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• Come join our family! We currently have an LSA position available

  Sun 21 Jan 2024

  Learning Support Assistant Vacancy

   

  We are seeking to a great person to join our school team.  Please go to our Vacancies page for full details of the post.  

• Icing on the cake - ISA

  Fri 19 Jan 2024

  In September we were very proud to successfully be re-accredited with the British Council´s prestigious International School Award in recognition of the work we have done in bringing the world into the classroom.  For the past twelve years as a school we have embedded and built an international dimension in the curriculum with great success.  The British Council states that:

   

  ´The International School Award celebrates the achievements of schools that do exceptional work in international education. Fostering an international dimension in the curriculum is at the heart of the British Council’s work with schools, so that young people gain the cultural understanding and skills they need for life work in today’s world.´

   

  The icing on the cake for our school was an extremely proud moment this week!  Our headteacher Mr Penfold explains:

   

  „On Monday, on behalf of the school, myself and Ms Kinder got to go to the Houses of Parliament to pick up our International Schools Award.  We were joined by a host of MP's including the member for Southampton - Royston Smith.  There has been a huge amount of work that has gone towards achieving this award and I would like to thank all of the staff, students and school stakeholders that have made this award happen.  This is another award that shows us what a fantastic school that we have.  I could not have been any more proud!“

  

• We´re Gold! Healthy High Five Award

  Sun 07 Jan 2024

  Healthy High 5 GOLD Award at The Polygon School

   

  The Healthy High 5 Award was launched in Southampton to make it easier for schools to provide healthy and fun activities for all pupils to improve their wellbeing (the award is slightly different for primary schools as is age appropriate).

   

  The award is comprised of 5 “Stars” to achieve:

   

  • Physical activity
  • Mindfulness minute
  • Water beats fizzy/energy drinks
  • Shorter queues for healthier lunch options
  • Love your lungs (smoking/vaping education)

   

  These goals/stars link in with Life Lab, a service provided at Southampton General Hospital to help educate young people about lifelong health.

   

  At the Polygon we are proud to say that we have now achieved a GOLD award! 

  Lots of hard work has been done to progress from “Working towards Bronze”, “Bronze”, “Silver” and finally “GOLD”!

   

  We have been taking part in this scheme for 2 years now and plan to continue with it as it is a timetabled lesson, and part of our everyday routine now at school that the pupils enjoy.

   

  ***Photos of various HH5 activities can be seen on our blog. Our digital GOLD award logo is displayed on The Polygon School homepage (see bottom banner) and our physical copy is displayed in the school reception***

   

  For more information about Healthy High 5 please see:

   

  https://www.southampton.gov.uk/schools-learning/support-inclusion-education/healthy-schools/healthy-high-5-award/healthy-high-5-award-for-secondary-schools/