At Smithdown, we are proud of all we do beyond the National Curriculum.

As a school, we are passionate about working with families, supporting local and national charities, making links with other organisations and placing our school at the heart of the community.

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We had an amazing day on world book day! We focused on #Goldilocks and created our own poems and naughty hashtags.

13-03-2024

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More circus skills fun this afternoon🎪🤹‍♀️🤹!!!

08-03-2024

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World book day 2024📝📖📚!!!

08-03-2024

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Year 4 had so much fun during their circus skills morning🎪🤹‍♀️🤹!!!

08-03-2024

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World Book Day 2024

08-03-2024

What an amazing day in 4LA.

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Year 1 loved celebrating World Book Day!

08-03-2024

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Year 4 have been working hard as illustrators this world book day📚🎨!!!

07-03-2024

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Happy world book day 2024📚📝📖!!!

07-03-2024

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Court Visit

06-03-2024

We took a trip to the Family and Civil Court to take part in a mock trial and meet some real life judges!

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Y6 Lowry Museum Trip

04-03-2024

Since we have been studying L.S. Lowry, we took a trip to The Lowry Museum in Salford and took part in a portrait workshop after viewing some of Lowry’s famous paintings. We had such a fabulous day!

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We rounded off our ‘My Bnk’ sessions with talking about money habits and the importance of saving! We even made our very own money bank.

26-02-2024

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Superstars in Year 3 and 4! Stars of the week for some amazing work and attitude.

23-02-2024

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Maths parental workshop

21-02-2024

Thank you to our parents who came to our Reception maths parental workshop this week! We look at how to support your children with their shape knowledge at home.

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Chinese New Year celebrations

21-02-2024

To celebrate the new lunar year, we have been getting crafty in class making representations of dragons using a variety of resources. Look at our fabulous dragons! We also made our own lanterns after learning about the significance of the colour red.

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Year 4 had so much fun at their campfire toasting marshmallows and drinking hot chocolate🔥🍂!!!

09-02-2024

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1MS loved learning a Chinese dragon dance last week!

07-02-2024

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Where do we put our money? Peter from MyBnk came to tell us…

05-02-2024
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Year 4 had a great afternoon learning how to manage their money💰💵

05-02-2024

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We had a great morning preparing for Chinese New Year!

31-01-2024

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The Year of the Dragon

31-01-2024

We LOVED our dragon dancing today celebrating Chinese New Year.

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5EHD begin their Chinese New Year Celebrations

30-01-2024

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4KM had an amazing morning learning a Chinese dance and carrying the Chinese dragon🇨🇳🐲!!!

30-01-2024

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Tesco trip

24-01-2024

To continue learning about chefs, we’re going to become chefs and make our own soup! To prepare for this, we went to Tesco to buy the ingredients we need.

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Year 4KM’s amazing stars of the week🌟🌟!!!

19-01-2024

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The Wizard of Oz – our ticket designs.

18-01-2024

We thought some of our ticket designs were just far too lovely not to share!

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The Wizard of Oz 🪄 Christmas Performance 2023

18-01-2024

A selection of our FABULOUS actors who performed in our Christmas 2023 performance of The Wizard of Oz. We hope you loved watching as much as we loved performing for you all!🎭

 

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Silver Dojo Award – 200 dojos to these SUPERSTARS in 4LA

12-01-2024
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Stars of the Week in 4LA

12-01-2024
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ESOL class awards

09-01-2024

Congratulations to our parents who have completed the 12 week Stepping Stones ESOL class. We celebrated with certificates and food.

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Year 3 and 4 had an amazing time watching a Christmas performance! We all had a good laugh and got involved.

11-12-2023

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Year 4 had some much fun doing their Santa dash🎅🏼

08-12-2023
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Wellbeing Champions!

30-11-2023

Our Wellbeing Champions have been working hard to learn strategies to support other children in class and on the playground. They’re doing a fabulous job

 

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Young Scientist Centre

23-11-2023

5NA went to a solar system workshop at UCLAN. We did lots of investigations all about the solar system!

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RLMc visit Speke Hall

21-11-2023

Yesterday RLMc had lots of fun visiting Speke Hall. We looked at the changes for Autumn and we even saw a sleeping giant! We visited the giants house, kitchen, music room and even his playground. It was lots of fun!

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We had lots of Pudsey fun on Friday whilst raising money for charity.

20-11-2023

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Year 4 have had an amazing children in need💛!!

17-11-2023

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RAG trip to Speke Hall

14-11-2023

Reception had a lovely afternoon visiting Speke Hall! We followed the Giant trail and spotted lots of the giant’s clothes high up in the trees! We tiptoed past the sleeping giant, making sure not to wake him! We then walked around the grounds, looking for signs of Autumn.

