Furze Platt senior school
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Furze Platt Senior School is a mixed comprehensive school in Maidenhead.
Furze Platt is a specialist mathematics and computing school. The school draws pupils from across Maidenhead
, Berkshire
and Buckinghamshire
and constantly achieves high examination results.
is entirely integrated into school life yet benefits from a private sixth form area with a large study area with computer facilities, individual private study work rooms, seminar rooms and a communal common room.
The sixth form is led by the Head of Sixth Form with support from the Head Boy and Head Girl and the House Captains. The Head Girl, Head Boy and House Captains are student role models at all times and are all involved proactively within the student body promoting house challenges, charitable causes and school events.
The school has a strong careers education scheme and a long history of successful applications to both Oxford
and Cambridge
and other strong Russell Group
universities.
In 2010 the sixth form received the highest state school average A/AS level points in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
The governors voted last night 05-November-2011 to convert to academy status.
The trustees were appointed to oversee the transitional arrangements. Furze Platt
will become an academy on the 1st December. Thank you to all of the parents who
contributed to the consultation process and to the governors who have given so
generously of their time to ensure that the right decisions were made.
Lessons at Furze Platt Senior School are timetabled on a fortnightly basis; students must remember whether it is Week 1
or Week 2 (this is clearly indicated in their homework planners) and organise themselves and their equipment accordingly.
It includes the Google g mail so all the children can contact the teachers telling them what they need to ask and send them homework if needed.
13.25).you can choose between eating at school and bringing a packed lunch. We offer a café style service which
will provide a wide range of meal options (e.g. sandwiches, baguettes, panini, pasta, noodles, salads) in newly refurbished
surroundings.
The school day begins at 8.40 a.m with registration in tutor groups at 8.45 a.m. This is followed by assembly or tutorial
work till 9.10 a.m except on Wednesdays. On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays there are 4 lessons in the
morning and 1 in the afternoon, each lesson is one hour long. On Wednesdays there are 6 lessons – 4 lessons in the
morning and 2 lessons in the afternoon.
Our lessons are arranged on a fortnightly cycle, which means that the timetable runs for 52 periods over ten days. This is
done so that we can allocate time and resources more effectively.students are given a personal timetable telling
them which subject and teacher they have in which room for each of the 52 lessons.
In order to ensure that students always get specialist teachers
whichever subject they are studying, they are split into two or in some cases three parallel bands, F and P and S for all their subjects.
In September groups in all bands will contain students with a range of abilities. Students identified by their primary school
as those who would benefit from extra help will be placed in the groups which provide more learning support.
For most subjects there are seven classes, giving a very good student-teacher ratio from the outset of your child’s
secondary school career. In Technology there are ten classes.
students are expected to spend 40-60 minutes min engaged in private study at home each day during term time. Often
students do more. The routine discipline of this amount of homework each night develops good study habits.
Some subjects will set homework once per week and others once per fortnight.
All homework set should be recorded by your child in his/her homework record book. Homework planners are inspected
by forms tutor weekly. Teachers also record homework set on the school website the Furze platt Homework page *https://sites.google.com/a/furzeplatt.com/homework-web/
.
Homework is posted to students from teachers and particular homework submitted by the students via the internet and a school intranet. The school email system is extremely important in school life.
. Led by a Head of House, supported by six tutors and a Sixth Form tutor as well as two 'Heads of House'- two Sixth Form pupils with responsibility for pupil leadership - each House is involved in sporting, cultural, musical, and academic projects and school competitions each term. House points are then added together at the culmination of the school year (and each school term) to declare the winner of the House Cup.
Dorney
Mr Chris Djaelani Bray
Miss Nicola Eveson Cookham
Ms Sarah Beaumont Eton
Mr Rhys Morgan Bisham
Miss Katie Tomlin Windsor
Miss Lisa English Henley
Mr Andrew Molin Marlow
Mr Andrew Morbey
Sportswear:
Boy optional outdoor extra.
canvas or backless shoes)
Girl sportswear:
Girl optional outdoor extra.
