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      • Safer Internet Day 2022

        Published 11/02/22

        This week, on Tuesday, pupils at Smith's Wood celebrated Safer Internet Day. The theme this year was healthy relationships online, during the day children discussed which games/app they use online, with friends, and how they interact with others. From this, children across the school created data reflecting the games/apps they engage with. Work from the morning sessions was as a discussion point to help children understand if the games/app they commonly used were suitable for their age. Children were highly engaged and surprised when learning about the correct ESRB ratings for apps/games that they use on a regular basis.

        It was wonderful to see how children around the school were able to create help/advice for others about how to manage positive, healthy relationships online. Several great ideas were shown around the school and pupils were enthusiastic and mature when discussing ways to resolve conflict online.

        For more information and guides regarding app/game use, as well as several helpful tips for parents/carers, please see the National Online Safety website here

        For information about age ratings in games/apps, please see the ESRB website here

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      • Fly the Flag for Commonwealth Competition

        Published 10/02/22

        We received an invitation to send entries to a competition celebrating the Commonwealth Games and under the theme of 'Bringing People Together', organised by the Mayor of Solihull, Councillor Ken Meeson. Pupils across all year groups, from Year 1 to Year 6, either wrote a story or a poem linking to the theme. A winner will be chosen by Councillor Ken Meeson and will be invited to a special ceremony. A variety of entries from across the borough will be displayed to the public in the North or South across the borough to promote the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

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      • Languages day 2022

        Published 04/02/22

        Today, we have celebrated our very own Languages day here at Smith's Wood Primary Academy. Linked with the Beijing Winter Olympics, we have had an abundance of activities linked to all of the countries each class have chosen. From flag spotting in nursery, creating a French cafe in reception, spanish salsa dancing in year 1, tasting Belgium chocolate in year 2, writing Chinese haikus in year 3, translating Romanian words in year 4, creating Norwegian inspired art in year 5 and speed skating numbers in Dutch in year 6. It has been non-stop on our exploration of different languages!

        For more pictures from the day, please check the gallery

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      • Pupil of the Week

        Published 04/02/22

        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:

        Cairon-Rhys - REB

        Siara - RHP

        Evie - RPM

        Thomas - 1ERS

        Mia – 1SG

        Monica - 2CP

        Savannah – 2CS

        Holly – 3JC

        Ebony – 3LB

        Evie – 4BB

        Danny – 4MH

        Emma – 5ES

        Nixon – 5NW

        Kadey - 6AM

        Isabelle – 6RO

        Miley – 6ST

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      • Weekly Attendance​​​​​​​

        Published 04/02/22

        Our overall attendance this week was 92.4%

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      • Year 4 Minecraft Masters

        Published 04/02/22

        Bravely following in the footsteps of the Year 5 pupils before them, Year 4 took on the challenge of the Minecraft House Competition. Facing many perils and hardships, the incredible teamwork of the year 4 houses shone through and everyone present showed a great abundance of perseverance and determination. Every house gave it their all and, despite a much smaller team, spider house were able to secure a narrow but well deserved victory. Well done to Spider house and everyone involved.

        For more pictures from the competition, please see our gallery

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      • Year 4 Miraculous Maths

        Published 31/01/22

        Last week, Smith's Wood celebrated everything number with this year's first Maths Quiz! Year 4 pupils pitted their mathematical wits against each other in a House battle. They competed in exciting word problems, shape puzzles and some children even took on the daunting individual rounds, with great success! Bat House came out victorious, but all Houses fought hard and performed magnificently! 

        For more pictures from the quiz, please see our gallery

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      • Pupil of the Week

        Published 28/01/22

        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:

        Georgia-Rose - REB

        Amelia-Rose - RHP

        Alex - RPM

        Eli - 1ERS

        Robyn – 1SG

        Tom - 2CP

        Vito – 2CS

        Harrison – 3JC

        Chantelle – 3LB

        Scarlett – 4BB

        Darntae – 4MH

        Kailynn – 5ES

        Jayden – 5NW

        Connor - 6AM

        Tyler – 6RO

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      • The Colebridge Trust - Dads Stay and Play

        Published 28/01/22

        Please see the attached leaflet from the Colebridge trust regarding Dads Stay and Play 6 week programme from 2nd February

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      • Weekly Attendance​​​​​​​

        Published 28/01/22

        Our overall attendance this week was 94.1%

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      • Brilliant Balance Bikeability

        Published 25/01/22

        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

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      • Languages Day – Friday 4th February

        Published 24/01/22

        Please see the attached letter regarding Languages Day at Smith's Wood

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