Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Why not try out our special Geography Awareness Week quiz?
Wed 19 Nov 2025This week is Geography Awareness week and to coincide with the very engaging Picture News topic for this week, Mr Hornsey has decided to set a little quiz for children (and quiz minded parents) to have a go at.
This week's Picture News was about technology and whether it can help us a bit too much. This was in response to Project Amplify, an experiment by Nike to make walking and running a little easier.
Nike's headquarters are located in Oregon so Mr Hornsey asked in assembly how many states are there altogether in the U.S.A.
So with this in mind, where are these sporting footwear manufacturers based? Basically, which region/state/city and country are they from?
(1) Adidas
(2) New Balance
(3) Umbro
(4) Reebok (be careful with this one!)
(5) Under Armour
(6) Skechers
(7) Heeleys
(8) Converse
(9) Vans
(10) Fila
(11) Puma
We learn about the geograpghy of U.S.A in year 4 so, of all the answers, how many manufacturers are based in US states and can you find them on a map?
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A completely new PTA event coming soon....
Wed 19 Nov 2025
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Greswold uses House colours to support Children In Need
Sat 15 Nov 2025Thank you for all of your Children in Need donations today. Although there's still time to donate, our current total is £530.65.
The children looked fabulous in their colours which not only represented their houses but also each of the colours of Pudsey's bandage!
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RAFT release Greswold workshop summary
Fri 14 Nov 2025Recently, pupils from Greswold, including Eco Council and Y6 House Captains, took part in a special Solar Panel workshop facilitated by RAFT which stands for Retrofit Action For Tomorrow.
Below is a really informative summary of the workshop provided by RAFT which captures the children's curiosity and understanding of matters relating to sustainability.
This is another example of how Greswold uses curriculum enhancements to provide a real-life context for children to apply their understanding thus helping to store learning to long term memory.
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Greswold host Gifted and Talented Writing Workshop
Fri 14 Nov 2025Last Thursday we welcomed children from other schools to participate in a writing enrichment workshop on the theme of Macbeth. The children acted, wrote emails, texts and poems all in one morning! In the images below, you will see our pupils' favourite piece of writing from the morning.
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Attendance Superstars
Wed 12 Nov 2025We are delighted to share our recent successes in attendance from both an individual and class persepctive. 238 pupils achieved 100% attendance for last half term with another 160 achieveing between 96% (our school target) and 99%. Please click on the link to see if your child is on our roll of honour for attendance.
https://www.greswold.solihull.sch.uk/autumn-1-1/
In the photo below, you can also see our class medal table for last half term which shows the classes with the highest attendance for each week. Well done to our attendance superstars!
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The Athletics Roadshow comes to Greswold!
Wed 12 Nov 2025Representatives, Zoe and Eddie from Specialising in Sport, visited school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week to help kick off the athletics season in school.
All pupils in years' 5 and 6 took part in a special Athletics Roadshow allowing them the opportunity to develop their Sportshall Athletics field event skills. These events included Standing Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, Soft Javelin, Vertical Jump, Chest Push and Speed Bounce.
The results from these events will help children to work on their Personal Best later in the year while also providing potential athletes for the Greswold Sportshall Athletics team, with the annual competition starting in January, and the Year 6 Borough Sports' competition taking place in June.
Well done to all the children for their effort and commitment during the roadshow.
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Greswold remembers and reflects on Remembrance Day
Wed 12 Nov 2025Yesterday, Greswold held two Remembrance services at 11am. In the lower school hall, Mr Hornsey was joined by pupils and staff from KS1 while in the upper school hall, Mrs Woodcock held a service with pupils, staff and visitors from KS2.
The two minute's silence was immpeccably observed by the pupils, demonstrating the school value of Respect perfectly.
Well done to everyone involved on such an important occasion.
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Lightning strikes twice for Greswold as girls' football team continue winning start
Wed 12 Nov 2025The girls' football team returned to action last night with their second league match in less than a week!
However, you'd be forgiven for thinking lightning had struck twice as the girls played magnificently to clinch another 4-0 win.
In blustery conditions, the team dominated proceedings against Sharman's Cross school scoring a brace in each half with goals from Jess (2), Ellie and Hooriyah.
It's now onto next week's third game of the season against Knowle on Thursday 20th November at Solihull Moors starting at 5pm. Why noy come along and lend your support.
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Elms win Little Strider for the second consecutive month!
Tue 11 Nov 2025Well done to Year 5 Elms who again won our Living Streets' mascot, Little Strider, for October with an engagement percentage of 65%.
Overall, there were slightly more WOW badges won in October with 130 being awarded and a small increase in the whole score engagement percentage which now stands at 23%.
Below, you can see the top ten schools in England for engaging with the Travel Tracker. Mr Hornsey recently contacted Living Streets for data relating to the best schools in England. Apparently, the best schools in England have an engagement percentage of around 70% with 85% of journeys deemed active. Greswold's active percentage is currently 96% which means if our engagement percentage was to increase, we could make the top ten very soon!
We can do it!
