Kingsley - The Smith's Wood Wonder Dog!
Please find attached a letter introducing our lovely school pet Kingsley, he really is more than a dog and absolutely wonderful.

Please find attached a letter introducing our lovely school pet Kingsley, he really is more than a dog and absolutely wonderful.
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:
Harry - RAH
Amelia - REB
Macy - ROT
Oscar - 1RW
Eeqan - 2ERS
Taylor - 2CP
Gabriel - 3RO
Bradley - 4BB
Scarlett - 4KG
Laila-Rose - 5KR
Gracie - 5LH
Kaycee - 5NW
Ruby - 6ES
Phoebe - 6LB
Jayden - 6ST
Attendance Winner - Ollie - RAH
Book Look Winner - Gracie - 5LH
Please find attached the timetable for Solihull Parenting groups SUMMER TERM 2023
Open to all Solihull parents and carers
Book your place now, or find out more by contacting Solihull Parenting Team at:
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Our overall attendance this week was 90%
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:
Kyle - RAH
Madilyn - REB
Gabbie - ROT
Kyra-Lee - 1RW
Alessio - 1SG
Harlee-Quinn - 2CP
Dexter - 2ERS
Maizie - 3JC
Willow - 3RO
Evanna - 4BB
Riley - 4KG
Destiny - 5KR
Oliver - 5LH
Hollie - 5NW
Jack - 6ES
Sophie - 6LB
Rosie - 6ST
Attendance Winner - Georgia - 1RW
Book Look Winner - Jayden - 6ST
Our overall attendance this week was 94.4%
World Book Day 2023 was an incredible day at Smith’s Wood Primary Academy! Both pupils and staff impressed with their wonderful costumes, dressing up as their favourite book characters!
The children took part in World Book Day assemblies, book related quizzes, themed lessons (which got their creative juices flowing), listened to a guest teacher reading and received their World Book Day tokens to spend on a book of their choice. Here are some photos of the children enjoying their day celebrating the world of books …
For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery
Year 1 enjoyed a magical space themed day filled with fun activities to bring our fantastic ‘Man on the Moon’ topic to an end. In Maths, the children used shapes and nets to create rockets. We listened to a real-life Astronaut who told us a story from her rocket in space - it was amazing! Then, we wrote instructions to make a rocket in Phonics. In the afternoon, we practically made our rocket from lots of different materials, designed a space suit and completed an obstacle course for the final stage of Space Camp. All Year 1 children impressed staff with their enthusiasm and attitude towards activities, we really did have “The BEST day ever!”
For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery
Yesterday, 8 of our year 6 children had the opportunity to visit The Core, in Solihull, to listen and meet Joseph Coelho (the current Waterstones Poet Laureate). Whilst there, Joseph Coelho performed some of his famous poems to the group, and they were allowed to ask questions about his poems and the books he has published. At the end of the talk, they were also lucky enough to have their own poetry books autographed. What a brilliant experience for all involved!
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:
Georgie-Rose - 1RW
Oliver - 1SG
Elijah-James - 2CP
Arianna - 2ERS
Piper - 4BB
Tayah - 4KG
Harvey-Lee - 5KR
Ruby - 5LH
Lily-Anna - 5NW
Lauren - 6ES
Riley - 6LB
Joeliyn - 6ST
Attendance Winner - Kaycee - 5NW
Book Look Winner - Phoebe - 6LB
Our overall attendance this week was 95.8%
On Tuesday 14th February, Year 2 pupils participated in an exciting Disney Day! We were bowled over by the range of creative costumes pupils came to school in, this all added to the excitement and buzz surrounding the day. During the day, pupils experienced what a day at Disney might look like, including a trip to the 4D room to plan a parade. Pupils had the opportunity to design and make their own Mickey Mouse ears. There were some superb designs showing a clear understanding of the design brief and product purpose. Throughout the day, all pupils demonstrated friendship and determination. Look out for the QR code next our display board when you are in for Parent’s Evening!
For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery