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

• 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. 

  

• Indoor Athletics Success

  Fri 05 Feb 2016

  A team of children from years 5 and 6 took part in the South Solihull Sportshall Athletics Competition at Solihull Sixth Form College. We were very proud of the team, who had been training with Mr Hornsey at playtimes in preparation for the event.

   

  Final result

  1st Greswold – 258 points

  2nd Dorridge – 224 points

  3rd Monkspath – 158 points

  4th St Patrick’s – 150 points

  5th Our Lady of Compassion – 144 points

  6th Kineton Green – 80 points

   

  Considering it was the first time ever Greswold had participated in the Sportshall Athletics competition, the whole team performed exceptionally well and really excelled in all of the track and field events. Of the 12 boys and girls track events, Greswold came first in 8 of them. Their reward is the chance to compete against 7 other schools at the South Solihull Sportshall Athletics Finals being held at North Solihull Sports’ Centre on the 29th February. The winner of this particular event has then the chance to represent the whole of South Solihull at the County Finals.  Fingers crossed and more practice to be done!

  

• Book Fair

  Wed 03 Feb 2016
  During the parent-teacher consultations, Mrs Faulkner will be running the Book Fair. There is a great selection of books to choose from for all ages. Each class has been visiting the Library to browse the books and thinking about which they like. Greswold earns commission from books sold at the Book Fair and all the money raised will go towards buying books for class libraries.

  

• Basketball League

  Thu 28 Jan 2016
  Greswold's A and B basketball teams have been action again in the next stage of the Solihull schools' basketball team. The children, who train with Becky after school each week, played well as team in the matches at Lode Heath School. After finishing second in the event today, they are through to the next stage of the competition.

  

• PTA Movie Club

  Mon 25 Jan 2016
  Pupils from Years 1 to 6 enjoyed watching the film Minions at this half term's PTA Movie Night. The children laughed at the adventures of Stuart, Kevin and Bob as they tried to find the most evil boss to follow, causing trouble in their wake. All the money raised by the event will go towards buying activities for classes to enjoy during wet playtimes.

  

• JRSO Competition Winners

  Mon 18 Jan 2016
  Each term our Junior Road Safety Officers are running competitions to encourage more of our pupils to choose sustainable ways to travel to school. The last competition had a Christmassy theme and today the winners were revealed in assembly. Well done to everyone in Key Stage 1 and 2 who entered and a special well done to the winners for their creative entries.

  

• Year 5 learn about the heart

  Tue 12 Jan 2016
  Each class at Greswold is working with Josh from SusTrans who is encouraging our pupils to get on their bikes and try to travel in more sustainable ways. Today he worked with Year 5 and focused on how exercise, including cycling, can help to keep the heart healthy. The pupils enjoyed using heart rate monitors to see how their heart rate changed after exercise.

  

• Tammy Beaumont visits Greswold

  Tue 12 Jan 2016
  Professional cricketer Tammy Beaumont, who plays for England and Kent, visited Greswold to inspire our pupils. She spent time coaching girls from Year 3 and 4 and also led an assembly for Key Stage 2. Tammy talked about representing England at cricket and gave our pupils a chance to ask questions about her life as a profession sportswoman. Thank you to Tammy for visiting. Year 4 and 5 will be enjoying cricket coaching later this year as part of the 'Chance to Shine' programme.