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

• Visiting Scientists help Greswold to celebrate British Science week

  Tue 17 Mar 2026

  Last week Greswold celebrated British Science Week 2026, with the focus being on Curiosity. During the week, many year groups had a visitor to talk about an area/career in Science.

   

  Year 5 had a visit from JLR who talked to them about the many different careers in JLR and they got to work as a production line to build a Discovery vehicle with lego (photos).  

   

  Year 6 had a visit from a bio-medical scientist, who explained her career in haematology and taught them about blood transfusions, which linked well to their Science topic on the circulatory system. 

   

  Year 3 (photos) and Reception had visits from National Grid, with Year 3 learning about global warming and renewable energy and Reception met Griddles the bear who told them all about the importance of National Grid and their work. 

  

• Y6 pupil graduates University!

  Tue 17 Mar 2026

  Congratulations to Harleigh-Rose in Year 6 who has successfully completed a unique course organised by Warwick University and the Solihull Virtual School.  It is called UniExplorers and Harleigh has been visiting Warwick campus for the last few weeks eventually earning a graduation and celebration.  Well done Harleigh-Rose.

  

• Only 93 WOW badges awarded in February! Come on Greswold, we can do better!

  Tue 17 Mar 2026

  Well done to the 93 pupils who were awarded a Travel Tracker badge for February.  However, this is the lowest number of badges that have been awarded in over two years.  Engagement has dropped to 16% which is a real shame even though we know lots more children walk, scoot or cycle to school.

   

  Mr Hornsey will be publicising the Travel Tracker again in his assembly next week and hopefully engagement can increase back up past 20%. 

   

  

• Atrocious weather conditions can't stop Greswold boys finishing on a high!

  Fri 13 Mar 2026

  Last night marked the final matches of the boys' football league season against Balsall Common and Haslucks Green at Solihull Moors.

   

  The players had to contend with atrocious weather conditions with torrential rain and blustery winds making both matches even more challenging.  However, the weather didn't seem to affect their commitment and attitude in the slightest.

   

  After going a goal behind to Balsall Common in the first match, Greswold dominated the second half and thanks to a last-minute thunderbolt from Adam, the team eventually ran out 2-1 winners. 

   

  In their second game, Greswold again had to come from behind but this time with an immediate equalizer from Lenny to make the final score 1-1.  It has to be said that the values and attitudes on show by all of the players throughout the evening was second to none, especially when rival players were letting their own frustrations show.  

   

  It really does demonstrate how Greswold pupils can maintain their own and Greswold’s standards and values when applying them out of school and in such challenging conditions.  Well done boys, we’re all very proud of you.  

   

  Greswold’s season finished with 2 wins, 3 draws and only one loss in a very close league, and just like the girls' season, the boys will have to wait and see whether their performances have helped them to make it through to the league playoffs.  We will wait and see with cross fingers.........

  

• London provides perfect backdrop for year 6 learning

  Fri 13 Mar 2026

  On Monday, year 6 visited London as part of their curriculum learning on democracy and government,  and World War II.  Their initial visit to the House of Parliament where they learned about the difference between the House of Lords and House of Commons whilst exploring the interior of the famous building, was followed up with a tour of the Churchill War Rooms.

   

  Insightful guides helped the children to understand who the many statues were of previous prime ministers and what they were famous for whilst pointing out several key members of parliament who were around in preparation for question time later in the day.  The children could actually see into the House of Commons too. 

   

  Each child had their own electronic guide at the Churchill War Rooms which was a really immersive experience amongst the narrow, dark corridors and rooms used to co-ordinate the allied war effort over nearly 90 years ago.  The map rooms were fascinating and the children enjoyed seeing where Winston Churchill himself slept.  

   

  The children were a huge credit to their teachers, families and school, as a whole, as their values were always on show throughout.  Thank you to Mr Hobday and the rest of the year 6 team for organising such a memorable and purposeful learning experience. 

   

  

• World Book Day is a Greswold 'best seller'!

