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  • Pupils of the Week

    Published 24/01/25

    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:

    Ntaniel - REB

    Flavia - ROT

    Gando - RPM

    PJ - 1RW

    Aurora - 1JC

    Kyle - 2HS

    Gracie - 2SG

    Xiandro - 3MC

    Kayden - 3NW

    Codi - 4BB

    Mohammed - 4HA

    George - 5LH

    Edward - 5KG

    Siennah - 6ES

    Autumn-Rose - 6LB

    Millie-Mae - 6ST

    Book Look Winner - Ruby Rose - 5KG

    Attendance Hero - Caiden - 5LH

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  • Weekly Attendance​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Published 24/01/25

    Our overall attendance this week was 93.9%

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  • How Well Can you Spell?

    Published 24/01/25

    Last night, 16 of the best spellers from Year 3 and 4 took part in a Spelling Bee House Competition! From word challenges, to our 'Spotlight Spell', the children were challenged with a range of spellings from Year 3 and Year 4! Congratulations to Super House who took the 200 house points for the win! 🙂 

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

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  • Staying Safe at Safeside!

    Published 23/01/25

    On Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd January, pupils from Year 5 had the opportunity to visit Safeside in Birmingham. The day was an opportunity to learn all about the hazards that children might see out and about as well as within their homes and what they can do to keep themselves safe. Walking around the model village, children learnt about fire safety hazards within a home, how to call the emergency services if needed, the dangers of train tracks, car safety and lots more! All the children fully immersed themselves in the interactive village and by the end of the day could answer all the quiz questions presented to them correctly. 

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

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  • Pupils of the Week

    Published 17/01/25

    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:

    Arlia - REB

    Khalel - ROT

    Hunter - RPM

    Lacey - 1RW

    Leo - 1JC

    Logan - 2HS

    Ava-Rose - 2SG

    Jack - 3MC

    Liam - 3NW

    Jaxon - 4BB

    Sofia - 5LH

    Charlie - 5KG

    Olly - 6ES

    Lucy - 6LB

    Harrison - 6ST

    Book Look Winner - Maizie - 5LH

    Attendance Hero - Charlie - 5KG

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  • Weekly Attendance​​​​​​​

    Published 17/01/25

    Our overall attendance this week was 96%

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  • Smith's Wood Mathletes

    Published 17/01/25

    Last night, Year 3 and 4's brightest mathematicians took centre stage to compete in the house Maths competition. Tensions were high as the rounds tested our great mathletes, pushing their problem-solving skills and perseverance to the limits. After 5 maths-filled rounds full of challenges, our junior maths experts showed their determination with a last-minute win by Super house!

    Well done to Super House and everyone who competed. For more pictures from the night, please see our gallery

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  • He's Behind You!

    Published 16/01/25

    On Wednesday morning, we had a brilliant visit from the world of pantomime! Children from Nursery all the way up to Year 6 experienced a performance of 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. All the children really enjoyed the performance and were a fantastic audience, clapping and singing along with the songs and listening to the action play out in front of them.

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

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  • Pupils of the Week

    Published 10/01/25

    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:

    Marni - REB

    Billie - ROT

    Cameron - RPM

    TJ - 1RW

    Kane - 1JC

    Lexi - 2HS

    Freddie - 2SG

    Kyra-Lee - 3MC

    Evie - 3NW

    Adam - 4BB

    Joanne - 4HA

    Seb - 5LH

    Willow - 5KG

    Riccardo - 6ES

    Millie - 6LB

    Aarya - 6ST

    Book Look Winner - Ollie - ROT

    Attendance Hero - Awa - 4BB

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  • To Deal or Not to Deal. That is the question!

    Published 10/01/25

    And last night, Bat house found the answer! For the final deal or no deal competition of the year, Bat house were invited to the hallowed ground of the Smith's Wood 4D Room to for the chance to walk away with a record shattering 1000 house points! Taking centre stage was Mahrosh from Year 6. With true grit and determination, Mahrosh weathered the storm of boxes and uncertainty, cheered on by the rest of Bat house. Despite some very heavy losses, Mahrosh managed to kept cool under pressure, showing super-human determination and bringing home a fantastic 5 house points! Well done to Bat house for a wonderful night!

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

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  • Weekly Attendance​​​​​​​

    Published 10/01/25

    Our overall attendance this week was 94.8%

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  • Pupils of the Term

    Published 20/12/24

    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. 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.

    Aylen - REB

    Ollie - ROT

    Thea - 1SG

    Casey - 1RW

    Matilda – 2SG

    Hughie - 2HS

    Brooke - 3NW

    Keeley – 4HA

    Ti’Arna - 4BB

    Logan - 5LH

    Ruby Rose - 5KG

    Mahrosh - 6ES

    Ava - 6LB

    Alannah - 6ST

    Book Look Winner – Julia -  1JC

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