Weekly Attendance
Our overall attendance this week was 93.8%
Our overall attendance this week was 93.8%
It was a perfect picture postcard visit to Weston-super-Mare for Year 2! We were able to enjoy all the fun of the seaside, from sandcastles and football on the beach to creating mermaids and enjoying a seaside treat with friends. Year 2 were both exceptionally well-mannered and behaved, this was commented on by members of the Weston-super-Mare community. All the staff were impressed by how well Year 2 demonstrated responsibility and respect by keeping our beach area tidy. Core memories were made to treasure for years to come.
For more pictures from the trip, please see our gallery.
Yesterday marked the final of the Panathlon Challenge, with our brave students facing the best of the best from around the country! Every player competed to the best of their ability, with fierce competition from the other 13 regional winners.
Despite a very close final round, our brilliant team of athletes managed to earn a well-fought 6th place victory!
We are immensely proud of everything our students have achieved to reach the finals and were thrilled so see the enormous amounts of determination and resilience on display from our wonderful team.
For more pictures from the event, please see our gallery.
Please see the attached poster for details of the upcoming Smith's Wood Festival on Thursday 27th June 2024 (3:10 - 4:45pm)
Please ensure you follow the link on the poster, or access parentpay to purchase wristbands!
On Friday 21st June, we celebrated World Music Day! Each year group looked at a different music genre, ranging from country to bhangra to medieval music, and learned all about their genre of music through a wide range of interactive activities. There were a range of lessons, such as making their own instrument, learning a new song and creating a water xylophone! Lots of fun was had by all!
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:
Ember - ROT
Aria - RPM
Hughie - 1RW
Harry - 1SG
Charlie - 2CS
Cairon-Rhys - 2HS
Sidra - 3MC
Codi - 3NW
Isla - 4BB
Ruby-Rose - 4JC
Alanna - 5KG
Sophie - 5LH
Emmanuel - 6ES
Oscar - 6LB
Jamal - 6ST
Book Look Winner - Amelia - 1RW
Attendance Hero - Anas - ROT
Our overall attendance this week was 92.8%
What an incredible trip Year 3 had!! We arrived at Conkers, and we were led to an area where we could build shelters. We had to use the surrounding nature to try and create a safe, waterproof shelter. The guide spayed us with water to test our dens!
The Conkerchoo train was our next stop. This took us to an adventure park. We had lunch outside and got to be great explorers in the park. After, we arrived at the 4D cinema where we were immersed in a world of special effects including lightning and smells!
Extreme fun was definitely had by all.
We unanimously voted it was well worth the visit!
For more pictures from the trip, please see our gallery.
What an adventure it has been for Year 5! Our intrepid explorers started their Wales journey with a trip to Black Rock Sands for lunch, followed by an exciting caving adventure! Themeparks, Rides, Sun and Sand were all on offer as Year 5 bounced, climbed, ran and walked their way around North Wales!
Great fun and exciting activities made this a trip to remember, with year 5 showing everyone why we are More than a School!
For many more pictures from the trip, please see our gallery
Thursday evening saw the debut of the Year 4 girls' football team who competed against local schools. They demonstrated teamwork and an abundance of perseverance across the 4 games they played. They made it to the final game and successfully won silver medals! What a fantastic start to their footballing career at Smith's Wood!
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 - REB
Dimitri - ROT
PJ - RPM
Olivia - 1RW
Godwin - 1SG
Alessio - 2CS
Bobbie-Mae - 2HS
Reggie - 3MC
Isla-Grace - 3NW
Beth - 4BB
Mysti - 4JC
Lexi - 5LH
Lucy - 6ES
Darntae - 6LB
Mia - 6ST
Book Look Winner - Elliott - 6LB
Attendance Hero - Oscar - 1SG