New Student Information Book

new student information book

Name:

Form:

My card number is:

Form Tutor:

Bus Route:

My locker is located in:

New student information book

About me

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Miss Stringer

Principal, Brooke Weston

Welcome to your new school I look forward to welcoming you to the

Brooke Weston family in September

2012. I am sure that you are very excited

and enthusiastic about the challenge

which lies ahead.

At Brooke Weston, we understand that

beginning at your secondary school is a

huge change for you. No doubt you will

be extremely excited and eager, but will

also have some concerns about joining

Brooke Weston.

This booklet has been designed to give

you some important information that

will be helpful to you before you join

us in September. There is information

about the school day, uniform and

equipment you will need. In addition

there are also some questions that

you may want to be answered. If

this booklet doesn’t answer your

questions, then your tutor at Brooke

Weston will be ready to help and guide

you when you arrive.

At Brooke Weston we work very hard

to educate, challenge, socialise and

support our students to achieve

their full potential. I hope that you

will make the very best of all the

opportunities that we have to off er

you.

I am very much looking forward to

welcoming you to Brooke Weston.


Introduction from Miss Stringer

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Mission statementThe skills you will learn at Brooke

Weston will be the foundation for your

future. You will study a wide range of

academic subjects and develop essential

skills such as self confi dence, self

reliance and the ability to communicate.

The staff at Brooke Weston are

committed to giving you the very best

teaching and learning opportunities. Our

school community is a safe, welcoming

place where staff and students respect

and support each other and always do

their best.


Mission Statement

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Activity Times

Pre 08:35 - 08:35

Lesson 1 Includes 15 minute breakfast taken in rotation by diff erent classes

08:35 – 10:05

Assembly Lower School Assembly 10:05 – 10:20

Lesson 2 10:20 – 11:35

Tutor Time Lower School Tutor Time 11:35 – 11:50

Lesson 3 Includes 30 minute lunch taken in rotation by diff erent classes

11:50 – 13:35

Lesson 4 13:35 – 14:50

Lesson 5 14:50 – 16:05

Post 16:05Monday to Thursday only.Private study time. Extra curricular activities

16:05 – 18:00

Post 18:00All students to vacate the premises by 18:00

18:00 -

Lower School day


Typical school day

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1 2 3 4 5

Mon7/Ma

Bertrand RussellASC

7K/SpCervantes

MNM

7K/ReNightingale

TRO

7-2/ScRutherford

DAH

7-1/HuLivingstone

MEI

Tue7/Pe1Field 1

NSH

7-1/EnNicodemus

SNI

7K/ArSutherland

PSM

7-4/TeOliver

SLT

7K/ItBerners-Lee

BMC

Wed7-2/Sc

RutherfordCAW

7-7/MaBertrand Russell

ASC

7K/SpCervantes

MNM

7-1/EnNicodemus

SNI

7K/CitPankhurst

JST

Thu7K/It

Berners-LeeBMC

7-1/EnNicodemus

SNI

7-1/HuLivingstone

MBI

7-2/ScCurieCAW

7/Pe1Field 1

NSH

Fri7-3/Pa

VangelisATA

7-2/ScRutherford

DAH

7K/SpCervantes

CEP

7-7/MaBertrand Russell

ASC

7-4/TeOliver

SLT


Example timetable

Student timetable

7K/It7K/ItBerners-LeeBerners-Lee

BMCBMC

7K/Cit7K/CitPankhurstPankhurst

JSTJST

7/Pe17/Pe1Field 1Field 1

NSHNSH

7K/ItBerners-Lee

BMC

ROOM

CLASS

TEACHER

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Extra-curricular activities

Post 4.05 pm The school is open until 6pm from

Mondays to Thursdays and you are able

to stay on to complete extra work, work

with teachers or take part in an extra-

curricular activities. It is important that

you ‘sign on’ to the Brooke Weston

website so that we know which students

are staying on and where they plan to

be.

Extra-curricular activitiesThere are a number of after school clubs

and activities that you can take part in

once you join Brooke Weston. These

include:

