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

• Today's assemblies highlight Greswold's interconnected thinking!

  Mon 31 Mar 2025

  This morning's key stage assemblies were the perfect platform to showcase the efforts Greswold staff go to to help give extra context to our learning in school, thus promoting our ambition to help children embed information to their long term memories. 

   

  The Picture News for this week centred around the recent new story about Manchester United's new stadium plans and whether football stadiums should be used for more than just football.

   

  The subject of the news article tied in perfectly with this week's English Schools' Football Week, allowing staff to promote the benefits of a healthy and active lifestyle.   

   

  However, it was also an opportunity to relate the article to today's religious event of Eid-al-Fitr due to the fact that a recent Iftar, during Ramadan, was organised at Villa Park, home of Aston Villa FC.  The locality of each stadium and it's area were also pointed out on our hall maps. 

   

  These connections meant PE, Science, English, Geography, RE and PSD were all explored at the same time! 

  

• A positive monitoring cycle confirms all pupils get a really good deal here at Greswold

  Mon 31 Mar 2025

  Over the past two weeks, members of the senior leadership team have undertaken a range of monitoring activities, across school, something which happens on a regular basis as part of our School Improvement Plan and Performance Management cycles.   This is to help evaluate the quality of teaching and learning throughout at any one time.

   

  We are really pleased and proud to inform parents that the standards of teaching and learning at Greswold are as strong as ever! 

   

  Lesson observations have clearly demonstrated how meticulously staff are planning for the provision of their pupils.  They have also shown how skilled staff are at questioning the pupils to move their learning on as well as always maintaining high expectations of attitude and behaviour.  Children are motivated to succeed and improve, and staff use an array of strategies to make learning memorable, as well as developing the resilience and independence of the children, helping to make them life long learners. 

   

  Here at Greswold, we are perfectionists so, as always, there are elements of our provision we would like to improve further.  However, as a whole school community, it's reassuring and very satisfying to celebrate how lucky we are to have such a wonderfully professional staff team and immenseley hardworking pupils.  

  

• Children take part in Water 'SAFE'ty assemblies by the Canal Trust

  Mon 31 Mar 2025

  Last week we welcomed Chris from Canal and River Trust who spoke to our KS1/2 pupils about water safety.

   

  Chris reminded us that the different types of water around us e.g. canals, lakes are not suitable for swimming in (swimming pools are a much better alternative). Our pupils were able to spot hazards by the waterside and learnt how to keep themselves 'SAFE' (which stands for Stay Away From the Edge). Children were also told about the importance of floating in a star shape if they or anyone else falls in.

   

  Please take some to ask your child/ren about the other things they learnt. 

  

• Greswold showing our value of respect in our local community

  Mon 31 Mar 2025

  Greswold's Eco Action Group took part in 'The Great British Spring Clean' this morning by litter picking along Buryfield Road and in Coldlands Wood. They worked really hard as a team to collect 2 bags of litter. 

   

  Most of the litter we found was actually outside the front of school, near the vehicle and pedestrian entrances, therefore we'd like to remind all parents and children to be careful not to drop litter on the way to and from school.

   

  We would also like to encourage families to get involved with community litter picking around Solihull and take part in 'The Great British Spring Clean', which continues until the 6^th April. More information can be found on the following websites:

   

  https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/get-involved/support-our-campaigns/great-british-spring-clean

   

  https://www.lovesolihull.org/resident

  

• Eid Mubarak

  Mon 31 Mar 2025

  We look like to wish all of our Greswold families Eid Mubarak for today.  We hope you have a wonderful day with your families. 

  

• An immersive visit to St Alphege Church to help Y5 learning

  Fri 28 Mar 2025

  As part of our ongoing commitment to providing enhanced curriculum experiences (known as the Greswold journey), Year 5 visited St Alphege's church in the centre of Solihull on Friday. 

   

  The purpose of the visit was for the children to gain a deeper understanding of the Easter journey, re-told through storytelling, art and reflection. 

   

  The children were impeccable role models for Greswold walking to and from the church demonstrating all of our BRICKS values. 

   

  Another successful visit for Greswold. 

  

• Once again, Greswold's artistic skills are a sight to behold!

  Fri 28 Mar 2025

  The PTA's Easter colouring competition provided the whole school with some fabulous creations to admire.  The PTA received dozens of entries from across the school and have now chosen their class winners, who will receive their prizes today.  

   

  Thank you to the PTA for showcasing the entries with such a wonderfully eye-catching display in the long corridor too! 

  

• Parents enjoy brass performance by Y4 Chaffinches

  Tue 25 Mar 2025

  Following Y3 Sparrows' lovely drumming performance to parents last week, it was the turn of Y4 Chaffinches to entertain our parent community this week. 

   

  All year 4 children have taken part in Wider Opportunities activities which involves learning a brass instrument. Cornets, trumpets, trombones and French horns are the instruments they are individually allocated with the children having the chance and responsibility to take them home throughout the year to practise with as well. 

   

  This morning's performance for parents was a culmination and celebration of the children's learning so far this year.  A lovely performance really showcased the children's hard work and dedication and hopefully, a few children may take up the instrument in years to come.

   

  Thank you to the Solihull Music Service who help provide such an important opportunity. 

  

• Our Y5 mathematicians excel in KES final!

  Mon 24 Mar 2025

  Every year, Greswold enters two teams (Y4 and Y5) into the annual King Edward's School regional Maths competition.  This is very challenging competition for the most confident mathematicians from each school, with a demanding set of tasks to complete, all of which have time limits. 

   

  Although Greswold's team of Catherine, Manishaa, Talhah and Fairiss weren't able to finish in the top three positions, they still performed incredibly well against a host of other schools, some of which had even been training for such a competition format. 

   

  Well done children, you are a credit to Greswold and your families, and thank you to Mr Hobday  for organising and supervising such a wonderful learning experience at such a prestigious and memorable setting. 

  

• English Schools' Football Week starts next Monday!

  Mon 24 Mar 2025

  Schools’ Football Week (SFW), which will be held in partnership with Pokémon from the 31 March – 6 April 2025, is a week-long celebration of the many varying benefits of schools’ football – which, essentially, is the act of children playing and learning though football, with friends, within their school environment.

   

  Here at Greswold, we are celebrating the event in lots of different ways, as you can see below:

   

  • Our new KS2 lunchtime timetable for spring and summer launches this week which will enable more children to access football at lunchtime, if they choose to.

   

  • Lunchtime Play Leaders will help to encourage younger children to take part in football related activities.

   

  • Years'3 and 4 pupils will get the chance to take part in lunchtime football coaching sessions with the Football Development Scheme.

   

  • Children will be allowed to bring in Pokemon trading cards, as well as other trading cards, to play with during the week too.

   

  • House Points will be given out to pupils who are showing our school values whilst taking part in football related activities. 

   

  • A football friendly festival involving Our Lady of Compassion, Dicken's Heath and Greswold has been organised for Thursday 1st May at Lode Heath school.  This will be for years' 5 and 6 pupils who have attended lunchtime football clubs but have not yet had the chance to represent the school team.

   

  • We would also like to encourage parents to email photos of their children, particularly girls, playing football out of school, for their clubs, in the garden or at the park.  These will then be displayed on our website as a way of promoting the week and also the benefits of football related activities. 

   

  • A Greswold football chant fun competition with children being challenged to write/create a chant involving the school name Greswold, just for a it of fun!