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  • Pupils Of the Week

    Published 12/07/24

    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:

    Anas - ROT

    Jack - 2CS

    Ellis - 2HS

    Mohammed - 3MC

    Jesse James - 3NW

    Meila-Rae - 4JC

    Poppy - 5KG

    Autumn - 5LH

    Hollie - 6ES

    Louie-Jay - 6LB

    Book Look Winner - Matthias - RPM

    Attendance Hero - Summer - 5KG

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  • Weekly Attendance​​​​​​​

    Published 12/07/24

    Our overall attendance this week was 93.4%

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  • Year 2 at Kingswood

    Published 11/07/24

    Year 2 children attended Kingswood Staffordshire for a 2 day residential and definitely made the most of their experience!  Children were able to show off their fantastic teamwork and bravery when taking part in activities such as: underground caving, crate stack with high ropes, climbing wall ,archery and nightline.  Children pushed themselves out of their comfort zone whilst also encouraging their friends to complete challenges.  Children impressed us all with their growing independence and behaviour whilst on the residential.  Children also enjoyed singing around the campfire on the evening and cooling down with a water fight during the day! What more could a residential need?!

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

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  • Oh What a Night!

    Published 11/07/24

    Last week, Smith's Wood held their very own festival to rival Glastonbury (without the mud)!  Children enjoyed rocking out on the school field to the tunes provided by DJ Wright whilst taking part in a thrilling bungee run! Not only that, children embraced their inner rockstar by belting out their singing skills on the karaoke machine on the outdoor stage!  To get children into the festival spirit, children could also choose to have their faces painted, nails painted. hair decorated and have glitter tattoos applied! Every good festival needs refreshments and the hotdogs and ice creams did not disappoint. Children also enjoyed the delights of Mr Taylor's expert balloon modelling and creating different, fun looks in the photobooth.  We are so proud of all the children that attended and made our first festival a resounding success! 

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

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  • Pupils Of the Week

    Published 05/07/24

    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:

    Dream - REB

    Jake - ROT

    Josiah - 1RW

    Grayson - 1SG

    Aaden - 2HS

    Jaxon - 3NW

    Logan - 4BB

    Willow - 4JC

    Millie-Mae - 5KG

    Flynn - 5LH

    Lucy - 6ES

    Danny - 6LB

    Blesing - 6ST

    Book Look Winner - Essa - 1RW

    Attendance Hero - Ruby - 6LB

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  • Weekly Attendance​​​​​​​

    Published 05/07/24

    Our overall attendance this week was 93.8%

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  • Oh They Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside!

    Published 03/07/24

    It was a perfect picture postcard visit to Weston-super-Mare for Year 2! We were able to enjoy all the fun of the seaside, from sandcastles and football on the beach to creating mermaids and enjoying a seaside treat with friends. Year 2 were both exceptionally well-mannered and behaved, this was commented on by members of the Weston-super-Mare community. All the staff were impressed by how well Year 2 demonstrated responsibility and respect by keeping our beach area tidy. Core memories were made to treasure for years to come.

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

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  • Smith's Wood Panathletes Bring Home the Medals!

    Published 26/06/24

    Yesterday marked the final of the Panathlon Challenge, with our brave students facing the best of the best from around the country! Every player competed to the best of their ability, with fierce competition from the other 13 regional winners. 

    Despite a very close final round, our brilliant team of athletes managed to earn a well-fought 6th place victory!

    We are immensely proud of everything our students have achieved to reach the finals and were thrilled so see the enormous amounts of determination and resilience on display from our wonderful team.

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

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  • Smith's Wood Festival

    Published 24/06/24

    Please see the attached poster for details of the upcoming Smith's Wood Festival on Thursday 27th June 2024 (3:10 - 4:45pm) 

    Please ensure you follow the link on the poster, or access parentpay to purchase wristbands!

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  • Making Music!

    Published 24/06/24

    On Friday 21st June, we celebrated World Music Day! Each year group looked at a different music genre, ranging from country to bhangra to medieval music, and learned all about their genre of music through a wide range of interactive activities. There were a range of lessons, such as making their own instrument, learning a new song and creating a water xylophone! Lots of fun was had by all!

    For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery

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  • Pupils of the Week

    Published 21/06/24

    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:

    Ember - ROT

    Aria - RPM

    Hughie - 1RW

    Harry - 1SG

    Charlie - 2CS

    Cairon-Rhys - 2HS

    Sidra - 3MC

    Codi - 3NW

    Isla - 4BB

    Ruby-Rose - 4JC

    Alanna - 5KG

    Sophie - 5LH

    Emmanuel - 6ES

    Oscar - 6LB

    Jamal - 6ST

    Book Look Winner - Amelia - 1RW

    Attendance Hero - Anas - ROT

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  • Weekly Attendance​​​​​​​

    Published 21/06/24

    Our overall attendance this week was 92.8%

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