Wren Newcomers Interview

Wren Newcomers Interview
Miss Roe:
English Teacher:


Did you always want to become a teacher?
No - I worked in charity fund raising before I was a teacher.
Why did you choose to become a secondary school teacher?
Because my mum is a primary school teacher and I wanted to teach older children.
Why did you choose to apply at Wren?
It is a really impressive school and I liked the idea students are also taught in single sex classes for some subjects.
What has been your best experience so far?
The enthusiasm that the students from charity fund raising enrichment had when organising the cake sale for Children in Need.
What was your first impression when you entered Wren?
The new building is amazing and so clean - it was really impressive.
How is Wren different to when you were a student?
I was taught by nuns - it was very strict and old fashioned.  At Wren you have a freedom to express your views.
What was your favourite subject at school?
English.
What advice would you give new teachers who come to Wren?
Students are a lot smarter then students from other schools.

Miss Nanji:
Head of Geography:


Did you always want to become a teacher?
Since I was 15.
Why did you choose to become a secondary school teacher?
Because I only wanted to teach my favourite subject.
Why did you choose to apply at Wren?
It is a new school and its just starting the GCSEs and has a great reputation.
What has been your best experience so far?
Knitting Enrichment is really  fun and relaxing.
What was your first impression when you entered Wren?
New building as I came from an old school.
How is Wren different to when you were a student?
It's similar as there is a Student opinion.
What was your favourite subject at school?
History.
What advice would you give new teachers who come to Wren?
Be prepared and plan lessons you enjoy because if you enjoy them students will.

Mr Tolley:
Science teacher:

Did you always want to become a teacher?
No.
Why did you choose to become a secondary school teacher?
More comfortable with older students.
Why did you choose to apply at Wren?
First school I found on the website which appealed to me.
What has been your best experience so far?
Year 7 St Paul's trip.
What was your first impression when you entered Wren?
A bit scared it was my first job in London.
How is Wren different to when you were a student?
Lots more technology.
What was your favourite subject at school?
History.
What advice would you give new teachers who come to Wren?
Have fun and be prepared.

Guests in RE for year 8s

For year 8 in RE at the moment we have been having guests coming in to tell us about their religion. So far we have had two people from Hinduism and another person came in from the Christian faith. They are a great opportunity to find out anything you do not know about that faith and we hope to have more religious people coming in.

Children in need cake sale

On Wednesday the 16th October a cake sale was held in the resteraunt at breaktime for all the students and teachers. People bought in homemade and bought cakes. There was a competition for the best homemade cake! All the money raised went to children in need.

Interview about numeracy day

On the 22^nd of December is the wren academy numeracy day. Here is an interview from Mr Morgan the maths teacher that organised it and will be running it:

1)      When is numeracy day?

Mr Morgan: Friday 2^nd of December.

2)      Are you looking forward to it and why?

Mr Morgan: Yes, absolutely! We’ll be raising money for the National Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children and there will be lots of house points on offer and a chance to win a lot of sweets!

3)      What different maths subjects are we going to learn on the day?

Mr Morgan: There’ll be various puzzles in the restaurant at break and lunch and a competition between the houses at lunch

4) How will it help us?

Mr Morgan: Raises awareness of both maths and the charity NSPCC – but you guys will probably be more interested in guessing the correct number of sweets in the jar!

5)      How are the lessons going to be different from normal maths lessons?

Mr Morgan: The maths lessons will remain the same, but every lesson will have a maths starter – please remind your teachers as they often forget!

6)      Are all the lessons on that day going to be maths?

Mr Morgan: No – it’ll be your regular day, but with some numeracy in every lesson and break.

dance competition

Dance competition

At the Wren Academy we have recently had a dance competition; the way you get points for your house is by winning the competition and the easiest part, participation.  The teachers try to encourage everybody to take part as participation gets a lot of points.

A new link to the blog!

We are glad to announce that very soon you will be able to access the blog from the schools website. This will mean that more people will be able to access the blog, and see what effort we put into it to keep it up to date. Every Thursday 23 people come to the I.C.T room and work together to update the blog.

Year 8 Trip to Tate Modern

On Monday year 8 went to the famous Tate Modern in central London, to see the weird and wonderful creations there. It gave us a chance to take a look at the designs and have a go drawing some of the things we saw there. It was great experience and we hope to go back there when all the building work is complete in the future. 

Team SuperSchools!

Team SuperSchools is a great experience for all children out there.

At Wren Academy we were lucky enough to take part in great fitness activities.  We also had a gold medalist Larry Achike who represents Great Britain.

Everyone had a once in a life time opportunity to meet him and have a photo with him.

Remember to raise money as half of it goes to our PE department.  We are trying to raise money for a roof on the MUGA and half of it goes to charity! 


