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

• Walk to School month gets underway

  Wed 27 Mar 2019
  Today we were visited by David from Living Streets. In assemblies for Key Stage 1 and 2, David helped the children to become more aware of the reasons for travelling to school using their own energy. With this month being Walk to School Month, we are encouraging our pupils to get to Greswold by walking, scooting, cycling or Park and Stride. Leaving the car behind has lots of health benefits and combats the congestion we can experience outside school.

  

• PTA tuck shop

  Fri 22 Mar 2019
  As a special treat, Greswold PTA ran a tuck shop for children after school. There was a good selection of sweets available and all the money raised goes back to supporting pupils here. Thanks to the parents who helped to run the stall.

  

• Walk to School Month starts next week

  Fri 22 Mar 2019

  Monday 25th March marks the start of Greswold's Walk to School Month.  Your child will receive a Stroll n Roll booklet to record how they travelled to school and back home again.  They will have to walk, cycle or scoot to get a tick, with a sticker being awarded once five ticks have been achieved. The sticker is attached to a class chart with the first class reaching the end rewarded with a trophy.  

   

  For parents who live too far away to walk, the two Park and Stride venues (St Helen's Church and the Redhouse Public House) will enable families to walk the rest of the way to and from school and therefore still achieve their ticks.  Pupils from families who use a bus service will still achieve a sticker as they will have to walk the rest of the way from the bus stop.    

   

  In Unison with the Stroll n Roll initiative, children can also record their mode of transport on Travel Tracker at school with a badge being awarded to those who choose a healthy travel option at least once a week across a four week period.  This initiative, organised by school in partnership with a charity for everyday walking will be further explained and promoted to the children on Wednesday when a representative from Living Streets will visit to take an assembly.  

  

• Remarkable Sportshall Athletics County Final performance

  Wed 20 Mar 2019

  A truly remarkable final result capped another astonishing display by the year 5/6 Sportshall Athletics team who won their School Games Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull County Final against eight other regional winners by a staggering 92 points.

   

  Final result:  1st - Greswold (South Solihull) 380 points, 2nd - Whitmore Primary (Coventry West) 288 points, 3rd - Ernesford Grange Primary (Coventry East) 284 points, 4th - St Nicholas CE Primary (South Warks) 270 points, 5th - St Nicholas CE Primary (Central Warks) 250 points, 6th - Marston Green (North Solihull) 230 points, 7th - St Marie's Primary (East Warks) 178 points, 8th - Milby Primary (North Warks) 140 points, 9th - Warton Nethersole's Primary (North Warks) 140 points.  

   

  The children have been a credit to Greswold and its community all the way through the three rounds of competition which began with over 400 schools across three regions entering, a fact which shows just how impressive their performance has been.  Well done children.  

  

• Basketball league results

  Wed 20 Mar 2019
  Congratulations to our two basketball teams who finished 1st and 3rd in the Tuesday basketball league. Excellent attitudes were evident throughout. When the two teams played each other, the result was a draw. Good luck to Team 1 who will now play the winners of the Wensday and Thursday leagues. 

  

• Primary Maths Challenge

  Fri 15 Mar 2019
  Every year, Year 6 pupils enter the Primary Maths Challenge which is a national competition. Over the past few years, I have awarded a couple of certificates to children who have reached the bonus round. Today, 6 certificates were awarded in assembly for children who had reached the bonus round or achieved bronze or silver awards within the bonus round. Well done to our very talented mathematicians.

  

• Joke competition for Comic Relief

  Fri 15 Mar 2019

  The winners are Zeeshan (Willows), Kairav (Badgers) and Freddie (Dragonflies)

   

  Why did the child eat his homework?

  The teacher said it was a piece of cake!

   

  What did the dalmation say after lunch?

  "That hit the spot!"

   

  What's small and white and laughs a lot?

  A tickled onion!

• Girls' netball team success

  Fri 15 Mar 2019
  The girls' netball team won their recent match against Knowle 15-2 and are in a really strong position in the league. Well done to the team for representing Grewold so well.

  

• Greswold celebrates World Book Day

  Thu 07 Mar 2019

  On Thursday, our school was filled with book characters to celebrate World Book Day 2019. Pupils and staff looked fantastic in their costumes with Horrid Henry, Fantastic Mr Fox, Willy Wonka, Peter Rabbit, Wally and Gangsta Granny amongst the many characters represented. During the day there were lots of book-related activities including a quiz for Key Stage 1 and 2. Teachers also swapped around to read one of their favourite stories to another class. Thank you to parents for supporting the event.