  Mon 09 Mar 2026

  What an exceptional World Book Day! Thank you to everyone who engaged in the day, especially the children and their families who helped to dress up the pupils in wonderful book related costumes. 

   

  The staff didn't disappoint either with year group themes or some very creative ensembles! After a whole school assembly, including Nursery, with English leads Mrs Mitchell and Miss Nock, the children revelled in book related activities throughout the day, which included dropping everything they were doing when a special bell went, and picking up their book to read!

   

  Each class teacher then visited a completely different class to read them their favourite story with older children visiting younger classes to share their favourite books too.

   

  All in all, it was a fabulous day which will be remembered for a very long time as well as perfectly highlighting the importance of reading. A special thank you to Mrs Mitchell and Miss Nock for organising such an immersive day. 

  

• Amelie excels in ballet exams!

  Sun 08 Mar 2026

  Congratulations to Amelie in year 4 for an exceptional performance, out of school, in her ballet exams.  She was awarded Rosette Awards, medals and certificates by the International Dance Teachers' Association.  

   

  It's always wonderful to hear about the exploits and achievements of our pupil population, and especially in more unique and uncommon activities such as ballet.  

   

  Well done Amelie, everyone at Greswold is very proud of you. 

  

• A very generous parting gift as we say goodbye to an expectional reading volunteer

  Sun 08 Mar 2026

  Recently, one of our invaluable reading volunteers had to say goodbye to Greswold after three years helping to develop reading within our older pupils.  

   

  Peter Maskell, who previously had been Chair of the PTA in the 1980's and had three of his own children attend Greswold, had been working with year 5 and 6 pupils on a weekly basis.  His calm and comforting approach to 1:1 reading was so impactful and the children were understandably sad when they heard he was leaving.

   

  Peter wrote a letter to school stating his fond memories of reading with Greswold and even donated £100 as a leaving gift to the school library.  Thank you Peter for everything you have done for Greswold. You'll be sorely missed. 

   

   

   

   

• Against the odds, Greswold reach County Finals after being crowned South Solihull champions!

  Thu 05 Mar 2026

  Yesterday, Greswold's Sportshall Athletics team competed at the School Games South Solihull Area Final at North Solihull Sports' Centre against 8 other schools.

   

  After winning their qualifyng heat, Greswold were ranked second going overall into the event over 40 points behind the top ranked school, Knowle.  The children had been practising for the event as part of their PE lessons and their classmates all contributed to helping get the athletes ready.  However, the task to overtake Knowle was always going to be challenging.

   

  However, after 12 track and 12 field events including baton, obstacle and over and under relays along with javelin, standing long and triple jump, amongst others, the children had to wait nervously to find out the final results at the end. 

   

  There were some notable individual performances along with brilliant teamwork to surpass even the expectations of Mr Hornsey.

   

  In the end, the team did in fact overhaul a 44-point deficit to win the event by 8 points, a truly incredible performance.  This means Greswold will now represent South Solihull at the County Finals on the 25th March against regional winners from North Solihull, Coventry North, South, East and West along with representatives from the county of Warwickshire too.

   

  Well done to all the children involved and to their classmates who contributed to such a wonderful performance.   

   

  Final result:

  1st - Greswold (374 points)

  2nd - Knowle (366 points) 

  3rd - Dorridge (314)

  4th - St Alphege (234)

  5th - Balsall Common (202)

  6th - Bentley Heath (196)

  7th - Oak Cottage (194)

  8th - Dicken's Heath (156)

  9th -  Berkswell (152)

  

• PTA Disco is a spring hit!

  Tue 03 Mar 2026

  Yesterday marked our annual PTA Spring Disco and, as always, Mr Chater was fabulous as our resident DJ.  Both discos for years' 1-6 were great fun with children (and staff!) impressing everyone with their dance moves!

   

  Thank you to Mr Chater for doing what he does best, thank you to the PTA for organising such a lovely event and thank you to all the Greswold staff who helped out to make the evening another spring hit!