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      • Pupil of the Term

        Published 16/12/22

        Today we have celebrated our pupils of the term. These children have been nominated by their class teachers to receive an end of term prize. This is a prestigious award, as the pupil of the term nominations are for those children who have impressed their teachers repeatedly over the whole of the Autumn term. We would like to congratulate all of our pupil of the term winners and thank them for showing the school values in abundance this term.

        REB – Kayla

        ROT – Gabriella

        RAH – Zaira 

        1SG – Felicity

        1RW – Amelia-Rose

        2CP – Harlei-Belle

        2ERS – Nathan

        3RO – Mysti

        3JC – Logan-Jay

        4BB – Oakley

        4KG – Alana

        5LH – Evie

        5KR – Rowan

        5NW - Louie-Jay

        6ES – Samuel

        6LB – Roman

        6ST – Emma

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      • Attendance of the Term

        Published 16/12/22

        Our overall attendance this term was 94.4%

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      • Walking in a Winter Wonderland

        Published 16/12/22

        The children had a fantastic time at The National Forest Adventure Farm. They travelled through the North Pole Portal, met a talking polar bear, sorted presents with the elves, met Father Christmas and chose a present from Santa's workshop. The children enjoyed the tractor ride around the farm where they spotted all the snowmen. They then looked at different animals and their habitats. 

        For more pictures from the trip, please see our gallery

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      • End of Term Newsletter

        Published 15/12/22

        Please find attached the Autumn Term Newspaper, which has been produced by our school pupil journalist team and which summarises lots of the events which have gone on at Smith’s Wood Primary during the Autumn term.

        We would like to thank you for all of your support during this term and we hope you enjoy the 2 week holiday with your family and friends. The school office will close at 3.30pm tomorrow (16th December) and reopen on Tuesday 3rd January 2023 at 8.00am.

        Have a great Christmas, we look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 4th January 2023, when school reopens to pupils, following the INSET day on Tuesday 3rd.

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      • Smith's Wood Choir Hit the High Notes!

        Published 15/12/22

        The Year 4, 5 and 6 Choir have been getting into the Christmas spirit! Over the last half term, they have been working really hard on a collection of Christmas songs to perform. Last week, they had the chance to perform the songs to all their families. They all sang so beautifully and the performance was enjoyed by all.  

        Some of the choir also got the opportunity to go to ASDA to perform their songs to the public! Wearing their festive headgear, they produced another amazing performance to all the ASDA customers and their families who also came to support. We had so many comments about how lovely their singing was – ASDA would love them to come again! 

        Well Done to everyone who was involved in these performances! Merry Christmas! 


        For more pictures from the choir performances, please see our gallery

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      • Marcus Rashford Books at Smith's Wood

        Published 15/12/22

        Father Hudson’s Care (a local charity based in Coleshill) were recently contacted by the supermarket chain Aldi to ask whether they would be interested in a donation of reading books for school children – needless to say they agreed that they would be!

        The idea behind this donation of books was from Marcus Rashford MBE (Manchester United & England footballer) who wanted to get 100,000 school children reading over the summer.  Marcus teamed up with Aldi to set this campaign rolling – he arranged for 100,000 copies of his book ‘The Breakfast Club Adventures – The Beast Beyond The Fence’ to be given to Aldi for them to then share within the local community and as a charity that works closely with Aldi in Coleshill they contacted Father Hudson’s.

        Father Hudson’s staff members Andrew Penny (Registered Manager, Domiciliary Care) and Paul Reynolds (New Routes Fostering) contacted local schools to offer them copies of the book – they had already given out over 7000 books to schools in the Coleshill, Water Orton, Kingshurst, Smiths Wood, Castle Bromwich, Bromford and Shard End areas.  In total, Father Hudson’s have distributed over 10,000 copies of the book to various schools and projects.

        The books which were donated are ideally for ages 8-11 so they have been distributed to our Key Stage 2 pupils.

        Smith’s Wood Primary Academy were keen to receive a supply of the books and we were so grateful to be contacted. The photo shows some of our pupils proudly receiving the books, along with Andrew Penny and Paul Reynolds.

        We hope that the children in KS2 enjoy reading their books over the holidays.

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      • Pupil of the Week

        Published 09/12/22

        Each week, we celebrate our ‘Pupils of the Week’ from each year group. Pupils can be recognised for this weekly award for a variety of reasons. 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.

        Well done to our ‘Pupil of the Week’ winners this week:

        Sophia – 1RW

        Amelia-Rose - 1SG

        Nevaeh - 2CP

        Sophie - 2ERS

        Emelia - 3JC

        Dragos - 3RO

        Poppy - 4KG

        Laicee-Rae - 5KR

        Maxx Elung - 5LH

        Harper-Leigh - 5NW

        Alesandra - 6ES

        Maycee - 6LB

        Megan - 6ST

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      • Weekly Attendance

        Published 09/12/22

        Our overall attendance this week was 91.4%

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      • Do They Know It's Christmas? They Do Now!

        Published 08/12/22

        Newspaper club are proud to present a report from our Christmas Jumper/Dinner day here at Smith's Wood!

        "On the 7th December, the whole school rejoiced in celebrating Christmas with a themed Christmas Jumper Day and the schools’ annual Christmas Dinner, which, as many people agree, was worth the wait.

        Everyone bought in a pound with their very merry jumpers to donate to the deserving ‘Save the Children’ charity!

        From the top to the bottom of Smith’s Wood Primary Academy, festive activities were taking place.

        In Years 2 and 3, there was the smell of paint in the air, as the amateur artists took part in decorating their own Christmas cards!

        Throughout the classes of Year 6, Christmas cards also came into play, however the leaders of the school designed and made their own from scratch. Their designs were very merry and inventive indeed!

        Before settling down to a delectable Christmas Dinner, every class had some crazy cracker time! There were paper crowns and jokes everywhere!" - Samuel, Alessandra and Phoebe - Year 6

        For more festive pictures, please see our gallery

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      • Y4 Evacuee children arrive at Holdenby House!

        Published 06/12/22

        On Thursday 1st December, children in Year 4 experienced what life was like for an evacuee child of WW2. They arrived at Holdenby House and were greeted by the headmistress, who informed them they needed to learn a few key skills ready before they left with their host families. Following this, children experienced life in a kitchen where they learnt about rationing and using a range of ingredients to make tasty dishes. In the sewing room, children learnt how to sew buttons and do finger knitting, as well as writing Christmas cards to injured soldiers. Under Holdenby House lies the air raid shelter, where children experienced an attack on Holdenby House and learnt of the sacrifices men, women and children made during the war. At the end of the day, the children sang, ‘God Save the King’, before departing on the bus back to Smith’s Wood.  

        For more pictures from the day, please see our gallery

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      • Pupil of the Week

        Published 02/12/22

        Each week, we celebrate our ‘Pupils of the Week’ from each year group. Pupils can be recognised for this weekly award for a variety of reasons. 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.

        Well done to our ‘Pupil of the Week’ winners this week:

        Betty – 1RW

        Siara - 1SG

        Kaylonni - 2CP

        Olivia - 2ERS

        Bethany - 3JC

        Jacob - 3RO

        Sophie - 4BB

        Amelia - 4KG

        Lois - 5KR

        Jake - 5LH

        Olivia - 5NW

        Jakub - 6ES

        Tyrell - 6LB

        Joeliyn - 6ST

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      • Weekly Attendance

        Published 02/12/22

        Our overall attendance this week was 92.8%

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