<![CDATA[Smith's Wood Primary Academy News Feed - News]]> https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk%2Fnews%2F%3Fpid%3D7%26amp%3Bnid%3D1 Juniper Education Content Management System (CMS) Version: 4.5 (junipereducation.org) Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:09:45 GMT Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:09:45 GMT <![CDATA[ Pupils of the Term ]]> https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1035 Today we have celebrated our pupils of the term. These children have been nominated by their class teachers to receive an end of term prize. This is a prestigious award, as the pupil of the term nominations are for those children who have impressed their teachers repeatedly over the whole of the Autumn term. We would like to congratulate all of our pupil of the term winners and thank them for showing the school values in abundance this term. We are extremely proud of all of the efforts of our pupils and the Friday Achievement assembly recognises this pride.

Hayley - REB

Noah - RJL

Hudson - RPM

Gavin – 1AP

Flavia - 1RW

Riley – 2HS

Aria - 2SWS

Joy – 3JC

Oscar - 3NW

Ramona – 4HA

Betty – 4BB

Sibtain - 5LH

Jayda - 5KG

Tyler - 6ES

Kaci - 6LM

Tyler - 6ST

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:09:45 GMT https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1035 <![CDATA[ Eggcellent Easter Celebrations ]]> https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1034 Children from EYFS and KS1 took part in an eggciting Easter bonnet parade earlier this week, 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:

REB – Enoch

RJL – Yuvein

RPM – Lillian

1RW – Flavia

2HS – Vinnie

2SWS – Marla

3JC – Maddie

3NW – Oscar

4HA – Ramona

4PW – Millie

4BB – Brooke

5LH – Kez’roi

5KG – Jaydah

6LM – Kaci

6ST – Iyla-Lilly

For more pictures, please see our gallery.

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:37:59 GMT https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1034 <![CDATA[ Weekly Attendance ]]> https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1033 Our overall attendance this week was 91.7%

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:50:53 GMT https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1033 <![CDATA[ Spring Term Podcast ]]> https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1031 We are delighted to share that Episode 2 of the Smith’s Wood Primary Podcast is now live and ready for you to enjoy.

Following the fantastic response to our first episode, this latest release is packed with exciting content for both pupils and families, including:

  • Our Short Story Competition – hear about the brilliant entries and find out more about how we are celebrating pupil creativity
  • The FINAL clue in The Great Smith’s Wood Easter Egg Hunt – the moment everyone has been waiting for…
  • The return of your favourite features from Episode 1 – including school news, pupil voice, and special guest segments

You can listen to the podcast on the following platforms:

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/221QIGYizxTi0qGuAMhEtQ

Amazon Music:
https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3f103a5d-dc5a-4672-a622-0052489c2208

Spreaker:
https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/smith-s-wood-primary-podcast--6819782

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@smithswoodprimaryacademy5792/podcasts

We would strongly encourage families to listen together where possible—this is a brilliant opportunity to celebrate the life of our school and stay connected with all that is happening at Smith’s Wood.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We hope you enjoy listening.

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:10:52 GMT https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1031 <![CDATA[ Year 6 Inspire Workshop! ]]> https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1030 Year 6 had a fantastic time today making baseballs in their inspire workshop. A huge thank you to everyone who came and supported this amazing morning!

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:21:08 GMT https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1030 <![CDATA[ Smith's Wood Primary Podcast Episode 2 ]]> https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1029 Episode 2 of the Smith's Wood Primary Podcast will be live today at 3:10pm tune in for all the latest and greatest from around the school!

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:27:28 GMT https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1029 <![CDATA[ Comic Relief! ]]> https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1028 Last week, we had a fantastic day celebrating Comic Relief, with everyone dressed from 'Red to Toe!' The children showed great enthusiasm and creativity, making it a special event for a wonderful cause. We enjoyed a fun treasure hunt, working together to solve clues, and loved decorating our red noses. It was a joyful day full of laughter and teamwork, and we are so proud to have raised money for Comic Relief. Thank you to everyone who took part!

]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:32:56 GMT https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1028 <![CDATA[ Pupils of the Week ]]> https://www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk/news/?pid=7&nid=1&storyid=1027 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:

Elsie - REB

Myles - RJL

Shania - 1AP

Teddy - 1RW

Casey - 2HS

Loukas - 2SWS

Sean - 3JC

Isla - 3NW

Charlie - 4HA

Jack - 4PW

Amber-Rose - 4BB

River - 5LH

Alicen - 5KG

Vito - 6ES

Maizie - 6LM

Blessing - 6ST

Book Look Winner – Gaby -  4HA

Attendance Hero Winner - TJ - 2HS

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