Wootton Academy

WOOTTON ACADEMY

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Common practices in the academy: Turn and talk. When the teacher says turn and talk after asking you a Question, you turn to face your partner, knees touching. One of you is partner A. The other is B. It shouldn’t take long to figure out who is what partner - it should ideally take about a singular second. Partner A states their answer to the question asked then partner B either stays silent, adds on or disagrees. STEPS: The language of respect at Wootton academy. It’s an acronym. S = Sir or Miss. T = Thank you. E = Excuse me. P = Please. S = Sorry. There is also another acronym used in lessons: STAR. It stands for: S = Sit up, T = Track the speaker, A = Ask questions, R = be Respectful. It’s commonly used when students are slouching back in their chairs. The whole ‘ask questions’ thing is never actually put into practice for some odd reason - it’s simply used when students are not tracking the speaker (the teacher) or when they are leaning back on their chairs when they shouldn’t be. There is also ‘all hands up’ utilised. A teacher will ask the class a question. Give them time to think about it, then say ‘all hands up’. Then, everyone’s hand goes up, straight. So then the teacher can pick someone randomly to answer. In other words - cold calling. Whiteboards are also used. Students have a whiteboard on the back of their planner and they write the answer to a question the teacher asks on the back. When the teacher says ‘show me’, the students hold up their whiteboards for the teacher to see. Choral response is also utilised. Choral response is when the teacher says a new piece of vocabulary and then they’ll say something like ‘I say, you say, [word]’. And then the class will repeat it back to them, and it will usually be done two or three times consecutively. The literacy policy can also be utilised, though it is kind of forgotten by some teachers. The literacy policy is when reading a text, you’re tracking with a ruler and highlighting key bits of information (unless it’s from a book (not a textbook, the type of book you read for entertainment)). It’s usually only used in lesson, but people can use it outside of lesson if they desire. But almost no one does.

Motto: The pursuit of Excellence

Wootton Academy are one of the two schools that makes up the Wootton Academy Trust. The other school that makes up this trust is Kimberley College.

What some subjects stand for: PE: Physical education (in other words, gym class). PSHE: Physical, Social and Health education. PRE: Philosophy, Religion and Ethics. D&T/DT: Design and/& Technology. Performing arts: Drama, Dance, Music.

Headmaster: Mrs McMorn Deputy headmaster: Mrs Burnham (the one who also inspects students’ uniform at the gate)

Forms: 1E1, 1E2, 1P1, 1P2, 1N1, 1N2, 1V1, 1V2, 2E1, 2E2, 2P1, 2P2, 2N1, 2N2, 2V1, 2V2, 3E1, 3E2, 3P1, 3P2, 3N1, 3N2, 3V1, 3V2, 4E1, 4E2, 4P1, 4P2, 4N1, 4N2, 4V1, 4V2, 5E1, 5E2, 5P1, 5P2, 5N1, 5N2, 5V1, 5V2, 6E1, 6E2, 6P1, 6P2, 6N1, 6N2, 6V1, 6V2, 7E1, 7E2, 7P1, 7P2, 7N1, 7N2, 7V1, 7V2, 8E1, 8E2, 8P1, 8P2, 8N1, 8N2, 8V1, 8V2, 9E1, 9E2, 9P1, 9P2, 9N1, 9N2, 9V1, 9V2, 10E1, 10E2, 10P1, 10P2, 10N1, 10N2, 10V1, 10V2, 11E1, 11E2, 11E3, 11P1, 11P2, 11N1, 11N2, 11V1, 11V2.

House system: The house system. There are four houses: Explorer, Navigator, Pathfinder and Voyager. They each have a staff head of house and a student house captain. Along with senior student leaders and a sports captain for each house. These houses are useful for competitions. If your form has E, N, P or V as the second character, then that is your house. E = Explorer, N = Navigator, P = Pathfinder, V = Voyager. It’s simple. ATL 4s and attendance also boost your house’s reputation as a collective. And ATL 1 and 2s impact it negatively, on the other hand. Along with a student house captain, they also have a faculty head of house.

