Horndean Technology College
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Horndean Technology College is a large school, situated in the town of Horndean
in Hampshire
, UK
. The school has formerly been called Horndean Community School, Horndean Secondary School and Horndean Bilateral. It is also sometimes informally referred to as Barton Cross, after the road on which its main entrance is situated. The school teaches over 1500 students a range of subjects, and has a large campus with over 11 buildings. The school has started a pilot scheme where they offer podcast
s over the internet for at-home learning.
X block is the maths block, as well as holding most of the information technology
lessons. Business
and Travel and tourism is also taught here. The lower school cafe is on the ground floor. This building is situated at the lower end of the school.
C block was previously the Modern Foreign Languages block, but is now being used as a pre-school/nursery.
W block is where half of the Design Technology
classes are situated. Electronics
and Product Design
graphics are the subjects taught here.
M block is where music lessons are taught. This block is also used for extra-curricular music and instrument tuition lessons.
G block is the English Language
and English Literature
block. Physical Education
is also taught here, and has the interactive multi-gym situated in this building. There are two halls where indoor PE lessons can be taught; one is known as the "Old Hall", the other "The Gym", not to be confused with the multi-gym.
S block and New S block are the science
buildings, which are connected by a glass bridge. Art
is also taught on the ground floor of the first building. This building is found at the top of the college, and below the field.
H block is where Graphics
, Food Technology
and Textiles are taught. It was originally the home of the History department (hence the name) which is now in D block. It is situated right between the main field and D block. The Careers department was recently removed to make more classroom space so the Connexions
adviser is now in A block. H Block is now the new home for the construction
and hairdressing department, which has completed refurbishment.
D block is where the humanities subjects are taught, History
, Religious Studies
and Geography
. It is the largest building on the campus, with 4 floors, each floor dedicated to largely one subject, with the only exception being the 2nd floor, where the classrooms are shared equally between all three subjects. This building was intended to be a temporary building, but has since been made permanent.
SF block used to be the sixth form
section of the school, but since this was eradicated in 2004, it has been used as a Drama
and Information Technology
block, as well as some other lessons on the ground floor. The upper school cafeteria is found in this building. Since September 2007, this block has hosted Modern Foreign Languages lessons.
Barton Hall is used mainly for the community, with a bar, hall and the community's reception. Barton Hall is also used for assemblies, concerts and activities such as team building.
Sports Hall is a large sports hall between the Astroturf pitches and G Block. It is larger than the Gym and Old Hall, and stores most of the sports equipment such as the hockey
sticks and rounders
bats. It has a female changing room on the upper floor, and the male changing rooms on the ground floor. This building is sometimes used for community events, such as football.
The site also has facilities for Physical Education in its field, including Astroturf
pitches, a running track, long jump with sandpit, tennis court
s and football and rugby union
goalposts.
. This consists of
The school does not permit students to wear trainers, or other fashionable shoes. It also does not allow students to have excessive jewellery, or to have their hair dyed in an over-zealous way.
. Besides these, there are smaller bands such as BTEC groups. Brass Cake who entered the Portsmouth Music Festival and came first in their class, and the Woodwind Ensemble who have won the Woodwind Ensemble Cup with Distinction in their class at the Portsmouth Music Festival 2007. Also Brass cake won the 2010 and 2011 Portsmouth Music Festival
.
, as an alternative to setting homework
. Under this scheme, pupils receive an assignment for which they have nine weeks to complete. Such assignments are set every half term
for core subjects, and every term for others. This has proved to be a bigger success, as more students completed it than homework. Also, the school has a forum called P2I Buster. Created by students, it provides homework guidance from mainly students and teachers. Although this is strongly linked with Horndean Technology College, students from other schools are welcome to sign up and ask for help.
Horndean
Horndean is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 8 miles north of Portsmouth.The nearest railway station is 2.2 miles southeast of the village at Rowlands Castle....
in Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The school has formerly been called Horndean Community School, Horndean Secondary School and Horndean Bilateral. It is also sometimes informally referred to as Barton Cross, after the road on which its main entrance is situated. The school teaches over 1500 students a range of subjects, and has a large campus with over 11 buildings. The school has started a pilot scheme where they offer podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
s over the internet for at-home learning.
