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

• Indoor athletics final

  Thu 10 Mar 2016
  This year is the first time that Greswold has ever taken part in the indoor athletics competition and our time have done really well, progressing all the way to the county final. Today the team raced, jumped and threw in the final stage of the competition - the county final. They did a great job representing South Solihull and managed to come seventh overall. Well done. Mr Hornsey was very proud of the team and their attitude towards the event.

  

• Year 3 visit Birmingham Botanical Gardens

  Wed 09 Mar 2016

  Our pupils in Year 3 have been learning all about the rainforests of the world and how important they are as environments. Many plants and animals are only found in rainforests such as in the Amazon basin and they are increasingly being destroyed by human activity. Today Year 3 visited Birmingham Botanical Gardens to find out more about life in rainforests. They looked at some of the many plants that live there and even got up close to some of the animals. The weather was very apt, with showers throughout the day, however the children were great and learned lots during the visit. Many thanks to the parents who came along to help.

  

• Year 6 hoodies

  Fri 04 Mar 2016
  Our Year 6 pupils are coming to the end of their time at Greswold, with just over a term left. As a souvenir, there was a chance to buy a special leavers hoodie in a range of colours. When the hoodies arrived, Year 6 headed do the the Lower School Hall for a quick photo session with Miss Whiting. The results are below! 

  

• Basketball League Update

  Thu 03 Mar 2016
  Our basketball A and B teams were in action again, playing against other local schools in the next stage of the Basketball League. The B team looked particularly smart in their brand new kit, paid for by the PTA. After playing fantastically well the A team finished first and the B team fourth in this stage of the competition. A big well done to the teams and thank you to the PTA for funding the kit.

  

• Year 4 Brass Blast

  Mon 29 Feb 2016
  Warwick Arts Centre provided the venue for an evening of musical entertainment as part of Solihull Music Service's Brass Blast. Pupils in Year 4 have been learning to play brass instruments since September and tonight was a chance to perform as part of a brass orchestra. We are very proud of all the pupils who took part and many thanks must go to Mr Jones and Mr Bull who have been teaching Year 4 this year.

  

• Indoor Athletics Update

  Mon 29 Feb 2016
  After winning the first round of the indoor athletics competition, our Year 5 and 6 team went back into training to get ready for the next stage. Today the team were in action again at the South Solihull final at the North Solihull Sports Centre. There was a bit of confusion with the scoring, however the end result was that Greswold came joint first and now go on to the county finals. Well done to the team.

  

• An enhanced healthy school...

  Fri 26 Feb 2016
  We are proud to be a Healthy School here at Greswold. This national award recognises schools who promote healthy lifestyles and emotional well being for their pupils. Today we were visited by our Local Authority advisor David Gill who presented Greswold with our certificate to celebrate achieving an Enhanced Healthy School Status. Mrs Woodcock has been working hard over the past year to ensure Greswold offers all of the requirements for this award. A big well done to everyone involved.

  

• Poet Neal Zetter visits Greswold

  Thu 25 Feb 2016

  As part of a week of poetry themed activities, our pupils were visited by poet Neal Zetter. Children from Reception to Year 6 came together to enjoy hearing Neal perform a selection of his poems aloud and to talk about being a professional poet. There was also a chance to ask questions. It turns out that the question Neal gets asked most frequently by school children is, "Are you famous?" and he had already penned a poetic reply for when it inevitably came up. 

   

  Neal will be working with our pupils to create some poetry of their own. We are sure the children will enjoy his humour and creativity. A big thank you to the PTA for paying for Neal's visit to Greswold. 

   

  Listen to Neal perform two of his poems in our special assembly on the Greswold website.

   

  Read a great selection of Neal's poems on his website.

  

• House Point Assembly - Spring 1

  Fri 12 Feb 2016
  The theme of this half term's House Point Assembly was 'Keep Calm and Celebrate Success'. Our house captains from Year 6 helped Mr Hornsey to lead the assembly in which our pupils were encouraged to be proud of their successes this half term. Members of St. Patrick's house can be very proud of themselves having earned the most house points this half term. They are now catching up on St. David's house who remain in the top position.

  

• Bananagrams

  Mon 08 Feb 2016
  At Greswold's we're always keen to develop our pupils' thinking skills. Children from Year 6 have been enjoying playing Bananagrams with Mrs Scott at lunchtimes. This fun game is a bit like Scrabble and encourages the development of spelling strategies. Today a trio of pupils managed to use all of the letters in one game - a great success! Look what words they created in the picture below.