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Speke Hall trip

14-11-2023

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Thank you to all our parents who joined us today to help us celebrate World Nursery Rhyme week. We had lots of fun sharing our rhymes and activities with you all.

14-11-2023

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A happy Diwali from 3TS! We made beautiful lanterns to represent the festival of light.

13-11-2023

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Happy Diwali

13-11-2023
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Year 4 celebrations for Diwali. We love our Diwali lanterns!

13-11-2023

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Remembrance Day 2023

13-11-2023

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Year 2 have made remembrance poppies today

10-11-2023

2GH made some beautiful poppies to help us remember today.

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Using Henri Matisse’s style, painting with scissors, Year 3 created poppies to show their respect for all the people who have lost their lives and our thoughts for their families.

10-11-2023

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What a day! Year 4 really enjoyed learning about the Hindu culture.

10-11-2023

 

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Year 3 loved exploring Hinduism and the different elements in the religion.

08-11-2023

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Parent and Toddler

08-11-2023

Thankyou to School Council for delivering a fabulous assembly on kindness and respect.

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SEND Processes for Parents

07-11-2023

Why not sign up for free online family learning? Friday 10th November 9.30am to 12pm.

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4LA exploring conductors & insulators

19-10-2023

4LA exploring conductors & insulators @SmithdownPrimY4 #smithdownsci

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Wonderful first session facilitating Cohort 3 ECT’s this afternoon

19-10-2023

Wonderful first session facilitating @InspireTSHubNW @CEL_IOE Cohort 3 ECT’s this afternoon. Great dialogue around supporting disadvantage pupils & inclusivity 👏🏼 Well done all!

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4KM had a great PE lesson…

19-10-2023

4KM had a great PE lesson with @EITC improving their teamwork and game skills!! #smithdownextra

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Our PE lesson today was all about teamwork…

19-10-2023

Our PE lesson today was all about teamwork and how different strategies can help a team win ⭐️ @EITC #smithdownextra

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Well done to our amazing stars of the week⭐️

19-10-2023

Well done to our amazing stars of the week⭐️ keep up the hard work girls!! #smithdownextra

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Another amazing PE lesson from @EITC all about teamwork!!

19-10-2023

Another amazing PE lesson from @EITC all about teamwork!! The children played different games to help with their teamwork skills⭐️ #smithdownextra

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4KM had a great time developing their ball skills and teamwork skills…

19-10-2023

4KM had a great time developing their ball skills and teamwork skills during our PE lesson with @EITC ⚽️🏀🎾 #smithdownextra

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Having fun in Spanish this morning!

19-10-2023

Having fun in Spanish this morning! #smithdownextra #smithdownyr3 #smithdownspanish

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Discussing different ways how we can be kind to others

19-10-2023

#smithdownextra #smithdownY3. This morning 3KM have been discussing different ways how we can be kind to others no matter our differences, we had some lovely things to say!

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Lovely singing voices this morning!

19-10-2023

Lovely singing voices this morning! Year 3 have been learning all about our rights. We have discussed about having the right to learn and believe what you believe! #smithdownextra

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In year 3 today, we practised doing peer to peer massages on each other

19-10-2023

In year 3 today, we practised doing peer to peer massages on each other. They completed many different strokes and we all felt very relaxed. Thank you very much for this @MrsCarpenter30 #smithdownextra

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Focusing on the importance of attendance…

19-10-2023

Great start to the week focusing on the importance of attendance and why we need to be in school! Lots of different reasons that help us in different ways. #smithdownextra

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What an experience…

19-10-2023

What an experience! Year 3 went to a stately home to feel what one looked like and felt like. Sudley house was perfect for helping us understand our new book – Seen and not Heard. #smithdownenglish #smithdownextra

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Voting for our new School Councillor today

19-10-2023

We loved voting for our new School Councillor today #smithdownextra @IrelandIreland1 @SmithdownPr

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Donating food to the Harvest food bank

19-10-2023

These superstars enjoyed donating food to the Harvest food bank #smithdownextra

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Thank you for our harvest collection

19-10-2023

Thank you for our harvest collection. We were overwhelmed at your generosity. Thanks to for supporting our community. #smithdownextra

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Reception exploring our outdoor area in the sunshine ☀️

19-10-2023

Our new Reception classes are having a lovely time exploring our outdoor area in the sunshine ☀️ @SmithdownPrimR #smithdowneyfs

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New reception families

19-10-2023

Lovely to share lunch time with our new Reception families #smithdownextra #smithdowneyfs

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