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.

This week we would like to give a special mention to all our Year 6 pupils, we have all been blown away by the maturity, dedication and focus of our leaders of the school. Year 6 have shown how it is done in true Smith's Wood fashion. Congratulations on completing this milestone achievement. The Year 6 staff are incredibly proud of each and every one of them!

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

Lucas - REB

Betty - RHP

Toby - 1ERS

Emilia - 2CP

Charlie - 2CS

Scarlett - 3LB

Scarlett – 4BB

Riley - 5ES

Luke - 5NW

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:

Charlie - REB

Jack - RHP

Harlei-Belle - 1ERS

Awa – 1SG

Alfred - 2CP

Willow - 2CS

Autumn-Rose - 3JC

Sienna - 3LB

Cobee – 4MH

Jakub - 5NW

Grace - 6AM

Rohey - 6RO

Kyle – 6ST

We are both proud and excited to share with you that Mrs Holwell, our Nursery teacher, is now a published author; she has had her children’s book officially published and it is now available to buy. This is a fantastic achievement and we are so pleased that all of her hard work and efforts, in creating this book has been recognised. Please see the attached for details of Mrs Holwell’s book.

The children were set a challenge by Perry the Bull to complete a certain amount of laps around the playground. Each year group aimed for 2 laps around our KS2 MUGA whilst the popular 'Black Lace - Do the Conga' song was on repeat for all year groups. Some children were chosen as the baton bearer for the event as they showed the Solihull Sports Games values of determination, honesty, teamwork, self-belief, passion and respect. We all had so much fun! 

For more pictures, please see our gallery

This week, Year 3 went on a trip to Blakesley Hall to kickstart their new topic of the Tudors! Throughout the morning, they had a tour of the Tudor house where Richard and Elizabeth Smallbroke used to live and learnt all about their lives; some children even dressed up as them and their servants! After a lunch break, they then experienced some fun Tudor activities which included writing with quill and ink, taking brass rubbings of famous historical figures and looking at Tudor artefacts. The day was all about learning the difference in the lives of rich and poor Tudors and the children had a brilliant day! 

For more pictures from the trip, please see our gallery

Dear Parents and Carers,

 Please find our school newsletter, for the 2^nd half of the Spring term. The newsletter for this half term has been written by pupils in the school, who attended the ‘Newspaper Club’. They worked on the publication of the newsletter for 12 weeks and have tied all of their research and ideas into this final version for you. We hope you agree that they have done a fantastic job of sharing many key events which have taken place this half term.

 It has been another busy, yet challenging half term at Smith’s Wood, with many pupils and staff continuing to be struck by the never ending Covid pandemic. However, we have all kept in good spirits and the school has ensured that your child has continued to receive their education from our team of dedicated staff. As always, we would like to thank parents and carers for the support they have continued to show the school over the term.

 We hope that you all are looking forward to a lovely 2 week break over the Easter holidays and you get chance to spend some quality time with your family and friends, eating lots of chocolate, hopefully in some sunshine.

 School breaks up today and reopens on Monday 25^th April for all pupils. The school office will close at 3.45pm on Friday 8^th April and reopen at 8.00am on Monday 25^th. We look forward to seeing all pupils , back in school at 8.45am, on Monday 25^th April.

 Miss D Givens

Principal