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:

Luella - 1AP

Codie - 1RW

Anas - 2HS

Jake - 2SWS

Martha - 3JC

Matilda - 3NW

Jack - 4HA

Amelia-Rose - 4PW

Dina - 4BB

Jimmy - 6ES

Willow - 6LM

Logan-Jay - 6ST

Book Look Winner – Alfie-Jay - 4BB

Attendance Hero Winner – Amelia - 3JC

Yesterday, we hosted our first ever BookSparks event with the help of Children's Book Project. Every child was invited, along with their families, to come and select a free book to take home and enjoy! The purpose of the event was to encourage talk and discussions around what books different children and families enjoy reading together and why. It was lovely to see so many of our children choosing a book they wanted to read at home with their families! 

At Smith's Wood Primary, we are lucky to be a part of the Children's Book Project and this is only the first of our free book events. There will be another during the Spring and Summer Term too! 

Our overall attendance this week was 93.1%

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:

Danny - 1RW

Scarlett - 2SWS

Vinnie - 2HS

Joy - 3JC

Jasmin-Louise - 3NW

Amelia - 4HA

Sawyer - 4PW

Presley - 4BB

Olivia - 5KG

Arianna - 5LH

T'Zyah - 6ES

Sofia - 6LM

Harper-Rae - 6ST

Book Look Winner – Roni-Mai -  3NW

Attendance Hero Winner - Laith - 1RW

Last week, our incredible Smith’s Wood Primary community came together in true fundraising spirit to support Children in Need—and we are thrilled to announce that we raised a fantastic £638!

This wonderful total was achieved through a combination of exciting activities, including the sale of Children in Need merchandise, a fun-filled non-uniform day, and—most impressively—the children designing and running their very own Pudsey Fun Fair. From creative games to colourful stalls, our pupils showed amazing imagination, teamwork, and enthusiasm.

A huge well done to all our competition winners who went above and beyond with their creativity. Your ideas helped make the week extra special!

Thank you to every pupil, parent, and staff member who helped make this event such a success. Together, we’ve made a real difference. 💛🐻

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