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

• Neck and neck at the top of the new House Point Leaderboard!

  Mon 20 Oct 2025

  Both St George's and St Andrew's sit at the top of this academic year's House Point Leaderboard after the results were revealed for the first half term during this morning's assembly.

   

  Y5 Elms were winners of the new monthly Travel Tracker prize, Little Strider, with an impressive engagement percentage of 81% for September.  The whole school average is only 22% so that's a magnificent achievement! 

   

  Y4 Skylarks have achieved the best attendance so far this year with 97.6%, closely followed by Y3 Robins (97.2%) and Y6 Cedars (97%).  

  

• It's sneak peek time before next week's Parent Consultations!

  Fri 17 Oct 2025

  As a prelude to our first series of Parent Consultations next week, here's a sneak peek at what parents will be able to expect.  The children have been busily working hard as usual with the numerous display boards around the corridors of school now ready to showcase their marvellous learning.  Some displays have already been updated.  Here's a sneak peek of what to expect....

  

• Press release from National Highways about Greswold

  Thu 16 Oct 2025

  Following Greswold's successful funding application from National Highways which contrinuted to the regeneration of several areas around school, we have been sent the press release from their media department.  You can view the release in the gallery below. 

  

• Community event taking place this Friday!

  Wed 15 Oct 2025

  St Helen's Church, the venue of our Harvest Festival on Monday, will be hosting a special craft event this coming Friday.  Check out the gallery below for more details. 

  

• Sustainability workshop for School Council and House Captains

  Tue 14 Oct 2025

  Last week, School Councillors in Years' 4-6 along with Y6 House Captains were invited to a special Sustainability workshop delivered by some visitors from RAFT,

   

  Retrofit Action For Tomorrow (RAFT) is a not-for-profit community interest company responding to the climate emergency by accelerating energy and emissions reductions, resource efficiency and climate resilience in schools and communities. RAFT’s mission is to help schools become healthy, zero-carbon, climate-resilient communities by combining a fun, active and educational programme with professional retrofit expertise. For the Great British Energy programme, RAFT will be delivering workshops with selected schools to engage the school community, through learning about the works being done at your school.

   

  The session involved looking at how to save energy around our school site, a visit to the boiler room with our site manager and creating pledges about changes we can individually make to live more sustainably. The children engaged brilliantly in the workshop and were praised for their enthusiasm and existing knowledge on sustainability issues. 

   

  Please also see the attached photo for some ideas of 'quick wins' you can implement in your own homes to save energy!

   

  The visit coincided nicely with the publishing of our Climate Action Plan, a statutory document all schools now need to provide.  The feedback from the children was very positive and we thank RAFT for providing us with this very worthwhile opportunity. 

  

• School Council's sponsored event is fast appraoching!

  Tue 14 Oct 2025

  Last week, all the children found out about this year's sponsored event, an idea put together by the children of our very own School Council. Below is the presentation Mrs Foster shared with the children.  We're very much looking forward to the event taking place this coming Monday. 

  

• A wonderfully pitcturesque walk and setting for our annual Harvest Festival

  Mon 13 Oct 2025

  This morning, children from years' 1-6 visited St Helen's Church, in two sittings, to take part in our annual Harvest Festival, a special assembly to celebrate the importance of harvest and the food it supplies.   

   

  Members of the church, Reverend Sue, Reverend Nick and Chris welcomed the children and staff and hosted a lovely service.  

   

  Reverend Nick spoke about the importance of not wasting food and about ways we can preserve food so we can use it for longer, a pertinent lesson for everyone. 

   

  It was even lovelier this year as we were able to walk through the lovely autumnal Coldlands Woods on the way there and back, a perfect setting for such a memorable assembly. 

   

  Well done to the children who were a credit to Greswold on the way there and back and in the church as well. 

  

• Thank you for your generosity

  Fri 10 Oct 2025

  As you can see below, Greswold parents have been very generous over the last couple of weeks, donating food packets and toiletries to coincide with our Harvest Festival next week. 

   

  The donations will be shared with our local community after our assembly on Monday at St Helen's Church, a lovely service which celebrates the time of year and the harvesting of crops. 

  

• Diwali workshops add realism to RE lessons!

  Fri 10 Oct 2025

  This week, we welcomed Mr Kailey, a former parent, into school to deliver Diwali workshops for Nursery, Reception, and Year 3 pupils.  Not only did this help us to mark the Hindu Festival of Light but to also highlight how we intend to launch the updated Solihull Local Authority RE Syllabus.  Throughout the year, we will be looking to arrange similar events to celebrate other religious festivals.

   

  A member of the local community whose children previously came through Greswold, Mr Kailey has been very much part of Greswold life for years now.  He helped us to motivate the children during Covid and Lockdown while also contributing to several Community Weeks.  This time, he provided age-appropriate Diwali workshops which all the children enjoyed.

   

  Yesterday, he sent a kind message to our office stating 'Thank you very much for having me provide the Diwali Festival of Lights workshops at school today.  All the children appeared to have lots of fun as well as learning the cultural and educational context. As always I pitched the workshops to suit the age range and understanding of the children. It was wonderful to return back to school after such a long time. I applaud the teachers for their continued hard work.' 

   

  In terms of our updated RE Syllabus, we will be communicating how this looks as part of our curriculum offer very soon. 

  

• Dates for the Diary - Autumn 2025

  Thu 09 Oct 2025

  Academic Year 2025-26

  Monday 13^th October – Harvest Festival at St Helen’s Church (Y1-6)

  Tuesday 14^th & Thursday 16^th October – Reception Stay & Play (2pm)

  Monday 20^th October – Y5 Dodgeball Festival at Lode Heath (4pm)

  Tuesday 21st October - Parent Consultation Evening and Book Fair

  Wednesday 22nd October - Parent Consultation Evening and Book Fair

  Thursday 23^rd October – Y2 Trunk Theatre

  Friday 24th October – INSET Day (Non-pupil Day)

   

  Monday 27th - Friday 31st October - Half Term (School closed) 

   

  Monday 10^th – Wednesday 12^th October – Y5/6 Sportshall Athletics Roadshow

  Wednesday 12^th October – Open Morning (2026 Intake)

  Friday 14^th November – Children in Need

  Monday 17^th November – Parent/Carer Forum

  Tuesday 18th November - Flu Immunisation Day

  Monday 24^th November - School Photo Day 

  Wednesday 26th November – PTA Christmas Market (6-8pm)

  Friday 28^th November – Y2 Visit to St Alphege (Journey to the Stable)

  Saturday 6th December – PTA Christmas Fayre (12-3pm)

  Thursday 11^th & Friday 12^th December – EYFS Christmas Performance

  Friday 19^th December - Final day of autumn term