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

• Walking Bus Launches

  Mon 07 Nov 2016

  Our new walking bus scheme launched today, with eight children walking to school with our walking bus staff. The scheme is designed to cut car journeys to Greswold and promote walking. The bright jackets help the children to be seen when they cross the roads.

   

  We still have places available on the walking bus. Contact the Office for more information.

  

• Indoor Athletics Roadshow

  Fri 04 Nov 2016
  Pupils from Year 5 and 6 were today involved in an indoor athletics roadshow. The children took part in a number of different disciplines including throwing and jumping. We are looking for a team to take part in a competition with other schools later in the year. Last year our team made it all the way through to the finals so we are looking to repeat this success.

  

• A letter from Nick Gibb

  Fri 04 Nov 2016
  We were very pleased to receive a letter from Nick Gibb MP, the Minister of State for School Standards, praising our achievements in last year's Year 1 Phonic Screening Check. The minister recognised that Greswold was in the top 8% of schools in the country for our results and this represented a huge effort by our staff and pupils. The children who took the test, currently in Year 2, can be very proud of themselves.

  

• Harvest Donations

  Tue 18 Oct 2016
  Thank you to members of the PTA who gave up their time to sort the generous harvest donations into boxes for The Hermitage and bags for Helping Hands charity. They also created a harvest display at St Helen's Church for our Harvest Festival.

  

• Borough Cross Country

  Wed 12 Oct 2016
  A team from Years 5 and 6 took part in the School Games cross country event at Old Sils. The children did a great job representing Greswold running around the mile-long course. A team member came third in the girls' competition and another came fourth in the boys' race. Well done.

  

• Year 2 - Multi-skills competition

  Mon 10 Oct 2016
  Mrs Chrysostomou from Lode Heath School organised a multi-skills competition for our Year 2 children. The event was led by pupils from Year 6 who have been training to be sports leaders. It was great to see our oldest pupils taking on this responsibility and encouraging Year 2 to do their best.

  

• Greswold is awarded a Silver School Games Mark

  Fri 07 Oct 2016
  Greswold has been recognised for the way we encourage sport and physical activity for our pupils with a national award. The School Games Mark celebrates our participation in a whole range of activities including competitions within Greswold and with other schools. Miss Sumner has been working very hard to find new opportunities for our pupils to enjoy and key to Greswold winning this award. Well done. We look forward to another busy year of sport ahead.

  

• The Summer Reading Challenge

  Fri 07 Oct 2016
  Over the summer lots of our pupils took part in 'The Big Friendly Read'. This annual reading challenge, which this year had been named after Roald Dahl's popular giant, encouraged children to continue reading over the holidays. A representative from Solihull's Library Service visited Greswold to present medals to the children who had completed the challenge. In total 69 medals were presented - a great effort.

  

• Play leader training

  Fri 07 Oct 2016
  To make play times even better for our pupils, children in Year 5 are receiving training to enable them to be play leaders. They will be responsible for leading games at lunchtimes for other children to enjoy.

  

• Professor McGinty visits Years 4 and 5

  Thu 06 Oct 2016
  Our favourite time traveller Professor McGinty visited Greswold to talk to Year 5 about Ancient Greece and share his tales of Vikings with Year 4. The children loved listening to the stories and handling the artefacts the Professor had brought with him. Many thanks to the PTA for funding the visit.