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

• Professor McGinty Visits Greswold

  Tue 07 Oct 2014

  Greswold's favourite time travelling detective dropped into Years 3 and 5 to share his tales about the past. Year 3 enjoyed hearing about the professor's adventures in Ancient Egypt and got to handle some real artefacts from the civilisation. Year 5 had also dressed up for the day and enjoyed lots of practical learning about Ancient Greece. The children took part in a mini-Olympics, made sandals, created their own armour, trod grapes and tasted some Greek foods. A big thank you to the PTA for funding the day.

   

  

• Found - Lost Budgie

  Fri 03 Oct 2014
  Year 6 were joined this afternoon on the field by a very friendly budgie who seemed to want to join in with their match. It has been taken to 608 Vets on Warwick Road to be looked after (0121 705 3044). We would love to see it get back to its owner safely.

  

• Greswold School Bank Reopens

  Fri 03 Oct 2014
  Today our school bank reopened for business. The Year 5 banking team accepted the deposits from pupils in Years 3 to 6. Children making deposits this term will also be entered into a competition to win a very special money counter.
  
  The bank will now be open every Friday morning before school from 8:15 - 8:50 am. The bank runs in the Upper School Hall. Pupils wishing to make deposits should come into the bank via the main entrance by the School Office. More details about the School Bank are available here.

  

• Hermitage Visit

  Fri 03 Oct 2014

  A big thank you to everyone who donated food for our Harvest celebrations. Today a boy and girl from each year group delivered parcels of produce to residents at the Hermitage. The children, accompanied by Mrs Robson and Mrs Cooper, enjoyed talking to the residents. The rest of the produce will be given to the charity Helping Hands.

   

  Hermitage Gallery

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• New Girls' Football Kit

  Thu 02 Oct 2014

  Our Girls' Football Team were in action this evening against St. Margaret's School. The girls were sporting the brand new kit that has been paid for by the PTA. The team looked really smart in their team colours and a big thank you must go to the PTA for raising funds to purchase it. After playing really well, the team lost both their games. They will be busy practising at lunch times next week before their forthcoming away match.

  

• New Year 6 House Captains

  Fri 26 Sep 2014
  Today in assembly, Mrs Glover introduced the school to our new Year 6 house captains. Two children, one boy and one girl, have been elected to represent their house. Over the next year, they will need to organise events for their house including assemblies. Children can recognise their house's captains by their coloured badges - look out for them around school.

  

• Community Garden Project

  Thu 25 Sep 2014

  Greswold has received funding from the Big Lottery Fund to develop a new community garden. Mrs Cooper, who has been behind lots of developments in our school grounds, was responsible for the application. With the funding secured, it was over to Gro Organic who took on the job of building the garden. After two weeks of work, the project was completed and looks fantastic. We will be having a formal opening later in the year when parents can see the finished garden. It will be then over to our pupils to use the garden to grow their own fruit and vegetables. We are hoping that lots of members of our school community will be able to help with this exciting project.
  
  Below are some pictures showing the development of the garden. At the start of the project, the first job was to take up all of the slabs in the old quiet area.

   

  Supplies for the project arrived including earth for the planting beds and plenty of chippings.

   

  Seating for class learning were added and posts added for the canopy.

   

  Raised planting beds were constructed and installed. There are six in the garden.

   

  A smart new shed was installed on some of the existing slabs. The fence was also given a good clean with a pressure washer which made it look as good as few.

   

  The bark went down and a water butt was installed which collects water from the shed's room. The canopy was also erected to provide shade on sunny days or shelter against rain.

  

• Year 6 Life Savers

  Mon 22 Sep 2014

  At the end of last academic year, one of our parents (Ms Melanie Duggan) presented Greswold with a defibrillator. Today 30 children from Year 6 were trained how to use the defibrillator and learned some basic first aid - important skills that could save a life. In the afternoon, members of our staff also learnt how to use the device. While we hope never to need the device, it is brilliant to know that we have so many people at Greswold who have the skills to use the defibrillator if needed. Acting fast in always important. Many thanks to the trainers from Hand On Heart for all their instruction and to Ms Duggan for donating the defibrillator to Greswold.

• Year 4 Celebrate Roald Dahl Day

  Wed 17 Sep 2014

  Classrooms in Year 4 looked rather unusual today as they were filled with giants, witches, oompa loompas and other characters from the wonderful books of Roald Dahl. Pupils and teachers came to school in fancy dress to celebrate Roald Dahl Day which is on the famous author's birthday. The children also found out more about the life of Roald Dahl, his poems and stories.

  

• Gardening Club

  Mon 15 Sep 2014
  Mrs Cooper's Gardening Club have been busy harvesting the carrots they planted earlier in the year. The children enjoyed sampling the vegetables and even discovered a rather unusually shaped carrot which looked more like a squid (see below).