Greswold has always prided itself in promoting outreach work with its local and wider community, in order to benefit the experiences of our pupils.

Such experiences include events like Community Week which helped to celebrate the uniqueness of our family community.

However, we also utilise other avenues of collaboration to broaden our perspectives even more and to enable us to develop citizenship amongst pupils and adults.

Collaborating with local universities like Birmingham City University, Wolverhampton and Warwick has enabled us to accommodate and develop trainee teachers which in turn helps children to experience being taught by different people.  In total, we've hosted 5 very successful placements this year. 

Greswold has also hosted Y10 students from Light Hall, Alderbrook, Tudor Grange, Lode Heath, St Peter's and Arden secondary schools which has aided staff in meeting the needs of the pupils whilst giving the young people an insight into working life.

Members of the Triple Crown school community have been working with us each week to provide 1:1 reading sessions for year 1 pupils.

St Helen's Church and St Alphege Church once again hosted pupils for Harvest, Christmas and Easter services. 

Metrobank in Solihull centre visited us during the autumn term to give advice to year 6 pupils about banking and saving.  This culminated in all year 6 pupils visiting the bank itself and even seeing the vault! 

Solihull School have once again allowed us to use their fabulous theatre, Bushell Hall, for year 6 to perform their final performance of their primary careers.  They have also hosted Solihull Sings and Science workshops for our pupils in Y5.

King Edward's school kindly invited our Y4 and Y5 teams to enter their annual Maths competition while we have worked with both the outgoing and incoming mayors on various projects at the Civic Suite in Solihull centre, indeed very memorable events. 

Mrs Scott and two year 6 pupils represented Greswold at the Remembrance Service in Solihull centre in November while an artist mum of a year 2 pupil visited school to take a special one off art workshop with some talented artists in year 6.

We've also hosted the Police and Fire Service who have met with our EYFS pupils as part of their learning. 

The Dogs Trust workshops, Seven Trent assembly, Solihull Sustainable Team's Air Pollution assembly and a specially arranged Parliament assembly were just some other ways of bringing further context to our curriculum. 

We will continue to source new and exciting opportunities to enhance the experiences of their learning further and if any parents know of such opportunities, please let us know.