Choir

Orchestra

Creative Writing Group

Dance Company

Chess Club

Sporting Activities

There are a number of after school clubs

and activities that you can take part in

once you join Brooke Weston. These

Creative Writing Group

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Ground level First level

Reception/PHF Lecture Theatre

Design Technology

Art

Science Science

Library

ICT Humanities

Maths English

Performing Arts Food Tech/ICT

Catering Languages

Weston Theatre Weston Theatre

Admin Business

Citizenship Citizenship


Map of school

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Art

Gwen John

Hepworth

Graham Sutherland

Wedgewood

Business Studies

Lawson

Maslow

Walpole

Citizenship

Pankhurst

More

Design Technology

Westwood

Ive

Whittle

Dyson

Sinclair

English

Wordsworth

Burton

Kipling

Bernhardt

Barabbas

Dylan Thomas

Nicodemus

Hardy

Wilde

Humanities

Scott

Raleigh

Nightingale

Livingstone

Gandhi

ICT

IT Support

Berners-Lee

Cray

Gates

Ada Lovelace

@tain Suite

Languages

Cervantes

Media Suite

Moliere

Hugo

Brecht

Pagnol

Goethe

Maths

Babbage

@tain Suite

Descartes

Turing

Bertrand Russell

Hoyle

Pythagorus

Euclid

Einstein

Performing Arts

Bach

Dance Studio

Drama Studio

Vangelis

Tomlinson

Media Suite

Rubik

Science

Marconi

Brunel

Hawking (Prep Room)

Garrett-Anderson

Newton

Darwin

Rutherford

Cavendish

Boyle (Prep Room)

Hodgkin

Curie

Nuffi eld


List of room names

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Brooke Weston uniformYou will be expected to be smart and

properly dressed at all times. Your full

uniform must be worn during normal

lessons and there is hard-wearing

PE kit for all your sport and dance

activities.


Uniforms

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Equipment and expectationsYou need to make sure that you have

the following basic equipment with you

each day:

Stationery: Black or blue pen,

pencil, rubber, pencil sharpener

Calculator for maths lessons

Brooke Weston card

Exercise books for each lesson

Reading book for English lessons

Your Brooke Weston card is used

to swipe you in and out of the

building so we know you are

on site. It is also a bus pass, a

library card and payment card

for meals.

LockersYou will be given a locker on your fi rst

day at Brooke Weston. This is where

you can keep all of your personal

belongings. It is your responsibility

to buy a padlock for it and it is a good

idea to give a spare key to your tutor to

look after just in case you lose or forget

yours.


Equipment and Expectations

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Breakfast and lunchDuring period 1, you have 15 minutes

allocated for your breakfast. Similarly,

you will have 30 minutes for lunch

which will take place during period 3.

You will be taken down for breakfast

and lunch by your teacher. It is your

decision whether you bring in a packed

lunch from home or buy food from

school. Here is a price list of meals

from the restaurant and an example of

some of the freshly prepared food you

can enjoy.

Example: cost of meal, January 2012

Standard breakfast with juice £1.00

Full English breakfast £2.50

Standard two-course lunch with drink £2.60

Buff et lunch £1.90


Food

Below is an example of food prices in

the restaurant: (please copy price list

from p12 of the New Intake Booklet)

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The Brooke Weston website lists the complete weekly menu


Menu

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Will I get lots of homework? You are likely to be given some homework to complete each day, but it is up to individual teachers to set homework when they think it is necessary. It is a good idea to buy yourself a homework diary or note pad to write down your homework and deadlines.

Who is my tutor

and when do I see them?

Your tutor is the person that you go to

if you have any worries or concerns

while at Brooke Weston. You will see

your tutor every day at tutor time

which takes place at 10.05 am in your

tutor room. During this time your tutor

will take the register and discuss any

information they need to share with

you.

Where do I go if I have lost something? Lost property is open every day from

8.30 am – 9.30 am in the Weston

theatre.

What happens if I

am ill on school day?

If you are ill, your parent/carer must

call the school and let us know that

you will not be attending that day. It is

also your responsibility to contact your

teachers to ask them for any work that

you will have missed.


Frequently Asked Questions


Getting to know you 13

Name:

Birthday:

What is the best thing about you?

Describe something that makes you

happy:

What is your favourite thing?

Describe yourself in three words:

Talk a little about your family/

brothers/sisters, etc.

Attach your picture here



Talk about your pets:

Which animal would you say best

describes you?

When have you felt proudest of

yourself?

People say that I am:

What is the best thing that you have

ever done?

My hobbies:

Sports I enjoy taking part in:

Favourite sport to watch:

Favourite team:

Favourite colour:



Favourite Food: Favourite Drink:

Favourite game: Favourite TV

programme:

Favourite fi lm: Favourite music artist:

Favourite place in the world:

Favourite school subject(s):

Least favourite school subject(s): I am

good at:

I need to get better at:

What do you think that you will need

help and support with next year?

What are you most looking forward to

at Brooke Weston?



Is it easy for you to arrange to stay on

after school from Monday to Thursday?

Is there anything that you are worried

about?

Things I am looking forward to next

year:

Things that worry me about next year:

Anything else that I really want you

to know but I don‘t want to tell you

myself:

Brooke Weston AcademyCoomb Road, Great Oakley, Corby, Northants NN18 8LA

t: 01536 396366

f: 01536 396867

www.brookeweston.org

[email protected]

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