Senior School Parents' Handbook
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Senior School Parents’ Handbook 2017 – 2018 INFORMATION FOR PARENTS !1 Principal Mrs L M Horner Westholme Senior School Telephone: 01254 506070 Wilmar Lodge Meins Road Blackburn BB2 6QU Westholme Junior School Westholme Infant School Westholme Nursery Tel: 01254 692828 Tel: 01254 686590 Tel: 01254 686590 Beardwood Bank Billinge House Billinge House Preston New Road Preston New Road Preston New Road Blackburn Blackburn Blackburn BB2 7AA BB2 6PS BB2 6PS Headteacher Headteacher Nursery Manager Mrs R Barnett Mrs R Barnett Mrs J Church www.westholmeschool .com - Information - Contact us http://www.westholmeschool.com/index.php? option=com_content&view=article&id=1709&Itemid=1139 Chair of Governors B.C. Marsden, F.C.A. Westholme School Wilmar Lodge Meins Road Blackburn BB2 6QU www.westholmeschool .com - Information - General School Information - Board of Governors http://www.westholmeschool.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1377:59- board-of-governors-westholme-indpendent-school-blackburn- lancashire&catid=122:information&Itemid=857 !2 Contents The Aims of the School, Ethos & Mission Statement…………………………………………………….5 Management of the School…………………………………………………………………………………. 6 Times of the Senior School Day…………………………………………………..………………………..7 Academic & Support Staff Lists……………………………………………………..……………………...8 Form Teachers 2017/2018……………………………………………………………………………......27 Officers of the School………………………………………………………………………………………27 Future Dates………………………………………………………………………………………………...28 Contact Details……………………………………………………………………………………………...28 Safeguarding Policy………………………………………………………………………………………..29 Other School Policies ………………………………………………………………….………………….. 30 Attendance & Procedures for Reporting Absence………………………………………………………30 Senior School & Sixth Form Floor Plan………………………………………………..………………… 31 Uniform………………………………………………………………………………………………………32 Non Uniform Day Guidelines……………………………………………………………………………… 32 Uniform Years 7 – 11………………………………………………………………………………………32 Senior School Uniform List ……………………………………………………………..………………… 34 Sixth Form Dress Code………………………………………………………………….…………………35 Coaches…………………………………………………………………………………….……………….37 Westholme School Coach Service ……………………………………………………….………………38 Pupils Conditions of Travel & Code of Conduct …………………………………….………………….39 Coach List 2017 – 2018 …………………………………………………………………..………………. 40 Travel by Car………………………………………..………………………...…………………………….44 Examinations………………………………………………………………………………..………………45 Curriculum…………………………………………………………………………………...………………48 Personal Social and Health Education (PSHEE)……………………………………………………….50 Westholme Sixth Form …………………………………………………………………………………….52 The Learning Resource Centre……...……………………………………………………………….…... 54 Food Glorious Food……………………………………………………………………………..…………. 55 Supervision of Pupils……………………………………………………………………………………….56 Assemblies…………………………………………………………………………………………………..59 After School Care and Arrangements…………………………………………………………………….60 Organisation & Homework………………………………………………………………………………… 61 Homework …………………………………………………………………………………………………..62 Homework Timetables …………………………………………………………………………………… 63 Pupils’ Code of Conduct…………………………………………………………………………………...68 Health & Safety……………………………………………………………………………………………..71 Outside of Lesson Time Rules & Guidance……………………………………………………………..71 Co-Curricular ……………………………………………………………………………………………….72 School Trips ……………………………………………………………………………………….………..72 School Nurse………………………………………………………………………………………………..77 Drinking Water in Lessons…………………………………………………………………………………78 Fasting for Religious Reasons…………………………………………………………………………….78 Henna Tattoos …………………………………………………………………………………..………….78 Lost Property………………………………………………………………………………………………..79 Mobile Phones………………………………………………………………………………………………79 Parental Communication with School/General Communication………………………….…………...80 Heads of Year ………………………………………………………………………………………………81 !3 School Counsellor …………………………………………………………………………………………. 82 Internet Safety…………………………………………………………………………………...………….83 Procedures in the Event of Adverse Weather…………………………………………………………...84 Marketing Department……………………………………………………………………………………..85 What Should I Do If I’m Being Bullied?............................................................................................86 Cyber-Bullying – Prevention & Help……………………………………………………………………… 87 Westholme Association…………………………………………………………………………………….88 The House System at Westholme………………………………………………………………………..89 Art and Design Technology………………………………………………………………………………..90 Drama……………………………………………………………………………………………..…………91 Careers Guidance………………………………………………………………………………………….. 94 Learning Support ………………………….