Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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A first appearance for Ice Hockey on Latest News....all thanks to Oliver!
Tue 20 Jan 2026On Latest News, Greswold always loves to share news of children's achievements out of school, but this week is a definitely a first after we found out news about Oliver in year 4 winning player of the match in a sport not covered before!
Oliver plays Ice Hockey for Solihull Barons and, by all accounts, is incredibly talented. Ice Hockey is considered to be the fastest team sport in the world with players travelling up to 30mph and pucks travelling even faster.
Well done Oliver, you must be very brave!
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Science Day proves a huge success!
Tue 20 Jan 2026On Monday 19th January, Greswold held a Science Day. Everyone came together in a whole school assembly to find out their special Science investigation question for the day - there was great excitement and anticipation!
Children then spent the rest of the day becoming scientists to discover an answer to their question: investigating, predicting, data collecting, measuring, recording, data analysing, and coming to a final conclusion.
These investigations were shared with buddy classes and then with the whole school again on Tuesday.
I had the chance to walk around school and see all of the amazing Science going on and was truly amazed to see the skills, expertise and fun around school:
In Nursery and Reception, they were investigating how to change bubbles: they played around with making different sized bubbles, different shaped bubbles and even different coloured bubbles!
Year 1 investigated which chocolate melted the quickest out of white, milk and dark chocolate. They used timers and warm water and their observation skills to see how fast each one melted. I was very impressed that they didn't all come out with chocolatey fingers!
Year 2 had great fun with fruit. After investigating whether a range of fruits would float or sink, they then investigated which fruits made the biggest splats when dropped from a height. After making impressive predictions, they headed out to their 'splat zones' and measured the fruits' splats.
Year 3 played detective for the day - they were tasked with stopping a pesky burglar from using a magnet through their front doors to turn off the alarm systems. Testing different materials and different layer amounts, the children came to a conclusion as to which material would be best at preventing the magnet working and therefore stopping the burglar in his tracks!
Boat making was the challenge for Year 4: could they design a boat out of foil and tape that would not sink, and which designs could hold the most weight? They researched boat designs, created their own designs and then made a prototype to test. They then watched with anticipation as they each got to test their design - would their design be a success?
Have you ever wondered whether oat milk is healthier than cows' milk; is coconut milk healthier than almond milk? Using their enquiry skills of research, Year 5 now have the answer. They investigated what milk should contain and what makes it unhealthy, such as added sugars and artificial ingredients and came to their own conclusions as to which milk was in fact the healthiest.
Finally, Year 6 took on a sweet investigation. They used chromatography paper to investigate the different chemicals in sweets. They watched as colours from sweets changed before their very eyes, proving that there is more to a sweet than what you see. They even discovered that natural sweet colours can come from crushed insects!!
I was so very impressed by the team work, curiosity, and enthusiasm shown in all the classes and thank you to all of the teachers for all of their hard work with making it a fun, memorable but also an educational day for our pupils.
In Tuesday's assembly, the SCIENCE HOME LEARNING project was launched and letters have now come out. Greswold will be hosting its very own Greswold's Science Fayre this year on March 9th to kick of British Science Week and the best science projects will be displayed here. We can't wait to see all of the interesting projects the children bring in.
Mrs Foster and Mrs Groves
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Year 1 - 6 curriculum overviews now available on the website
Tue 13 Jan 2026Dear Parents and Carers,
As part of our ongoing development as a school to strengthen the partnership between home and school, we thought the new year was a good time to inform you of some changes to how we communicate our curriculum to parents/carers.
To improve parental awareness and understanding of what your child are being taught, our class teachers in Years 1 to 6 have compiled a half-termly overview which will be emailed home to all parents and carers at the beginning of each half term. They will also be placed onto the year group pages on our website, which you can find here: https://www.greswold.solihull.sch.uk/topic/year-groups
We do hope you find this useful and would be open to any feedback you have.
Yours sincerely,
Mr Hobbis
Curriculum Leader
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Lunchtime Football Club timetable for the rest of the academic year
Tue 13 Jan 2026Below is the timetable for Tuesday football clubs at lunchtime with a coach from FDS. Children don't require PE kit but do have to wear a separate set of footwear (trainers or second set of trainers if it's PE day).
