We have read over 25 million words so far on Accelerated Reader at Smestow Academy #successachievedtogether 🙂

Our word millionaires so far this year are D.Mobolaji, M.Wright, A. Sulthan Ilyes & A. Oseghale of Year 7, I. Abiodun & K. Singh Kaur in Year 8.

In Year 9 we have two pupils who have nearly achieved their 1 million words - so keep up the good work and well done to F. Mohammadzai and K. Thind.

Our Year 7 students have been putting their amazing Textiles skills to the test, transforming ordinary socks into incredible sock monsters! From stitching to stuffing, cutting to customising, they’ve shown creativity, patience, and fantastic craftsmanship in bringing their unique creatures to life!

#Textiles #CreativeLearning #SockMonsters #Year7 #Handmade #SewMuchFun #CraftingSkills

To celebrate Pi Day today Year 7 made paper chains to represent the first 10 decimal places of Pi. Pupils learnt a little bit about the history of Pi and that it is a never ending irrational number. They also saw Pi to 1,000,000 decimal places and listened to the Pi song!

Each pupil made their own colour coded paper chain to show 3.14153.1415926535 and then 7X2 joined them all together to fill Mrs Butler’s classroom.

Several forms have submitted excellent Pi tessellations and there have been some lovely PiKus. The deadline for the tessellations and PiKus is Monday and then a winner will be announced.

On Friday, the YR7 girls Futsal team took part in the #BiggestEverGirlsFootballSession at Aldersley Village. The girls played 5 games of Futsal against schools across the city and performed fantastically well, winning 3 out of the 5 games. It took them the first game to get used to the rules and surroundings along with some of them playing futsal for the first time ever, but once that had been then the girls played some really good football scoring some brilliant goals. We won the next 3 games, scoring a total of 4 goals and not conceding any which is outstanding considering the format and the games only being 5 minutes. The girls unfortunately lost the final game meaning we didn’t go through as group winners and into the final but a fantastic afternoon nonetheless. Our girls across the tournament came from Ameliah (2), Kyra (2) and Layla who all performed outstanding throughout all of the games and really drove the team forwards. A special mention must go to Ava who went in goal for us and was excellent, pulling off some fantastic saves to keep the girls in some of the games and give them chance of winning.

A really well ran event and thoroughly enjoyable afternoon for the girls, they performed excellently and did themselves and the academy proud showing fantastic Smestow values by striving to improve to be their best and owning what they do with their behaviour and sportsmanship on & off the pitch. Well done girls.

Today we have hosted a Careers Fair here at School in support of National Careers Week. Every year group has been invited to attend and speak with over 20 employers and training providers across the West Midlands and beyond.  

From the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton, to Oxford Brookes University, WM Jobs to Aston University and WATES to Scholars School Systems, we have had a wealth of exhibitors to todays event.

Providing opportunities to have meaningful experiences with employers is supporting our pupils in achieving Gatsby Benchmark 5.  Careers is a key part of our personal development here at Smestow Academy and we are very grateful to all our exhibitors for the time today.

Some of our pupils at Smestow Academy have worked incredibly hard to improve their reading fluency and have now graduated from the sixth form reading theatre with reading ages significantly higher than the National Average. This is a true testament to #successachievedtogether.

Year 10 psychology pupils completed their end-of-topic assessment on Development! This reflects Smestow’s teaching principle of ‘Review’, where students consolidate over six weeks of learning.

Throughout this time, we have consistently checked for understanding, ensuring that students build strong foundations before tackling their final assessment. Well done to all students for their hard work, effort, and progress! 👏

Did you know? GCSE Psychology exams include a variety of question styles – from multiple-choice questions to extended 9-mark essay responses, testing both knowledge and evaluation skills.

Keep up the great work, Year 10! 🎯✨

#SmestowPsychology #Review #HardWorkPaysOff

Here at Smestow Academy, we are celebrating National Careers Week in a variety of ways - assemblies are being delivered by our Careers Lead, our Careers Fayre is taking place on Thursday in the Sports Hall, Year 7 are attending a Science Quiz and a Girls Futsal tournament and we also have a BAE Roadshow in School on Friday for Years 7 and 8 (to name a few of our events!).

Not sure about your next steps? Click here to check out the Apprenticeships Arcade from Amazing Apprenticeships has to offer.

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Interested in a career in the film industry? 

Not sure if you want to me in front of or behind the camera?  Interested in becoming a costume designer or casting director?  Why not check out the broadcasts from "Into film" and "BAFTA" to find out more? HERE

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National Careers Week 2025 - Virtual Careers Fair

We have our Careers Fair taking place in school tomorrow, but why not check out the virtual careers fair available from NCW25 in partnership with NatWest?

Have a look here

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Here at Smestow Academy, we pride ourselves in sharing opportunities for our pupils and creating positive partnerships with local Schools.  We are grateful that Wolverhampton Grammar School have invited aspiring Lawyers from Years 10, 11 and 12, to attend "The Law Panel" which is a careers and networking event being held on Wednesday 12th March.

Pupils are invited to learn different pathways into Law, network with current professionals, obtain bespoke information, advice and guidance and gain knowledge on diverse areas of the sector.

If your child is interested in becoming a Lawyer, please do read the flyer attached and complete the link to book your place.

Thank you to Wolverhampton Grammar School for their kind invite.

We look forward to hearing all about the event from our pupils.

Last half-term, we were grateful to host Carol Codner, our Careers and Enterprise advisor who gave sound advice to support our Year 10 pupils prepare for mock interviews with local employers.

Today, our Year 10 pupils attended their interviews and wow!  Our visitors were so impressed by how our pupils conducted themselves, the clear research that they had put into their chosen careers and the professionalism they were able to demonstrate as part of the interview process.

This event also supports pupils in achieving Gatsby Benchmark 5 - encounters with employers

Pupils had taken Carol's guidance and ensured that they attended on time, were dressed appropriately, engaged with the employers and pushed through any anxieties they may have had in order to leave a lasting impression.

Each of the 12 employers who visited, awarded a pupil with an achievement award meaning that 12 pupils were recognised for their efforts today.  A further 8 pupils were given honourable mentions for how hard they had worked too.  One colleague from a training provider also commented "students did the school proud".

We are immensely proud of all Year 10 for their approach to the mock interviews today.  We know that this will have made them step out of their comfort zone and overcome some challenges that they might not have felt that they could do before.

A huge thank you to all our colleagues from around the city for volunteering their time today and to Carol for supporting our School.

Fantastic effort Year 10 - keep the good work up!