Each week, we celebrate our ‘Pupils of the Week’ from each year group. Pupils can be recognised for this weekly award for a variety of reasons. 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.

Well done to our ‘Pupil of the Week’ winners this week:

Coral – 1RW

Evelyn - 1SG

Jayda - 2CP

Alannah - 2ERS

Freya - 3JC

Oakley - 4BB

Isabelle – 4KG

Aamira - 5KR

Evie - 5LH

Olivia - 5NW

Huey - 6ES

Isabel - 6ST

Our overall attendance this week was 93.4%

This week Year 3 ventured into the wild to see life sized dinosaurs! All Things Wild was a day of fun, exploring and adventure as we got close to some of the prehistoric giants, had a dino train ride around the dinosaur enclosure, as well as get to see a range of animals still around today. Some of us were even brave enough to take on the barefoot walk. A great day had by all! 

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Yesterday, year 6 pupils had the opportunity to visit the Black Country Living Museum and experience what life was like for children during the Victorian era. Whilst there, the children had the chance to walk around the town, exploring the sweet shop, hardware shop and chemist. They also walked along the canals, looking at the narrow boats and watching a chain-making and nail-making demonstration. As well as this, all 60 children participated in a Victorian school lesson; learning their alphabet backwards, recalling times tables, and even watching Mr Taylor get the cane! This was all followed by some delicious fish and chips for lunch, a visit to the cinema to see a silent 'Laurel and Hardy' film and an insightful talk about coal mining. A fantastic way to end a truly brilliant Victorian topic.

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Smith's Wood Primary Academy took part in this year’s #HelloYellow campaign to support young people’s mental health and raise money for Young Minds charity. 

Staff and children accessorised with a little something yellow, and enjoyed taking part in a fitness for mental health and mindfulness activity. There was a lovely atmosphere around the school and lots of smiles! We raised awareness of mental health including how we can look after our mental health, people we can talk to if we are struggling, and how we can help others.

We raised £260.60 for Young Minds. Thank you for all donations! 

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Last night Smith's Wood saw the return of the electrifying Dodgeball House Competition. Year 4 took centre stage, showing off their amazing dodging skills and unbelievable teamwork. The competition was fierce, but 2 houses shone through culminating in our first ever draw! Well done to Bat House and Spider House as well as everyone who participated!

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