Weekly Attendance
Our overall attendance this week was 95%
Our overall attendance this week was 95%
Children from EYFS and KS1 took part in an eggciting Easter bonnet parade yesterday as they paraded around the school to a wonderous applause from KS2; children in KS2 also wowed us with their eggtravagently decorated eggs and they were proudly displayed in school for all to see. It was fantastic to see so many creative and eggcellent Easter creations and it looked as though the children enjoyed creating their masterpieces at home, I know it was very hard to pick a winner in each class.
Well done to all our winners from each class:
Harvey - 6ST
Ivory - 6ES
Laicee - 6LB
Lauren - 5KG
Frankie - 5LH
Lilly - 4JC
Ella - 4BB
Keeley - 3MC
Kez'roi - 3NW
Eliza - 2CS
Daisy - 2HS
Vienna - 1RW
Kylah - 1SG
Amelia - ROT
Noah - RPM
Eliana - Nursery
For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery
Last week, children took part in lots of fundraising activities for Comic Relief.
Pupils enjoyed the action-packed penalty shoot-out against Harrison Turner in year 6!
A huge well done to all the children who took part in ‘design a red nose’ competition – there were so many fabulous entries. Congratulation to our lucky winners:
Reception – Tiberius
Year 1 – Elise
Year 2 – Shakil
Year 3 – Alannah
Year 5 – Ricardo
Year 6 – Olivia
Fairy cakes for break time treat went down a storm with the children on Thursday!
Smith’s Wood Primary Academy did something funny for money on Friday with our crazy hair day! There were so many creative hairstyles – just wow!
For more pictures from the week, please see our gallery
Each week, during our Friday Achievement assembly, we celebrate our ‘Pupils of the Week’ from each year group. Pupils are recognised for this weekly award for a variety of reasons and are nominated by their class teacher. They may have excelled in a particular subject through the week; may have shown one, or more, of the school values in abundance, or they may have impressed their teacher, or other staff members with a huge amount of effort. Whatever they are nominated for, they are recognised in the whole school achievement assembly, receive a certificate to take home and get to wear one of our prestigious black and gold t-shirts.
During the assembly, we also celebrate children who have 100% attendance for the week and have been in school every day on time. A lucky dip, of all children who are eligible takes place, and one pupil walks away with £5 to spend on whatever they want, Standards and presentation of a child’s book, chosen at random, are also reviewed and celebrated with the school and the child, whose book has been chosen, has the chance to win a dip out of the basket of goodies, as long as they have used their best handwriting every day, completed their feed forward marking and taken care in the presentation of their date and learning objective. We are extremely proud of all of the efforts of our pupils and the Friday Achievement assembly recognises this pride.
Our weekly winners this week are:
Scarlett - REB
Thea - ROT
Aurora - RPM
Zaira - 1RW
Elise - 1SG
Oliver - 2CS
Kayden - 2HS
Ella-Mae - 3MC
Harriet - 3NW
Gabriel - 4JC
Lauren - 5KG
Lucy - 5LH
Callum - 6ES
Maxx - 6LB
Alexander - 6ST
Book Look Winner - Kaycee - 6ES
Attendance Hero Winner - Charlie - 4JC
Smith's Wood Pupils marked the end of comic relief week in style today with a 'Crazy Hair Day' and and afternoon Danceathon! Some fantastic hair designs were on display and some brilliant dance moves!
For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery
Last night, 16 of the best spellers from Year 3 took part in a Spelling Bee House Competition! From word challenges, to our 'Spotlight Spell', the children were challenged with a range of spellings from Year 3 and Year 4! Congratulations to Bat House who took the 100 house points for the win! 🙂
For more pictures from the competition, please see our gallery
Our overall attendance this week was 93.8%
On Tuesday 12th March, 3NW took part in a ‘Bestival’ competition where they had to compete in a variety of tasks to beat their personal best, along with other schools in the area.
