Last week, Dee Long, Careers Lead at Smith’s Wood Academy took year 8 students to the Aim Higher event at the University of Birmingham. The purpose of the event was to raise students aspirations and give them an insight into the world of higher education. They enjoyed a full campus
Planting Our Future organised an event in February which saw them partner with Smith’s Wood Academy, Forest Oak School and Merstone School to plant new hedgerows around the school boundaries. Full Story….
On Monday 3rd February, I took thirteen year 10 and 11 students to the world-famous Oxford University. We were linked to Keble College as Oxford Uni is a ‘collegiate’ higher education provider and Oxford have 30-colleges that offer all different subjects to take. These students all have different aspirations but
Our fitness team competed in the North Solihull championships, involving 12 gruelling exercises against the clock. The girls came away with bronze medals – fabulous! The boys achieved one place better and took silver medals home to wear all evening with pride! Fitness teams: Sophie C, Tia C, Lilly-Anne
Smith’s Wood Cooking Masterclass Students at Smith’s Wood Academy cooked up some tasty treats when they had a masterclass in healthy cuisine – led by chefs from the world-famous Belfry Hotel. Food and nutrition students at the school, which is part of the ambitious Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, had a two-hour
Two chefs from The Belfry Hotel covered a Year 11 Food Tech Class at Smith’s Wood yesterday, showing students how to create a “healthy takeaway” (their current curriculum theme) and discussing key nutritional values in food. Full story to follow next week…
