Purbrook Junior School
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Purbrook Junior School is a mixed Junior
Community School
maintained by Hampshire County Council
, situated between Portsmouth
and Waterlooville
in Hampshire
. The school teaches around 385 pupils aged between 7 – 11 years of age.
The school shares land with Purbrook Infant School
.
suite in both the Lower and Upper School areas. They are located in the middle with the classrooms on the outside.
Located in the Upper School is a Medical Room and toilets. In the Lower School is a Special Needs
room known as The Hodan Room and toilets.
In between both the Upper and Lower School areas is Reception
, Library
, Offices, Staffroom, School Hall, School meals Kitchen
, Disabled Toilet, Changing Rooms
, Music Store, Teacher Cloakrooms and an Art Room.
The school seems large to start with but is in fact quite small but has a lot to offer in the small building.
(PE) Lessons and after school. These include:
The current chairman is Karen Francis, who has only just become joint chairman after Angela Gibbs.
Junior school
A junior school is a type of school which caters for children, often between the ages of 7 and 11.-Australia:In Australia, a junior school is usually a part of a private school that educates children between the ages of 5 and 12....
Community School
Community school
The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a...
maintained by Hampshire County Council
Hampshire County Council
Hampshire County Council is the county council that governs the majority of the county of Hampshire in England. It provides the upper tier of local government, below which are district councils, and town and parish councils...
, situated between Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
and Waterlooville
Waterlooville
Waterlooville is a town in Hampshire, England approximately 8 miles north of Portsmouth.The town has a population itself of about 10,000 and is surrounded by Purbrook, Blendworth, Cowplain, Lovedean, Clanfield, Catherington, Crookhorn, Denmead, Hambledon, Horndean and Widley. It forms part of...
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...
. The school teaches around 385 pupils aged between 7 – 11 years of age.
The school shares land with Purbrook Infant School
Infant school
An Infant school is a term used primarily in the United Kingdom for school for children between the ages of four and seven years. It is usually a small school serving a particular locality....
.
School campus
There are 3 classrooms for each year. There is a Lower School (Year 3 & Year 4) and an Upper School (Year 5 & Year 6). There is an ICTInformation and communication technologies
Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...
suite in both the Lower and Upper School areas. They are located in the middle with the classrooms on the outside.
Located in the Upper School is a Medical Room and toilets. In the Lower School is a Special Needs
Special needs
In the USA, special needs is a term used in clinical diagnostic and functional development to describe individuals who require assistance for disabilities that may be medical, mental, or psychological. For instance, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the International...
room known as The Hodan Room and toilets.
In between both the Upper and Lower School areas is Reception
Waiting room
A waiting room is a building, or more commonly a part of a building where people sit or stand until the event they are waiting for occurs.There are generally two types of waiting room. One is where individuals leave one at a time, for instance at a doctor's office or a hospital, or outside a school...
, Library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, Offices, Staffroom, School Hall, School meals Kitchen
Kitchen
A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation.In the West, a modern residential kitchen is typically equipped with a stove, a sink with hot and cold running water, a refrigerator and kitchen cabinets arranged according to a modular design. Many households have a...
, Disabled Toilet, Changing Rooms
Changing Rooms
Changing room may refer to:*changeroom, a room or enclosure in a clothing store where customers may try on clothes before purchasing them*Changing Rooms, a BBC television series*The Changing Room, a stage play by David Storey...
, Music Store, Teacher Cloakrooms and an Art Room.
The school seems large to start with but is in fact quite small but has a lot to offer in the small building.
Sport
The school give the pupils a variety of sports to do, during lunchtime, in Physical EducationPhysical 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....
(PE) Lessons and after school. These include:
- Football
- NetballNetballNetball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
- HockeyHockeyHockey 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:...
- Tag RugbyTag RugbyTag Rugby, also known as rippa rugby, flag rugby league or flag rugby, is a non-contact team game in which each player wears a belt that has two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts with velcro patches. The mode of play is based on rugby league with many similarities to touch rugby...
- Cross country runningCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- Athletics
- CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
PJSA
The PJSA - Purbrook Junior Support Association is a group of adults (mainly parents) who organise events for the pupils of the school. Some of the events they are known for are:- May Fair - Year 6 Pupils produce and make their own stalls along with stalls made by staff
- X FactorThe X Factor (UK)The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...
- Same process as the actual show, except teachers and parents (including headteacher) are judges - ChristmasChristmasChristmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
Fair - Parents and South Downs CollegeSouth Downs CollegeSouth Downs College is a further education college located in Waterlooville, to the north of Portsmouth, England.The College occupies a single site, purpose-built campus on Portsdown Hill, within the Borough of Havant....
students help run all stalls - includes fancy dress and choirChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
singing - CinemaFilmA film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
Nights - Located in School Hall, Fancy Dress and raffle, watch a variety of films - Discos - Two discos on one night, lower and upper school
The current chairman is Karen Francis, who has only just become joint chairman after Angela Gibbs.
Policies
There are a number of policies that the school has, including:- Acts Of Worship
- Behaviour and DisciplineDisciplineIn its original sense, discipline is referred to systematic instruction given to disciples to train them as students in a craft or trade, or to follow a particular code of conduct or "order". Often, the phrase "to discipline" carries a negative connotation. This is because enforcement of order –...
- Bullying
- Engagement of External visitors
- Equal Opportunities and Anti - RacismRacismRacism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
- Home Learning
- SexSexIn biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety . Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents...
& RelationshipIntimate relationshipAn intimate relationship is a particularly close interpersonal relationship that involves physical or emotional intimacy. Physical intimacy is characterized by romantic or passionate love and attachment, or sexual activity. The term is also sometimes used euphemistically for a sexual...
Education - Teaching and Learning
- PSHE and Citizenship
- DrugDrugA drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function. There is no single, precise definition, as there are different meanings in drug control law, government regulations, medicine, and colloquial usage.In pharmacology, a...
Education - Child Protection
- Racial Equality
- Special Educational Needs
- Spiritual and Moral Development
- Inclusion
- Drinking WaterWaterWater is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
Bottles
Aims
Purbrook Junior School aims to:- Ensure that every child matters
- Ensure that all voices are listened to
- Encourage respect for each other, the environment and foster links with the wider community
- Develop spiritual and moral awareness, and an understanding of cultures and societies
- Provide a happy, secure and purposeful environment which encourages children to develop a sense of ownership and pride in their school
- Help children develop confidence, high self-esteem and a positive, enthusiastic attitude to life
- Use effective and stimulating teaching to encourage all children to reach their potential and develop enquiring minds
- Create a learning environment where expectations and standards are consistently high
- Empower children to make decisions, respond to choices and to take an active part in their own development and learning
- Encourage teamwork
- Challenge children to try new experiences without the fear of failure