Pupils from 3NW enjoyed an inspiring and memorable day out this week as they visited Coventry Cathedral as part of their Religious Education lessons on Christianity.

The trip, organised to support learning in the classroom, gave pupils the opportunity to explore one of the UK’s most significant Christian sites and to deepen their understanding of Christian belief, worship and forgiveness. From the moment they arrived, the class were captivated by the powerful story behind the cathedral and its unique combination of the old ruins and the modern building standing side by side.

During the visit, pupils learned about the history of the original cathedral, which was destroyed during the Coventry Blitz in World War Two, and how the new cathedral was built as a symbol of peace, reconciliation and hope. This linked closely with recent work in RE, where Class 3NW have been studying Christian teachings about forgiveness.

The children took part in a guided tour, where they explored key features such as the striking stained-glass windows, the altar and the famous Cross of Nails. 

The Coventry Cathedral trip was a valuable and enriching experience for Class 3NW, and one that will be remembered as a highlight of their Christianity studies this year.

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

Children from EYFS and KS1 took part in an eggciting Easter bonnet parade earlier this week, as they paraded around the school to a wonderous applause from KS2; children in KS2 also wowed us with their eggtravagently decorated eggs and they were proudly displayed in school for all to see.  It was fantastic to see so many creative and eggcellent Easter creations and it looked as though the children enjoyed creating their masterpieces at home, I know it was very hard to pick a winner in each class.

Well done to all our winners from each class:

REB – Enoch

RJL – Yuvein

RPM – Lillian

1RW – Flavia

2HS – Vinnie

2SWS – Marla

3JC – Maddie

3NW – Oscar

4HA – Ramona

4PW – Millie

4BB – Brooke

5LH – Kez’roi

5KG – Jaydah

6LM – Kaci

6ST – Iyla-Lilly

For more pictures, please see our gallery.

We are delighted to share that Episode 2 of the Smith’s Wood Primary Podcast is now live and ready for you to enjoy.

Following the fantastic response to our first episode, this latest release is packed with exciting content for both pupils and families, including:

• Our Short Story Competition – hear about the brilliant entries and find out more about how we are celebrating pupil creativity
• The FINAL clue in The Great Smith’s Wood Easter Egg Hunt – the moment everyone has been waiting for…
• The return of your favourite features from Episode 1 – including school news, pupil voice, and special guest segments

You can listen to the podcast on the following platforms:

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/221QIGYizxTi0qGuAMhEtQ

Amazon Music:
https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3f103a5d-dc5a-4672-a622-0052489c2208

Spreaker:
https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/smith-s-wood-primary-podcast--6819782

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@smithswoodprimaryacademy5792/podcasts

We would strongly encourage families to listen together where possible—this is a brilliant opportunity to celebrate the life of our school and stay connected with all that is happening at Smith’s Wood.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We hope you enjoy listening.

Episode 2 of the Smith's Wood Primary Podcast will be live today at 3:10pm tune in for all the latest and greatest from around the school!

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:

Elsie - REB

Myles - RJL

Shania - 1AP

Teddy - 1RW

Casey - 2HS

Loukas - 2SWS

Sean - 3JC

Isla - 3NW

Charlie - 4HA

Jack - 4PW

Amber-Rose - 4BB

River - 5LH

Alicen - 5KG

Vito - 6ES

Maizie - 6LM

Blessing - 6ST

Book Look Winner – Gaby -  4HA

Attendance Hero Winner - TJ - 2HS

Yesterday, our Year 5 children had the incredible opportunity to take part in a workshop surrounding coins! They looked at a variety of coins from around the world, before using their knowledge from their topic of Birmingham to design a new coin. Throughout the day, they were joined by a poet to help inspire them, as well as an inspirational artist! They looked at creating their own poems for their coins, choosing an inspirational Brummie as an image and designing this as a brand-new currency. 

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