Weekly Attendance
Our overall attendance this week was 93.8%
Our overall attendance this week was 93.8%
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
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
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
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
Our overall attendance this week was 96.2%
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
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
Our overall attendance this week was 95.3%
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
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
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