Excitement filled the air at Smith’s Wood Primary Academy this week as pupils took part in a highly anticipated Maths House Competition, bringing together teamwork, skill, and a shared enthusiasm for numbers.

The event saw four houses—Bat, Hulk, Super, and Spider—compete in a series of challenging and engaging mathematical activities. From quick-fire arithmetic rounds to problem-solving challenges, pupils were pushed to demonstrate not only their numerical ability but also their collaboration and perseverance.

Throughout the competition, students displayed outstanding respect and determination, supporting their teammates and showing great sportsmanship towards their opponents. Teachers praised the participants for their positive attitudes, noting that the event was as much about character-building as it was about mathematical achievement.

The competition remained incredibly close from start to finish, with each house taking the lead at different stages. In an intense final scoring round, Super House emerged victorious, winning by a narrow margin of just 11 points—a testament to how competitive the event was.

A member of staff commented, “We are incredibly proud of all the pupils. Their enthusiasm, resilience, and respect for one another truly reflected our school values. It was wonderful to see everyone so engaged in mathematics.”

While Super House celebrated their well-earned win, all four houses—Bat, Hulk, Super, and Spider—left the event with a sense of accomplishment and pride. The competition not only highlighted the students’ mathematical talents but also reinforced the importance of teamwork, perseverance, and mutual respect.

Plans are already underway for the next house competition, with pupils eagerly looking forward to another opportunity to showcase their skills.

For more pictures from the competition, please see our gallery.

At Smith’s Wood Primary, we spent our Friday marking the VE Day celebrations!

We learned why this day is so important and reflected on the impact it has had on our lives and our history today. The children created some beautiful work and fully immersed themselves in the celebrations, showing respect, curiosity, and pride throughout the day.

For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery.

Our overall attendance this week was 93.3%

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:

Ariella - REB

Yuvein - RJL

Lillian - RPM

Fatima - 1AP

Beau - 1RW

Niekiha - 2HS

Dream - 2SWS

Leo - 3JC

Abdul - 3NW

Gaby - 4HA

Jack - 4PW

Presley - 4BB

Luca - 5LH

Daniel - 5KG

Jacob - 6ES

Meila-Rae - 6LM

Decari - 6ST

Book Look Winner – Orla -  REB

Attendance Hero - Evie-Lou - 6ES

Today our Year 4 children welcomed their parents into school for a fun‑filled Times Tables Inspire Workshop and what a brilliant morning it was!

Together they:

🎸 Battled it out on TTRockstars

🎨 Relaxed with times‑table mindfulness colouring!

🎲 Played Times Table Snakes & Ladders!

🗺️ Went on a times‑table treasure hunt around the room!

🏅 Took on the bean‑bag challenge to make the biggest times‑table they could!

The room was full of teamwork, laughter and lots of impressive number knowledge. A huge thank you to all the parents who joined us — your enthusiasm made the session extra special.

Well done, Year 4. You rocked your times tables today! 📚✨

For more pictures from the workshop, 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:

Eleanor - REB

Aurora - RJL

Kyrie-Rose - RPM

Joey - 1AP

Harley-Mai - 1RW

Denerio - 2HS

Kyan - 2SWS

Remeh - 3JC

Frankie - 3NW

Jack - 4HA

Millie - 4PW

Tiwa - 4BB

Robyn - 5LH

Nevaeh - 5KG

T'Zyah - 6ES

Alfred - 6LM

Henry - 6ST

Book Look Winner – Edward -  6ST

Attendance Hero - Luna-Rae - REB