Parents Handbook

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PARENTS ’ HANDBOOK

A Teddies Glossary

PEOPLE Warden

Lemon Tree

A former restaurant, accessed through the Music School, used for dance and drama teaching The archway building, former main entrance to the Quad, housing the Registry and Communications teams The playing field on the far side of Field Side, bordering the golf course

The Headmaster

Sub-Warden

The senior Deputy Heads

Lodge

HM

Housemaster or Housemistress Assistant Housemaster/mistress

AHM

RT

Resident Tutor

Lower 2

YEAR GROUPS Shell

Lower 3 The playing field on the far side of Field Side, beyond the netball courts The North Wall The school theatre and Drama department and a public Arts centre Ogston Building/ The Biology & Sports Science building. Life Sciences be confused with the Ogston Music School Ogston Music The Music School, on South Parade. School Not to be confused with the Ogston Building Old Library A function room, below Big School Olivier The school hall Oxley Library The school library, on the first floor of the Christie Centre Piggeries The Grounds Department buildings, beyond Avenue Field Piggeries Field The field adjacent to the Piggeries, between Avenue Field and the golf course Roe Reading The Sixth Form study space on the top floor Room of the Christie Centre Upper 1 The playing field closest to the Woodstock Road, on which sits the Martyrs Pavilion

Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Year 13

Fourth Form Fifth Form Lower Sixth Upper Sixth

SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS ISAMS A Management Information System (or MIS) used by the School Parent Portal The part of ISAMS used by parents –

parents can use the Parent Portal to check pupil timetables, view school reports and grade cards and to notify the school of any changes in contact details

SOCS

An online calendar used for school sports fixtures

Classlist Chronicle

A social network for parents

The school magazine, published first in 1873 The name given to the traditional School blazer stripe and also the magazine for former students (OSE)

Rhubarb

Quad Side

The part of the school to the east of Woodstock Road The café in the foyer of the Olivier Hall The classroom block next to the Christie Centre, housing Geography, History and Classics

Willows

PLACES DBSH Big School

Work Block

Douglas Bader Sports Hall

An exam hall, formerly home of the Library. Not to be confused with the Old Library The ex-boiler house behind the Art building, now home to Sixth Form art studios and the School Psychologist The sports field in front of Cooper Lodge The new academic centre, housing English, Economics and the Library The café for pupils and staff which sits between the Maths block and the Art and Design centre. Not to be confused with Cooper Lodge, a boarding house A Maths classroom in its own building behind the Maths department The part of the school to the west of Woodstock Road A small classroom often used as an access arrangements room for exams, accessed through the Music School

ACADEMIC IB

Boiler House

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Chestnut Christie

EE

Extended Essay

ToK CAS

Theory of Knowledge

Centre

Creativity, Activity, Service

Cooper’s

IA

Internal Assessment - a piece of IB coursework Environmental Systems and Societies IB Programme Resource Centre Courses taken alongside GCSEs, designed by the School in conjunction with leading educationalists Extended Project Qualification, a standalone qualification taken alongside A levels

Café

ESS

PRC

Descartes

Pathways and Perspectives

Field Side

EPQ

Kierkegaard