Furze Platt is a specialist mathematics and computing school. The school draws pupils from across Maidenhead
Maidenhead
Maidenhead is a town and unparished area within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire, England. It lies on the River Thames and is situated west of Charing Cross in London.-History:...
, Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
and Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
and constantly achieves high examination results.
Sixth Form
The school's Sixth FormSixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
is entirely integrated into school life yet benefits from a private sixth form area with a large study area with computer facilities, individual private study work rooms, seminar rooms and a communal common room.
The sixth form is led by the Head of Sixth Form with support from the Head Boy and Head Girl and the House Captains. The Head Girl, Head Boy and House Captains are student role models at all times and are all involved proactively within the student body promoting house challenges, charitable causes and school events.
The school has a strong careers education scheme and a long history of successful applications to both Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
and Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
and other strong Russell Group
Russell Group
The Russell Group is a collaboration of twenty UK universities that together receive two-thirds of research grant and contract funding in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1994 to represent their interests to the government, parliament and other similar bodies...
universities.
In 2010 the sixth form received the highest state school average A/AS level points in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
academy status
a copy of the academy part of the Furze platt weekly update.The governors voted last night 05-November-2011 to convert to academy status.
The trustees were appointed to oversee the transitional arrangements. Furze Platt
will become an academy on the 1st December. Thank you to all of the parents who
contributed to the consultation process and to the governors who have given so
generously of their time to ensure that the right decisions were made.
THE GOVERNING BODY
- THE GOVERNING BODY - SEPTEMBER 2011
- Mrs. S. Le Page Chair, Local Authority Governor
- Dr. A. Davidson Vice Chair, Local Authority Governor
- Ms. T. White Headteacher
- Mr. S. Carter Staff Governor
- Mrs. F. Carthy Parent Governor
- Mrs. K. Donnison Parent Governor
- Mrs. S. Dudley Local Authority Governor
- Mr. M. Eynon Community Governor
- Mrs. A. Green Parent Governor
- Mr. D. Holloway Parent Governor
- Mrs. D. Jack Staff Governor
- Mrs. J. Lackovic Staff Governor
- Mr. P. Prior Community Governor
- Dr. H. M. Saleem Community Governor
- Cllr. M. J. Saunders Local Authority Governor
- Mr. J. Scrace Parent Governor
- Mr. P. Spear Parent Governor
- Mr. G. Tisshaw Parent Governor
- Mr. S. White Parent Governor
- Dr. R. Prior Community Governor
- Mrs. D. Harding Clerk to the Governor
the school day 2011-2012
Monday – Friday (exc. Wednesday)- 08.40 – 08.45 Students go to tutor rooms
- 08.45 – 09.10 Period 1 Assembly/Tutorial
- 09.10 – 10.15 Period 2
- 10.15 – 11.15 Period 3
- 11.15 - 11.45 Recess 1
- 11.45 – 12.45 Period 4
- 12.45 - 13.45 Period 5
- 13.45 – 14.15 Recess 2
- 14.15 – 15.15 Period 6
- Wednesday
- 08.40 – 08.45 Students go to first lesson
- 08.45 – 09.40 Period 1
- 09.40 – 10.35 Period 2
- 10.35 – 11.05 Recess 2
- 11.05 – 12.00 Period 3
- 12.00 – 12.55 Period 4
- 12.55 – 13.25 Recess 2
- 13.25 – 14.20 Period 5
- 14.20 – 15.15 Period 6
Lessons at Furze Platt Senior School are timetabled on a fortnightly basis; students must remember whether it is Week 1
or Week 2 (this is clearly indicated in their homework planners) and organise themselves and their equipment accordingly.
furze platt on line / F.P on line
in the academic year 2010-2011 the school introduced the http://www.furzeplatt.net/ system an email system with student calender, homework page, student daily notices, timetables and Resources Library for all the students to use.It includes the Google g mail so all the children can contact the teachers telling them what they need to ask and send them homework if needed.