There is (practically) always an opening evening on the 22nd of September. If that day happens to be a weekend, then the open evening is the following Monday. An opening evening is for parents and potential new students to explore the academy and get used to it. Students from the academy can also sign up to help in open evening, usually a week prior to the event.

How discipline works at the academy: You have an excellence card in your student planner, one for every week. If something wrong, a teacher can put a mark onto your excellence card known as a nudge. They can be for several things. Key: BB = Boisterous Behaviour. T = Talking. L = Late. EQ: Equipment. IL = Inappropriate language. PA = Poor attitude to staff. U = Uniform. O = Other. If you put a tick in your excellence card after a lesson, then that’s like saying you didn’t do anything wrong. Sometimes you might get an ATL 4. ATL stands for Attitude to Learning. ATL 4’s are positive points. You want those guys. What you don’t want is an ATL 2 or an ATL 1. An ATL 2 is a 30 minute after school detention, and ATL 1 is a 60 minute after school detention. You don’t want them. If you forget your planner, automatic ATL 2. Non negotiable. If you don’t have your equipment out (planner, pencil case, exercise book) for the next lesson by the time you get to the door, you get an EQ mark onto your excellence card. If a teacher at any point asks “Can I have your planner, please?” GIVE IT TO THEM. It doesn’t matter that you’re probably getting a nudge. If you don’t give it to them, what’ll come next is worse. It’s better to just hand it over. You’ll usually get your planner on the very first day. Clean one every time. If you have a clean excellence card at the end of the week, you will recieve a rewards sticker. This can either be used to: Skip the dining room/cafeteria queue, access the 4G outside of lesson, partake in the VIP experience in the library on Thursday. If, by the end of the week, you have 7 or more nudges, then you automatically get an after school detention. No and, ifs or buts.

About the VIP experience in the library on Thursday: Every lunchtime (12:40-13:40) during Thursday, the library hold a special event for those with clean excellence cards. If the student had a clean excellence card last week, they would get a reward sticker. If they partake in this experience, then their excellence card reward sticker would be marked off as ‘Used’ and then they’d be permitted access. The library display a film/movie for those with clean excellence cards to come in and watch. However, eating and drinking, even in this experience, is still forbidden.

KEY FACTS ABOUT THE ACADEMY’S SCHEDULE: SIX PERIODS. EACH ONE LASTS 50 MINUTES. BREAK TIME IS 20 MINUTES, LUNCH IS AN HOUR. To put it simply: School starts 8:25AM. Homeroom (or Guidance, as the academy calls it): 8:25-9:00. Period 1: 9:00-9:50. Period 2: 9:50-10:40. Break: 10:40-11:00. Period 3: 11:00-11:50. Period 4: 11:50-12:40. Lunch: 12:40-13:40. Period 5: 13:40-14:30. Period 6: 14:30-15:20. After 15:20, that’s the end of the day. Return to your dorm, fuck around on campus, anything goes.

