Oakmead College of Technology
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Oakmead College of Technology is a mixed secondary school
located in the northern outskirts of Bournemouth
in southern England
. There are approximately 1300 students (March 2005) between the ages of 11 and 18, a sixth form
of about 150 students, and a nursery.
Block A contains the majority of the core curriculum classes: English, maths and science. It also contains an assembly hall (hall A), a playground (for years 10 & 11) the gym, the sports hall, a drama studio, 4 IT rooms, 9 science labs, a media suite, raise room and an English reading room
Block B contains contains classes for such as geography, RE, history, IT, business studies, dance, drama, music and DT. There are 7 DT rooms—2 food technology rooms, 2 resistant materials rooms, graphics room, computer graphics and an electronics room. There is a specialised plumbing centre, 5 IT rooms and two MFL (modern foreign language) rooms, 2 drama studios, 3 music rooms, 2 art rooms, another assembly hall, another playground (for years 7, 8 & 9) and the canteen.
School Day: Period 1 (8:30 - 9:30), Period 2 (9:30 - 10:30), Break (10:30 - 10:50), Period 3 (10:50 - 11:50), Period 4 (11:50 - 12:50), Lunch (12:50 - 1:20), Period 5 (1:20 - 2:20), Enrichment (2:20 - 3:00)
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in the northern outskirts of Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...
in southern England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. There are approximately 1300 students (March 2005) between the ages of 11 and 18, a 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,...
of about 150 students, and a nursery.
Oakmead
Oakmead College is divided into blocks A and B (the original girl's and boy's schools).Block A contains the majority of the core curriculum classes: English, maths and science. It also contains an assembly hall (hall A), a playground (for years 10 & 11) the gym, the sports hall, a drama studio, 4 IT rooms, 9 science labs, a media suite, raise room and an English reading room
Block B contains contains classes for such as geography, RE, history, IT, business studies, dance, drama, music and DT. There are 7 DT rooms—2 food technology rooms, 2 resistant materials rooms, graphics room, computer graphics and an electronics room. There is a specialised plumbing centre, 5 IT rooms and two MFL (modern foreign language) rooms, 2 drama studios, 3 music rooms, 2 art rooms, another assembly hall, another playground (for years 7, 8 & 9) and the canteen.
School Day: Period 1 (8:30 - 9:30), Period 2 (9:30 - 10:30), Break (10:30 - 10:50), Period 3 (10:50 - 11:50), Period 4 (11:50 - 12:50), Lunch (12:50 - 1:20), Period 5 (1:20 - 2:20), Enrichment (2:20 - 3:00)