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

• 5-Star Award

  Thu 08 Jan 2026

  We 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.

• Tae Kwon-Do success

  Fri 19 Dec 2025

  Well done to Rayan who was awarded the Consistent Effort Award by Solihull TKD Tigers at the end-of-Year ceremony.

  

• Dates for the Diary

  Fri 19 Dec 2025

  Dates for the Diary 2026

  5^th January – Return to school

  9^th January – Y6 Stone Age Day

  12^th January – Girls Football @ Solihull School

  14^th January – Y3 Egyptian Day

  19^th January – Science Day

  21^st January – Y5/6 Sportshall Athletics

  29^th January – Boys Football @ Solihull Moors

  30^th January – PTA Quiz Night

  6^th February – PTA Valentines Day tuck shop

  11^th and 12^th February – Parent Teacher Consultations

  13^th February – Last day before half term

  16^th – 20^th February – Half term

  23^rd February – INSET day

  24^th, 26^th and 27^th February – South Asian Music Workshops (Y1-6)

  26^th February – Y5 visit to Blists Hill

  2^nd March – Sponsored Read Event

  2^nd March – PTA Spring Disco

  9^th – 13^th March – British Science Week

  9^th March – PTA Mothers Day gift shop

  12^th March – Boys Football @ Solihull Moors

  13^th March – PTA Mothers Day gift shop

  17^th & 18^th March – Y2 Spring Performances (PM)

  24^th – 27^th March – Y6 Bikeability

  24^th March – Y1 visit to Warwick Castle

  24^th and 25^th March – Y5 Production

  27^th March – Break up for Easter Holidays/End of Spring Term

  30^th March – 10^th April – Easter Holidays

  13^th April – First Day back for Summer Term

• 130 WOW badges awarded this week!

  Thu 18 Dec 2025

  Nearly 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. 

  

• Thank you to our very generous school and local community

  Thu 18 Dec 2025

  This week, our wonderful PTA communicated the total made so far from all of our fundraising ventures this academic year so far.  These have included the Christmas Fayre, The Christmas Market, Christmas card sales, the September Social and the ongoing lottery scheme.  The total raised so far is over £4,500 which is fantastic.

   

  Thank you to our PTA for being so proactive and thank you to our school and local community for getting involved and helping to raise so much money for curriculum enhancements.  Always remember that every child will benefit from PTA funding. 

   

• Y5 Oaks combine Computing and D&T to show off their designs for exploring the Red Planet!

  Thu 18 Dec 2025

  Hot on the heels of year 6's wonderful carousel products, year 5 have been creating ‘out of this world’ vehicles in their Design and Technology lessons this half term.

   

  After producing a plan for a new vehicle to explore Mars (or at least a toy of one), the children got to work in groups creating a chassis using wood. The children had to measure carefully, cut safely and assemble their chassis so it was straight. They then had to motorise their creations before adding suitable body work. There was lots of problem solving on show, especially when things didn't quite work out as expected.

   

  Below, you can see some of the fantastic finished examples Oaks created, along with what AI thinks they could look like if they were on the Mars surface.

  

• Design and Technology highlights aspirational curriculum offer

  Thu 18 Dec 2025

  At the most wonderful time of the year, it's not just Santa's elves who have been busy making things. As part of our ever evolving and bespoke curriculum offer, classrooms across Greswold have become design and technology workshops making a range of products from cam toys to seasonal soups. 

   

  In Year 6, children were tasked with designing a model of a carousel that could be used for younger children at a fairground ride. Starting the unit by studying two innovators, John Wardley (who has designed rides such as Nemesis at Alton Towers) and Thomas Walker (a local innovator who made fairground rides in the Victorian era, one of his engines being preserved at Blist's Hill where Year 5 visit every year) for their inspiration. Year 6 then went onto design and eventually make their carousels.

   

  The carousels were on display at the recent PTA Christmas fayre for visitors to view and vote for, another strategy for making learning motivating and purposeful. 

   

  As you can see below, we have some future designers and innovators in the making! 

  

• Answers revealed to Geography Awareness Week quiz!

  Thu 18 Dec 2025

  During a recent assembly about a Picture News article detailed a new Nike product which helps to make walking and running easier, Mr Hornsey set a quiz challenge which coincided nicely with Geography Awareness Week.

   

  The children had to find out where in the world each brand of trainer is from, in terms of their company headquarters.  The answers were revealed in Monday's House Point assembly and are below: 

   

  •Nike – Oregon, U.S.A

  •New Balance – Boston, U.S.A

  •Umbro – Cheshire, U.K.

  •Reebok – Boston, U.S.A but originally from Bolton, UK

  •Under Armour – Baltimore, U.S.A

  •Skechers – California, U.S.A

  •Heelys – Nevada, U.S.A

  •Converse – Massachusetts, U.S.A

  •Vans – California, U.S.A

  •Fila – Milan, Italy

  •Puma – Herzogenaurach (Bavaria), Germany

  •Adidas – Herzogenaurach (Bavaria), Germany

   

  8 of the 12 brands were indeed from the U.S.A, however one of our year 6 pupils, Sofia, noticed that Adidas and Puma were from the same town in Germany and so delved a little deeper to find out why.  Look at the gallery below for the interesting fact she found out. 

   

   

  

• A morning dedicated to Spatial Reasoning

  Tue 16 Dec 2025

  Spatial Reasoning is a vital part of mathematical development and is the reason why Greswold dedicated a whole morning to it last week.  Based on the theme of Christmas, all staff devised inspiring activities which helped the children to develop their understanding further whilst promoting awareness that this element of mathematics is as important as number skills due to the transferable nature of its skills. 

  

• A gymnastics superstar in the making!

  Mon 15 Dec 2025

  News of another fantastic achievement by one of our pupils has been shared with school this week. 

   

  Daniel, in year 3, who trains with with Wythall Gymnastics Boys' development team, experienced his first competition last weekend. It doesn't surprise us that we hear he controlled his nerves and showed great determination and skill to confidently compete in all 6 boys' apparatus events managing to 'place' on each apparatus.  He won a gold medal on rings, parallel bars, floor and high bar as well as a bronze medal for pommel and vault. These stunning results put him in first place to win gold overall in his age group. 

   

  He was also awarded a coach award for “hardest working gymnast” this year. His parents are incredibly proud of his achievement and, like Daniel, look forward to what 2026 brings. 

   

  As a school, we know just how difficult a sport gymnastics can be to learn and that's why Daniel will be an amazing role model to his peers in the coming years.  Well done, Daniel, we are very proud of you.