Move over Elon Musk, Year 5 are taking the lead in the space race!

Year Five thoroughly enjoyed their visit to the National Space Centre in Leicestershire. They became astronauts by using the simulator to blast off into space, landed space craft and drove a rover on Mars! They then learned about our solar system in the planetarium. I'm sure they will be bursting to tell you all about the new information they have learned from the many exhibits

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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:

Aylah - 1RW

Dream - 1JC

Mollie - 2HS

Lexi - 2SG

Seren - 3MC

Daisy-May - 3NW

Logan - 4BB

Daniel - 4HA

Iyla - 5LH

Jacob - 5KG

Jaiden - 6ES

Iyla-Rose - 6LB

Demi-Leigh - 6ST

Book Look Winner - Aria - 1JC

Attendance Hero - Godwin - 2SG

Our overall attendance this week was 94.9%

Smith's Wood Primary Academy honours Remembrance Day with Solemn Ceremony In a touching tribute today, students at Smith's Wood Primary Academy gathered to commemorate Remembrance Day, expressing gratitude for the sacrifices of veterans.

Led by dedicated teachers and staff, the ceremony began with a moment of silence, creating a respectful atmosphere for reflection.

In a moving gesture, the Last Post echoed through the school grounds, marking a moment of profound contemplation.

Members of the school's SWAG group, proudly donning their school spirit, took centre stage as they laid poppies at the flagpole, where the Union Jack waved proudly. This symbolic act emphasised the unity and gratitude felt by the Smith's Wood Primary Academy community.

What an incredible trip Year 3 had!! All Things Wild truly surpassed our wildest expectations! First, we played in the park before going to the adventure centre. Everyone had the opportunity to hold an animal such as an armadillo, a snake or a gecko.   

The Dino train was our next stop. This took us on a magical dinosaur trail, where we spotted lots of the dinosaurs we are going to be learning about in our current topic. There were terrifying Triceratops, T –Rex’s, a stunning Stegosaurus and a couple of vicious Velociraptors. Our final fun activity was a fossil dig, where we became real palaeontologists.  Extreme fun was definitely had by all.

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Yesterday was National Outdoor Classroom Day and in true Smith's Wood style, we celebrated it with an engaging theme day. The children participated in lessons that took place outdoors and had an Autumnal theme. There was everything from leafy collages to s'mores cooking on an open fire! 

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