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  • Weekly Attendance

    Published 22/09/23

    Our overall attendance this week was 93.8%

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  • Do you Remember? - The 21st Night of September!

    Published 22/09/23

    Dodge was deep in the mind of contenders! While dodging the night away!

    There was no Earth and Wind, but the halls were certainly on Fire last night with the heat from year 4s electrifying house dodgeball competition. A hail of dodgeballs rained down on the San Meero and King Power stadiums as Year 4 ducked, dodged and dived their way to victory. During the competition, all teams showed super-human levels of determination, perseverance, friendship and honesty. Each house battled valiantly throughout the night but after the dust settled Super house remained standing, taking home the coveted house competition trophy! Well done to Super house and everyone that participated.

    For more pictures from the night, please see our gallery

     

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  • The Not-So-Vile Victorians

    Published 18/09/23

    On Friday, the year 6 children and adults dressed up as Victorians for the day to experience a day in the life of a Victorian school. Throughout the morning, they learnt the rules of Victorian school, including standing when an adult enters the room and standing to answer questions during their arithmetic, comprehension and English lessons. In the afternoon, they had a technical drawing lesson where they drew Osborne House, where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert holidayed! The whole day was enjoyed by everyone who took part! 

    For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery

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  • Pupils of the Week

    Published 15/09/23

    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:

    Hughie - 1RW

    Joey - 1SG

    Harley - 2CS

    Evie - 2HS

    Riley - 3MC

    Sophie - 3NW

    Isla - 4BB

    Phoebe - 4JC

    Mahrosh - 5KG

    Iyla-Rose - 5LH

    Oliver - 6ES

    Ruby - 6LB

    Leo - 6ST

    Attendance Winner - Iyla - 4BB

    Book Look Winner - Riley - 5LH

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  • Duck, Duck, Dodge!

    Published 15/09/23

    Last night a gaggle of year 5 gladiators descended on the hallowed turf of Smith's Wood Primary's own King Power and San Meero stadiums for the hotly-contested House Dodgeball competition.

    House values were on display in abundance as dodgeballs blotted out the sun and our noble warriors dodged in the shade. Each team showed great determination, perseverance and friendship as they battled valiantly to become undisputed champions. As the dust settled and the dodgeballs cleared, Spider house stood victorious!

    Well done to all who participated and a fantastic victory for Spider house!

    For more pictures from the competition, please see our gallery

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  • Weekly Attendance

    Published 15/09/23

    Our overall attendance this week was 96.2%

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  • Pupils of the Week

    Published 08/09/23

    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:

    Oscar - 1RW

    Sienna-Rose - 1SG

    Eliza - 2CS

    Bella - 2HS

    Jayda - 3MC

    Rivae - 3NW

    Angela - 4BB

    Ruby-Rose - 4JC

    Isabelle - 5KG

    Ricardo - 5LH

    Ivory - 6ES

    Maxx - 6LB

    Alex - 6ST

    Attendance Winner - Alex - 6ST

    Book Look Winner - Harry - 1SG

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  • Year 6 Looking Dodgy!

    Published 08/09/23

    As the sun set on the Dodgeball strewn battlefield our year 6 teams enjoyed a brief moment of calm following the onslaught of athletic prowess that is our first Dodgeball House competition of the year.

    Year 6 battled hard and dodged well for a chance to hold the coveted house trophy. All teams showed super-human levels of friendship, determination and perseverance facing off in the sweltering heat. 

    Despite fierce competition from all of our junior athletes, Super house managed a narrow but well-deserved victory! Well done to super house and all teams who participated!

    For more picture from the competition, please see our gallery

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  • Weekly Attendance

    Published 08/09/23

    Our overall attendance this week was 95.3%

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  • Year 6 Awards

    Published 25/07/23

    Today has been a wonderful and memorable day for Year 6, on their last day at Smith's Wood we like to celebrate all their achievements to date. We are beyond proud of our Year 6 cohort. The class of 2023 have gone above and beyond in all areas. Their perseverance through all that life has thrown at them in recent years is testament to their upbringing and attitude towards the school they have called home for the past 8 years. We wish them well on the next stage of their journey and look forwards to hearing of their successes in the years to come! 

    From Mr Taylor, Miss Boobyer, Miss Shields, Mrs Winters, Miss Rea, Mrs Thornton and all the staff here at Smith's Wood Primary academy.

    Below are our Year 6 awards winners as well as the spectacular awards they have won!

    Jakub - Rocker of the Year award

    Phoebe - The Golden Egg Award

    Skye - Diamond Personality Award

    Alessandra - All Round Excellence Award

    Tristan - The Turner Prize for Attendance

    Isabel - Outstanding Effort Award

    Gracie - Outstanding Musician Award

    Valery - Sporting Achievement Award

    Samuel - Outstanding Academic Award

    Muneef - House Point Winner

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  • Pupils of the Week!

    Published 21/07/23

    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:

    Grace - REB

    Oscar - ROT

    Jaxon - 1RW

    Felicity - 1SG

    Emma - 2CP

    Kez'Roi - 2ERS

    Lacey - 3JC

    Jacob - 3RO

    Jack - 4BB

    T'Varni - 4KG

    Sabeeka - 5LH

    Blesing - 5NW

    Oscar - 5KR

    Tanai - 6ES

    Riley - 6LB

    Emmie - 6ST

    Attendance Winner - Codi - 2ERS

    Book Look Winner - Daisy - 1RW

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  • Year 1's Terrific Travels to Tamworth Castle!

    Published 21/07/23

    Yesterday, our Year 1's visited Tamworth Castle. We had an amazing fun-filled day, where we got to walk around and experience a real-life castle, meet the Lord and Lady and prepare a feast for them, find the knight's armour, tour the entire surroundings and meet our very new friend - Knight, who even shared lunch with us! The children were an absolute credit to the school and showed impeccable behaviour throughout the day, as well as share knowledge they have learnt over the last half-term; complemented by members of the public and staff. We made lots of lovely memories to end the year on - what a fabulous day!

    For more pictures from the trip, please see our gallery

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