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  • Pirate Day!

    Published 25/05/23

    Ahoy me hearties! Year 2 was overrun on Tuesday with an invasion of unruly pirates. We had a wonderful day exploring treasure maps and directions, creating messages to send in a bottle, making our own hard tak biscuits and finally setting out on our own treasure hunt. We were impressed by the incredible range of creative costumes and the excellent attitudes displayed by all children. Our work on pirates has provided us an excellent opportunity to discuss our British Value of tolerance and how we treat those around us.

    For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery

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  • National Smile Month with Solihull Special Care Dental Service​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Published 24/05/23

    Please see the attached for information on National Smile Month from Solihull Special Care Dental Service as well as some top tips for great oral health!

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  • Pupil of the Week

    Published 19/05/23

    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:

    Remeh - REB

    Adrian - ROT

    Jasmine - RAH

    Ivy - 1RW

    Theo - 1SG

    Izzy - 2CP

    Ti'arna - 2ERS

    Phoebe - 3RO

    Louie - 4BB

    Harrison - 4KG

    Evie - 5LH

    Jamal - 5NW

    Ellie - 5KR

    Harley - 6ES

    Phoebe - 6LB

    Jack - 6ST

    Attendance Winner - Joyce - 1SG

    Book Look Winner - Kailynn - 6ES

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  • Weekly Attendance

    Published 19/05/23

    Our overall attendance this week was 95.5%

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  • Year 6 and the Wonderful World of Wizardry!

    Published 19/05/23

    On Thursday 18th May our Year 6s took a spellbinding trip down to Warner Bros Studio Tour London - the making of Harry Potter. We immersed ourselves into all things magical: exploring the real sets, real props and real magic seen in the film series. Year 6 took part in a 'Script to Screen' workshop - looking at how an idea makes its way through the film making process to the screen. Pupils got time to explore the Forbidden Forest, the Hogwarts Express and even Diagon Alley!! Mischief definitely managed!! 

    For more pictures from the trip, please see our gallery

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  • Smith's Wood's Prize-Winning Panathlon Performance

    Published 18/05/23

    Yesterday, North Solihull's finest Panathletes congregated on the hallowed ground of Coleshill Secondary School for the inaugural Panathlon Championship!

    Our noble competitors were faced with a series of challenging games, which makes the Cube look like CocoMelon!

    Smith's Wood's own A-Class Panathletes, battled fiercely though a test of mental fortitude, physical endurance and emotional valourousness, tackling such events as: Table Cricket, Indoor Curling, Skittles, Boccia and The ever-popular Parachute Drop.

    Competition was immense and the displays of schools values were in abundance from our valiant contenders. We are immensely proud of our students who managed to secure a well-deserved second place trophy, certificate and silver medals!

    For more pictures from the event, please see our gallery

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  • Year 4's Cadbury Chocolatier Cruise

    Published 17/05/23

    On Tuesday 16th May, Year 4 had the fantastic opportunity to visit Cadbury World as part of our Ancient Aztec topic. They experienced a 4D ride along with learning about the history of chocolate as well as the history of Cadbury. As well as this, children had a design and technology talk where they learnt how chocolate is marketed and packaged compared to other competitors as well as the history of how advertising has developed over time. Following this, children explored how to manipulate chocolate including having their own taste test! 

    For more pictures from the trip, please see our gallery

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  • Kingsbury Water Park

    Published 15/05/23

    On Friday, the children of year 6 went o Kingsbury Water Park, to celebrate the fact that they had completed their SATS tests! All of the children (and teachers) had a wonderful time in the park, even trying out the zipwire! The weather stayed warm and sunny, and everyone had a great time! 

    For more pictures from the trip, please see our gallery

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  • Pupil of the Week

    Published 15/05/23

    Each week, during our 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 Achievement assembly recognises this pride.


    A special mention goes to year 6 this week with every pupil being nominated for pupil of the week! When the going gets tough, the tough get going! Year 6 have proven these past few weeks that they are made of steel! A bigger uptake in boot camps than ever, huge focus in interventions and a set of tests executed perfectly! We are so proud of you all #More than a Year Group!
     

    Our weekly winners this week are:

    Kylah - REB

    Logan - RAH

    Cairon-Rhys - 1RW

    Ellis - 1SG

    Riley - 2CP

    Isla-Grace - 2ERS

    Beth - 3JC

    Riley - 3RO

    Lexi - 4BB

    Chase - 4KG

    Scarlett - 5LH

    Leo - 5NW

    Lilly-Anna - 5KR

    Attendance Winner - Ethan - 4KG

    Book Look Winner - Olly - 4KG
     

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  • Weekly Attendance

    Published 15/05/23

    Our overall attendance last week was 94.9%

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  • Smith's Wood Coronation Celebrations!

    Published 05/05/23

    We have had a fantastic variety of fun filled lessons and activities today to help us celebrate our King Charles III's Coronation tomorrow! From solving the King's Mystery in Maths, writing letters to the King in Literacy; to creating a new Coronation logo in D&T - we have had an incredible day, dressed in red, white and blue!

    Finally, a massive shout-out goes to our Kitchen Manager - Mrs Underwood, who created her very own Coronation Portrait that was displayed in our lunch hall. She definitely deserves a Golden Folder for her outstanding contribution. Gracie can be seen holding this in the picture gallery!

    The 'Design a Coronation Portrait' winners are; 

    Joyce - 1SG

    Maxx - 5LH 

    This was a hard choice as there were lots of entries and the standard was very high. Well done everyone!

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  • Pupil of the Week

    Published 05/05/23

    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:

    Madilyn - REB

    Lexi - ROT

    Amelia - RAH

    Presley - 1RW

    Kylo - 1SG

    Aazil - 2CP

    Olly - 2ERS

    Ella - 3JC

    Willow - 3RO

    Sophie - 4BB

    Ebony - 4KG

    Alexander - 5LH

    Hollie - 5NW

    Laicee - 5KR

    Muneef - 6ES

    Darnell - 6LB

    Isabel - 6ST

    Attendance Winner - Toby - 2CP

    Book Look Winner - Essa - ROT

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