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

• South Asian Music Workshop

  Tue 25 Feb 2025

  Greswold was recently successful in bidding for a free South Asian music workshop in conjunction with Solihull Music Service and Sonia Sabri Company. The workshop took place this week for children are play a South Asian instrument or sing South Asian vocals. It was an absolute delight to see our particpants learning new knowledge and skills while bringing their own experiences to the group. One participant said that their favourite part was singing while another described the instruments and their sounds in great detail and recommended the workshop to others.

  Feedback from the workshop leaders included the statement 'we were really impressed by how respectful, smart and engaged they were - and really delighted by their enthusiasm!'

  There is more information on the flyer below of an opportunity to join a South Asian Music ensemble.

   

   

   

   

   

  

• Year 6 girls compete in Rowing County Finals

  Tue 25 Feb 2025

  2025 has already provided a milestone for Greswold Primary as we have achieved our best ever result at the annual School Games Rowing competition! 

   

  After winning their regional heat and finishing 2nd overall in South Solihull, the year 6 girls' team made it through to the Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire County Finals yesterday, and what a fabulous event it was.

   

  16 girls' teams attended the event representing areas including South Solihull, North Solihull, Coventry East and West and Warwickshire North, East, South and West, all competing against each other at the Tudor Grange Sports' Centre. 

   

  The final was made up of two separate events, an individual race and a team event.  Greswold had the added challenge of having to replace two original members of their team late on but their replacements, Annabelle and Sienna, performing brilliantly along with existing members  Esme and Molly.

   

  All the girls performed brilliantly and, although Greswold didn't finish in the top 3 places, we wait in anticipation for the final results soon. 

   

   

  

• Respect - our Greswold values' focus for this half term!

  Mon 24 Feb 2025

  Our Greswold value of Respect was the focus for this morning's KS1 and KS2 assemblies.  Mr Hornsey and Mrs Woodcock spent time explaining what respect is and how it can be demonstrated both in school and in the wider world.  

   

  In our recent Pupil Voice morning, where all children from Y1-6 took part in discussions about various school related topics, Respect was the one value they admitted to not being confident in defining or demonstrating.  

   

  As a result, this feedback has been shared with all staff (at our recent INSET Day) and our aim as a school will be to role model and find opportunities for children to witness and understand how important Respect is and how it can be mutually achieved. 

   

   

  

• INSET Day - it's the staff's turn to learn!

  Fri 14 Feb 2025

  As we approach the halfway mark in this academic year, it was an ideal opportunity for all staff to come together and continue their lifelong learning journey, not only for the benefit of the whole school community but their professional wellbeing too.

   

  As well as exploring and reflecting on the feedback from pupils during our recent whole school Pupil Voice meetings, staff were also involved in really important work in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion. 

   

  There were also three rounds of workshops for staff to attend, run by a number of staff members themselves.  These included:

   

  Supporting pupils with SEND in Maths

  Parental Partnerships

  Supervision

  Meditation and Mindfulness in the classroom

  Community Week

  Welcome to the library

  EDI

  Subject Leadership

  SEND surgery

  Spelling

   

  A thoroughly productive and informative day was had, achieved by utilising the vast array of expertise we already have here at Greswold.  

   

  

• Dates for the Diary

  Fri 14 Feb 2025

  14^th February – INSET Day – School closed to Pupils

   

  17^th – 21^st February – HALF TERM

   

  24^th February – Back to school

  25^th February – School Games Rowing County Final

  26^th February – Animal Man visit to Nursery

  27^th February – Reception Height & Weight Screening

  27^th February – Y5 Visits to Blists Hill

  27th February - Y3 Personal Best Competition

  3^rd – 7^th March – Whole School Community Week

  3^rd March – Parent / Carer Forum (6pm)

  5^th March – School Games Sportshall Athletics South Solihull Area Final

  6^th March – Y6 Height & Weight Screening

  6^th March – Boys' Football vs Langley & Monkspath

  7^th March – World Book Day Celebrations

  12th March - PTA Meeting (Spring)

  19^th & 20^th March – Y1 LEGO Workshops

  21^st March – Comic Relief – Crazy Hair Day

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

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

  28^th March – Y5 Journey to the Stable

  31^st March – PTA Spring Disco (Y1-6)

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

  1^st April – Y1 Visit to Warwick Castle

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

  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

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

  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 – 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 – 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

  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

  15^th July – Y6 Production at Bushell Hall

  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

• National Volunteering Week brings Y10 students to Greswold

  Thu 13 Feb 2025

  This week, Greswold has been hosting Year 10 students from Tudor Grange Secondary School and James Brindley Academy (Parkway).

   

  Each student has been working with a different class and the feedback from both the staff and pupils has been very positive.

   

  Thank you to the students for their very polite and professional manner.  You are a credit to your respective schools. 

• Successful Parent Consultations help to finish another enjoyable half term

  Thu 13 Feb 2025

  Thank you to all Greswold families who attended this week's Parent Consultations. 

   

  It's always lovely to welcome parents into school and for such an important reason too.  The partnership between school and families is always vital in supporting children to achieve their potential and enjoy their primary school journey.

   

  Even though the BookFair had to relocate this year, we still raised over £2,000 which means Greswold will benefit from over £1,000 of new library books, courtesy of the commission obtained through generous parental sales. 

  

• Year 5 share and celebrate their Home Learning projects

  Thu 13 Feb 2025

  As part of our continual effort to work with parents and extend learning beyond school, today saw Year 5 share their homework projects with their peers. It was great to see a range of projects including recipes, presentations, three dimensional models, clothing designs, posters, diary entries, videos and the teachers' favourite, cake!

   

  Year 5 visited each others classrooms this morning to have a look at the projects, ask questions and show appreciation of each others' efforts. This could not have been achieved without the support of our parental community, so thank you to all parents and carers in Year 5 who have supported this work. 

  

• An extra treat for parents this week at school!

  Wed 12 Feb 2025

  Just in time for this week's Parent Consultations, the corridor displays have been updated to showcase the children's learning from this half term.

   

  As you can see below, the children have been hard at work in their learning this term so please take the opportunity to view the fabulous displays, as well as admiring the recent art competition entries judged to be winners and runners-up. 

  

• The BookFair is coming!

  Mon 10 Feb 2025

  This week's Parent Consultations marks the return of our very popular BookFair.  Hopefully, the children will get to view the BookFair before Parent Consultations this week so they can see what titles might interest them.  

   

  However, the fair itself will not take place in the library on this occasion but in a classroom further up the long corridor.   There will be signs for parents an families to follow.   

   

  Don't forget that the more books purchased at the fair increases the amount of commission the school receives to buy new reading books for our library!