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

• Showcasing independence was the order of the day in House Point assemblies today

  Thu 21 May 2026

  Today's House Point assemblies really celebrated the independence shown by several of our pupils and their acheivements out of school this term.

   

  We heard from Lyla and her gymnastics talents, Kiyam and his achievement of having his poem published in a book which will be sold nationwide as well as siblings Eleanor and Daniel who are currently excelling at their respective Dance and Gymnastic clubs outside of school. 

   

  Our new value of Curiosity was introduced by holding a World Cup draw so that each class in school will have two countries to follow and find out about. 

   

  St Andrew's still have a healthy lead on the House Pint leaderboard going into the final half term and well done to Y6 Cedars who have the best attendance of all classes so far this year and Reception Bumblebees who had the most improved attendance for the first summer half term. 

  

• Nursery pupils help to kick off our busy Sports' Day week

  Tue 19 May 2026

  Unfortunately, the weather was against our first Sports' Day of the year which meant Nursery had to retreat to the lower school hall for their sporting fun.

   

  Nevertheless, the staff and parents had a fabulous time supporting the children in each of their races.  

   

  The parents were also particualrly good at performing a Mexican Wave! 

  

• Anyone for pasta? Year 6 have just the right recipe

  Tue 19 May 2026

  At Greswold, one change we've made to our Design and Technology curriculum offer is that every year group now undertakes a module on food technology, helping to emphasise key learning from other subjects including Science, PSD and PE with regards to balanced diets and healthy lifestyles.  It also helps to develop an all important life skill too. 

   

  A new addition to year 6's D&T has been lessons focusing on designing and making a pasta sauce.  Children have sampled sauces, evaluated the ingredients, refined their chopping and slicing skills and designed their own sauce which they've made with a partner.  

   

  The best part was obviously the tasting which they then evaluating to see how successful they felt they had been.

   

  We definitely seem to have some potential chefs here at Greswold!  Well done year 6. 

  

• Year 6 finish SATs week with immersive World War II experience

  Fri 15 May 2026

  An immersive experience of World War II delivered by an external company of actors was the perfect way to end year 6 SATs week.

   

  The children excelled in SATs week, all maturely approaching each day and each test, demonstrating our Greswold values perfectly.  Thank you to our parents for helping to prepare the children for each day.

   

  On the Friday, learning continued but through a special visit, organised by staff, to help deliver information and learning about World War II in our History curriculum.

   

  The children thoroughly enjoyed the day and was a perfect end to a challenging week. 

  

• Information of updated RE Curriculum Offer

  Wed 13 May 2026

  Since the start of this academic year, Greswold have been implementing the updated Religious Education curriculum devised by Solihull Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE).  All local authority schools are statutorily obligated to teach the curriculum set out by SACRE but do have the autonomy of deciding how to structure their offer.  

   

  Each year group module has been devised using an enquiry question which you can view below in the picture gallery.   Our subject leaders, Mrs Croft and Miss McCauslin have provided training and updates to both the teaching staff and the governing body and have supported teachers with the resources needed to confidently implement the new curriculum.  In the coming weeks, they will be using a Pupil Voice session with years' 1 to 6 to source initial feedback from the pupil population, enabling them to amend approaches moving forward into the academic year 2026-27. 

  

• Eleanor impresses again at regional dance competition

  Tue 12 May 2026

  Over the early May bank holiday weekend, Eleanor from Y6 competed in the Birmingham Stage Dance Festival. She danced beautifully with grace and maturity and was successful in placing in all her solo dances coming 1st in both acrobatic dance and contemporary, then placing 3rd in lyrical and 4th in ballet. She showed great dedication to her art, demonstrating BRICKS values of belonging to her dance school and respect and kindness as she supported friends and other dancers in a challenging competition with some excellent dance schools showcasing very high quality choreography and dancing. 

   

  

• More gymnastics success for Daniel!

  Tue 12 May 2026

  This weekend, Daniel participated in the Nile Wilson men’s artistic gymnastics competition 2026 in Mansfield. This was his first external competition against boys teams from around the country. His family were so proud of the focus and confidence that Daniel showed as he performed his routines on all 6 apparatus. 

   

  He demonstrated the BRICKS values of belonging with his team and kindness as he supported friends and team mates to achieve success together.

   

  Daniel won bronze for vault and pommel, silver for rings and gold medals for high bar and parallel bars for his age category. Proudly, he gained a silver medal overall at this competition. 

   

  One of the highlights of Daniel’s day was meeting Nile Wilson, one of his sporting hero’s who is dedicated to promoting gymnastics as a fun sport for all. 

  

• 4 years of Picture News

  Thu 07 May 2026

  Greswold is celebrating 4 years of using Picture News!

   

  Picture News is an educational current affairs resource for schools. 

  
  Picture News are a team of teachers and education consultants passionate about education and current affairs. They create resources that turn real-world events into meaningful learning opportunities, supporting discussion, critical thinking, and pupil voice in the classroom.
  
  Children often see stories in the news that they are curious or confused about, and explaining them can be challenging. Picture News helps introduce current affairs with age-appropriate language, engaging activities, and a positive, supportive approach.
  
  Their aim is simple: to help schools bring the world into the classroom, confidently and constructively.

  

• Walk to School Week is coming!

  Tue 05 May 2026

  The week beginning 18th May, which conveniently coincides with our Sports' Days, is national Walk to School Week. 

   

  This is a really good opportunity to promote all of the benefits, personally, socially and environmentally of walking, scooting or cycling to school. 

   

  Our main ambition, like last year, is to promote the use of the Travel Tracker and rapidly improve on the 19% whole school engagement from March 2026.  Every child in school will have the chance to showcase their art skills and creativity by designing a piece of bunting to promote the week too.  

   

  Surely, we can pass 50% for the week itself if we all work together! 

  

• Greswold assemblies celebrate 100 years of Sir David Attenborough

  Tue 05 May 2026

  This morning in our Key Stage assemblies, Mr Hornsey and Mrs Woodcock used Picture News to celebrate the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough.  

   

  The children will learn about the naturalist in their class assemblies this week but were treated to a short clip of a very famous 1978 filiming of Sir David and some gorillas in Rwanda, Africa.

   

  This week's Picture News, as with all previous ones, are saved on our website under Children on our Home Learning page. 

   

  https://www.greswold.solihull.sch.uk/picture-news/

   

  These stories can be used by children who want to learn more about each story from Picture News or when they'd like a few extra Home Learning tasks to complete.