……………………………………………………………….95 Access arrangements for GCSE and GCE Examinations……………………………………………..97 Music Lessons………………………………………………………………………………………………99 Physical Education & Co-Curricular…………………………………………………………………….101 Copies of Home/School Agreements…………………………………………………………………...103 Acceptable Usage Policy for Sixth Form Students………………………………………….………… 105 Sixth Form Learning Agreement……………………………………………………………….………..107 Behaviour Policy…………………………………………………………………………………..………108 Behaviour Sanctions System…………………………………………………………………………….113 Copy of ICT Acceptable Usage Policy for Years 7-11………………………………………...………115 !4 The Aims of the School In general we aim: • To help each child to realise to the full her or his own aptitudes, abilities and qualities. • To create a caring community in which pupils are offered help and guidance both academic and personal without unwarranted intrusion into their individual privacy. • To provide a wide range of extracurricular activities to build pupils’ self-confidence and enrich their talents and learning. Our academic aims are: • To provide a curriculum which offers a balanced course, including the skills of numeracy, literacy, communication and the study of the physical, social and aesthetic environment. • To encourage a positive attitude to study. Our social aims are: • To create an environment in which students are encouraged to be courteous and considerate to others, respecting their property, personal dignity, opinions and abilities. • To encourage all students to take an active part in the running of the community. Our aims within the wider community are: • To encourage students to play an active part in the local community socially, culturally, and in games and sports. • To involve the community and especially the parents, in the life of the school, so far as is consistent with the articles of government of the school. Ethos Westholme School has a Protestant Christian foundation but ‘all its benefits.... shall be open to pupils of any creed’. (Articles of Association of Westholme School 1968). It is the ethos of Westholme School that all pupils of all ages should be valued for their achievements and positive qualities. Throughout the community of Westholme there will be respect for religious and moral values and tolerance of other races, religions and ways of life. All people who make up the community of Westholme should receive equality of opportunity with their peers. While knowledge of and respect for different cultures will always be encouraged, no one should seek to impose his or her beliefs and practices upon others. Mission Statement ‘Children come first’ !5 www.westholmeschool.com - Information – General School Information - Aims and Ethos Principal Mrs L M Horner Commercial Director Mrs V J Davenport Deputy Head - Academic Deputy Head – Pastoral Miss F Smith Mrs J S Gough Heads of Year Year 7 Mrs C Hornby Year 8 Dr E Riley Year 9 Mrs M Law Year 10 Mrs A Moore Year 11 Mrs D Hughes Head of Sixth Form Mrs R Waldron School Nurse Mrs S Hodson !6 TIMES OF THE SENIOR SCHOOL DAY Registration 8.45am Assembly 8.55. - 9.10am Lesson 1 9.10 – 9.55am Lesson 2 9.55 – 10.40am Break 10.40 – 10.55am Lesson 3 10:55 – 11:40am Lesson 4 11.40 – 12.25pm Lunch 12.25 – 1.25pm Registration 1.25 – 1.30pm Lesson 5 1.30 – 2.15pm Lesson 6 2.15 – 3.00pm Lesson 7 3.00 – 3.45pm !7 ACADEMIC STAFF LIST 2017/2018 Mrs L Horner Principal ! Miss Mariam Afzaal Support Form Tutor – 8S Science ! Mr Nick Appleton PE ! Miss Sharon Armitage Head of Art, Photography, Form Tutor - 6SA Technology ! !8 Mr Dan Barnett PE, Marketing ! Mrs Tracey Blackburn Biology Support Form Tutor – 7T ! Mrs Jessica Blizzard Spanish, French ! Mrs Cathie Bowker Spanish, French Form Tutor – 11L ! Mrs Rachel Bradshaw Head of Sociology, Form Tutor – 11M Psychology, EPR ! !9 Mrs Liz Brown Geography Form Tutor – 10L ! Mrs Caroline Buckley Head of Geography, Head Support Form Tutor – 11T of Humanities Faculty ! Mrs Jill Buckley Head of Modern Foreign Support Form Tutor – 7L Languages Faculty ! Mrs Olivia Chapman Textiles Support Form Tutor – 8T ! Mr James Charnock Head of Chemistry Form Tutor – 8T ! !10 Mr Ross Cornwall English Form Tutor – 8S ! Mrs Joy Corrigan English Form Tutor – 6JC ! Mrs Louise Cowan English Support Form Tutor – 9W ! Mr Abdullah Desai Maths, PE Form Tutor – 11T ! Mrs Claudia Escobar Fallon Spanish ! !11 Miss Maxine Furness PE Form Tutor – 7L ! Mrs Jude Gough Deputy Head – Pastoral, PE ! Mrs Joanna Green Art, Photography Form Tutor – 6JG ! Mrs Cath Hall Home Economics, Textiles, Form Tutor – 7W Product Design ! Mrs Caroline Hibberd Science, Head of Careers Support Form Tutor – 6SA ! !12 Mrs Emma Hiller Head of English, ESB Support Form Tutor – 7W ! Mr Mark Hiller Head of Science Support Form Tutor – 8W ! Mrs Helen Hodgson French Support Form Tutor – 8L ! Mrs Carla Hornby Head of Year 7, Head of Psychology ! Mrs Holly Hough Science Support Form Tutor – 10T ! !13 Miss Carol Hughes Head of Chemistry Support Form Tutor – 10L