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

• Cross Country Team

  Wed 14 Oct 2015
  Well done to our Year 5 and 6 pupils who took part in the Borough Cross Country event at the Silhillians Sports Club. The group did really well, with both girls and boys teams finishing tenth over all out of all the schools in Solihull. Well done.

  

• Introducing our new JRSO team

  Wed 14 Oct 2015
  At Greswold we are keen to promote sustainable travel. To help us with this objective, four of our Year 6 pupils have been appointed as Junior Road Safety Officers. Over the rest of this academic year, the JRSOs will be promoting safer travel in assemblies and running competitions. Keep a look out for their first competition later this half term.

  

• Keep Calm and be Smart

  Fri 02 Oct 2015

  Greswold's new Deputy Headteacher, Mr Hornsey, led this Friday's whole-school assembly. This half-term we are encouraging all our pupils to be 'smart'. This can be with their appearance but also in the way they act or approach their learning.

   

  For this week's Star Pupil certificates, all of the class teachers had chosen a child who had demonstrated that they had been 'smart' over the past few weeks. Well done to all of the winners.

  

• Greswold's School Bank update

  Tue 29 Sep 2015
  Sandra from HSBC popped in to meet Year 5 and talk them through the jobs available at the School Bank. Pupils who are interested in joining the School Bank team have to complete an application form and will also be interviewed so they can say why they want the job. We hope to have the bank up and running after the half term break.

  

• Play Leader Training

  Tue 29 Sep 2015
  To make play times even better for our pupils, a group of 30 children from Years 5 and 6 spend the morning working with Mrs Chrysostomou from Lode Heath School. The children have volunteered to be play leaders and have received training which will enable them to run a whole range of games and activities for their fellow pupils. We look forward to the play leaders putting their new skills into action very soon.

  

• Year 4 Roald Dahl Day

  Thu 17 Sep 2015
  To celebrate the books of one of the UK's favourite Children's author, Roald Dahl, our Year 4 pupils came to school dressed up as some of his characters (well done parents). They spent the day learning more about the author and completing activities linked to his works. Year 4 will be reading some of Roald Dahl's stories this half term, focusing especially on the BFG.

  

• Welcome to a new year of learning

  Thu 03 Sep 2015

  Today we have been saying 'welcome' a lot - both to children who have returned to Greswold after the summer break and to those who have joined our school this September. The day started with an assembly led by Mrs Scott who made the children think about making a fantastic start to the year. She encouraged the children to think about the mixed feelings they may have on the first day - just like an athlete starting a race or someone taking off in an aeroplane. The assembly was also a chance for the school to meet Miss Evans, Mr Hobday and Mr Forrester who have joined our teaching staff.

  

• Thanks to the nPower volunteer team

  Wed 12 Aug 2015
  Volunteers from nPower spent the day at Greswold as part of a community action day. The team did a brilliant job completing projects around the school site including taming a willow hut (which had gotten rather overgrown) and erecting a shed to store gardening tools. During the day, the garden outside Year 2 was also transformed with new planters and bark chipping. Children in Reception will also enjoy playing in a new 'mud kitchen' in September. Many thanks to the team from nPower and to Mrs Cooper for organising the day.

  

• Year 6 Leavers' Assembly

  Fri 17 Jul 2015

  Today it was time for our Year 6 pupils to say goodbye to Greswold at their leavers' assembly. The pupils performed two songs from Sister Act and showed off their ukulele skills with a performance of the Cup Song. There were also plenty of anecdotes from the children's time at Greswold, which for some pupils has been 8 years.

   

  We were pleased to welcome the mayor of Solihull Mrs Glenis Slater to our assembly. The mayor helped to present each of our leavers with a book and also awarded the special prizes to four pupils.

   

  Everyone at Greswold wishes our Year 6 leavers' every success for the future. As the mayor said - go and let your light shine.

   

  Parents can watch the slide show from the assembly here. On the Extranet there are pictures of the assembly, group shots of the year group posing and also you can visit the full Year 6 archive. Please note that your child will need to log in to access the secure area. Use solgrid\25initial surname (e.g. solgrid\25jbloggs) then your child should use the password they use in school.

  

• Mrs Robson Retires

  Thu 16 Jul 2015

  After nearly two decades at Greswold, Mrs Robson has decided it is time to retire. Over her time at school she has helped many children, parents and staff in her many roles which include Deputy Headteacher and Senco. In assembly, Mrs Scott thanked Mrs Robson for her dedication to Greswold and read out a message from Mr Bird (who was unable to be there in person). Mr Carnell also said some words and Mrs Slater presented Mrs Robson with a gift on behalf of the PTA. Each class had been busy creating cards which were then given to Mrs Robson to say thank you and wish her good luck. 

   

  We will certainly miss Mrs Robson at Greswold and wish her well for the future.