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

• Year 6 get evacuated

  Thu 21 May 2015
  To really bring their topic of World War II to life, pupils from Year 6 were evacuated on the Severn Valley Railway. The children visited Bewdley Museum to learn what life was like during the Second World War. They went learned about air raids and even got to try out an Anderson shelter. In the afternoon the group travelled by steam train, but unlike their counterparts during the war they were back home for dinner time. Lots of pictures are available on the Extranet.

  

• Year 5 residential visit to the Isle of Wight

  Fri 15 May 2015

  Pupils from Year 5 ventured across the Solent to the Isle of Wight to spend a week filled with learning and fun. The children visited Queen Victoria's home, Osborne House, to find out what life was like for the servants and royalty who lived there. They also saw a show at Shanklin Theatre, went on a boat ride to the Needles, enjoyed the rides of Blackgang Chine and investigated Carisbrooke Castle. One of the focuses of the visit was to compare Solihull and Sandown so the children also completed field work during their stay.

  

• Year 6 Lego Workshop

  Thu 07 May 2015
  While the people of Silhill were voting in the general election, Year 6 were getting all creative using Lego. Mrs Glover and Mrs Finnegan had organised the special workshop as a treat for the children who had been busy working all morning in preparation for their SATs. The children created all their own dioramas inspired by their topic of WWII.

  

• Year 5 visit to SafeSide

  Tue 28 Apr 2015

  Children from Year 5 travelled to SafeSide at EastSide to learn how to keep themselves safe in different situations. The pupils visited a mock village to explore different scenarios including crossing a road correctly, keeping safe by canals, being safe using public transport and fire safety in the home. They learned plenty of useful life skills and even got to try using speed guns to see how fast the traffic was travelling on the road outside. Many thanks to all the volunteers at SafeSide and the parents who accompanied Year 5 on the visit.

• Year 5 rugby coaching

  Tue 21 Apr 2015
  This term children from Year 5 are benefiting from rugby coaching in preparation for a tournament in June. Today our coach George, who also runs the after school club, took the children through some drills and games to develop their skills. We are looking out for a team of boys and girls to take part in the tournament against other local schools. Last year the team did really well so we are looking to repeat the success.

  

• Year 4 residential visit to Standon Bowers

  Sun 19 Apr 2015
  Adventurous pupils from Year 4 spent the weekend in the Staffordshire countryside at Standon Bowers Outdoor Education Centre. The group had a busy time with lots of activities including bouldering, caving, ropes, kayaking, bridge building and archery. There was also a traditional camp fire when everyone was encouraged to join in. It was great to see the children pushing themselves to try something new. The Standon Bowers staff were also very impressed with how our pupils joined in and encouraged each other. Thanks to all the staff who gave up their weekend to take the group. Lots of pictures are available on the Extranet.

  

• Easter egg competition

  Fri 27 Mar 2015
  This year's egg decorating competition had record number of entries. The children, staff and visitors have enjoyed looking at all the creative designs. Mr Gooch had a difficult job deciding a winner but after much deliberation managed to pick one boy and one girl from each year group. The lucky winners were awarded an Easter egg as a prize. Thanks to the PTA for providing the prizes and to everyone who took part.
  
  You can view a gallery of the eggcellent entries below

  

• Thank you to this term's banking team

  Fri 27 Mar 2015
  Having been running the school bank every Friday for this term, today was our current team's last day. The children were presented certificates to thank them for their contributions to the bank and they also drew the special prize draw for our savers in assembly. A new team will be taking over when our school bank reopens at the start of the Summer term.

  

• House Point Assembly - Spring 2

  Fri 27 Mar 2015
  The house captains from St. Patrick's led their house point assembly on the theme of Easter. The children had prepared some history about the traditions associated with this time of year including the origins of hot cross buns. Mrs Robson also revealed the house who had won the competition for this half term and it was St. Patrick's. Well done to everyone in St. Patrick's house. The next house point assembly will be at the end of the next half term.

  

• A musical treat to end the term

  Thu 26 Mar 2015

  Greswold's school band made their debut performance in a special assembly to show what they have been working on for the past few months. The band, led by Mrs Donohoe, includes strings, brass, percussion and guitars in addition to the vocalists. They performed two songs including Count on Me by Bruno Mars, a video of which is available here.

  
  Also performing in the assembly were the pupils who have been learning to play the drums with Mr Collier. They had chosen which song they wanted to perform and the audience certainly enjoyed the selection. A compilation video is available here.