You will notice that Y4 girls can start immediately after February half term and Y4 boys will replace Y6 boys halfway through the summer term.
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Attendance Superstars
Fri 09 Jan 2026We are delighted to share that 253 pupils (Reception to Year 6) achieved 100% attendance for last half term and 374 pupils achieved our target of 96% attendance and above. Please click on the link below to see our Attendance Superstars roll of honour.
https://www.greswold.solihull.sch.uk/autumn-2-1/
Well done to all our Attendance Superstars!
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School Council meet with Solihull Catering to help improve lunchtime menus
Thu 08 Jan 2026This week, Year 1-6 school council members had the opportunity to meet with Solihull Schools' Catering team. They shared ideas with the staff about meals they liked and disliked and were able to volunteer ideas for the forthcoming menu. I think it is safe to say that some of our pupils have a very sophisticated palate and I am not sure sushi and smoked salmon will quite make the cut!
However, lots of fantastic ideas were shared with the staff members and it also gave them an opportunity to share things that they don't feel are going well. We look forward to maybe seeing some of their ideas on future menus.
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5-Star Award
Thu 08 Jan 2026We are proud to announce that our school kitchen has been awarded a 5‑Star Food Hygiene Rating. The rating follows an unannounced inspection earlier this week by environmental health, in which the kitchen was commended for its outstanding standards of cleanliness, food safety management, and efficient organisation.
The achievement reflects the dedication and hard work of our catering team, who consistently strive to provide high‑quality, nutritious meals in a safe and welcoming environment. The 5‑star rating reinforces our commitment to maintaining excellence in every aspect of food preparation and service.
Lisa Piggot, Operations manager for Solihull catering service said ‘I am extremely proud that Lisa Card, the Catering Manager and her team have continued their success in gaining another 5* EHO rating for the school kitchen, they all work very hard in providing a wonderful lunch for the children and keeping the kitchen in tip top condition, they work hard doing all their training to make sure the children receive the best care.’
We look forward to continuing to provide pupils with healthy, well‑prepared meals while upholding the exceptional standards demonstrated during the inspection.
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Tae Kwon-Do success
Fri 19 Dec 2025Well done to Rayan who was awarded the Consistent Effort Award by Solihull TKD Tigers at the end-of-Year ceremony.
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Dates for the Diary
Fri 19 Dec 2025Dates for the Diary 2026
5th January – Return to school
9th January – Y6 Stone Age Day
12th January – Girls Football @ Solihull School
14th January – Y3 Egyptian Day
19th January – Science Day
21st January – Y5/6 Sportshall Athletics
29th January – Boys Football @ Solihull Moors
30th January – PTA Quiz Night
6th February – PTA Valentines Day tuck shop
11th and 12th February – Parent Teacher Consultations
13th February – Last day before half term
16th – 20th February – Half term
23rd February – INSET day
24th, 26th and 27th February – South Asian Music Workshops (Y1-6)
26th February – Y5 visit to Blists Hill
2nd March – Sponsored Read Event
2nd March – PTA Spring Disco
9th – 13th March – British Science Week
9th March – PTA Mothers Day gift shop
12th March – Boys Football @ Solihull Moors
13th March – PTA Mothers Day gift shop
17th & 18th March – Y2 Spring Performances (PM)
24th – 27th March – Y6 Bikeability
24th March – Y1 visit to Warwick Castle
24th and 25th March – Y5 Production
27th March – Break up for Easter Holidays/End of Spring Term
30th March – 10th April – Easter Holidays
13th April – First Day back for Summer Term
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130 WOW badges awarded this week!
Thu 18 Dec 2025Nearly 130 children across school received their Travel Tracker WOW badges this week after logging their journeys for November on the Travel Tracker at least once a week.
Engagement dipped in November with only 21% of the school's pupil population logging their journeys. This is a shame considering how many year 6 pupils walk to and from school each day. The children, especially in KS2, can log their journey using class based Ipads.
In terms of December, engagement is currently 19% so still plenty of time to increase that figure by logging travel from this week and the previous two weeks if you've forgotten.
Again, Y5 Sycamores claimed Little Strider for the third straight month after acheiving an 89% engagement figure. Well done children.