Locations: Humanities block: The humanities block has reception, the dining room, the SEND office, toilets (girls), and modern languages classrooms on the first floor. And some tables around the back of the block (but still inside) for people to socialise at break. There are two staircases in the block in total. There will be two ICT suites, English classrooms (5) and two modern languages classrooms, making four in total (two for each floor). Maths block: The maths block has M1 and M2 on the first floor, along with the maths office and toilets (boys). On the second floor is M3, M4, M5 and M6. It is a decently thin block, but still a block. Main block: This one is the most packed block of them all. Once you exit the humanities block and cross the playground, you will encounter this block. This has the theatre hall which is visible as soon as you walk into the block, and to the left is the drama studio, the textiles room, the food tech room, and some art studios. The drama studio is right by a staircase that leads to the rest of the stuff on the left side. Students and teachers alike are advised to watch their heads when ascending or descending the staircase. On the right side is the executive office, PE changing rooms, the library, and rooms 5.1-5.4 (yes, they have decimals). Art studio: This one is… well… an art studio. There’s two of them in the academy, actually. And each art room has canvases, yes, and a supply room filled with sketchbooks, brushes, watercolors, etc. the art studios have the same facilities for either one, so it doesn’t matter if it is 1 or 2. Textiles: The textiles room is where textiles lessons take place, believe it or not. The textiles room has around 20 sewing machines, one ironing board, a tap at the back, and dyes. There are also mannequins to showcase your Mona Lisas or whatever… Food tech room: The food tech rooms is where the meals are made and so on. The food tech rooms are filled with chef stuff like ovens, microwaves, and I could go on. Everything you need to make a quality meal (even though you have fucking kitchenettes in your dorms with the exact same shit). The food tech room also has a storage space to hold your ingredients pre-lesson. As a way to not have to carry them around all day yet they’re still there when you need em’ so no frantic rush to the dorm or whatever. And it is right outside the textiles room so you can listen to sewing whilst cooking. Lovely, innit? ICT suites: They’re ICT suites, what more do you need? They have computers like any good ICT suites does, a big ass whiteboard at the front for no reason in particular, and so on. Either way, it’s a recipe for a good lesson, I must say. Theatre hall: The theatre hall is the place where assemblies are taken and where musical productions are performed. The chairs in the theatre hall are like those at a cinema. Drama studio: The drama studio has two floors, the first floor has chairs and a large space for acting, and the second floor is simply prop storage. The drama studio is where drama lessons take place and where musical productions are rehearsed. You may also find that the sign on the door is missing a D in drama studio so it reads ‘RAMA STUDIO’ instead, humorously enough. Maths block: The maths block is comprised of two floors. You’ll most likely have maths in this block. No doubt about it. Each room is labelled. M1, M2, girls toilets and the maths office are all on floor 1. Meanwhile M3, M4, M5, M6, M7 and M8 are on the second floor. It’s not actually that exciting, in hindsight. It’s more or so a block that’s just one subject, end of. The tennis courts: The tennis courts are round the back of the school. But they’re not really tennis courts more than they’re a hangout spot. People use it to play football (or soccer, depending on how you say it), even though there’s a literal football pitch behind them - professional sized, as well. Geography block: The geography block is a single floor block by the tennis courts. Believe it or not, the geography block only has two rooms. G1, G2. They say geography is split all across campus, but oh well. It’s there, but it’s a bit of a bottle job. It’s barely touched nowadays. The J block: Now what the hell is a J block, you might find people asking? It’s a bit of a multi use block. It has four rooms, sure. J1, J2, J3, and J4, but at least it serves more of a use than the geography block. You can teach anything in there if you’re actually placed in there. So hey, works for most of the students. 4G pitch: Now this is where the good stuff happens. The 4G pitch, or the football pitch (no one actually uses the name 4G pitch) is where PE lessons take place, and where football matches are played. If you want to go on there during a free period, then do. But you need a clean excellence card to do so. You gotta work hard to get onto that pitch, whether it be for shits and giggles or because you’re part of varsity. Rooms 5.1-5.4: They’re just rooms. Why do they have decimals? We’ll never know. Either way, kinda like the J block, these can just really be used for anything and it doesn’t really matter. They’re there if you need them. The library: Oh boy, the library. If you’re year 10-11, you get to be a library leader. The fuck is that? Well, you’re basically the librarian. Good on them. The library also has computers that are supposed to allow you to do quizzes based on books but people just use them for gaming. That’s on the right side of the library. On the left side of the library is the books. They have it all - from