available, so make sure to bring your cash early if you're interested!

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