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

• Girls' school football team edged out in tight game

  Wed 31 Jan 2024

  On Wednesday, the girls' school football team was back in action, again at Tudor Grange, this time against Shirley Heath.  

   

  A much improved team performance saw the team deserve a victory.  However, the ball just wouldn't hit the back of the opposition's net! In the end, Shirley heath scored the decisive winner midway through the second half after a break away move, with the eventual score being 1-0. 

   

  Greswold can take heart from a really good performance and use it to spur them on in their next match on the 21st February against Widney School, again at Tudor Grange.  Plenty of time for more practise! 

  

• The Bookfair returns to school next week, just in time for Parent Consultation evenings!

  Wed 31 Jan 2024

  During Parent Consultations next week, parents are very welcome to visit the Bookfair in the school library. The children will get a chance to visit the fair beforehand to view the books on offer, however below is a link to the Scholastic website so that you can also see selection in advance. 

   

  Remember, that for every book sold, Greswold receives a percentage back from the publisher to spend on books for our own school library! 

   

  https://bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/travelling-books/parents 

  

• Greswold's donation being put to great use!

  Mon 29 Jan 2024

  Just over a year ago, Greswold collated a collection of old reading and text books that were still in good condition to be shipped over to Africa as part of our work with the charity Books2Africa.  Today, we received notification that our donation is being actively used in the country of Nigeria, accompanied by a photo below. 

   

  Currently, school are collating a second collection to again be shipped over to help charitable causes.  Well done to everyone involved.  This type of project really helps Greswold pupils to learn about community outreach and the positive impact that thinking of others can bring.  

  

• Y6 pupils attend Holocaust Memorial event at Civic Suite

  Fri 26 Jan 2024

  Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place on 27 January each year and is a time to remember the millions of people who died during the Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

   

  Greswold were generously invited to attend a service at the Civic Suite in the morning of the 25^th Jan with dignitaries including the Mayor, the Chief Executive of Solihull Council and the Lord Lieutenant.  The pupils who attended with Miss Carpenter left a message on behalf of the school in the book of remembrance. The guest speaker at the event was Dr Martin Stern, a holocaust survivor.

   

  In the afternoon, the 3 pupils who attended also got the opportunity to speak to Dr Stern, himself, and got to hear about how things were for him when the war started and how he ended up in a concentration camp. 

   

  The children were incredibly respectful, as always, and represented the school impeccably at such an important event. 

  

• Welcome back to Mr Kailey

  Thu 25 Jan 2024

  Year 6 Willows received a visit from former parent, Mr Kailey, who spent some time trialling a new dance programme with them as part of his work with the Arts' Council.  His aim is to gain feedback from the children about the suitability of programme so he can adapt and improve it for future use in schools.

   

  Mr Kailey has visited school many times over the years and was a key contributor to our very successful Community Weeks where he delivered his wonderful Bhangra workshops.  We hope to welcome him back in the future.  

  

• No shortage of commitment but mixed fortunes for Greswold teams in the football league tonight

  Wed 24 Jan 2024

  Tonight's round of football league matches took place at Tudor Grange with both the girls' and boys' school football teams in action. 

   

  First up were the girls' team who put up a very battling display against a strong St Alphege team.  Without their usual goalkeeper, the girl's showed great commitment and teamwork but eventually were beaten 2-0. 

   

  The game was immediately followed by the boys' match against Langley.  Looking for their first win of the season, the boys' showed really strong teamwork and used communication effectively to produce some free flowing passing football.  This eventually resulted in two goals being scored before half time.  Their energy and confidence continued in the second half with Greswold running out 5-1 winners. 

   

  Well done to everyone involved and, as usual, thank you to the families of all Greswold pupils who came to watch and support the teams. 

   

  The girls' team's next match is next Wednesday 31st at 4pm against Shirley Heath, again at Tudor Grange, with the boys playing the following day against Monkspath at Solihull Moors at 5pm. 

