Last week our festive season began here at Smith's Wood, with our very own version of Christmas Dinner. Children enjoyed a special lunch and donned some very festive outfits to celebrate.
Christmas music and jumpers filled the hall as children helped to raise money for Save the Children, a very festive time for all and a fantastic cause to support!
For more pictures from the day, 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:
Amelia - 1RW
Amelia - 2CS
Harlei-Belle - 3MC
Eeqan - 3NW
Freya - 4BB
Harper-Rae- 4JC
Alanna - 5KG
Hollie - 6ES
Darntae- 6LB
Alexander - 6ST
Book Look Winner - Mi'Lan-Rai - 1SG
Attendance Hero Winner - Taylor - 3MC
Our overall attendance this week was 94.8%
Last night, 4 of the most daring teams from year 6 faced the fearsome Cube challenge! Our noble contestants demonstrated skill, nerve and determination, completing a series of deceptively simple tasks while confined to The Cube and in the glare of the spotlight. Each team battled bravely to give their house a chance to claim glory. One house in particular made Smith's Wood history by being the first house ever to complete the Cube! Well done to Bat house and all teams that participated!
For more pictures from the competition, please see our gallery
On Wednesday 13th December, the Year 4, 5 & 6 Choir went to visit the residents at St Giles Nursing Home. The children have been working hard in the after-school club to learn a range of songs that they could perform to the residents. They sang a range of festive tunes to help get everyone into the Christmas spirit and performed fantastically, displaying all our school values. The residents loved the children's performance and were very thankful for our visit.
For more pictures from the visit, please see our gallery
On Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th December, pupils from Year 4 visited Staffordshire Regiment Museum. Pupils got to explore a trench system, handle real weapons from both wars and wear real uniform. As well as all this, pupils got to see how life existed in WW2 by visiting shelters and learning about rationing. On top of this exciting opportunity, pupils got to see tanks that were used in other wars outside of WW1 and WW2.
For more pictures from the trip, please see our gallery
What an incredible day Year 2 had at the British Motor Museum! From fast cars and famous cars from films all the way through to historical buses and an example of the first car ever built, we were truly blown away by the spectacular array of transport. Thank you to the brilliant learning team at the British Motor Museum who ensured we had such a memorable day. We had an exciting tour jam packed with facts and a workshop where we built and tested our own cars. Year 2 were completely engrossed in the day and we were impressed by both their behaviour and how well they demonstrated our school values. This was a day to remember!
For more pictures from the day, 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:
Leo - 1RW
Remeh - 1SG
Oscar - 2CS
Noah - 2HS
Azil - 3MC
Adam - 3NW
Iyla-Lilly - 4BB
Demi - 5KG
Jaelen - 5LH
Taha - 6ES
Oscar- 6LB
Harper-Leigh - 6ST
Book Look Winner - Robyn - 3NW
Our overall attendance this week was 95%
Our overall attendance last week was 93.5%
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:
Blue - 1RW
Adrian - 1SG
Seren - 2CS
Eva-Rose - 2HS
Jackson - 3MC
Isla-Grace - 3NW
Freya - 4BB
Vito - 4JC
Millie-Mae - 5KG
Sophie - 5LH
Rowan - 6ES
Scarlett - 6LB
Kilian - 6ST
Attendance Winner - Callum - 3MC
Book Look Winner - Eleanor-Rose - 2CS
Last night, Smith's Wood's bravest rowers took centre stage at the North Solihull Rowing Festival of fun!
Our rowing team demonstrated high levels of resilience, endurance and teamwork, battling against an array of skilled mariners. Despite fierce competition, our noble oarsman managed to navigate the choppy, and sometimes murky, waters of Fordbridge Primary School, resulting in a well-deserved bronze medal win!
Well done to the team and everyone involved!