Prep School Weekly Challenges

Mrs Doran has been setting a daily challenge for Prep School pupils. These challenges have covered a range of subjects and are designed to keep everyone fit, healthy, happy and learning! Pupils have been encouraged to share pictures of themselves doing the challenges with each other - to prevent pupils feeling isolated and to encourage participation and a sense of fun. Pupils have also been emailing Mrs Doran photographs, PowerPoint and videos of their completed challenges and Mrs Doran is adding these to the weekly Prep Newsletter.

Some of this week’s challenges:

Bake Off!

Liverpool College pupils participated in a ‘bake off’ this week when they were invited to take part in a cookery challenge. Pupils were asked to either assist in the making of a family meal – or for older students -to make something independently. Mrs Doran was inundated with pictures of all the delicious creations. As this event was so popular, this event will be relaunched again next term so over the holidays, why not practice at home making a favourite family meal ready for Round 2 of the Prep School Bake Off!

Architecture Challenge

Pupils were challenged this week to combine their mathematical and drawing skills to create a scale drawing of a room inside their house. Well done to everyone who sent in photographs of their elevation plans. If you haven’t already done so, why don’t you try to draw a ‘top’ view plan of a room in your house, maybe you could add a key or use a ruler to make sure the scale is correct.

Three Little Pigs Maths Challenge

Prep pupils were set a superb mathematical challenge this week which required them to use skills in problem solving, estimation, multiplication, rounding and even algebra. The task – look outside your house and work out a way to calculate how many bricks were used to build it. The students sent in some quite remarkable calculations – many being asked to re-evaluate their working to make sure they took into account all the external walls. Thank you to everyone who sent in their working – and for all those willing to revise their original calculations.

Poetry Champion

Well done to Seb in Year 4 for sending in, not one, but two pieces of writing this week. As well as a poem, Seb also emailed in a superb video of him reading his own performance poem. If anyone else would like to send in a video to Mrs Doran of you reading your own composition, follow the step by step instructions available in this week’s Challenge of the day - ‘Create your own Video!’ Have fun!

Mrs Doran

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Year 11 Mock Interviews

Liverpool College made history this week when we conducted Year 11 Mock Interviews for the first time via video conferencing. Eight employers worked over two full days to interview eighteen Year 11 pupils. Where pupils expressed a specific career interest, these pupils were matched to a professional working within this sector, which included Law, Medicine, Engineering, Accountancy, Science, Economics and Business.

The day before the interviews, the pupils participated in an online Interview Preparation Workshop, which was led by Catherine McNeill. Catherine specialises in apprenticeship recruitment and her advice to students with regards interview technique and preparation was superb. Each pupil’s interview lasted approximately 30 minutes and included one-on-one individualised feedback.

Thank you to all of the volunteer professionals who gave up their extremely valuable time this week to give the pupils such a unique and beneficial experience.

Mrs Doran

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Y10 National Finalist Team for Big Bang Competition

A massive congratulations to our Year 10 enterprise team who were due to take part in the National Final of the Big Bang Exhibition last week at the NEC Birmingham. As the event was cancelled due to Coronavirus, the ambitious team instead created a promotional video for their product, which they then sent to judges last week. Through a video conference call with Mrs Doran, the team found out that they have now made the National Final shortlist.

Winners will be announced next week. Please keep an eye out for their product, Hygienegg - a one use soap requiring no packaging to reduce plastic waste and increasing cleanliness - ideal for combating the Coronavirus crisis. Well done to Emily, Ethan and Lucy!

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Learning Lockdown!

Two Liverpool College teachers are reaching thousands of primary pupils through their Learning Lockdown channel on YouTube.

To access the channel, simply search "Learning Lockdown" on YouTube. You can watch the introductory video via this link.

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Liverpool College Hub Information for Key Workers

Liverpool College is now a Childcare Hub for primary age children of key workers in Liverpool as defined by Liverpool City Council on the link below:

https://liverpool.gov.uk/childcarehubs

Please check the criteria carefully to ensure that you qualify as a key worker. If you have an adult at home even if you are a key worker your child must stay at home. 

If you qualify for a place in a hub, we are open on Monday 23 March from 9am to 4pm prompt. 

If you are planning to bring your child/ren to us please understand and be prepared for the following:

• you must bring proof that you are a key worker. This will be checked at the College gate.
  
  
• when you arrive at school for the first time you will be required to complete a registration form which includes contact details, emergency contacts, medical info, allergies, dietary info, SEND needs etc. If your child currently attends Liverpool College you will still be required to complete a form.  BE AWARE THIS COULD TAKE TIME ON MONDAY. PLEASE BRING A PEN- THIS WILL HELP TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION.
  
  
• if you are driving to school. Please try to park away from the school site and walk to the Preparatory School Entrance.
  
  
• parents will be asked to wait in a designated area when dropping off and collecting from the Hub to ensure the health of the staff
  
  
• Medication: if your child requires medication, has an inhaler, EpiPen etc this must be brought in with them and the appropriate form completed. We cannot administer any medication without signed permission by a parent/carer. 
  
  
• your child needs to come in their own clothes with suitable coats to go outside. 
  
  
• Children are not permitted to bring any electronic equipment or mobile phones. 
  
  
• on Monday 23 all children who attend will get a free hot meal. Following this, parents can pay for a hot lunch; information to follow from the Hub.
  
  
• your child will be in a childcare environment, they will be playing games, doing craft activities, being outside etc. This is not an educational environment. 
  
  
• your child needs to follow and respond to the Hub's behaviour guidance; as it would be in the school they are currently enrolled in. The setting has the right to refuse entry to any child who does not follow the expectations of the Hub. 
  
  
• for those pupils who have designated 1:1 support from a key adult, we cannotguarantee that the 1:1 adult will be available, and/or there will be enough staff to provide 1:1 support throughout the day. Therefore, please give consideration as to whether your child could successfully manage significant changes to their normal school routine, coupled with differing staff and a potential reduction in 1:1 support.
  
  
• any child who is unwell will be sent home as quickly as possible.
  
  

WE HAVE A SET NUMBER OF CHILDREN WE CAN ACCEPT ON A DAILY BASIS. IF WE ARE FULL YOU WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE NEAREST LOCAL HUB SCHOOL. 

We will be receiving an update from the Local Authority on a daily basis in response to local and national guidance. This will be updated on this page. 

There are 50 HUBS across the City, you can use the one which is best for you. 

Below are links to national guidance and advice: 

Closure of educational setting guidance for parents https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers

You can  follow Liverpool's response to the Coronvirus on Twitter https://twitter.com/COVIDLiverpool and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/COVIDLiverpool/

Liverpool City Council website updates https://www.liverpool.gov.uk/communities-and-safety/emergency-planning/coronavirus/

Support for families who are entitled to free school meals https://www.gov.uk/government/news/plans-set-out-to-support-pupils-eligible-for-free-school-meals

If you feel unwell you are encouraged you use the following NHS website rather than ringing 111 straight away http://111.nhs.uk/covid-19

Please be aware that we will not accept any unacceptable behaviour from any Parents or Carers. This is a national crisis and we have been requested to respond to this; remember we are all in this together!

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Science Writing Competition

Y10 Biologists were encouraged to enter into a science writing competition for a Life Sciences Journal called Insider Imprint at the University of Liverpool. The competition was to produce a 600-800 word article about a famous experiment or invention in Biology that has revolutionised science. Emily C was chosen as a first place winner with her article titled "Making the link between inactivity and heart disease". Her article will be published in the next issue of Insider Imprint.

Ms L Miller

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