The children arrived at Coleshill Comprehensive school ready for a morning of fun. Pupils got into teams and took the challenges on like true Smith’s Wood pupils. They were encouraging each other and showing all our school values. Three children even received medals for good sportsmanship and determination.
“I thought hockey was the best and I enjoyed trying new things” said JJ.
“I loved it! I really enjoyed competing in sports because P.E is my favourite” Alice.
For more pictures from the festival, please see our gallery
Each week, during our Friday Achievement assembly, we celebrate our ‘Pupils of the Week’ from each year group. Pupils are recognised for this weekly award for a variety of reasons and are nominated by their class teacher. They may have excelled in a particular subject through the week; may have shown one, or more, of the school values in abundance, or they may have impressed their teacher, or other staff members with a huge amount of effort. Whatever they are nominated for, they are recognised in the whole school achievement assembly, receive a certificate to take home and get to wear one of our prestigious black and gold t-shirts.
During the assembly, we also celebrate children who have 100% attendance for the week and have been in school every day on time. A lucky dip, of all children who are eligible takes place, and one pupil walks away with £5 to spend on whatever they want, Standards and presentation of a child’s book, chosen at random, are also reviewed and celebrated with the school and the child, whose book has been chosen, has the chance to win a dip out of the basket of goodies, as long as they have used their best handwriting every day, completed their feed forward marking and taken care in the presentation of their date and learning objective. We are extremely proud of all of the efforts of our pupils and the Friday Achievement assembly recognises this pride.
Our weekly winners this week are:
Cleo - REB
Mason - ROT
Marla - RPM
Maddie - 1RW
Kylah - 1SG
Seren - 2CS
Sophia - 2HS
Olivia - 3MC
Ella - 3NW
Monica - 4BB
Charlie - 4JC
Willow - 5KG
Oakley - 5LH
Laila-Rose - 6ES
Aamira - 6LB
Thomas - 6ST
Book Look Winner - Millie - 5LH
Attendance Hero Winner - Anas - ROT
Our overall attendance this week was 93.7%
World Book Day 2024 was a fantastic day at Smith’s Wood Primary Academy! Both pupils and staff came dressed in their comfiest clothes and PJs, ready to enjoy a wealth of book-related fun.
The children took part in World Book Day assemblies, themed lessons (based on their favourite books), listened to a guest teacher reading and received their World Book Day tokens to spend on a book of their choice. Here are some photos of the children enjoying their day celebrating the world of books.
Not only this, many pupils created incredible ‘Story Jars’ as part of this year’s competition, demonstrating their love of books. Well done to everyone who participated – all of the entries were so impressive!
Congratulations to all of our winners (as selected by pupils in each class). For pictures of the winning jars and more pictures from the day, please see our gallery.
On Monday, some Year 6 pupils had the amazing opportunity to visit Westminster in London to discover the Houses of Parliament. Each child was selected as they are one of our 'young leaders' (this means they are either a House Captain, Peer Listener, Wellbeing Warrior or SWAG representative). These 12 children have also been attending a club each week in the lead up to this visit to learn more about politics.
The day started with going to Birmingham International and taking the train to Euston Station. Once we arrived, we had to get the underground tube from Euston to Embankment, where we walked along the River Thames towards the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. Our morning was spent being given a tour of the Houses of Parliament from Gill, who showed us the House of Commons and the House of Lords, which was an incredible experience. After the tour, we were able to have lunch with our local MP - Saqib Bhatti - who asked us all about the debates we've been having in our parliament club.
Not only did we get to tour the Houses of Parliament, but we also had the chance to go onto Downing Street and have our photos outside number 10, where we even saw the famous 10 Downing Street cat named Larry! Throughout the day, we were able to talk to many different people who worked in politics and for our government.
During the visit to London, we also got to walk to Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and see the London Eye! Everyone had an incredible time and were thankful for the once in a lifetime opportunity.
For more pictures from the trip, please see our gallery