Last week, the children in Reception were able to develop those crucial early cycle handling and awareness abilities which improve a variety of skills. The children were using a Balance Bike (a bike with no pedals) to focus on their ability to balance, to manage their speed and control their bike. Through this development, some children were ready to progress to pedal cycle training (Learning to Ride) by the end of the course.

For more pictures, please see our gallery

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:

Lottie-Leigh - REB

Jack - RHP

Kylo - RPM

Aazil - 1ERS

Ella – 1SG

Alexandra - 2CP

Harper-Rae – 2CS

Lauren – 3JC

Jack – 3LB

Logan – 4BB

Alexander – 4MH

Ava-Grace – 5ES

Valery – 5NW

Brooke - 6AM

Macorley – 6RO

Bobby – 6ST

Last night Smith's Wood ICT suite was transformed into the Minecraft Mastery Arena. 4 teams battled against both the clock and the elements to complete our first survival house challenge of the year.

Pupils put their teamwork and Minecraft skills to the ultimate test in a tense match-up for the ages, everyone involved gave it their all and displayed fantastic levels of resolve. Despite a slow start, Spider house were able to dig deep showing true determination and perseverance to snatch a narrow but well-deserved victory over the other houses.

Well done to everyone involved and congratulations to our Minecraft Masters, Spider House!

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:

Youssef - REB

Liam - RHP

Bobbie-Mae - RPM

Ella-Mae - 1ERS

Phoebe – 1SG

Jimmy - 2CP

Edward – 2CS

Lilly-Rose – 3JC

Evanna – 3LB

Maxx – 4BB

Lilly-Anna – 4MH

Musab – 5ES

Jakub – 5NW

Brayden - 6AM

Tiana-Star – 6RO

Eve – 6ST

Last night Smith's Wood kicked off our first house competition of the year with the inaugural house-rowing regatta. Fierce competition and honourable determination were on show in abundance.  All teams demonstrated super-human levels of endurance, perseverance, friendship and respect! After a closely fought naval encounter, hulk were able to break away from the pack and sailed to a well-deserved victory.

Well done to all teams for participating and embodying our school values. For more pictures from the competition, please see our gallery