What a phenomenal first week of ‘lockdown learning’ we have had here at Smith’s Wood Primary Academy.

Our ‘Remote learners’ have accessed 4 live lessons throughout the day, delivered by their year group teachers, whilst our pupils, who are in school, have continued to receive the quality provision delivered by their fantastic year group teachers. Whether you are a home learner, or are learning in school, the learning hasn’t stopped this week for our pupils- all teachers have been in school, combining lives lessons for pupils at home, as well as face to face lessons for pupils in school.

The opportunities have been endless and the commitment to learning, from all our pupils, has been outstanding. Some of our pupils, who are learning remotely at home, even dressed up for their year group’s theme day, sharing their costumes with their teacher during the live lessons on Zoom. Thank you to all the parents and pupils who have supported both remote learning and also learning in school.

Please find a snapshot of the Autumn term, for Smith’s Wood Primary Academy. It has been such a successful term for the school, in terms of getting our children back to school with their teachers and their friends. The progress they have made has been outstanding and all the pupils have settled back into school with such commitment and resilience.

I am also pleased to celebrate that Smith’s Wood Primary Academy has gone the whole term without having to close any year group bubble; in the current climate, this is a fantastic achievement and one which we have celebrated repeatedly over the term. The whole school community have been respectful of the guidelines, which the school have put in place, and the result of this is that our pupils have been able to enjoy a full term at school. We are looking forward to welcoming them all back for the Spring term.

Finally, I’d like to thank parents for the support they have shown the school over the term and  would like to take this opportunity to wish all the families at Smith’s Wood Primary a very enjoyable Christmas. We hope that you all enjoy the holidays and enjoy spending time with your families. Please keep yourselves as safe as possible over the Christmas break and we look forward to seeing all the pupils return on the 5^th January 2021.

The school will reopen on the 4^th January, for a Teacher training day, therefore the school office will be open from the 4^th January should you need to contact us. In the meantime, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Miss D Givens

Principal

This half term, year 3 have been participating in their very own 'Bake Off'. Each week they have baked different cakes and biscuits such as Shortbreads and Flapjacks as well as making their own pastry for mince pies and jam tarts! We've even awarded a star baker each week! This has led up to a 'Great British Smith's Wood Bake Off' in the final week where we decorated cupcakes with our superhero houses for inspiration! 

For more pictures from our star bakers in Year 3 please see our gallery

Dear parents/ carers,

 Please find attached a letter, from Mrs Hudson, outlining all the exciting events that we have coming up over the next 2 weeks. Even in these usual times, staff are working hard to provide opportunities for pupils at Smith’s Wood Primary Academy to celebrate the festive season, alongside providing high quality teaching and learning. Whilst we appreciate that we are not able to offer all of the usual events in the style we normally would, we have planned in a variety of experiences to ensure that the pupils have an enjoyable last 2 weeks of term.

 I am also pleased to celebrate yet another week, where we have not had to close any year group bubbles at Smith’s Wood Primary Academy. We are extremely proud that we have gone a total of 13 weeks so far this term, without having to close any bubble in the school. We are really hoping that we can get to the end of the Autumn term with all of our pupils in school each day.

 Thank you once again for the support you are offering the school during these challenging times and we are looking forward to celebrating the last 2 weeks of this term with all of our pupils.

 Enjoy your weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday.

 Miss D Givens

Principal

Our overall attendance this week was 96.1%

Smith's Wood Primary Academy have achieved our first Virtual School Games Gold Award taking part in a variety of competitive sports and competing against other schools. We also achieved a second place finish in the inclusive athletics, with silver medals going home to our fantastic athletes.