This week, members of Smith's Wood's Save the World club had the opportunity showcase all the wonderful things they have done in school which shows their commitment to sustainability and environment conservation. The pupils wrote and performed poems to many Council members, including the Mayor of Solihull, which celebrated their achievements this year!
Smith's Wood Primary are proud to announce that we have joined with Digital Schoolhouse to help bring play-based learning to the community!
Digital Schoolhouse together with Nintendo UK, uses play-based learning to engage the next generation of pupils and teachers with the Computing curriculum. Digital Schoolhouse is delivered by the UK games industry trade body Ukie and is backed by the video games industry and government. Sponsors include PlayStation®, Electronic Arts, SEGA, Ubisoft and Outright Games.
We are excited to be part of this amazing community and look forward to bringing our enthusiasm and expertise to surrounding schools!
For more information on Digital Schoolhouse, please click here
Please find attached a newsletter from the Solihull Parenting Team with details of groups and activities for the coming Autumn term
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:
Joshua - REB
Olivia - RAH
Charlie-Grayson - 1RW
Leonard - 1SG
Harlei-Belle - 2CP
Tiana - 2ERS
Emilia - 3JC
Willow - 3RO
Riley - 4BB
Joey - 4KG
Darntae - 5LH
Kilian - 5NW
Destiny - 5KR
Muneef - 6ES
Isabelle - 6LB
Tristan - 6ST
Attendance Winner - Louie - 4BB
Book Look Winner - Shanay - 6LB
Last night Smith's Woods top 6 elite table tennis players stepped foot on the hallowed surface of the 'San Meero' theatre to participate in the prestigious Smith's Wood Table Tennis House Competition Extravaganza. Our accomplished paddlers utilised an array of highly skilled table tennis techniques to compete at championship level. Competition was dramatic and fierce as players fought for every point. In true Smith's Wood fashion, the final was decided on a championship tie-break with Super house narrowly securing a well-deserved victory and lifting the illustrious house cup!
Well done to all players for a wonderful competition
For more pictures from the competition, please see our gallery
Our overall attendance this week was 95%
On Wednesday 21st July, we celebrated World Music Day at Smith's Wood! The children had a great day exploring different genres of music and doing Music themed lessons, such as creating a music xylophone with glasses of water and writing creatively based on a piece of music. The children also all took part in a djembe drumming workshop which they thoroughly enjoyed! In addition, the children were treated to a special performance of 'Happy' from the Smith's Wood Staff Band which was a real treat! Overall, a great day was had and it was fantastic to see the children immersing themselves in all different aspects of music!
For more photos 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:
Maliea - REB
M'ilan-Rae - ROT
Oscar - RAH
Charlotte - 1RW
Shakil - 1SG
Caiden - 2CP
Harriet - 2ERS
Freya - 3JC
Evie-Lou - 3RO
Dexter - 4BB
Lauren - 4KG
Jake - 5LH
Hollie - 5NW
Elijah - 5KR
Lacie - 6ES
Riley - 6LB
Emmie - 6ST
Attendance Winner - Charleigh - 5NW
Book Look Winner - Charleigh - 5NW
Act on Energy are an energy advice charity based in Warwickshire
New funding for the Solihull Energy Household Support Fund has been made available to those most in need.
With the cost-of-living crisis, many people are facing the stark choice of paying energy bills or eating. Help is available right now for those most in need and vulnerable in Solihull.
The Solihull Energy Household Support Fund is now open for new applications for £147 for their energy bills!
Support provided:
Provided through Act on Energy for vulnerable residents meeting certain criteria:
Full criteria and details together with the online application form for support with energy bills is available on our website SOLIHULL HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT FUND - Act on Energy - Energy Advice Charity
In addition, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council have also set up a range of provision to provide support to vulnerable residents. There is a dedicated webpage which summarises the support available Here2Help | solihull.gov.uk.
Please see the attached for more information
Our overall attendance this week was 95.3%
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:
Macy - ROT
Vienna - RAH
Keeyan - 1RW
Bobbie-Mae - 1SG
Anton - 2CP
Alice - 2ERS
Alfred - 3JC
Riley - 3RO
Tayah - 4KG
Thomas - 5LH
Rory - 5NW
Harvey - 5KR
Harvey - 6ES
Olivia - 6LB
Tristan - 6ST
Attendance Winner - Sean - ROT
Book Look Winner - Isabelle - 6LB
Soaring above the competition, The team of Steel emerged victorious yesterday in the inaugural Smith's Wood House Rounder Competition.
Smith's Woods most elite rounder competitors took to the field of play to give a highly skilled performance. All teams showed super-human levels of skill, determination, resilience and competitiveness. They batted with power and laser-like precision to propel the ball to all corners of the field. They fielded with great dexterity and cat-like agility combining this with Usain Bolt-Esque speed a trail of dust left in their wake as they moved around the diamond.
Our outstanding athletes brought their amazing teamwork skills to the game, showing unparalleled levels of teamwork and friendship.
Well done to Super House and to all teams involved!
For more pictures from the competition, please click here