Today, Smiths Wood celebrated the start of the Euros competition, each year group chose a qualified country and the children had the opportunity join in with our Language Learning Day. Children were asked to dress up in a way that relates to their country, we had some fantastic costumes and outfits and all the children had a wonderful time!

Throughout the day, pupils engaged in many activities themed around their chosen country. Some examples of this included recalling numbers and phrases, completing maths problems with food linking to their country and experiencing poetry in the native language of their chosen country.

Thank you to all the parents, staff and pupils who participated and helped to make our Language Learning Day a success. 

Our overall attendance this week was 94.2%

It has been another fantastic week here at Smiths Wood. The rain didn't hold us back as this week, we celebrated National Outdoor Classroom Day across each year group in the school. Every class bubble had the opportunity to take one of their lessons outside. Year 3 took their data handling in Maths to the pond area where they counted which animals and insects could be found. Building on their Maths skills, year 4 used coordinates to move around the playground, and also went outside during Literacy to get inspiration for a setting description. Year 6 linked Geography to Art and created a map of Smiths Wood using materials from their outdoor surrounding areas. As well as this, KS1 joined in the fun! Year 1 made bird's nests through an outdoor Design & Technology lesson during their forest school session, whilst year 2 mind mapped adjectives surrounding Florence Nightingale using their bodies as an outline. 

For more pictures from our wonderful week here at Smith's Wood, please see our gallery

Our overall attendance this week was 91.9%

This week we have made the transition period back to year group bubbles.  Everything is running smoothly, with children retuning to ability-based learning.  Children have seamlessly adapted to yet another change to their year, demonstrating our pupils extremely high levels of resilience and determination.  We are so pleased to see their friendships reignited and children responsibly mixing within their respective year group bubbles, respecting each other's space.

We would like to thank you for your continued support during this time, for more pictures from our exciting week of learning, please see our gallery

Please see the attached letter regarding an update for Smith's Wood Primary Academy