This is the SuperSchools website:http://www.teamsuperschools.co.uk/flash_site.htm



Cake Sale

On Wednesday the 17th of November, a cake sale was held in the restaurant at break time to raise money for Children in Need.  Pupils brought in bought, and homemade cakes, and there was a competition for the best homemade cake!

By Ellen, Sophia & Aimee.

Inter-house Dance Compition

Last Friday a inter-house dance competition took place in the assembly hall.  Row by row the competitors stepped out onto the stage where they performed their dance routine.  After each performance the judges, who were 3 teachers, would make their decision and the dancers would wait until everyone had performed.  After that there was an anxious wait whilst the teachers decided who won.  In the end a fantastic and amazing dancer in Year 7 called Daphne won!

Visitors to our blog

These are the places in the world who have seen our blog, and we will all from the Wren Academy Blog want to thank them all.  Here are the places who have seen our blog so far since Thurday 17th November 2011.

1.) UK: Wigan

2.) UK: Sheffield

3.) UK: London

4.) UK: Newcastle

5.) USA: California

6.) UK: Sussex

7.) UK: Manchester

8.) UK: Falkirk

9.) UK: Brighton

10.) UK: Aylesbury

11.) UK: Gloucestershire

12.) UK: Swindon

13.)   West Indies: Cayman Islands

14.)  UK: Southampton

15.) UK: Hemel Hempstead, Hertford

16.) UK: West Sussex

17.) UK: Swansea

18.) UK: Wokingham

19.) UK: Newcastle Under Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent

20.) UK: Bedford, Bedfordshire

21.) UK: Farnham, Surrey

22.) USA: Mountain View, California

24.) UK:   Manchester

25.) UK: Melrose, Scottish Borders, The

26.) UK: Barnet, Hertfold

27.) UK: Stevenage, Herefordshire

28.) UK: Brighton, East Sussex
29.) UK: Workington

The Bleep Test

If you are wondering what a bleep test is, it is a test to see how good your endurance is in running. You have to run in between cones and when you hear a bleep sound you have to run to the cones. There are levels and the higher the level the shorter amount of time you have to run to the cones.You keep running until you the point where you can't reach the cones in time before you hear the bleep.

The year 7 girls football match

On Tuesday the Year 7 girls had their first match against St. Michael's.  At half time it was 1-0 to the opposition but then Wren Academy scored with an amazing goal by Lauren causing the finally result to be 1-1. It was a good result for our first match!
by Sophia

Wren Academy specialises in architecture

Wren Academy specialises in architecture. All are classrooms have huge windows in them for light, safety and also to make sure there is no bullying going on (which has never happened in our school before). Students learn about the school's unique structure during focus days and in ADT (Art Design Technology) lessons. This allows us to learn another interesting subject which other schools don't have a chance to learn.

Children In Need 2011 Update

Charity fundraising enrichment has arranged a cake sale on November 18^th for Children In Need - Break time in the restaurant - cakes start at £1.

We would really like you to join in because every penny you give will make a change!

The first ever Children In Need was a 5 minute radio broadcast in 1927, the first televised Children In Need was in 1950. 

How good is Wren Academy?

Wren Academy is a great school because they make it exciting for all their students as they are always doing focus days and events where important people visit us. In the 2nd year of Wren Academy (2009), SOPHIE McKENZIE visited us and she talked about her inspiration to writing books like "Girl Missing" and "Blood Ties". Then in the 3rd year of Wren Academy (2010), JOE CRAIG visited us and talked about how you might get stuck in English when the teacher tells you to write a story; so he explained how to make it easier for us when in that situation. He also talked about his "Jimmy Coates" book series. 
This is now the 4th year for Wren Academy and we're going to be visited by an Olympic athlete!
Who knows who might visit us next?!

Table Tennis

At Wren Academy, on break times and lunch times you can play table tennis. Each break or lunch a different year and house will play. Anybody can participate, it doesn't matter whether you're a boy or a girl.

Sports teams at Wren....

These are all the sports teams at Wren :
The Girls' Football team
The Boys' Football team
The Girls' Netball team


Please suggest any more teams if you have the time
:)    (HAPPY face)

Team superschools

Team Superschools visit
On Friday 11th November, Larry Achike, a gold medalist in triple jumping, is coming to Wren Academy. We will attend school in our P.E. kits and do 1 hour of physical activities. At the end of the day we will all meet back in the sports hall. The whole school will take part in this, however not all at the same time. We have each been collecting sponsorships for the last week, half of which will go to our school the rest to a charity that helps children who are naturally gifted athletes to train.

Yr7 football match

On the 2nd of November the school football team played Jcoss school we won 4-2.

We were wining 2-0... but suddenly one of the opponents were out side the 8 yard box.

The referee gave it a a penalty(very respectable)..it was 2-1.We got another goal by Olu from a corner on the last minute, then scored another goal.