The children had a fantastic day at Hatton Country World. They looked at life on the farm and also fed and held different animals. The children took a tractor ride all around the farm and learnt new facts about the farm and how crops grow. They looked at life cycles of both animals and plants. Overall, the children have a super day on their trip.
For more pictures from the trip, 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:
Parker - REB
Gracie - ROT
Kyle - RAH
Amber-Rose - 1RW
Eliza - 1SG
Jayda - 2CP
Olly - 2ERS
Jimmy - 3JC
Millie - 4BB
Mahrosh - 4KG
Bella - 5LH
Oscar - 5NW
Dexter - 5KR
Tanai - 6ES
Maycee - 6LB
Emma - 6ST
Book Look Winner - Jack - 1RW
On Wednesday, our Year 6s visited London. During the morning, they went to Buckingham Palace to watch the changing of the guard (even in the rain!), before walking through the horse guards parade and past 10 Downing Street towards Embankment where they saw the London Eye! After a delicious lunch of McDonalds, the children all went to the Lyceum Theatre to watch the matinee performance of 'The Lion King' as they have been studying this in their Literacy lessons. A great day was had by all!
For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery
Our overall attendance this week was 96.3%
This week, members of Smith's Wood's Save the World club had the opportunity showcase all the wonderful things they have done in school which shows their commitment to sustainability and environment conservation. The pupils wrote and performed poems to many Council members, including the Mayor of Solihull, which celebrated their achievements this year!
Smith's Wood Primary are proud to announce that we have joined with Digital Schoolhouse to help bring play-based learning to the community!
Digital Schoolhouse together with Nintendo UK, uses play-based learning to engage the next generation of pupils and teachers with the Computing curriculum. Digital Schoolhouse is delivered by the UK games industry trade body Ukie and is backed by the video games industry and government. Sponsors include PlayStation®, Electronic Arts, SEGA, Ubisoft and Outright Games.
We are excited to be part of this amazing community and look forward to bringing our enthusiasm and expertise to surrounding schools!
For more information on Digital Schoolhouse, please click here
Please find attached a newsletter from the Solihull Parenting Team with details of groups and activities for the coming Autumn term
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:
Joshua - REB
Olivia - RAH
Charlie-Grayson - 1RW
Leonard - 1SG
Harlei-Belle - 2CP
Tiana - 2ERS
Emilia - 3JC
Willow - 3RO
Riley - 4BB
Joey - 4KG
Darntae - 5LH
Kilian - 5NW
Destiny - 5KR
Muneef - 6ES
Isabelle - 6LB
Tristan - 6ST
Attendance Winner - Louie - 4BB
Book Look Winner - Shanay - 6LB
Last night Smith's Woods top 6 elite table tennis players stepped foot on the hallowed surface of the 'San Meero' theatre to participate in the prestigious Smith's Wood Table Tennis House Competition Extravaganza. Our accomplished paddlers utilised an array of highly skilled table tennis techniques to compete at championship level. Competition was dramatic and fierce as players fought for every point. In true Smith's Wood fashion, the final was decided on a championship tie-break with Super house narrowly securing a well-deserved victory and lifting the illustrious house cup!
Well done to all players for a wonderful competition
For more pictures from the competition, please see our gallery
Our overall attendance this week was 95%
On Wednesday 21st July, we celebrated World Music Day at Smith's Wood! The children had a great day exploring different genres of music and doing Music themed lessons, such as creating a music xylophone with glasses of water and writing creatively based on a piece of music. The children also all took part in a djembe drumming workshop which they thoroughly enjoyed! In addition, the children were treated to a special performance of 'Happy' from the Smith's Wood Staff Band which was a real treat! Overall, a great day was had and it was fantastic to see the children immersing themselves in all different aspects of music!
For more photos 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:
Maliea - REB
M'ilan-Rae - ROT
Oscar - RAH
Charlotte - 1RW
Shakil - 1SG
Caiden - 2CP
Harriet - 2ERS
Freya - 3JC
Evie-Lou - 3RO
Dexter - 4BB
Lauren - 4KG
Jake - 5LH
Hollie - 5NW
Elijah - 5KR
Lacie - 6ES
Riley - 6LB
Emmie - 6ST
Attendance Winner - Charleigh - 5NW
Book Look Winner - Charleigh - 5NW