Weekly Attendance
Published 12/11/21
Our overall attendance this week was 94.3%
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Read MoreYear 4 Evacuee Day
Published 08/11/21Please see the attached letter regarding the upcoming Evacuee Day for Year 4 on Tuesday 30th November
Read MorePupil of the Week
Published 05/11/21Each 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:
Taylor – 1ERS
Harriet – 1SG
Logan-Jay – 2CP
Emily – 2CS
Chase – 3JC
Isabelle – 3LB
Leo – 4BW
Charleigh – 4MH
Tyrell – 5ES
Reece – 5NW
Grace – 6AM
Jaxon – 6RO
Rhiannon – 6ST
Read MoreWeekly Attendance
Published 05/11/21Our overall attendance this week was 94.3%
Read MoreCloudy with a chance of Dodgeballs
Published 05/11/21Last night saw the culmination of the Smith's Wood House Dodgeball season as Year 2 proudly took centre stage for a staggering competition.
The atmosphere was electric and fuelled by intense excitement, energetic displays of athleticism and great enthusiasm.
The night ended with a 'last pupil standing' competition with house points raining down on our champions.
All pupils had a fantastic time and enjoyed the last of our great house Dodgeball competitions.
For more pictures from our competition, please see our gallery
Read MoreEnd of Autumn 1 Term Newsletter
Published 24/10/21Please see the attached newsletter for the end of Autumn term 1, from all the staff at Smith's Wood, thank you for the first term back, have a wonderful half-term, and we hope to see everyone back soon!
Read MoreBridge Building with Year 3
Published 22/10/21Over the last 2 weeks, year 3 have been participating in a D&T project of building bridges! Last week, we researched different kinds of bridges and designed a bridge which could cross a small body of water. This week, we have made these bridges from lolly sticks, spaghetti, straws, tape and glue and tested them using a toy car. Whilst some bridges weren’t as successful as others, all children understood how to add strength to their bridges when we evaluated how to improve them for next time.
Read MoreWeekly Attendance
Published 21/10/21Our overall attendance this week was 94.3%
Read MoreSmith's Wood Value Dodgeball Event
Published 15/10/21Pupils from Year 5 attended John Henry Newman Catholic School last evening to participate in a School Games Value Dodgeball Event. It was the Smith's Wood Values that were displayed with excellence that ensured all participants had a thoroughly enjoyable evening competing against other local schools. Friendship and Honesty was displayed throughout with the demonstration of respect for the opposition and the rules of the game. A great evening's entertainment matched by enormous enthusiasm to be back competing again on an interschool basis. Well done to all our pupils who represented Smith's Wood Primary Academy.
Read MorePunctuality — ‘Operation Late Gate’
Published 15/10/21As part of our drive to increase punctuality levels at Smith’s Wood Primary Academy we will be launching a ‘Late Gate’ process from Monday 18th October until Friday 22nd October 2021
This means that members of the Senior Leadership Team will be on the school entrance from 8:55am speaking directly to parents and carers who are arriving at school late with their children.
They will be asking parents/carers and children the reason for their lateness and this will be logged on their attendance records.
Any child arriving after 8:55am must report to main reception. Where a pupil arrives after the register closes, this will be classed as an unauthorised absence (U Code). School registration closes at 8:55am.
Pupils who have 10 or more ‘U codes’ will be referred to the Education Enforcement Team for the issue of a penalty notice.
Arriving late to school can be both stressful and embarrassing for children. It affects their mindset at the start of the school day and subsequently has an impact on their learning. To highlight this, if a child is five minutes late every day then it will equate to 3 days lost learning time over the course of one academic year.
We are open for breakfast club from 8:30am each morning. In addition, Key Stage II pupils have the opportunity to play ball games with Mr King on the MUGA at this time. Classroom doors open promptly at 8:45am where the children begin learning immediately.
Please ensure your child has the best possible start to their school day by arriving on time, every day.
Read MoreWeekly Attendance
Published 15/10/21Our overall attendance this week was 94.1%
Read MoreProject Gambia
Published 14/10/21Recently we were visited by Bev from The Gambia Project who met with SWAG to discuss all the wonderful things that Project Gambia do to help people who are less fortunate than us.
She told us about some of the people from The Gambia and what Smith’s Wood Primary Academy could do to help this amazing charity.
SWAG will be meeting again soon to discuss what we can do as a school to support The Gambia Project.