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New Student Information Book

For academic year2014-2015

Name:

Form:

My card number is:

Form Tutor:

Bus Route:

My locker is located in:

New student information book 2014

About me

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Miss Stringer

Principal, Brooke Weston Academy

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

the Brooke Weston Academy family in

September 2014. I am sure that you are

very excited and enthusiastic about the

challenge which lies ahead.

At Brooke Weston Academy, 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 Academy.

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 Academy will be ready to help

and guide you when you arrive.

At Brooke Weston Academy 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 offer

you.

I am very much looking forward to

welcoming you to Brooke Weston

Academy.


Introduction from Miss Stringer

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Mission statementThe skills you will learn at Brooke

Weston Academy will be the foundation

for your future. You will study a

wide range of academic subjects

and develop essential skills such as

self confidence, self reliance and the

ability to communicate. The staff at the

Academy 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 08:30 Travel to school

Lesson 1 Includes 15 minute breakfast taken in rotation by different 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 different classes

11:50 – 13:35

Lesson 4 13:35 – 14:50

Lesson 5 14:50 – 16:05

16:05 End of school day 16:05

16:15 Buses depart from Academy 16:15

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/Sp Cervantes

MNM

7K/Re Nightingale

SHN

7-2/Sc Rutherford

DAH

7-1/Hu Livingstone

KBR

Tue7/Pe1 Field 1

NSH

7-1/En Nicodemus

LWE

7K/Ar Sutherland

PSM

7-4/Te Oliver

SLT

7K/It Berners-Lee

BMC

Wed7-2/Sc

RutherfordBMC

7-7/Ma Bertrand Russell

ASC

7K/Sp Cervantes

MNM

7-1/En Nicodemus

AHI

7K/Cit Pankhurst

JST

Thu7K/It

Berners-LeeBMC

7-1/En Nicodemus

AHI

7-1/Hu Livingstone

JGI

7-2/Sc CurieASC

7/Pe1 Field 1

NSH

Fri7-3/Pa

VangelisATA

7-2/Sc Rutherford

DAH

7K/Sp Cervantes

CEP

7-7/Ma Bertrand Russell

ASC

7-4/Te Oliver

SLT


Example timetable

Student timetable

7K/It Berners-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 extra-curricular activities. It

is important that you ‘sign on’ to the

Academy 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 Academy.

These include:

� Sporting Activities

� Choir

� Orchestra

� Creative Writing Group

� Dance Company

� Chess Club

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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

Restaurant Languages

Weston Theatre

Admin Citizenship

Teaching School Teaching School


Map of school

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Art

Graham Sutherland

Gwen John

Hepworth

Wedgewood

Citizenship

Pankhurst

Sir Thomas More

Design Technology

Dyson

Ive

Oliver

Sinclair

Westwood

Whittle


List of room names

English

Barabbas

Bernhardt

Dylan Thomas

Eliot

Hardy

Kipling

Media Suite

Nicodemus

Wilde

Wordsworth

Humanities

Burton

Gandhi

Livingstone

Nightingale

Raleigh

Scott

ICT/Business

@tain Suite

Ada Lovelace

Berners-Lee

Cray

Gates

Rubik

Tomlinson

Languages

Brecht

Cervantes

Gaudi

Goethe

Hugo

Moliere

Pagnol

Maths

Babbage

Bertrand Russell

Descartes

Einstein

Euclid

Hoyle

Pythagorus

Turing

Performing Arts

Bach

Dance Studio

Drama Studio

Vangelis

Science

Brunel

Cavendish

Curie

Darwin

Garrett-Anderson

Hodgkin

Marconi

Newton

Nuffield

Rutherford

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Brooke Weston Academy 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 Academy card

� Exercise books for each lesson

� Reading book for English lessons

Your 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 first

day at Brooke Weston Academy. 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, April 2014

Standard breakfast with juice £1.10

Full English breakfast £2.60

Standard two-course lunch with drink £2.60

Buffet lunch £2.00


Food

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The Brooke Weston Academy website and our app list 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 Academy. You

will see your tutor every day at tutor

time which takes place at 11.35 am in

your tutor room. During this time your

tutor will take the register and discuss

any information they need to share

with you.

Will I be able to use my mobile in school?

No it must be kept in your locker at

all times. if you need to contact your

parents during the school day you

should go to reception.

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 a school day?

If you are ill, your parent/carer must

contact 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

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

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Getting to know you

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:


Getting to know you

Favourite Food and Drink:

Favourite game and TV programme:

Favourite film and 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 Academy?

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Getting to know you

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:

For more information please visit: www.brookeweston.org

The BW App is available for iOS and Android

Any further questions please contact us on: 01536 396366

Brooke Weston Coomb Road Corby Northants NN18 8LA

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New Student Information Book - Brooke Weston student information book 2014 About me. 1 ... and always do their best. New student information book 2014 ... Vangelis Science Brunel Cavendish