Smestow Academy

This weekend, a group of Year 7–9 pupils had the fantastic opportunity to visit Paris - take a look at what they got up to: bit.ly/4cRydxT

Today we were blessed with a visit from the famous Easter bunny who came to deliver our first round of Easter attendance rewards.

The Easter bunny came around forms and hopped into the Graiseley house assembly to deliver a range of chocolatey prizes to each year group. These prizes are to celebrate our pupil's fantastic attendance this week! There will be another round of prizes for 100% attendance on Friday, and Wednesday and Friday next week.

Can you guess who our Easter bunny is? Stay tuned for more clues and a big reveal before the Easter break! We are having an eggcelent end to the term!

We were incredibly proud of our pupils, who demonstrated outstanding commitment and enthusiasm in recent weeks. Alongside their ongoing rehearsals for High School Musical, they showed fantastic dedication, energy, and teamwork as they prepared for what proved to be a brilliant production...
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A huge well done to KS3 and KS4 English classes that are demonstrating our 'Strive to improve and be your best' value by contributing time and showing dedication to Sparx Reader.

Schools from across the Trust came together once again to celebrate the very best of the Performing Arts in a truly unforgettable event hosted by Bloxwich Academy. This year’s celebration was made even more special as we welcomed Elmwood School for the very first time. Their performers truly blew us away, captivating everyone in the room with their confidence and stage presence...
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The lesson focused on developing overall fitness through a whole-body circuit training. Pupils worked in pairs, allowing them to support, motivate and encourage each other.
During the lesson, pupils rotated through a variety of stations designed to target different muscle groups and improve both cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength...
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On Friday, we were pleased to be able to host an event in school to celebrate both International Women's Day (08/03/26) and Mother's Day (15/03/26). Pupils and their families joined us for refreshments, with a presentation of words written by our young people about their mothers.

It was lovely for our families to be able to spend the quality time together this morning and thank you to everyone who was able to join us.

This week we celebrate Neurodiversity Celebration Week, recognising and valuing the different ways people think, learn, and experience the world🧠

Revolution
Etymology is the ‘Evolution’ of words, it’s a fascinating study of how words change over time.

As part of our school World Book Day events we invited children from a local primary school to experience an Alice In Wonderland themed morning.

The Mad Hatter, White Rabbit and our Student Librarians delivered a workshop with the children on writing Nonsense Poetry.

The children wrote some brilliantly funny poems that made no sense whatsoever! All the children left with a goody bag and some fun themed activity sheets to complete when they returned to School.

Are you a Year 6 or 7 pupil ready to showcase your spelling prowess and compete with the best spellers across the Matrix Academy Trust?

Speak to your English department for more information 🐝

We’re very excited to hold our next book fair in school next week, from Monday 16th March until Thursday 19th March.

There will be lots of fantastic books to buy, old favourites and new titles along with some great offers available including a £1 discount on every single book as a World Book Day offer, no voucher necessary, and every book bought will earn rewards for the school library.

We cannot take cash at the book fair, payment options include paying by card, online from home using the QR code slip issued by the library after pupils have chosen their book or by Scholastic Book Vouchers (vouchers and online payments must be purchased by midnight on Wednesday 18th March at Book Fair Gift Vouchers - Scholastic Book Fairs, please note change cannot be given).

The book fair will be in the library before school, break time and after school each day during the week.