school meal breaks
There are two breaks during the school day, 11.15 – 12.45 and 13.45 – 14.15 (Wednesday 10.35 – 11.05 and 12.55 –13.25).you can choose between eating at school and bringing a packed lunch. We offer a café style service which
will provide a wide range of meal options (e.g. sandwiches, baguettes, panini, pasta, noodles, salads) in newly refurbished
surroundings.
lower school CURRICULUM
- Five lessons a day
The school day begins at 8.40 a.m with registration in tutor groups at 8.45 a.m. This is followed by assembly or tutorial
work till 9.10 a.m except on Wednesdays. On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays there are 4 lessons in the
morning and 1 in the afternoon, each lesson is one hour long. On Wednesdays there are 6 lessons – 4 lessons in the
morning and 2 lessons in the afternoon.
- Two week timetable
Our lessons are arranged on a fortnightly cycle, which means that the timetable runs for 52 periods over ten days. This is
done so that we can allocate time and resources more effectively.students are given a personal timetable telling
them which subject and teacher they have in which room for each of the 52 lessons.
- Seven classes
In order to ensure that students always get specialist teachers
whichever subject they are studying, they are split into two or in some cases three parallel bands, F and P and S for all their subjects.
In September groups in all bands will contain students with a range of abilities. Students identified by their primary school
as those who would benefit from extra help will be placed in the groups which provide more learning support.
For most subjects there are seven classes, giving a very good student-teacher ratio from the outset of your child’s
secondary school career. In Technology there are ten classes.
homework
- Allows teachers to set tasks which extend and support the taught curriculum.
- Helps to develop good study habits.
- Reinforces the home/school partnership in providing the child’s educational experience.
- Improves student learning.
students are expected to spend 40-60 minutes min engaged in private study at home each day during term time. Often
students do more. The routine discipline of this amount of homework each night develops good study habits.
Some subjects will set homework once per week and others once per fortnight.
All homework set should be recorded by your child in his/her homework record book. Homework planners are inspected
by forms tutor weekly. Teachers also record homework set on the school website the Furze platt Homework page *https://sites.google.com/a/furzeplatt.com/homework-web/
- has all the homework set on a daily basis so children can find there homework at home and email there teacher it on the new Furze platt on-line system.
ICT and Mathematics
As a specialist mathematics and computing school, maths and IT are recognised strengths of the school. The school has noted success in local, regional and national mathematics challenges - several run by the United Kingdom Mathematics TrustUnited Kingdom Mathematics Trust
The United Kingdom Mathematics Trust was founded in 1996 to help with the education of children in mathematics within the UK.-History:...
.
Homework is posted to students from teachers and particular homework submitted by the students via the internet and a school intranet. The school email system is extremely important in school life.
Greenpower
Furze Platt Senior School Greenpower team was formed in 2003 and has had national success. More details regarding the Greenpower team can be found at the website Portaprompt FPSS Greenpowermanagement team
- Headteacher: Ms. Tanya White
- Deputy Headteacher: Mr. Glen Bown
- Deputy Headteacher: Mr. Edwin Towell
- Assistant Headteacher: Mr. James Sheppard
- Assistant Headteacher: Ms. Mary Morris
- Assistant Headteacher / Head of VI Form: Mr. Steven Richards
key staff
- Mrs Celia Armstrong - Head of Music
- Mr Andrew Asante - Head of ICT
- Mrs Maria Avellano - Head of English
- Miss Anna Baldwin - Head of Drama
- Mrs Judith Bubb - Head of PSHE/Citizenship
- Mr Simon Carter - Head of PE
- Mr Bill Chambers - SENCO
- Mrs Jill Heales - Head of Science
- Mrs Deborah Jack - Head of MFL
- Mrs Jacqueline James - Head of Humanities
- Mr Ian Lowry - Head of Maths
- Mrs Sarah Mulhern - Head of Art, Design + Technology
- Mr Lee May - Head of Business Studies
School Houses
The school House system consists of eight competing Houses named after towns on the River ThamesRiver Thames
The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...