textbooks to straight up manga. The library has two floors, but barely anyone (apart from teachers) are actually allowed on the second floor of the library for some reason. Changing rooms: They are changing rooms for PE. I really don’t know what you were expecting. Yes, some people decide to get changed in their dorms-FUCK OFF. They’re there if you forgot to change in the morning. Or break. Or lunch. Or any fucking free period. The changing rooms have benches, pegs and shower rooms for some fucking reason. But you only actually use those after playing rugby (🏉 the sport with this ball). They’re scattered around the campus, so hey, convenience. Toilets: …this is getting old now. The toilets are well… toilets. They’re scattered around campus because… convenience? And also they’re in dorm rooms because that’s called basic fucking hospitality. The toilets (outside of dorms) have stalls and sinks and air dryers. Yeah, what else were they expecting. Meanwhile the in dorm toilets are much more simpler. No stalls. Just a nice ol’ toilet n’ sink (with a shower in the same room for some fucking reason). H Block: The new block at Wootton academy (as it just got constructed), this place is two floors high, yet it looks higher. There are about seven classrooms in this block, each known as: H1 and H2 (bottom floor), H3, H4, H5, H6, H7 (top floor). There is also a one-way system. The stairs to go to the second floor are situated at the east side of the block, whilst the stairs to descend to the first floor is situated right about where the entrance/exit is. This block also has a dining hall. So, that’s three dining halls now. The H block also has an elevator. Some people say it’s unnecessary. But it’s there for disabled people who need to get to the second floor but can’t exactly climb the stairs. Science labs: There’s twelve of them for some reason. And they all have the same shit you’d expect. Gas taps. Bunsen burners. Sinks (for some reason). And whatever. There are about four big ass tables in each, and there’s also stools surrounding the tables (apart from one of the tables which has four chairs) so you actually have somewhere to place your ass. D&T rooms: Ah yes, these places.There are two D&T rooms. And each one has: Vices (to keep your shit held while you work), hacksaws, coping saws, pillar drills, sand paper (but it’s not even sand…), gentleman’s saw (the stereotype of a typical saw), a mallet, a jack plane (basically the shit you use to smoothen something out), files (curved (why???) and straight). It’s got the stuff you need to actually make something half-decent. Yet most people fuck it up halfway through despite the demonstrations. Performing arts centre: Ah shit, this place. It has the performing arts essentials but not drama for some reason as that’s somewhere completely different for some fucking reason. The dance studio has benches, and a very big area in the middle so you can actually do your dance routines and shit. Oh yeah, prom is probably going to be held in there. As it actually has room. The music rooms are split into two: Music 1 has the computers so you can make music digitally and music 2 has instruments for those who want to do some live performance. And that’s about it. You’d think there’s more but there really isn’t. Activities studio: Well it isn’t really an activities studio as much as it is an empty(ish) room but boy is it big as hell. It has display boards on the walls because that’s usually where parent teacher conferences happen. And they want to show off how posh they actually are. Or what the students here do, hell if I’d know. But it’s there, to say the least. Sports hall: If you aint doing PE on the tennis courts or on the 4G pitch, then it’s in here. The sports hall is about as big as the activities studio but at least it has a function other than parent teacher conferences. So there’s that. It has nets for a nice game of tennis or badminton, speaking of which it has rackets and balls and shuttlecocks for said sports. It also has a baseball/rounders (once again, how you say it depends where you’re from but they’re the same sport) ball and bat for a game of that. And also bases for that game so you don’t have to improv with mats. Oh yeah, mats. They have those, as well. The mats are more or so for gymnastics stuff, but people use them for other shit as well. Long story short: the sports hall has everything you’ll need for literally any sport. Accommodation block: Ah yes, this place. It is the tallest and biggest block on campus due to it literally holding thousands of students. So, it’s gonna be pretty fucking big. There are about 100 dorms on one floor, and there’s about twenty floors. Jesus, may as well call it a skyscraper at this point. Either way, there’s ten elevators to simplify travel (because one wasn’t enough, right?) and also stairs in case of emergency or in case you wanna get them steps in. Either way, each dorm is exactly the same. Until they’re decorated by the people living in them. Then that’s a different story. Same layout, probably different interior. There is also two entrances to the block because they’d hate it for you to walk all the way to the end and then back because you had to deliver something to someone and then leave. But either way, it works, no matter the situation. There are five elevators by each entrance. So hey, that eliminates having to do the exact same thing they tried to eliminate by adding a second entrance on the opposite side.

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