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

• Bike It Assembly

  Wed 21 Oct 2015

  Today we welcomed a guest into a special assembly for Key Stage 1 and 2. Our guest talked about the Bike It scheme which Greswold has signed up to. The scheme encourages children to travel to school by bike or scooter and was launched with the help of our Year 6 Junior Road Safety Officers. Also in the assembly, other ways of sustainable travel were discussed in addition to the importance of keeping safe on the journey. With the mornings and evenings now growing darker, pupils were encouraged to wear something bright sot hey can be easily seen by motorists.

  

• Delivering gifts to the Hermitage

  Fri 16 Oct 2015
  Harvest is a time when it is traditional to think of others. We were very grateful for all the items of produce that were donate for our Harvest Festival. Representatives from each year group went with Mr Hornsey and Mrs Cooper to visit the Hermitage. Here our pupils passed on parcels of food onto the residents and also entertained them with some songs. Many thanks to the staff at the Hermitage for making us feel so welcome.

  

• Harvest Festival

  Thu 15 Oct 2015

  It was a bright, Autumn morning for our traditional walk through the woods to St Helen's Church for Greswold's Harvest Festival. Pupils from Years 1 to 6 walked together to the church, then joined in with a range of songs to celebrate the harvest. Reverend Helen helped Mrs Scott to lead the festival, while pupils from Year 6 read out some special poems they had written for the occasion.

   

  Many thanks to everyone who has donated items of produce for the Harvest Festival. These were donated to the Helping Hands charity who will distribute it to local families. Some of the items will also be passed on to residents at the Hermitage.

   

  Click here to listen to the songs from the Harvest Festival

  

• 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.