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

• Parents enjoy brass performance by Y4 Chaffinches

  Tue 25 Mar 2025

  Following Y3 Sparrows' lovely drumming performance to parents last week, it was the turn of Y4 Chaffinches to entertain our parent community this week. 

   

  All year 4 children have taken part in Wider Opportunities activities which involves learning a brass instrument. Cornets, trumpets, trombones and French horns are the instruments they are individually allocated with the children having the chance and responsibility to take them home throughout the year to practise with as well. 

   

  This morning's performance for parents was a culmination and celebration of the children's learning so far this year.  A lovely performance really showcased the children's hard work and dedication and hopefully, a few children may take up the instrument in years to come.

   

  Thank you to the Solihull Music Service who help provide such an important opportunity. 

  

• Our Y5 mathematicians excel in KES final!

  Mon 24 Mar 2025

  Every year, Greswold enters two teams (Y4 and Y5) into the annual King Edward's School regional Maths competition.  This is very challenging competition for the most confident mathematicians from each school, with a demanding set of tasks to complete, all of which have time limits. 

   

  Although Greswold's team of Catherine, Manishaa, Talhah and Fairiss weren't able to finish in the top three positions, they still performed incredibly well against a host of other schools, some of which had even been training for such a competition format. 

   

  Well done children, you are a credit to Greswold and your families, and thank you to Mr Hobday  for organising and supervising such a wonderful learning experience at such a prestigious and memorable setting. 

  

• English Schools' Football Week starts next Monday!

  Mon 24 Mar 2025

  Schools’ Football Week (SFW), which will be held in partnership with Pokémon from the 31 March – 6 April 2025, is a week-long celebration of the many varying benefits of schools’ football – which, essentially, is the act of children playing and learning though football, with friends, within their school environment.

   

  Here at Greswold, we are celebrating the event in lots of different ways, as you can see below:

   

  • Our new KS2 lunchtime timetable for spring and summer launches this week which will enable more children to access football at lunchtime, if they choose to.

   

  • Lunchtime Play Leaders will help to encourage younger children to take part in football related activities.

   

  • Years'3 and 4 pupils will get the chance to take part in lunchtime football coaching sessions with the Football Development Scheme.

   

  • Children will be allowed to bring in Pokemon trading cards, as well as other trading cards, to play with during the week too.

   

  • House Points will be given out to pupils who are showing our school values whilst taking part in football related activities. 

   

  • A football friendly festival involving Our Lady of Compassion, Dicken's Heath and Greswold has been organised for Thursday 1st May at Lode Heath school.  This will be for years' 5 and 6 pupils who have attended lunchtime football clubs but have not yet had the chance to represent the school team.

   

  • We would also like to encourage parents to email photos of their children, particularly girls, playing football out of school, for their clubs, in the garden or at the park.  These will then be displayed on our website as a way of promoting the week and also the benefits of football related activities. 

   

  • A Greswold football chant fun competition with children being challenged to write/create a chant involving the school name Greswold, just for a it of fun! 

  

• Dates for the diary

  Fri 21 Mar 2025

  24^th & 28^th March – Mother’s Day Gift Shops

  25^th – 28^th March – Y6 Level 3 Bikeability

  26^th March – PTA Meeting (Spring)

  28^th March – Y5 Journey to the Stable

  31^st March – 3^rd April – Y6 Practise SATS

  31^st March - English Schools' Football Week 

  1^st April – Y1 Visit to Warwick Castle

  1^st & 2^nd April – Y2 Production

  4^th – 6^th April – Y4 Residential to Standon Bowers

  8^th & 9^th April – Y5 Performance

  11^th April – Last Day of Spring Term!

   

  14^th – 26^th April – EASTER Holidays

   

  28^th April – Back to School

  5^th May – Early May Bank Holiday – SCHOOL CLOSED

  9^th May – Reception trip to Dudley Zoo

  12^th – 15^th May – Y6 SATS Week

  15^th May – Nursery PM Sports Day

  16^th May – Class Photo Day

  19^th – 23^rd May – Walk to School Week

  19^th May – Greswold Great Big Work Out

  19th May - PTA Summer Disco

  20^th May – Nursery AM Sports Day

  21^st May – KS1 & Reception Sports Day

  22^nd May – KS2 Sports Day

   

  26^th – 30^th May – HALF TERM

   

  2^nd June – Nursery AM Class Photo

  2^nd – 5^th June – Y4 Multiplication Check Week

  4th June - PTA Meeting (Summer)

