Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Mr King visits Year 1

  Wed 30 Nov 2016

  Children from Year 1 were delighted to welcome Mr King back to Greswold. Our former deputy headteacher visited Year 1 to tell them about the history of toys and to share some of his own collection of historical toys. The children enjoyed seeing how different types of toys have evolved of the years - especially teddy bears. Thanks to Mr King for coming in for the morning.

  

• Girls Football Success

  Wed 30 Nov 2016
  Our girls football teams braved the cold in the South Solihull Schools Games tournament at Lode Heath School. The A and B teams both played really well against strong opposition. We are proud to say that the A team won the entire competition after winning all of the matches they played this evening. Well done!

  

• Year 5 Dodgeball Competition

  Tue 29 Nov 2016
  Children from Year 5 took part in a dodgeball competition at Solihull Sixth Form College. This was the first time that Greswold has taken part in the competition and the team played well against the other schools. Well done to everyone who took part.

  

• Sharing Christmas Decorations

  Mon 28 Nov 2016
  When we updated our Homework Policy, we decided that each term the children will have a project to complete that they can then share with other pupils in our school. This half term the PTA's Christmas decoration competition was the ideal opportunity for our classes to mix up and share their entries. This morning all of our classes paired up and it was great to see the older and younger pupils talking with each other about how they had created their decorations. We look forward to repeating this again in the new year.

  

• New iPads from the PTA

  Fri 25 Nov 2016
  Greswold's fantastic PTA do a brilliant job raising money for our pupils. After a huge amount of fundraising, the PTA have raised enough to provide a trolley of iPads for the children here at Greswold. The class set of iPads have already being put into action with different classes using them to support learning in Maths, English, Science and other subjects. We are looking forward to using them in lots of different lessons. A huge thank you to the PTA!

  

• Year 4 Roald Dahl Day

  Thu 24 Nov 2016

  Year 4 have had a great day exploring the world of author Roald Dahl. The children came dressed as characters from Roald Dahl's book and looked brilliant - well done parents. During the day they enjoyed reading some books by Roald Dahl and even tried writing as one of his characters. In the afternoon the children tried to be illustrators and drew some fantastic charcoal sketches to illustrate stories including the BFG and George's Marvellous Medicine. Some photographs of the children in their costumes are available here.

  

• Values and PSD Workshop

  Mon 21 Nov 2016

  There was a good turn out for our rescheduled meeting covering our new PSD scheme of work Jigsaw and the way it links to our school values at Greswold. Mrs Woodcock and Mrs Scott were pleased to discuss the way Jigsaw teaches our pupils about social skills, emotional literacy and health education. They also went through ways parents can help to support this learning at home. Many thanks to the parents who attended and we hope you found it useful.

   

  If you were unable to attend the meeting or would like to view the presentation again, it is available here to read online.

  

• Children in Need 2016

  Fri 18 Nov 2016
  Greswold looked very different today with children wearing Pudsey t-shirts, Pudsey ears, Pudsey badges and even Pudsey onsies to support BBC's Children in Need appeal. The theme was to come to school dressed in something spotty, with the £1 for the privilege of not wearing uniform going to the charity. A big thank you to everyone who sent in money - we raised a fantastic £500!

  

• School Games Silver Award

  Fri 11 Nov 2016
  Earlier this term, Greswold achieved the standards required for the School Games Silver award. Today, in assembly, Miss Sumner received the award on behalf of the school from Greswold's adviser David Gill. There are lots of sporting events planned for the academic year ahead and we are sure our pupils will enjoy taking part. 

  

• ModeShift Stars -Silver Award

  Fri 11 Nov 2016
  Greswold has been recognised for our work promoting sustainable travel with a ModeShift Stars silver award. Mr Hornsey and two representatives from Year 6 collected the award at a special ceremony at the Council House in Solihull. With our walking bus scheme, bikeability, scootability and other initiatives we will now build on our achievements in this area.