As part of our Enrichment Programme, we invite all students to attend a variety of after-school activities and clubs.
Reflecting our four values – Collaboration, Opportunity, Respect and Excellence – the programme provides students with a range of new experiences, with activities designed to broaden their horizons, and ensure the well-rounded development of our students.
These include clubs dedicated to chess, coding, creative arts, and various sports, and are open to all students in Years 7-10 (unless otherwise stated).
To attend, students should register their interest by signing up with the relevant member of staff.
Clubs start immediately after the school day, and run on various days of the week.
For more information, please contact Mrs Guest: [email protected]
“When I first started Arena Academy, I felt nervous but I’ve made new friends and taken part in lots of extracurricular activities… which helped me get to know other students and teachers.”
Clubs available
| Club | Staff | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calm Colouring Club | Miss Fellows | Break and Lunch | Library |
| Guitar / Vocal / Steel Pan Lessons | Services for Education | All day | Music |
| Art Club | Miss Freeman | Lunch | Room 17 |
| Football | City Year | Lunch | Astro |
| Table Tennis | City Year | Lunch | Playground |
| Homework Club | City Year | Lunch | Room 28 |
| Karaoke Club | City Year | Lunch | Room 11 |
| Languages Club | Mrs Lawson | Lunch | Room 9 |
| Board Games | City Year | Lunch | Arena Central |
| Soundlab Central | Royal Birmingham Conservatoire | 3:15 onwards | RBC |
| CoreUs | Miss McKenzie / Audrey | 3:20-4:20pm | Room 18 |
| Club | Staff | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keyboard Lessons | Services for Education | 11:20am – 1:20pm | Room 18 and 22 |
| Homework Club | City Year | Lunch | Room 29 |
| Board Games | City Year | Lunch | Arena Central |
| Chess Club | Mr Zs | Lunch | Room 24 |
| Dance Club | Miss Allen | Lunch | Gym |
| Football | City Year | Lunch | Astro |
| Pokemon Club | Mr Skidmore | Lunch | Room 10 |
| Basketball | City Year | Lunch | Playground |
| Reading Plus Homework Club | English Team | 3:15 – 4:15pm | Room 28 |
| Make and Bake Cooking Club | Mrs Dowe and Miss Dorset | 3:15 – 4:45pm | Room 19 |
| Music Club | Miss McKenzie | 3:20 – 4:20pm | Room 22 |
| Boxing Club | Mr Rahman | 3:20 – 4:20pm | Sports Hall |
| Club | Staff | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whisper Wednesday | Miss Fellows | Break and Lunch | Library |
| Homework Club | City Year | Lunch | Room 28 |
| Board Games | City Year | Lunch | Arena Central |
| Eco-Warriors | City Year | Lunch | Room 11 |
| Football | City Year | Lunch | Astro |
| Table Tennis | City Year | Lunch | Playground |
| Sparx Maths Homework Club | Maths Team | Lunch | Room 29 |
| Girls Football | Sport Birmingham | 3:20 – 4:20pm | Astro |
| Athletics | Mr Taylor | 3:15 – 4:15pm | Astro Turf |
| Club | Staff | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film Club | Miss Fellows | Break and Lunch | Library |
| Drum / Saxophone / Flute Lessons | Services for Education | All Day | Practice Room |
| Football | City Year | Lunch | Astro |
| Basketball | City Year | Lunch | Playground |
| Computing Club | Mrs Ivanova | Lunch | Room 1 |
| Homework Club | City Year | Lunch | Room 28 |
| Board Games | City Year | Lunch | Arena Central |
| Drama Club | Miss Alam | Lunch | Room 18 |
| Club | Staff | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Club | Mrs Sweet and Anti-Bullying Ambassadors | Lunch | Room 8 |
| Football | Sports Leaders | Lunch | Astro |
| Table Tennis | Sports Leaders | Lunch | Playground |
| Chess Club | Mr Zs | Lunch | Room 24 |
| Youth Club | Sporting Elite | 3:15 – 5:30pm | Astro |
Youth Club Sign Up
Arena Eco-Ambassadors
As the world is changing minute by minute, there are hundreds of opportunities to grow our understanding and awareness of our planet. This can be through watching documentaries, listening to podcasts, scrolling through posts on social media and attending educational sessions… leading to the Arena Eco Ambassadors!
The Eco Ambassadors at Arena Academy work to educate and grow awareness of the beauty in our world across the school and celebrate the natural environment we are very lucky to live in. Through their sessions each week, their understanding of the species distributed across the world as well as actions we can take to both harm and protect them grows like beautiful flowers.
For the 24/25 academic year, the aim is to expand our horizons as much as possible with what is covered including wildlife awareness, tackling climate change and environmental conflict. We have a desire to protect and enhance our green spaces across the world but also at our own academy as we progress towards stronger environmental protection and care.
As you navigate your way around our page you will see our newsletter “Earthly Roundup” which the students produce based on what we explore from across the globe, our activity calendar (subject to be altered) and other relevant content about our exciting opportunities
If your child is interested in joining the team, they are welcome to register with Miss Fletcher and join the meetings each Friday 3.15pm-4.05pm in room 143. If you have any contributions for the next academic year’s content, please get in touch with Miss Fletcher and pass them forward for consideration.
Learning Resource Centre
Opening Hours
The LRC is open daily at break times and lunch, as well as both before and after school.
- Morning – 8am to 8:25am
- Break times – 11am to 11:20am
- Lunch times – 1:25pm to 2:00pm
- After-school – 3:10pm to 4pm.
The LRC is open to everyone in the morning and after-school, but to access the space at break and lunch time, students must apply for a pass. Application forms can be collected from the library and need to be completed by both the student and a parent / carer. We ask that this document is read completely before it is signed and returned (passes will be available for collection 24 hours after submitting this form).
Clubs and Events
As part of our daily running, the LRC offers our students many opportunities for support and participation – with ‘Games Clubs’ taking place during lunch times and ‘Homework Club’ after-school. We also run a ‘Book Club’ on Wednesdays (after-school), in which students can select a shared book title to read and discuss – these clubs are open to all students.
To encourage student engagement with independent reading, we run various promotions throughout the year, linking to areas of our diverse ‘Fiction’ section:
- October: ‘Halloween Promotion’ – linked to our ‘Supernatural’ genre section.
- December: ‘Festive Reads’ – linking to our ‘Fantasy’ genre section.
- February: ‘Valentines’ – linking to our ‘Romance’ genre section.
- July: ‘Summer Adventures’ – linked to our ‘Action’ genre section.
All promotions are supported with prizes and rewards and are open to all students to take part in. We also run competitions…
The LRC also works closely with the National Literacy Trust, as part of World Book Day in March. As well as giving away ‘World Book Day’ vouchers to all students, the LRC also provides library visitors with free books from the NLT. In March 2023, we gave away over 120 free books to our students – with further free books being awarded as part of our regular competitions and student submission of book reviews.