Equipment for Lessons

Equipment for Lessons

General for all lessons

• Black pen (and spare ink cartridges if using a fountain pen) • 2 x HB pencils, a pencil sharpener and an eraser • Ruler (30 cm) • Scissors • Glue stick • Coloured pencils • Highlighters Tippex and other correction fluids are not allowed.

Art Year 7

The Art department will supply all specialist student needs whilst in school. It is important that pupils have access to basic art equipment at home in order to develop their art studies and homework out of school hours. The Art department will provide hardback and paperback sketchbooks without charge.

Year 10 Art and Design

As above; the Art department will provide hardback and paperback sketchbooks, without charge. All materials are provided in school. It is a good idea but not mandatory to purchase a set of acrylic paints for use at home.

Art GCSE and ‘A’ level coursework and exam work

The Art department will store all examination/coursework work for GCSE and GCE until the beginning of the Christmas holidays following examinations. Students can begin to collect their work from September after their results have been finalised. If any work is not collected by students by the end of the Autumn term following their examinations it may be retained for display or recycled. With the agreement of the students we may ask that some work become part of a temporary or permanent display in the school in order to showcase best practice. We cannot take responsibility for storage after this time.

All Art students are expected to have their own A1 portfolio in order to keep their work safe and to transport work from home or to the boarding house.

Business and Economics

Students will need a calculator the same as used in Maths.

EAL

A separate letter is sent to the parents of international students detailing the books and equipment required by the EAL Department.

English

Oxford Student’s Dictionary or access to www.oxforddictionaries.com and a reading book.

Geography – GCSE

At GCSE Geography level, pupils should have a calculator and geometry set (same as those used in Maths) for each lesson. This is due to the large amount of cartographic, graphical, statistical and numerical skills, which are covered discretely within the course.

Mathematics

Scientific calculator: • KS3 Casio FX-85GT or equivalent KS4 Casio FX-85GT (or equivalent) or Casio Classwiz FX-991EX • Sixth Form Casio Classwiz FX-991EX or Casio fx-CG50 Geometry set including compass and protractor. These can be purchased through the Maths Department after arrival in September.

Psychology

Psychology students will need a calculator, compass and protractor.

Modern Foreign Languages

It is essential students have a pair of earphones or headphones that can be plugged into a 3.5 mm jack connector, Bluetooth is not available.