. Led by a Head of House, supported by six tutors and a Sixth Form tutor as well as two 'Heads of House'- two Sixth Form pupils with responsibility for pupil leadership - each House is involved in sporting, cultural, musical, and academic projects and school competitions each term. House points are then added together at the culmination of the school year (and each school term) to declare the winner of the House Cup.
Dorney
Dorney
Dorney is a village and civil parish within South Bucks district in the English county of Buckinghamshire, near Slough and about two and a half miles west of Eton.The village name is Old English and means "island frequented by bumble bees"...
Mr Chris Djaelani Bray
Bray
Bray is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a busy urban centre and seaside resort, with a population of 31,901 making it the fourth largest in Ireland as of the 2006 census...
Miss Nicola Eveson Cookham
Cookham
Cookham is a village and civil parish in the north-easternmost corner of Berkshire in England, on the River Thames, notable as the home of the artist Stanley Spencer. It lies north of Maidenhead close to the border with Buckinghamshire...
Ms Sarah Beaumont Eton
Eton
Eton commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England.Eton may also refer to:-Places:*Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England*Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States...
Mr Rhys Morgan Bisham
Bisham
Bisham is a village and civil parish in the Windsor and Maidenhead district of Berkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,149. The village is on the River Thames, north of which is Marlow in Buckinghamshire...
Miss Katie Tomlin Windsor
Windsor, Berkshire
Windsor is an affluent suburban town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is widely known as the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British Royal Family....
Miss Lisa English Henley
Henley
- Places :UK:*Henley-on-Thames, a town in South Oxfordshire, England**Henley Rural District, a former rural district in Oxfordshire*Henley-in-Arden, a village in Warwickshire, England*Henley, Suffolk, a village in Suffolk, England...
Mr Andrew Molin Marlow
Marlow
- United Kingdom :*Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire*Marlow, Buckinghamshire**Marlow Bridge, an old suspension bridge over the River Thames**Marlow F.C., a football club in Buckinghamshire**Marlow United F.C., a football club in Buckinghamshire...
Mr Andrew Morbey
- Heads of house
- Ms Sarah Beaumont Head of Cookham
- Mr Chris Djaelani Head of Dorney
- Miss Lisa English Head of Windsor
- Miss Nicola Eveson Head of Bray
- Mr Andrew Molin Head of Henley
- Mr Andrew Morbey Head of Marlow
- Mr Rhys Morgan Head of Eton
- Miss Katie Tomlin Head of Bisham
Curriculum
Typical year7 timetable:- English 7 lessons
- Mathematics 6 lessons
- Science 6 lessons
- Geography 3 lessons
- History 3 lessons
- Religious Education 2 lessons
- French/Spanish 6 lessons
- Technology 4 lessons
- Physical Education 4 lessons
- Art 3 lessons
- Performing Arts Music 2 lessons
- Drama 2 lessons
- Citizenship and PSHE 2 lessons
- ICT 2 lessons
- Learning to Learn 1 lesson
- Total lessons per fortnight 52
Boys
Everyday uniform:- White shirt
- School tie - In House colour
- School blazer
- Black formal trousers
- Black or dark grey socks
- Black shoes (no trainers or canvas shoes)
Sportswear:
- White shorts
- White trainers
- White polo shirt with Furze Platt crest
- White sports socks
- Rugby shirt (reversible blue and amber)
- Black shorts
- Football boots
- Football socks (blue with amber ring)
Boy optional outdoor extra.
- Furze Platt waterproof fleece jacket
Girls
Everyday uniform:- White shirt
- School tie – In House colour
- School blazer
- Black school skirt
- Trousers (smart tailored and plain material)
- White socks
- Black shoes with sensible heels (no trainers,
canvas or backless shoes)
Girl sportswear:
- Light blue polo shirt with Furze Platt crest
- Plain navy blue shorts
- White trainers
- Short white socks
- School sports socks (blue with amber ring)
- Hockey or football boots
- Furze Platt Sweatshirt (navy with Furze Platt crest)
Girl optional outdoor extra.
- Furze Platt waterproof fleece jacket
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