  

• Greswold through to Area Final after winning Sportshall Athletics qualifying heat

  Mon 22 Jan 2024

  Today marked the start of the annual School Games Sportshall Athletics competition for Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire schools with Greswold starting very strongly, winning their regional heat. 

   

  The competition involves 12 track and field events for both boys and girls.  These include 1+1 relay, 2+2 relay, 6 Lap Parlauf, 4x1 relay, Obstacle relay and Over and Under relay.  There's also Chest Push, Speed Bounce, Standing Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, vertical Jump and Soft Javelin in terms of field events. 

   

  Greswold were crowned County Champions in 2023 and this year's team kept up that strong tradition with an excellent performance.  The children were a real credit to Greswold.  In terms of the track events, Greswold won 9 out of 12 events with the girls team winning every single one of their track events. 

   

  The team are now through to the South Solihull Area Final at North Solihull Sports' Centre on Wednesday 6th March, plenty of time for more practise! 

   

  Final result:

  1st - Greswold (722 points)

  2nd - Knowle (708)

  3rd - Dorridge (660)

  4th - Peterbrook (612)

  5th - TG St James' (602)

  6th - Berkswell (568)

  7th - Monkspath (460)  

  

• The new school athletics kit makes a winning start!

  Mon 22 Jan 2024

  The children of Greswold have the school's PTA to be very thankful for after wearing the kit, recently purchased by them, during an event they ended up winning.

   

  The children were very proud to wear the new Craft athletics kit funded by the Greswold PTA which helped spur them on to perform fabulously at the qualifying event for Sportshall Athletics today. The kit will not only be worn for Sportshall Athletics events but for the outdoor Borough athletics event in June and the Y5 and Y6 Cross Country events in September.

   

  The kit comprises of royal blue vests with the school badge on with shorts and skorts.  Thank you to the PTA for helping to make this possible. 

  

• Star Pupils

  Mon 22 Jan 2024

  Our BRICKS value for this half term is Success. Here are some of the reasons pupils were awarded a Star Pupil certificate last week:

  For persevering with Phonics and demonstrating our school value of success.

  For participating fully in whole class discussions and challenging herself to develop new skills during independent learning time.

  For persevering with her English work, even though she can find it challenging.

  For trying your best and persevering when you find something tricky, and taking on challenges with enthusiasm.

  For putting effort into his learning and really thinking about the steps for success. 

  She always comes into school with a fantastic attitude and puts 100% into her learning. She has shown great resilience this week when learning about money and finding different ways to make £1

  For settling into her new school so well and showing a good attitude towards learning.

  For showing excellent resilience even though life can be challenging sometimes. Keep smiling!

  For putting a huge amount of effort into in his learning this week and for immersing himself into our Ancient Egyptian day! His costume was unbelievable and so creative. 

  For persevering in English. He wasn't afraid to start again once checking his work- he set himself a goal and he put so much effort into achieving it.

  For being a highly organised and motivated member of the class, always trying her best with her learning and to support those around her.

  Persevering to always show individual creativity in English; growing resilience to work more independently in Maths. 

  For independence and perseverance in Maths.

  For persevering with his learning tasks, especially when solving mathematical problems.

  For a fantastic effort in maths when we have been doing written methods for division. You showed independence and perseverance, which meant you achieved success! Well done!

• Staggering artwork unveiled courtesy of our budding Greswold artists

  Mon 22 Jan 2024

  Here's a sneak peak of Miss Summer's art competition entries which parents will be able to view at the next round of Parent Consultations soon. 

   

  We're sure families will agree that they are absolutely staggering.  The quality of each piece was immaculate and the creativity of each was also highly impressive. 

   

  Everyone at Greswold are very proud of all of our artists who entered and, no doubt, in future years to come, surely a Greswold ex-pupil will have a piece of work at the National Gallery or Tate Modern! 

   

  Look out for the artwork next time you're in school along the long corridor.