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

• KS1 and KS2 meet Buddy

  Tue 01 Oct 2019

  This week we welcomed Clelia from the NSPCC who visited Greswold to talk to the children about the charity. She introduced Buddy, the NSPCC's mascot, who is a cuddly speech bubble. He encourages children to speak out when something is wrong and Clelia went through the charity can help children when they are in trouble. Children in Year 5 and Year 6 will be having follow up workshops from the NSPCC focusing on how to keep themselves safe in different situations.

   

  To support the important work undertaken by the NSPCC, each class will be taking part in Buddy's Workout. This workout will be completed in school during the children's PE lessons. Each child has brought home a sponsorship form so that they can be sponsored for completing their workout. All money raised will go straight to the NSPCC.

   

  Many thanks to Clelia for visiting Greswold and thank you in advance for everyone who is able to support this fundraising event.

  

• Severn Trent assembly

  Wed 18 Sep 2019

  Justin from Severn Trent visited Greswold to lead assemblies for Key Stages 1 and 2. He explained the process which brings water from rivers to people's taps and how it is changed from muddy, brown water into clear drinking water. Justin also encouraged our pupils to save water and gave practical ways they could achieve this at home. At the end of each assembly, the children could then pick how they were going to try to save water.

   

  Many thanks to Justin for visiting us. There are ideas for saving water on the Severn Trent website.

  

• Y4 Maths Challenge

  Fri 13 Sep 2019
  Congratulations to our Y4 maths team who achieved 3rd place in The Borcherd’s Shield Maths Challenge at KES today. They represented Greswold exceptionally well with confidence and enthusiasm against other schools from across Birmingham and Solihull. 

  

• Happy Roald Dahl Day

  Fri 13 Sep 2019 Mrs Beddow

  We have had a wonderful time in the library celebrating Roald Dahl Day today, on what would have been his 102nd birthday.  There was lots of reading, which I'm sure, would have made Roald Dahl a very happy man indeed!

  A very big thank you and special mention to the brave and enthusiastic Year 5 and 6 story-tellers who read outside on the KS1 playground this lunchtime.  They came back buzzing with excitement - exactly the kind of reading for pleasure spirit we love to encourage here at Greswold.  Well done to you all!

  Congratulations also to Sycamore, Chaffinches, Skylarks and Squirrels who were first to return the Roald Dahl Challenge and get a class point.

   

  

• Thank you from The Mayor of Solihull

  Thu 12 Sep 2019
  Mrs Scott was delighted to receive a thank you card from the Mayor following his attendance at the Leavers' assembly. 

  

• House Captains for 2019-2020

  Mon 09 Sep 2019
  Following last week's presentations and votes, the Y6 House Captains were announced in today's assembly. Congratulations to Ayman, Anya, Freddie, Summer, Molly, James, Theo and Zoe. We look forward to seeing them leading events and assemblies over the year.

  

• Welcome back

  Tue 03 Sep 2019
  Welcome to a new year of learning at Greswold Primary School. Today Mrs Scott led an assembly all about making the most of the opportunities offered in the upcoming year. The children were also given a challenge to work out a mystery object which turned out to be a door. Let's see where this new academic year leads.

  

• Introducing The Den

  Fri 30 Aug 2019
  A second summer project was the creation of our new inclusion classroom - The Den. This new space was created by knocking through the Cherry and Strawberry rooms and adding a toilet. After a coat of paint the new room looks bright and inviting - ready for the children who will be learning in the room with their teacher Mr Jones. You can see how the room has evolved in the pictures below.

  

• Key Stage 1 playground redevelopment

  Fri 30 Aug 2019
  There's been lots of activity at Greswold over the summer break. The Key Stage 1 playground has been levelled and covered with new artificial grass to provide more space for the children. It looks fantastic and has got rid of the muddy area where we just couldn't get the grass to grow. We look forward to the children seeing the finished result when they return to school in September. Below you can see the development of the project from start to completion.

  

• Year 6 Leavers' Assembly

  Fri 19 Jul 2019

  On Friday we said goodbye to our Year 6 class of 2019. Some of the children have been with us for 8 years having started with us in Nursery, while others had become part of the Greswold family as the year group moved through the school. Year 6 put on an emotional leavers' assembly demonstrating their talents, with poems, songs from their Revolting Children show and two songs played on the ukulele. We were also delighted to welcome Councillor Stuart Davis the Mayor of Solihull to the assembly. He helped Mrs Scott to present the yearbooks to each of the children. Year 6 - you did your parents proud. We wish you every success for the future.

   

  You can watch a shortened version of the the Leavers' Assembly on the website here or children in Year 6 can watch or download the full version here by logging in using their solgrid email address and password.