Someone better tell Max Verstappen to watch out, Year 6 are gaining!

Yesterday, our very own Year 6 future speedsters were treated to a day of fun activities for the 'Kids in Motorsports' day at Solihull Moors FC.

The children had the unique opportunity to learn vital resuscitation skills from the Extreme E/FIA race doctor, gaining hands-on life experience.

Never one to shy away from a camera, our year 6s honed their media skills under the guidance of a professional TV presenter, practising how to interview and present confidently.

Expert tutoring and thrilling races were on display in the racing simulators, with many of our youngest racers posting lap times  that would make George Russell proud!

Next, it was on to our sustainability talk where children were able to put their immense knowledge of climate action in practice identifying eco-friendly ways that everyone can help the planet!

Lewis Hamilton himself couldn't have predicted the super-human display our children put on during the Batak challenge, showing some excellent teamwork. Our students were able to top the leaderboard and prove their reaction speed is second to none!

Year 6 had a fantastic day and they thoroughly enjoyed honing their skills! A big thank you to E.ON and Veloce for hosting this event!

 For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery.

Year 5 and 6 were in for a treat last week when they were visited by Team GB boxer Elise Glynn and her Dad/Coach. They had the chance to hear about Elise’s journey as a boxer, as well as look at some of her winning belts and medals. Next it was time for the children to put on the gloves and head guards and take to the ring where they shone! What a great opportunity for Smith’s Wood pupils. 

For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery.

As part of Year 3's unit of Money in maths, pupils took part in a lifelike scenario demonstrating their knowledge.  Students were tasked to spend their cash in the Biscuit Shop, which was hosted by other members of the year group.  Each biscuit had a different value and the shopkeepers did a fantastic job not only serving the customers with a smile, but also ensuring they were giving the correct change too.  This experiential session was highly engaging and was enjoyed by all who attended.

We had a fantastic Odd Socks Day at school, celebrating uniqueness and encouraging kindness! The children showed off their brightest, most creative mismatched socks, and the whole school was buzzing with excitement. Through fun activities, lessons and discussions, we reminded everyone of the importance of respecting each other’s differences and treating others with kindness!

Each week, during our Friday Achievement assembly, we celebrate our ‘Pupils of the Week’ from each year group. Pupils are recognised for this weekly award for a variety of reasons and are nominated by their class teacher. 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. 
During the assembly, we also celebrate children who have 100% attendance for the week and have been in school every day on time. A lucky dip, of all children who are eligible takes place, and one pupil walks away with £5 to spend on whatever they want, Standards and presentation of a child’s book, chosen at random, are also reviewed and celebrated with the school and the child, whose book has been chosen, has the chance to win a dip out of the basket of goodies, as long as they have used their best handwriting every day, completed their feed forward marking and taken care in the presentation of their date and learning objective. We are extremely proud of all of the efforts of our pupils and the Friday Achievement assembly recognises this pride. 

Our weekly winners this week are:

Mirha - 1RW

Leo - 1JC

Macy - 2HS

Kylah - 2SG

Jack - 3MC

Leonard - 3NW

Freddie - 4BB

Calum - 4HA

Angela - 5LH

Elliott - 5KG

Isabelle - 6ES

Sophia - 6LB

Millie-Mae - 6ST

Book Look Winner - M'Kai - 1RW

Attendance Hero - Oliver - 3NW

Our overall attendance this week was 97%