We take a look around Wednesfield Academy and chat to the head of the school in our Love Your School feature.
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00:00Hi, I'm Jay Phillips and I'm Head Teacher here at Wensfield Academy.
00:07At Wensfield we're very proud of our pupils who really do buy into the school community.
00:12We're also very lucky to have supportive parents and a superb staff body.
00:17Here we have a fantastic library as well as this theatre that you'll see and other excellent
00:23classrooms.
00:24We're very pleased that our admissions numbers continue to go up and up and we are now heavily
00:28over-subscribed because parents want their children to attend here.
00:34So we've got three budding scientists here, how are you doing guys, are you ok?
00:37Yeah.
00:38What's your names?
00:39Callum.
00:40And?
00:41Lily.
00:42Emmanuel.
00:43Cool.
00:44What's your favourite subjects here at the school then?
00:45History.
00:46History?
00:47Yeah.
00:48Fair do's, what about you?
00:49Drama.
00:50Drama.
00:51Biology.
00:52Biology.
00:53I see we're almost in the right place for you, aren't we?
00:54We're the science.
00:55And what is it you want to go on to do, kind of once you leave school, career-wise?
00:58Any ideas yet?
00:59I'd like to go into politics and try and improve people's lives and make the area that I grew
01:07up in a bit better.
01:08Fair do, mate.
01:09And?
01:10The film industry.
01:11Film industry?
01:12Yeah, cool.
01:13I'd like to go into pediatric nursing.
01:14Nursing?
01:15Yeah, good stuff.
01:16Well we wish you all the best with your chosen careers guys, take care of yourselves, thank
01:21you.
01:22So this is our library here at Wensfield Academy, we're really proud of how we've restocked
01:27a number of the books and pupils come in regularly at break time and after school and
01:31very much enjoy reading a number of different novels.
01:34We're also very lucky to run a number of different programmes with the Accelerated Reader and
01:38the Lipsonic to help those pupils who may be initially finding reading slightly challenging,
01:43but those programmes and the teaching enable them to be able to access a greater range.
01:48How you doing guys, you okay?
01:50Yeah.
01:51What do you think of your fantastic library?
01:52It's a good size, isn't it?
01:53Yeah, it's amazing.
01:54It is, isn't it?
01:55It's nice and big, yeah, nice and bright in here as well.
01:58What you been reading lately?
01:59Any particular?
02:00I've been reading Dogman, but then I've been going on to Percy Jackson lately.
02:04Ah, he's the one, they've done some of his books into films, haven't they?
02:08Yeah.
02:09Oh, right, cool.
02:10And what about you guys, what you been up to?
02:11I'm also reading Henry, Perry and Curious, I think I'm going to teach it.
02:16Well, if it's as good as the title, it's a good book.
02:18How's it going down, alright?
02:20Yeah.
02:21Yeah?
02:22What's the basis of it then, is it a bit of a fantasy book?
02:24It's called Ugly Pigeon and it's one of my favourite books of all.
02:27Ugly Pigeon.
02:28What about you, mate, any particular books you've been up reading lately, any good?
02:31What's this one?
02:32Let's have a look.
02:33Ah, I've heard of that.
02:34Is it any good?
02:35You can recommend it, yeah?
02:36Great stuff.
02:37Well, we'll let you crack on with your reading lesson, guys.
02:40Thank you for getting involved.
02:41How you doing, guys?
02:42You okay?
02:43You alright?
02:44Yeah, yeah.
02:45You can talk, don't worry about a bite.
02:46What's your name, boss?
02:47Manveer.
02:48Manveer.
02:49Dylan.
02:50And?
02:51Kiera.
02:52Kiera.
02:54Aerospace.
02:55Yeah, yeah.
02:56So, it's our Calcom area where we go for our independent studies between business.
02:59Yeah, it's nice, isn't it?
03:00It's a nice space, actually.
03:01Yeah, yeah.
03:02Really spacious.
03:03Yeah, it feels nice and open.
03:04So, what do you guys want to do then?
03:05Go on.
03:06What do you want to go on and do with your life, buddy?
03:07Aerospace engineering.
03:08Aerospace, yeah?
03:09Yeah, I was going to go on and do the same thing, really.
03:10Yeah, yeah.
03:11Good, good.
03:12Kiera, about yourself?
03:13Early years teaching.
03:14Early years, yeah.
03:15Fair do's.
03:16So, yeah.
03:17Aerospace is not a bad gig for being in Wolverhampton.
03:18Yeah.
03:19And early years.
03:20So, you're good with little ones then?
03:21Yeah.
03:22Yeah, good stuff.
03:23Well, we wish you all the best, guys.
03:24Crack on with it and good luck in the future.
03:25All right.
03:26Okay.
03:27How are you doing, guys?
03:28You okay?
03:29So, we've got Miss Davenport, D&T teacher.
03:30And what's your name, boss?
03:31It's Ritik Singh.
03:32Cool.
03:33So, what are you working on, Ritik?
03:34We're having a little chat off camera.
03:35What's this going to be?
03:36This is like a prototype, yeah?
03:37Yeah.
03:38It's going to be a side table.
03:39Yeah.
03:40It opens and then it closes.
03:41So, it's going to be a side table.
03:42Yeah.
03:43It's going to be a side table.
03:45Yeah.
03:46It's going to be a side table.
03:47Yeah.
03:48It opens and there's a storing object in it.
03:49So, it's like multipurpose, multifunctional.
03:50Great stuff.
03:51Is this the start of your furniture empire then?
03:52Here in Wentsfield?
03:53Yeah.
03:54Well, good luck with it, guys.