  4^th & 5^th June – Y2 Visits to Brandon Marsh

  6^th & 9^th June – Y3 Visits to Lunt Fort

  9^th – 13^th June – Y1 Phonics Screening Week

  9^th – 13^th June – Carers Week

  9^th & 13^th June – Father’s Day Gift Shops

  11^th – 13^th June – Y6 Residential to Condover Hall

  12^th June – Y5 Anglo-Saxon Day

  16^th – 20^th June – Y5 Bikeability

  17^th June – The Great Science Share

  18^th June – Nursery visit to Attwell Farm

  19^th June – Y5 & 6 Rounders Tournament

  20^th June – Open Afternoon & PTA Ice Cream Sale

  23^rd June – Reception & Nursery Open Evening (Sept 25 intake)

  5^th July – PTA Summer Fayre

  9^th July – Volunteer ‘Thank You’ tea

  15^th July – Y6 Production at Bushell Hall

  18^th July – Y6 Leavers Assembly

  18^th July – Final day of Summer Term!

  21^st July – INSET Day – School Closed to Pupils

   

  22^nd July – 29^th August – SUMMER HOLIDAYS

• Funky socks help to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day 2025

  Fri 21 Mar 2025

  Today marked World Down Syndrome day for 2025, a day which symbolises the triplication of the 21st chromosome, which is what makes people with Down Syndrome unique.  Here at Greswold, we helped celebrate by wearing 'funky' socks, a tradition dating back to the formation of the day back in 2007. 

  

• Both staff and pupils join in the Comic Relief fun for Crazy Hair Day!

  Fri 21 Mar 2025

  This year's Comic Relief Day was celebrated here at Greswold with a special 'Crazy Hair' day and what a treat it was! 

   

  As always, Greswold pupils (and their families) were very creative with their hair designs and we thank our whole school community for getting involved and donating to such a worthy cause.

   

  So far, Greswold has raised nearly £300.

   

  Well done everyone! 

  

• Spring is here!

  Thu 20 Mar 2025

  It's the 20th March, the sun is out, daffodils are aplenty and we have some lambs in school day!  It must be Spring! 

   

  The first day of spring welcomed a small flock of lambs to our Forest School area today.  The lambs were courtesy of one of Mr Cooper's contacts, Jo, from her farm in Barston.  Different groups of pupils received the chance to spend time with them throughout the morning and lunchtime, a lovely way to see in a new season. 

  

• Spring unveils secret ways to promote active travel!

  Thu 20 Mar 2025

  Spring is finally here and the glorious weather this morning prompted Mr Hornsey to stretch his legs and actively travel to school!

   

  It was also a chance to check out some of the shortcuts, alleys and cut throughs around the local area which might make it easier for some families to leave their vehicles at home, on occasion, over the next few months. 

   

  There are a number of pedestrian alleys and short cuts which can very much shorten active journey times, one being the passage from Heaton Road to Links Drive, completely cutting out the need to use the Warwick Road. It's a lovely, scenic journey too as it creeps around the perimeter of Olton golf course. 

   

  So why not check out the map below for other alleys and short cuts and try ditching that car just once a week maybe during the fair weather months?  

   

   

  

• Lego Workshops help Y1 to develop their designing skills!

  Thu 20 Mar 2025

  This week, for the first time, year 1 pupils have had the opportunity of taking part in Lego Workshops as part of their cross-curricular learning this half term.

   

  Create-Build-Learn is an educational provider who work with children to develop their designing skills using the medium of Lego.

   

  The focus of each session was on castle building as this is the theme of History lessons this half term.  The sessions have really helped the children with their design and technology learning which will be supplemented further when the children actually visit a real life castle, Warwick Castle, in a few weeks. 

   

  Thank you to Miss Smith, D&T subject leader, for organising such a memorable experience, another example of how the staff here at Greswold strive to inter-connect learning and use different contexts and immersive experiences to help children embed knowledge, skills and understanding long term.  

  

• Good news story from one of our Greswold families!

  Thu 20 Mar 2025

  Greswold has recently received some marvellous news about a pupil from our school and her ex-pupil brother.  Sophia in year 3, along with her brother Noah who left Greswold last year, are getting the opportunity to showcase their musical talents on one of the biggest stages of all....the Birmingham Symphony Hall! 

   

  It's all part of a specially designed music festival for inclusive communities and music groups.  Their hard work and commitment has even been recognised by news outlets including ITV who have already covered the story.  This can be accessed through the link below.

   

  Well done Sophia and Noah, it's always so wonderful to find out about the amazing achievements of our pupil community, especially away from school too! 

   

  https://www.itv.com/watch/news/children-swap-school-hall-for-the-symphony-hall-for-birminghams-inclusive-concert/968dmjg