Leadership team
- Head - Julie Summerfield
- Assistant Head - Nigel Sheppard
- Assistant Head - Deidre Hurn
- Assistant Head - Andrew Gray
- Assistant Head - Zoe Spencer
- Assistant Head - Matthew Evans
- Community and Support Services Manager - Nicky Bugden
School campus
A block is the main administration block, and it contains the school's library, staff offices, and a large computer suite. It is situated in the middle of the campus. The medical room is in this block, and the main office where pupils are able to come for help, known as student support services (SSS), is near the main entrance to this building.X block is the maths block, as well as holding most of the information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
lessons. Business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
and Travel and tourism is also taught here. The lower school cafe is on the ground floor. This building is situated at the lower end of the school.
C block was previously the Modern Foreign Languages block, but is now being used as a pre-school/nursery.
W block is where half of the Design Technology
Design Technology
Design and Technology is a school subject offered at all levels of primary and secondary school. In some countries such as England it is a part of the National Curriculum. It is offered in many countries around the world such as Brunei, Bermuda, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Jordan...
classes are situated. Electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
and Product Design
Product design
-Introduction:Product design is the process of creating a new product to be sold by a business or enterprise to its customers. It is concerned with the efficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products.Product designers conceptualize and...
graphics are the subjects taught here.
M block is where music lessons are taught. This block is also used for extra-curricular music and instrument tuition lessons.
G block is the English Language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and English Literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
block. Physical Education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
is also taught here, and has the interactive multi-gym situated in this building. There are two halls where indoor PE lessons can be taught; one is known as the "Old Hall", the other "The Gym", not to be confused with the multi-gym.
S block and New S block are the science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
buildings, which are connected by a glass bridge. Art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
is also taught on the ground floor of the first building. This building is found at the top of the college, and below the field.
H block is where Graphics
Graphics
Graphics are visual presentations on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, computer screen, paper, or stone to brand, inform, illustrate, or entertain. Examples are photographs, drawings, Line Art, graphs, diagrams, typography, numbers, symbols, geometric designs, maps, engineering drawings,or...
, Food Technology
Food technology
Food technology, is a branch of food science which deals with the actual production processes to make foods.-Early history of food technology:...
and Textiles are taught. It was originally the home of the History department (hence the name) which is now in D block. It is situated right between the main field and D block. The Careers department was recently removed to make more classroom space so the Connexions
Connexions
Connexions is a global repository of educational content provided by Rice University. The entire collection is available free of charge, and students and learners alike can explore all the content they desire....
adviser is now in A block. H Block is now the new home for the construction
Construction
In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
and hairdressing department, which has completed refurbishment.
D block is where the humanities subjects are taught, History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, Religious Studies
Religious studies
Religious studies is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives.While theology attempts to...
and Geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
. It is the largest building on the campus, with 4 floors, each floor dedicated to largely one subject, with the only exception being the 2nd floor, where the classrooms are shared equally between all three subjects. This building was intended to be a temporary building, but has since been made permanent.
SF block used to be the sixth form
Sixth 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,...
section of the school, but since this was eradicated in 2004, it has been used as a Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
and Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
block, as well as some other lessons on the ground floor. The upper school cafeteria is found in this building. Since September 2007, this block has hosted Modern Foreign Languages lessons.
Barton Hall is used mainly for the community, with a bar, hall and the community's reception. Barton Hall is also used for assemblies, concerts and activities such as team building.
Sports Hall is a large sports hall between the Astroturf pitches and G Block. It is larger than the Gym and Old Hall, and stores most of the sports equipment such as the hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
sticks and rounders
Rounders
Rounders is a game played between two teams of either gender. The game originated in England where it was played in Tudor times. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a round wooden, plastic or metal bat. The players score by...
bats. It has a female changing room on the upper floor, and the male changing rooms on the ground floor. This building is sometimes used for community events, such as football.
The site also has facilities for Physical Education in its field, including Astroturf
AstroTurf
AstroTurf is a brand of artificial turf. Although the term is a registered trademark, it is sometimes used as a generic description of any kind of artificial turf. The original AstroTurf product was a short pile synthetic turf while the current products incorporate modern features such as...
pitches, a running track, long jump with sandpit, tennis court
Tennis court
A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
s and football and rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
goalposts.
School uniform
Like most schools in the area, Horndean Technology College requires students to wear school uniformSchool uniform
A school uniform is an outfit—a set of standardized clothes—worn primarily for an educational institution. They are common in primary and secondary schools in various countries . When used, they form the basis of a school's dress code.Traditionally school uniforms have been largely subdued and...
