Highcliffe School

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name = Highcliffe School


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street = Parkside
city = Christchurch
county = Dorset
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postcode = BH23 4QD
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Highcliffe School is a Foundation school for students aged 11-19 and a specialist Language College, situated in Highcliffe-on-Sea in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England.

Features

The school has a £4,000,000 technology block, ICT and science departments, and Plasma TV screens all around the school for displaying messages and announcements.

Building work has finished on a Fitness Suite, which PE students have access to, containing Fitness Training Machines and weights.

The school Music Department has access to a Technology Room, which contains computers loaded with Cubase music programs, and Sibelius (computer program), a musical score-writing program. It also features keyboards connected to these computers, acting as speakers and MIDI-input devices.

Highcliffe School as a Science and Language College

Highcliffe School is also a Language and Science college. The school teaches:
*Italian
*German
*Japanese (as an optional extra curricular subject)
*Spanish
*French
*Chinese (as an optional extra curricular subject)
*Latin (as an optional extracurricular subject)

The school also offers "Twilight Lessons" for parents and other adults to learn languages after normal school hours.

The school's website

For students, notices are posted there, such as news about the school. From the website students can:
*access school files from home.
*access the timetable.
*access the student's locker combination.
*view the student's reports.
*view the student's merits and achievements to date.
*access the 'Highcliffe Challenge', a school-wide challenge which involves students, upon completion of certain extra-curricular activities and achievements, emailing evidence of this to relevant teachers. If the teacher agrees with the students contribution, the specified task will be 'confirmed'. Each Keystage (3, 4, or 5) has its own tasks, and also its own number of tasks required to complete the challenge. Upon completion of the relevant challenges, a successful student will receive a badge and a certificate.
*view homework details posted by their subject teachers.

Notable alumni

*Television producer James Howard
*Indie band Air Traffic

External links

* [http://www.highcliffe.dorset.sch.uk/ Official website]
* [http://www.myhighcliffe.com Student and parent portal]