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

• Year 2 visit the Birmingham back-to-backs

  Wed 04 Mar 2015

  Children from Year 2 stepped back in time to visit the back-to-backs in Birmingham city centre. The children have been learning about homes in the past and it was a great way to see how people lived a century ago. Not everyone was convinced that sharing a bed with four other people was going to result in a comfortable night's sleep! A highlight was popping into the old fashioned sweet shop for a selection of traditional confectionary. Lots of photographs are available in the Year 2 Back-to-backs Visit Gallery. You will need your Extranet password to view these photographs.

  

• Financial Capability Week

  Thu 26 Feb 2015
  At Greswold we believe it is important that out pupils learn about how to manage money so they can make sensible and informed decisions when they grow up. Each term we spend a week focusing on financial capability and teaching the children about where money comes from, how money works and what it can be used for. In this term's lessons, our pupils have been learning about a range of topics including how money is earned and the risks associated with taking out a loan. Lessons have included games and role play to bring the learning to life.

  

• Year 5 and 6 ChildLine assembly

  Wed 25 Feb 2015
  Pupils from Years 5 and 6 were visited by Tracey from ChildLine who talked about a range of sensitive issues. The children met Buddy, the ChildLine mascot, and found about some of the ways children may be harmed by others. They were told about the services ChildLine offers and how important it is to tell a trusted adult about concerns. Next week we will be exploring these issues further with our Year 5 and 6 classes in workshop sessions.
  
  The number for ChildLine is 0800 1111 and their website can be accessed here.

  

• Year 4 Brass Blast

  Tue 24 Feb 2015

  Our Year 4 pupils have been learning to play a brass instrument since the beginning of the year. This evening they took to the stage at Warwick Arts Centre to perform as part of Solihull's 'Brass Blast' concert. They performed some of the songs they have been practicing over the past few months to an excited crowd of parents and siblings. Well done, children - you were real stars tonight. There are more pictures in the Year 4 Brass Blast Gallery.

  

• Our first top attendance award goes to...

  Fri 13 Feb 2015
  5W were the first winners of our new attendance award. We have good attendance here at Greswold - but we're always looking to make things even better. To encourage our pupils , each class is now competing to see which has the best attendance in their year group and also which class has the highest attendance in the school. We will see if 5W retain their position at the end of next half term or if another class takes the title.

  

• Book Fair

  Thu 05 Feb 2015
  Our library at Greswold gets better each year because of the lovely new books in it. Our Book Fair helps to buy books to stock the main library and the classroom libraries. We would really value your support for this year’s Book Fair and we all know that our children will enjoy the books you buy.
  
  Each class will be visiting the library to look at the books and write a short wish list. The books will not be purchased at that time, so they won’t need to bring money with them into school. On the Parents-Teacher Consultation Evenings (Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th February) you will have the opportunity to buy the books if you wish. Your support for this event will be much appreciated. Thank you.

  

• Year 5 and 6 learn about fire safety

  Tue 13 Jan 2015
  Officers from Solihull fire station visited Year 5 and 6 to talk about fire safety. The children learned what to do in emergency situations, how to make a 999 call and identified fire hazards that can occur in at home. Each child has also been given the task of discussing fire safety with their family at home including their escape plan in case of a fire at night. By completing this task at home they will receive a certificate from West Midlands Fire Service. A big thank you to White Watch for their time this afternoon.

  

• BRICKS

  Fri 09 Jan 2015
  Over the past year, we have been reflecting on the values we think are important to the Greswold community. With Mrs Woodcock leading the process, we have involved representatives our staff, governors, parents and pupils to help us decide our core values. After a lot of discussions we have now decided that the values we think are key to life at Greswold are belonging, respect, independence, curiosity, kindness and success.
  
  In this week's whole-school assembly, Mrs Scott launched our new values. With some help from the children she explained what the values mean and how they will make Greswold an even better school. The values can be remembered by the acronym BRICKS - which is also a good way to think about them. They are the building blocks of our community. We will promoting each of these values with our pupils, starting by focusing on respect this half term.

  

• Stroll and Roll

  Fri 19 Dec 2014
  This half term, our classes have been encouraged to walk, scoot or cycle to school as part of Solihull's Stroll and Roll initiative. Each pupil was given a collector card and got to put a sticker on their class' chart after making their way to or from Greswold in an environmentally friendly way. Well done to 1F who completed the challenge first, to 3S who were second and 2H who finished third. Each class received a trophy to look after for the next half term - well done.

  

• School Bank Competition Winners

  Fri 12 Dec 2014
  To encourage our School Bank members to save, each time they made a deposit this term they were given a lottery ticket. Today in assembly the tickets were drawn by members of the banking team. Well done to the winners from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 who each received a special money box which counts the money put into it. The school bank will reopen for business on Friday 9th January 2015.