What a great start to British science week ! Bae systems roadshow visited Smestow Academy to give both year 7 and year 8 pupils a fantastic opportunity to see what the world of science, technology, engineering and Maths is like in the real world. The roadshow involved exploring the science of Artificial intelligence (AI) and pupils also were able to interact with a 'cobot' (robotic dog called Lexi) and also used AI to generate song lyrics and a music video. 

It was a brilliant roadshow that definitely sparked excitement and interest from the pupils.

 

Every year maths enthusiasts celebrate Pi Day on March 14^th (3.14) and this date also marks International Day of Maths. This year to celebrate Smestow Academy are running several competitions.

During form time each form was challenged to create a tessellating design out of Pi symbols. The form with the most creative design will win a prize. In addition pupils were asked to write a Piku, a poem similar in structure to a Japanese Haiku but following the structure of the number Pi. All entries should be submitted to Mrs Butler by Monday 17^th March and will receive 10 house points. The overall winner will receive 100 house points.

In the Library there are some Pi symbol mazes to test pupils problem solving skills and during lunch on Friday there will be a Pi day themed word search.

In addition on Pi Day KS3 will take part in a short Pi day themed activity during their maths lesson.

We’re rolling into a whole new way of learning with Spheros!These little robots are about to take our lessons to the next level - coding, creativity, and problem-solving all in one! Can’t wait to see what we can program them to do!  #Sphero #Computing #CodingFun #FutureEngineers

The journey to becoming one of the most improved schools in the country, two years since joining Matrix Academy Trust.  We are proud of all our achievements so far, as we continue our upward journey through Success Achieved Together.

Hear from our pupils, staff and parents about the transformation of Smestow Academy.

Parental Comments - https://smestowacademy.co.uk/thankyou/

Pupil Comments  - https://smestowacademy.co.uk/pupil-comments/

Admissions Information - https://smestowacademy.co.uk/admissions/

Over half term Smestow staff have baked cakes and sold them to staff at the school. This was done to raise money for the Dawley House charity, Wings and Paws. We are very proud to have raised £127 for the charity.

Wings and Paws is a small non-profit voluntary animal rescue, run by founder Clare Vowles and her group of like-minded animal lovers. They are a solely voluntary, self-funded rescue who rely on fundraising and donations. The rescue was created to ensure any neglected, stray, feral or unloved animal will get the best chance at finding a forever home and a better life.

The team of foster families go above and beyond to care and nurse animals back to health, so they are ready to find a best friend, a fur mama or dad or just a caring individual who will give them what they truly deserve, a warm bed, food, water, and most importantly, unconditional love. We are very proud to support this charity as Dawley House and look forward to more fundraising events in the future. At Smestow, we believe in ‘making a difference every day’ and are happy to help Wings and Paws to do the same! Please see the link below for more information.

https://www.wingsandpawsrescue.com/about-wapr

As part of mental Health awareness week - 7X1 had a look at this puzzle in maths on Friday  and  tried to find as many words as possible

These are the words they  came up with in 10 minutes

America

Paul

Grip

Pink

Apple

Too

Yet

Flicked

Cubes

Circle

Sold

Learn

Hers

Paul was particularly pleased that his name was worth 50p!

The Final Countdown: Weekly Revision Topics

Stay on top of your exam prep!

Each week, we’ll share key revision topics to focus on as we count down to exams. Let’s make every study session count.

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We are proud to have partnered with Globalbridge - an online platform that will allow our pupils to track their experiences and achievements, and work towards their long-term career goals.

As part of our growing careers curriculum here at Smestow Academy, we wanted to enable our pupils to record the vast array of experiences that they have both inside and outside of our school, which can then support and shape their future choices.  Globalbridge will allow pupils to reflect on their current activities and identify what they want to do next - this could be exploring a new pupil leadership role, taking part in an extra-curricular club or recognising their hard work across their subjects in school.

We have launched Globalbridge in school today and will be giving all pupils the chance to update their profiles across the academic year, but they are welcome to login at anytime to update their platform.

Congratulations to T.Cox and T. Jones who have officially been announced as successful representatives of the City of Wolverhampton Youth Council. Here they are pictured with The Mayor of Wolverhampton and Director of Children's Services.

These 2 pupils will work closely with City of Wolverhampton Council’s directors and councillors to promote the voice of young people at Smestow Academy and be committed to ensuring that their ideas, concerns, and aspirations are not only heard, but embedded into decisions that affect their lives.

We are looking forward to see the positive and powerful impact that these 2 pupils have on our community. 

#SuccessAchievedTogether #MakingADifferenceEveryday #YouthLeadership

There are some wonderful things going on in reading at Smestow at the moment...we have some new class reads coming to the library for reading lessons for Years 7, 8 and 9Y2...can you 'Spy' what one of them might be?

Very soon your English teachers will be giving out your World Book Day vouchers, to every pupil across the school, what will you put yours towards? Maybe you will want to spend it at our Book Fair which is coming soon.

And we have passed the 15 million words read in Accelerated Reader. This is an amazing achievement. This week we would like to say a massive well done to A. Kauser from 7Y1 for the highest number of words read in their teaching set.