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

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

Our overall attendance this week was 96.2%

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

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

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