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

• Parent Pay letter summary

  Fri 07 Feb 2025

  ​​​​​​Dear Parents and Carers,

   

  Below is a summary of Greswold's expectations, which were detailed in the Parent Pay letter about parking you received on Friday 7th February. 

   

  • Only Year 6 pupils with permission can walk into school by themselves.

   

  • Parking or dropping off on yellow zig-zag lines is illegal.

   

  • Please don't park or drop off on double yellow lines either.

   

  • Park in permitted areas around school, e.g. Ferndown Road, further up Buryfield Road, Park & Stride venues, etc.  

   

  • Please display Blue Badges when parking in the spaces provided directly outside school.  Drivers who aren't Blue Badge holders should NOT use those spaces.

   

  • Please don't make three-point turns directly outside school as pedestrians are close by and it interrupts the flow of traffic.

   

  • Parents accessing Greswold Greyhounds should NOT use the staff car park before or after school.  Please park outside the KS1 pedestrian gates. 

   

  • Parents collecting children from Gymnastics, Dance, COL, Tennis and Language clubs as well as choir should NOT use the staff car park.  This includes any other extra-curricular club directly following the school day.  Please park in allocated spaces off school site. This is to avoid any unnecessary accidents and to allow pupils and families greater safety when leaving the school site.  

   

  • Please promote our School values of Belonging and Respect when travelling to and from school. 

• Helping others to achieve their goals!

  Fri 07 Feb 2025

  In this morning's Star Pupil and Number Day assembly, the children got a chance to see how achievements outside of school still mirror the same messages and values that we promote in school.  Isla, in year 6, shared her cricket trophy with us today which had been awarded to her for being the most improved player at her cricket club, Knowle and Dorridge.

   

  Our theme for this week was helping others to achieve their goals and targets which meant this was a perfect example of how other people, like coaches, family and teammates, had all contributed to Isla's success, as well as her own determination, of course.  Well done Isla, we're all very proud of you.  

  

• Science Home Learning Project

  Fri 07 Feb 2025

  The children of Greswold are being given a fantastic opportunity to be part of an exciting SCIENCE COMPETITION, run by Enthuse, the Solihull Schools’ Science Collaborative. This is an inter-school competition, the purpose of which is to raise ALL children’s awareness of Science as not just a purposeful and fascinating area of the curriculum but also as great fun while also celebrating upcoming British Science Week.

   

  Pupils will all be invited to participate by investigating and recording their own SCIENCE PROJECT, either by themselves or with help from a family member.

   

  The deadline for entries is Tuesday February 25th.

   

  Their entry could be an experiment to answer a question, a problem and solution, or a research project. We would like their project to link to this year’s Science Week theme of ADAPT AND CHANGE (There will be inspiration and ideas on the website in due course).

   

  The project can be displayed in any way, but please no PowerPoints. If children need a piece of A3 card to present on, they can ask their teacher for this.

   

  Children are expected to bring their completed projects to school on the morning of Tuesday 26th February for judging. The classes will have the opportunity to view the projects during the day. Winners will be chosen from each class and will receive a special prize. Every entry will receive a sticker and house points.

   

  Furthermore, a successful winner from each year group will then have the opportunity to attend a special Science Day at Tudor Grange Academy on Wednesday March 5th, where they will share their projects with other schools and take part in some fun Science themed activities.

   

  We cannot wait to see all the exciting ideas the children come up with.

  

• New lunchtime football club timetable for Years' 5 and 6 pupils

  Fri 07 Feb 2025

  From next week, there will be a slight adjustment to lunchtime football club for year 5 and year 6 pupils.  

   

  Girls' football club will now be on a Thursday, not a Friday.  Boys' football club will remain on a Wednesday, but due to high numbers, year 5 and 6 will be alternated.  Please see the timetable in the gallery below for dates.  The timetable will also be display on the school sports' board for pupils to see.

   

  In terms of clothing, if children have PE on the day of their club, they can simply wear their school PE kit with a change of trainers if it's muddy.

   

  If children don't have PE on the day of their club, they will need trainers and possibly jogging bottoms, depending on what uniform they're wearing on that day, e.g. skirt, dress, etc.  

   

  In a few weeks time, we will be celebrating English Schools' Football Week which means additional year groups will get the opportunity to take part as well, so look out for future communications!

   

  

• Travel Tracker - Greswold hit the 30% engagement mark for January!

  Fri 07 Feb 2025

  For the first time since introducing the Living Streets Travel Tracker five years ago, 30% of the pupil population are now regularly using it.

   

  Results for January show that 3,952 journeys were logged with 97% of these deemed active.  Today, the Junior Travel Ambassadors will be giving out nearly 200 WOW badges to children across the school. However, don't worry if you've forgotten to log your children's journeys as you can still go back and fill in the blank days.  Your child will then receive their badge.

   

  Well done Greswold, that's nearly a third of our school dedicating their time to Sustainable Travel.  Next stop 50%!  

  

• Important message about pupils' water bottles

  Thu 06 Feb 2025

  Dear Parents and Carers,

   

  Over the past few weeks, an increasing number of pupils are using a make of large water bottle in school which is beginning to pose problems for class teachers and pupils alike.

   

  The Stanley water bottles, or versions of these, can hold up to 1 litre of water, which is great for hydration purposes but not for storage and everyday use in busy classrooms.  The size of the bottles is an issue due to not having enough space on desks or in other storage devices currently utilised by class teachers. 

   

  However, the bigger problem is that they’re not particularly water tight and when one of these bottles accidentally spills, the amount of water to clear up inevitably interrupts lessons for teachers and pupils alike.

   

  Therefore, Greswold would prefer these large water bottles to remain at home from now on and be replaced with ones which hold around 500ml (1/2litre) of water or less.  We would like to reassure parents that all children can fill up their bottles once they’re empty using one of the available water coolers around school.  Also, we understand that it might take a few days to replace existing bottles if necessary.     

   

  Thank you for your understanding on this matter.

  

• Language of the Month for February

  Wed 05 Feb 2025

  This month's Language of the Month is Albanian.  Language of the Month celebrates our multicultural community here at Greswold and helps to promote our value of Belonging. With over 30 first languages spoken by pupils, other than English, here at Greswold, we are one of the most diverse schools in Solihull. 

  

• Dogs Trust

  Tue 04 Feb 2025

  This week we had a special visitor in KS2... We welcomed Rolo (a lovely labrador cuddly toy) and Becky from the Dogs Trust to learn more about safety around dogs. Rolo proved to be very popular with our children and some pupils (and staff!) thought that Becky had brought a real dog into school! In workshops and a special assembly, our pupils learnt how dogs see the world and how to be safe around them including the 'ABC'. Please ask them to share the tips they learnt. 

  

• Greswold boys' football team slavage a well deserved draw

  Tue 04 Feb 2025

  In their third game of the season, the boys' football team were up against Valley Primary yesterday evening at a very blustery Old Silhillians. 

   

  A very cagey first half was followed by end to end action in the second with Valley taking the lead halfway through.  However, Greswold never let their heads go down and proceeded to swamp the opposing goal with several near misses and an effort which hit the post.  Finally, their pressure paid of with a scrambled goal in the final few minutes. 

   

  Well done to the team and for never giving up, a perfect demonstration of our school values.  It's now onto our final two matches of the season next half term against Langley and Monkspath.  

  

• Taste of Teaching Event - Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree - Wednesday 26th February

  Tue 04 Feb 2025

  Our friends at Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree have asked us to share details of their Taste of Teaching Event which will comprise a school tour, presentation about routes into teaching and a Q+A session.

   

  Please see attached Flyer in the gallery below for further information.