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

• The Great British Spring Clean

  Mon 26 Mar 2018
  Mrs Cooper's Eco Club headed to the local park to give it a bit of a spruce up as part of the Great British Spring Clean 2018. The group of children, armed with litter pickers, dig a great job collecting rubbish that other people had carelessly discarded. By the end of lunch time they had gathered enough litter to fill two bags. A job well done.

  

• Sport Relief 2018

  Fri 23 Mar 2018
  Today Greswold looked very sporty in aid of the charity Sport Relief. Children and staff dressed in sports kit or as their favourite sporting heroes for a suggested donation of £1. During the week our pupils have also been completing different sporting challenges including races. Greswold Greyhounds also joined in with children walking, jogging, hula hooping and hopping around the hall. Well done! Many thanks for all donations that will be passed onto the charity.

  

• Professor McGinty visits Year 3

  Thu 22 Mar 2018
  Our favourite time travelling detective, Professor McGinty, dropped into Greswold to tell Year 3 about his adventures in ancient Rome. The children loved hearing the professor's stories with Dr Hoot, his pet owl. There were lots of laughs and a few got to dress up as Romans as well. A highlight was getting to handle real Roman artefacts (or as Professor McGinty called them "stuff").

  

• HRBQ

  Fri 16 Mar 2018
  Every other year we ask children in Years 2, 4 and 6 questions about themselves as part of the national Health Related Behavior Questionnaire survey. The survey is completed anonymously online and asks children questions that help us plan our PSD lessons to their needs. Thank you to all the classes that took part and to Mrs Woodcock for leading the survey lessons.

  

• Art competition winners

  Fri 16 Mar 2018
  Many thanks to all the pupils who entered Mrs Scott's portrait competition. The challenge was to draw a picture of Mrs Scott, Mr Hornsey, Mrs Glover and Mrs Jellicoe for a new display board. There were lots of brilliant entries. Well done to the winners whose pictures you can see below.

  

• Potatoes!

  Thu 15 Mar 2018
  Mrs Cooper's Gardening Club have been getting ready for Spring. Although it's still a bit cold to start planting in the allotment yet, some seed potatoes are now chitting in the corridor where it is warmer. They will be put outside in a few weeks and be used to cook with later in the year.

  

• Year 2 Multi-Skills Competition

  Mon 12 Mar 2018
  Pupils from Year 2 got to try out a number of different PE skills in a competition organised by South Solihull Schools Sports Partnership. Mr Davis from Lode Heath trained up children from Year 5 who then helped lead the activities including jumping, throwing, running and balancing. The Year 2 pupils enjoyed taking part in the event and gave all the activities their best. Well done! More pictures on the Year 2 page.

  

• Year 3 learning in the Nature Area

  Fri 09 Mar 2018
  The snow on the ground didn't put Year 3 off their EKO session. Mrs Ogden and Mrs Cooper have been working hard (with some help) to clear up the Nature Area and make it easier to use. Year 3 enjoyed looking for different creatures living in the area and also tried a bit of bush craft.

  

• Explore Learning - Young Writers' Competition

  Thu 08 Mar 2018
  Staff from Explore Learning visited Greswold to explain this year's Young Writer's competition. In a special assembly, our children from Key Stages 1 and 2 learned that the theme for this year is 'Heroes' and that David Walliams will be judging the competition. The children certainly seemed excited to start writing their own stories next week.

  

• World Book Day 2018

  Thu 01 Mar 2018
  For this year's World Book Day, our theme was 'Snuggle up with a good book'. As well as dressing up as a book character, pupils also had the option to wear their pyjamas or onsies. During the day there was an opportunity to get comfortable and enjoy a book. Our older pupils from Year 6 shared stories with Year 1 and were excellent role models. There were also book themed activities in classes and in the Library. At the end of the day, children recieved a £1 book voucher. See which books you can buy with them on the World Book Day website.