We had a roar-some day for African Day and dressed up as African safari animals.
In maths, we were demonstrating our understanding of halves and wholes with some tasty tiger treats. In literacy, we watched clips of the Lion King and wrote some super sentences retelling the story. In topic, we designed, made and evaluated some beautiful African jewellery. A day to remember for year 1!
For more pictures, 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:
Vinnie - 1RW
Jake - 1JC
Sean - 2HS
Oscar - 2SG
Noah - 3MC
Jaxon - 3NW
Jaxson - 4BB
Olivia - 4HA
Zack - 5LH
Lilly - 5KG
Oakley - 6ES
Maria - 6LB
Book Look Winner - Harrison - 6ES
Attendance Hero - Adam - 4BB
Last night a gaggle of year 4 gladiators descended on the hallowed turf of Smith's Wood Primary's Camp Lew stadium for the hotly-contested House Dodgeball competition.
House values were on display in abundance as dodgeballs blotted out the sun and our noble warriors dodged in the shade. Each team showed great determination, perseverance and friendship as they battled valiantly to become undisputed champions. As the dust settled and the dodgeballs cleared, Super house stood victorious!
Well done to all who participated and a fantastic victory for Super house!
For more pictures from the competition, please see our gallery
Our overall attendance this week was 95%
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:
Anas - 1RW
Julia - 1JC
Joy - 2HS
Zaira - 2SG
Oliver - 3MC
Jai - 3NW
Phoebe - 4BB
Eli - 4HA
Jaxson - 5LH
Amelia - 5KG
Frankie-Lea - 6ES
Riley - 6LB
Tayah - 6ST
Book Look Winner - Keeley - 4HA
Attendance Hero - Jackson - 4HA
Our overall attendance this week was 94.3%
Dodge was deep in the mind of contenders! While dodging the night away!
There was no Earth and Wind, but the halls were certainly on Fire last night with the heat from year 5s 50-strong spartan battalion and their electrifying house dodgeball competition. A hail of dodgeballs rained down on the Camp Lew stadium as Year 5 ducked, dodged and dived their way to victory. During the competition, all teams showed super-human levels of determination, perseverance, friendship and honesty. Each house battled valiantly throughout the night but after the dust settled Super house remained standing, taking home the coveted house competition trophy! Well done to Super house and everyone that participated.
For more pictures from the night, please see our gallery
On Tuesday 24th September, Vikings travelled from Denmark, Sweden and Norway to conquer the classrooms in Year 4. Children came dressed as vicious Vikings, where they embarked on a variety of Viking themed activities. In Maths, they used their coordinate skills to identify where dragons were on a map of Europe, in Guided Reading they wrote their names in runes and then in Literacy they became Viking kings and queens who created their own Viking laws and punishments. In the afternoon, children created their own Viking shields before creating their own longboats ready for their first voyage!
For more pictures 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:
Poppy - 1RW
Jake - 1JC
Leo - 2HS
Godwin - 2SG
Octavia - 3MC
Oliver - 3NW
Kez'roi - 4BB
Nevaeh - 4HA
Tom - 5LH
Willow - 5KG
Bradley - 6ES
Lucy - 6LB
Lucy - 6ST
Book Look Winner - Eli - 4HA
Attendance Hero - Cairn Rhys - 3MC
A win, deserved! Dodgeballs falling like rain
Year 6 dodging like a man insane
No one stood still, but what a thrill!
Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Dodge!
Last night, Year 6 graced the hall with their dodgeball prowess for our first House Dodgeball competition of the new academic year, showing off not only their athletic skills but also their wonderful house values of determination, perseverance and friendship. Despite a tough battle, Spider house emerged victorious! Well done to all houses that competed. For more pictures from the competition, please see our gallery
Our overall attendance this week was 94.7%
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:
Tiberius - 1RW
Macie - 1JC
Saiku - 2HS
Vienna - 2SG
Kailen - 3MC
Amelia - 3NW
Jesse-James - 4BB
Keeley - 4HA
Emilia - 5LH
Tyler - 5KG
Tanayah - 6ES
Autumn-Rose - 6LB
Ebony - 6ST
Book Look Winner - Hughie - 2HS
Attendance Hero - Feranmi - 1JC