Our YouTube channel has just reached the milestone of 300 subscribers!
Your likes, comments, shares, and subscriptions play a crucial role in our channel's growth, and we are truly grateful for your support.
We are delighted to publish the first of our termly PolyMAT Newsletters to share the wonderful work happening in our schools. We hope you enjoy reading it and hearing the stories of celebration. We would like to thank all of the amazing staff who work so hard throughout the trust and also our parents/carers and those in governance for their tremendous support - our young people benefit so much from the environment that we create together.
We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable summer break.
Friday 21st June 2024
We are thrilled to share that our YouTube channel, 'PolyMAT Schools,' has reached 200 subscribers today!
Throughout the past year, we have accumulated 21,000 views and a total watch time of 372 hours on our channel.
A big thank you to all our subscribers and everyone who consistently likes, comments, and shares our videos, supporting our channel.
View our Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZiQ7mRapriPTiy98Y9Kh_A
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Friday 14th June 2024 marked the final day for our Year 11 students here at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls.
This is a significant day for the history of our school as our founding cohort get ready to embark on a new journey. We are so incredibly proud of everything that they have achieved.
This incredible year group have truly led the way and set a remarkable example for all students at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls.
Congratulations to the Class of 2024.
Year 11 Graduation - Monday 17th June 2024 at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys
On Monday 17th June we welcomed into school our Year 11 students and their families to celebrate their graduation. A wonderful occasion filled with lots of heartfelt and supportive speeches from staff and the students.
Thank you to everyone who attended this special event and thank you to everyone who has supported this Year 11 cohort in their journey here at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys.
A huge congratulations to the Class of 2024!
Please find below a list of useful links for free events and activities available locally during the upcoming May half-term:
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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:
We believe Professor Higgins is the ‘paw-fect’ Dog Mentor 🐕 💙
PolyMAT - The first Trust in London to be awarded Investors in Diversity Silver Award!
We are delighted to announce that PolyMAT has achieved the Investors in Diversity Award from the National Centre for Diversity. We look forward to building on this success in the future.
As the first Trust in London to be awarded Investors in Diversity Silver, this achievement recognises the value PolyMAT place on creating a truly inclusive culture where everyone feels celebrated and valued.
The Investors in Diversity Award for Schools is a framework designed to help schools to review their current FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement) practices, in line with the latest Ofsted legislation. Diversity and inclusion is extremely important to our growth and development, and we will continue to promote this throughout our business.
PolyMAT’s final report demonstrated the value that students and staff placed in PolyMAT’s supportive environment: Staff members noted that leaders maintain open-door policies, ensuring accessibility for addressing any concerns or seeking guidance. They expressed feeling supported, knowing their voices would be heard, enabling them to provide feedback, suggestions, and seek assistance when necessary. Staff also described how positive leadership and management behaviours were – encouraging them to emulate them.
CEO of Polymat, Mr Tim Plumb comments,
“I take pride in our commitment to diversity and inclusion, as demonstrated by our recent achievement of the Investors in Diversity Silver award. Our dedication to celebrating diversity and fostering inclusivity within the trust is unwavering and we have worked exceptionally hard over the past few years to advance and promote EDI which has included a number of significant and vital changes to our operations.
Every member of staff within our trust has contributed to our journey by making our schools such warm, welcoming, and inclusive places to work and for our students to thrive and study. Our employees are our top priority and creating an inclusive work environment with a positive culture is essential to our people-focused strategy. A huge congratulations to everyone in our trust for all their hard work in helping us achieve this award. We are delighted to receive the Silver Award, and this will play a crucial role in shaping our long-term EDI plan, supporting us on this ongoing journey.”
National Centre for Diversity
Did you know that you can zip from Abbey Wood Station to Canary Wharf in just 11 minutes?
The Elizabeth Line offers significant advantages to the Thamesmead community. Traveling from Abbey Wood Station, it now takes just 11 minutes to Canary Wharf, 25 minutes to Tottenham Ct Rd, and 29 minutes to Paddington. This line provides access to 40 other London destinations, as well as Heathrow Airport and Reading.
From Abbey Wood Station, you can catch buses 244 and 301 outside the station, which will take you directly to our schools. Additionally, bus routes 229, 472, and SL3 from Abbey Wood Station will lead you to Thamesmead Town Centre, a short 5-minute walk to our two secondary schools.
The Superloop bus route (SL3) functions as a new express service from Bromley North Station to Thamesmead Town Centre via Bromley Town Centre, Chislehurst, Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, Bexleyheath Town Centre, and Abbey Wood. Route SL3 operates every 12 minutes during the day from Monday to Saturday and every 15 minutes in the evenings and all day on Sundays.
This photograph of the Canary Wharf skyline was taken at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls yesterday morning. The views must be even more spectacular at sunset and at night.
PolyMAT is thrilled to share a major milestone with our LinkedIn community today – we have reached 1000 followers!
We extend our sincere appreciation to all our followers for their involvement, commitment, and valuable contributions. At PolyMAT, our core values of care and unity, and our vision of 'success for everyone' motivates us to evolve and expand our community continually.
We are so grateful for your support ❤️
Please find below a list of useful links for free events and activities for the upcoming Easter half term break locally:
Yesterday, we were delighted to receive a generous donation package from the Travel Corporation, filled with essential toiletry items for our students. These donations are invaluable and provide wonderful support for our students in times when they may require an extra bit of care. We are truly grateful for the generosity, effort, and thoughtfulness of the staff at TTC in preparing these packages for our school communities. The photograph below captures just a fraction of the items we received - thank you so much.
“At the Travel Corporation, we celebrated International Women's Day (IWD) by focusing on the theme of 'Inspire Inclusion' and showing support for our local community. Leading up to IWD, our team members generously contributed various hygiene products and worked together to create hygiene boxes that would benefit students. Our goal in providing these essential items is to truly make a positive impact, and we feel honoured to be able to assist nearby schools in this way. We are extremely grateful to Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys and Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls’ for granting us the opportunity to take part in this significant initiative, and we are excited about the possibility of future collaborations with them.”
Annalisa Chapman - Chief People Officer TTC
Train to teach at PolyMAT working in partnership with Bromley Collegiate
We are actively recruiting for our secondary ITT programme which leads to QTS (with PGCE is also available)
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