. This consists of
- Royal blue jumper, which has the school logo in white
- White polo shirt, which has the school logo in blue
- Dark-coloured trousers
The school does not permit students to wear trainers, or other fashionable shoes. It also does not allow students to have excessive jewellery, or to have their hair dyed in an over-zealous way.
School bands
The music department has many bands. The main of which are The Horndean Swing Band ,Brass Ensemble (aka. Brass Cake) and the Horndean Steel Pans. They have played at main events such as Merchistoun Hall Fete; The Classic Cars Show in Waterlooville and the Proms put on by the Horndean Twinning for the guests from Horndean's twinned town, AubergenvilleAubergenville
Aubergenville is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France. It is located between Mantes-la-Jolie and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the valley of the Seine...
. Besides these, there are smaller bands such as BTEC groups. Brass Cake who entered the Portsmouth Music Festival and came first in their class, and the Woodwind Ensemble who have won the Woodwind Ensemble Cup with Distinction in their class at the Portsmouth Music Festival 2007. Also Brass cake won the 2010 and 2011 Portsmouth Music Festival
School multi-gym
The school has a new, refurbished multi-gym. The multi-gym, situated in G Block, is twice the size of the previous one, with a complete set of new machines. The gym is the first in Britain to utilise the new technology that enables pupils to play video games using dance mats, etc. and still be engaging in exercise. The multi-gym was opened on 12 October 2006, by ex-Portsmouth FC manager, Harry RedknappHarry Redknapp
Henry James "Harry" Redknapp is a former English footballer who has enjoyed a long career in football management starting in 1983 with Bournemouth. He is the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur....
.
Curriculum
| Subject | Head of Department | Optional or compulsory at GCSE |
| Maths | Jon Colebrook | Compulsory |
| English | Louise Watson | Compulsory |
| Science | Anita Cleary | Compulsory |
| Design Technology | Justin Baker | Compulsory |
| Physical Education | Sarah Pennington | Compulsory |
| Information Communication Technology (ICT) | Sarah Wood | Optional |
| Modern Foreign Languages | Catharine Peters | Optional |
| Music | Melanie Tanner | Optional |
| Business Studies and Travel and Tourism | Sarah Wood | Optional |
| Art | Stephen Jepson | Optional |
| History | Zoe Spencer | Optional |
| Geography | Richard Appleton | Optional |
| Religious Studies | David Scard | Optional |
| Drama | Layla Bahrami | Optional |
Homework
The school operates a Passport to Independence (also known as P2I) scheme for students studying Key Stage 3Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3 is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14...
, as an alternative to setting homework
Homework
Homework, or homework assignment, refers to tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside of class. Common homework assignments may include a quantity or period of reading to be performed, writing or typing to be completed, problems to be solved, a school project to be built...
. Under this scheme, pupils receive an assignment for which they have nine weeks to complete. Such assignments are set every half term
Academic term
An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called terms...
for core subjects, and every term for others. This has proved to be a bigger success, as more students completed it than homework. Also, the school has a forum called P2I Buster. Created by students, it provides homework guidance from mainly students and teachers. Although this is strongly linked with Horndean Technology College, students from other schools are welcome to sign up and ask for help.
The Network
The school has a magazine which is sent home via the pupils to be read by the parents and pupils; all copies of this magazine can be found on this website: The Network. The Network covers such topics as: I.C.T. help, language puzzles, reviews of recent trips and advertisements for the school. The Network is mainly written by the teachers but sometimes the students are given a page to write.Podcasts
The school has released a number of podcasts to help students revise for their GCSEs. They can be found on the school website.Notable former students
- Rob HaylesRob HaylesRobert John Hayles is a track and road racing cyclist, riding for Great Britain and England on the track and his professional team Endura Racing on the road. Hayles rides the team pursuit and madison events....
- Cyclist - Emma BartonEmma BartonEmma Louise Barton is an English actress. She played Honey Mitchell in EastEnders from November 2005 to September 2008....
- Actress - Marc WoottonMarc WoottonMarc Wootton is an English character comedian. He is perhaps best known for his role as the fake medium and psychic, Shirley Ghostman, on the BBC Three series, High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman and he also appeared in Nativity!- Career :...
- Actor and Comedian