What a fantastic day we had this week thinking about some of the nature words we are losing with Manda and Chris from EKO (Educating Kids Outdoors).

A small handful of the children were a little reluctant to begin with but still had a go and accidentally found themselves having lots of fun. 

We are so fortunate to be surrounded by a wonderful nature reserve and have so much nature on our school site, event the butterflies, bumble bees and buzzards were joining us on the field today.

🎭 Smestow Academy Presents: Matilda 🎭
📅 10th & 11th July
🕖 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM)
🎟️ Tickets: £3 via ParentPay

Smestow Academy is proud to present Matilda, a delightful and dynamic stage adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved tale. Bursting with energy, humour, and heart, Matilda. tells the inspiring story of a little girl with big dreams, extraordinary intelligence, and the courage to stand up for what’s right.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of theatre as our talented students bring this magical musical to life with memorable songs, captivating performances, and plenty of surprises along the way!

📍 Venue: Smestow Academy
💷 Tickets available now through ParentPay for just £3

Don't miss your chance to support our amazing performers and enjoy a night of family-friendly entertainment. We can’t wait to see you there!

Smestow Academy welcomes Parents and Carers to the Induction Evening for our September 2025 intake on 1st July 2025.  Further information will be shared about our school at the event, along with information from our school uniform stockists.  

We're enjoying our 3-day programme of induction for Year 6 pupils who are joining us in Year 7 in September 2025 over the next three days and giving them a taster of life as a Smestow Academy pupil!

We're thrilled to share that Access Creative College is running a brand-new Summer Camp this August – and it's a fantastic chance for our students to explore their passion for the creative industries!

📅 Dates: 4th – 6th August 2025
📍 Location: Access Creative College, Heath Mill Lane, Digbeth

Designed specifically for KS4 students, these engaging three-day camps offer hands-on experiences in one of the following areas:

🎵 Music – Write and record your own song
🎮 Games – Design and develop your very own video game
🎥 Media – Create your own short film

Each camp is led by industry professionals and gives students the chance to build real creative skills, meet like-minded peers, and take home a certificate of completion. There will also be a showcase of their amazing work at the end of the camp!

👉 Spaces are limited, so we encourage students to book early using the link below:
🔗 Access Creative Camps 2025 – Book Here

We are very proud to announce that Smestow Academy has been awarded Gold for the School Games Mark in the 24/25 academic school year. This is down to the array of sports that we have on offer to all of our pupils here at the academy and the fantastic engagement that we have.

Students uphold the Smestow values by striving to improve to be their best through sport and have that perseverance and resilience to keep going. A brilliant achievement by everyone at Smestow Academy

We are looking forward to welcoming our Year 6 pupils today for the start of their induction programme to Smestow Academy. Here you can see our Prefects receiving a briefing at the start of the day, in the same way we may have in the world of work.

Being a Prefect at Smestow in an incredibly prestigious role within our pupil leadership offer and we are proud of all our pupils who are supporting with induction over the next three days.

This morning, we were honoured to host Mayor Cllr Craig Collingswood to Smestow Academy. The Mayor was keen to see hard work that is being undertaken at our School, the improvements to our site and also celebrate the achievements in the Year 8 Careers workshops being delivered by Channel 4.

The Mayor met with Mr Chamberlain and then toured the school grounds, going into lessons and also our Year 10 mock exam for Art. The Mayor was very pleased to see the progress that we are making and looks forward to celebrating the achievements of our staff and pupils in the future.

On July 8^th selected pupils from all secondary schools in the Trust will be participating in a languages event with Futbol Lingo. Futbol Lingo is an organisation which helps players to develop their language skills and was developed by Pierce Kiembi, a former player and UEFA coach. Pupils will have their chance to hear about opportunities for using languages in sport and will take part in practical activities too. Here’s hoping that Smestow Academy brings home the trophy next week! Pierce has already run this event at Barr Beacon and Turves Green Boys’ School and we are excited to be a part of this again this year! 

Tickets for the first Key Stage 3 Disco to be held at Smestow Academy are now on sale from the school shop.  This event is taking place on Tuesday 8th July and money is being raised for our Trust Charity; Birmingham Children's Hospital with all proceeds being donated.  There will be other events taking place throughout the evening too!  Tickets are £3 and are only available at the school shop before school and during registration.

Our personal development curriculum this half term focuses on rights, responsibilities British values. Year 7 are learning about our political system and year 8 are looking at law, crime and our society.

This morning, we were honoured to host our local MP, Warinder Juss.

Warinder spoke with pupils in Year 8 and Year 9 who have an interest in careers in Law and Politics - our pupils asked some very insightful questions including:

• What job is the hardest? Working in law or working in politics?
• Did your family support you in following your dreams?
• Which job have you enjoyed the most?

Warinder was then kind enough to spend some time talking to all of our Year 7 and Year 8 pupils about the political system in our country and what it is like to be an MP for the party that is in power at the moment. Our youngest pupils were keen to ask lots of questions such as:

• Have you passed a law in parliament?
• Have you had to show resilience in your role and how did you do this?
• How often do you see Sir Kier Starmer?

We are really grateful to Warinder for his time this morning and for his support to our personal development curriculum in our school.