Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Sponsored Read raises over £400!
Fri 22 Nov 2024Thank you to all the pupils and their families who took part in last week's Sponsored Read, organised in part by our very own School Council. We managed to raise a total of £465 which will go towards purchasing new books from Usbourne, our publishing partner for this challenge, for our own school library. Usbourne will also donate extra books worth 60% of our total equating to about £280. That means, in total, the library will receive well over £700 worth of new books for the children to use.
Thank you to everyone who was involved in organising such a worthwhile challenge.
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Theatre company brings The Great Fire of London to life to Greswold!
Thu 21 Nov 2024This morning, all year 2 pupils were treated to a visit from The Trunk Theatre Group who provided the children with an interactive performance to help their history learning.
The subject of the performance was The Great Fire of London and, as the photos below show, the children were given an exciting perspective of what happened during those eventful days back in 1666!
Thank you to staff for organising such an immersive experience and to the PTA for funding it.
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VR Workshops prove to be a memorable and powerful success
Thu 21 Nov 2024Today, year 5 and year 6 pupils' understanding of topics including World War 1 and Space were deepened with the use of Virtual Reality workshops. These workshops provided them with a realistic and immersive experience taking them right into the heart of historic battlefields and No Man's Land in WW1 as well travelling the Solar System, discovering planets, moons and the Sun.
Thank you to Mr Hobday for organising such a wonderful experience and to the PTA who funded it.
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There's always so much happening at Greswold...thanks in part to our wonderful PTA!
Thu 21 Nov 2024Today was a very typical example of just how busy everyone is here at Greswold and just how fun our learning can be.
It started in year 2 this morning with an interactive, theatrical performance of The Great Fire of London, a history topic the pupils have been studying this term.
At the same time, year 6 pupils were involved in Virtual Reality workshops to enhance their experience and learning of life during World War 1.
All Reception children were also involved in their first stage rehearsals for their upcoming Christmas play while, at lunchtime, Mr Isles held rowing club for more, very keen year 6 pupils. The aim is to eventually create two teams of 8 competitors to represent the school at the annual competition next term.
Finally, it was the turn of year 5 pupils this afternoon to take part in Virtual Reality workshops to help supplement their learning of Space in Science.
It is worth noting that our very own Greswold PTA generously all the curriculum enhancements today including the VR workshops and Great Fire of London theatrical performance while also providing the funds for the new rowing machine used at lunchtime.
The PTA also helped to fund new costumes last year to be used during Reception and Nursery Christmas plays!
As a school, we are very fortunate to have such a productive PTA and we very much look forward to their Christmas Fayre on the 30th November.
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Final Children in Need fund raising total revealed!
Thu 21 Nov 2024Greswold's final Children in Need total raised from last Friday stands at £564.31. Thank you to all families who generously contributed. We will be forwarding the amount onto the charity this week.
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Greswold pupils having 'SNOW' much fun!
Tue 19 Nov 2024Today's flurry of snow was greeted with cheers by the Greswold pupils today, especially when they got to play out in it this morning.
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Kindness Week
Mon 18 Nov 2024In Friday's Star Pupil assembly, the winners were awarded with special certificates as the reasons were all related to Kindness Week.
The main focus of the week was 'Being caught being kind bunting' where children could award others special bunting which explained what they had done to be kind.
The first piece of bunting was awarded by Mr Hornsey for how respectful all the children had been during Monday's Remembrance assembly and subsequent minute's silence.
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Children in Need day!
Fri 15 Nov 2024This morning in assembly, School Council awarded the prizes for their Children in Need competition. Well done to everyone who took part and a special well done to those winners who received Children in Need related prizes.
Thank you to our school community for your kind donations. The total sum raised will be communicated shortly.
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Important Anti-Bullying Week (Kindness Week) message for parents
Thu 14 Nov 2024This week has been Kindness Week, Greswold's own version of Ant-Bullying Week, a national initiative which helps to educate children about bullying and ways to stop it.
With this in mind, Greswold feels this is the perfect opportunity to highlight to parents some of the same messages and learning that the children will be receiving this week, especially with regards to the definition of bullying.
When investigating incidents claims of bullying, school staff review three very important factors:
Is it an ongoing issue?
Is it deliberate?
Is there an imbalance of power?
Staff will also attempt to ascertain whether the reported behaviour(s) are actual incidents of bullying or are instead acts of:
- Unkindness
- Bossiness
- A disagreement
- Boisterous behaviour
- Behaviour related to a Special Educational need.
The terms bullying and bully are very emotive terms and, as educators, we have a responsibility to protect and safeguard young people and children from possible damaging labels.
At the same time, we also have a duty of care for every single child here at Greswold and we take reported incidents very seriously, investigating them thoroughly.
For more information on Anti-Bullying, you can view our Anti-Bullying policy by clicking on the link below:
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Greswold Open Morning attracts more than 50 families!
Thu 14 Nov 2024On Wednesday, Greswold welcomed a large number of prospective parents for our annual Open Morning. Every family was allocated a pair of Y6 tour guides, our best ambassadors, as most of them started with us in Nursery!
Parents got to see our Early Years' department and Greswold Greyhounds along with meeting our senior leadership team and other members of staff.
The feedback from parents was really pleasing with most commenting on how wonderful the year 6 tour guides were.
Thank you to everyone who attended and to everyone who made our visitors feel so welcome.
